Montgomery Community Media

Happy Friday! Here’s your daily rundown of the events and stories that people are talking about today, May 8, in Montgomery County: 1. A Review: The Montgomery County Council’s Ad Hoc Committee on Liquor Control meets today at 9:30 a.m. for its fifth meeting in its study of the County’s Department of Liquor Control (DLC). 2. Job […]

As of Friday afternoon just 45 seventh-graders at Montgomery County’s Public schools have yet to comply with new immunizations requirements. Those students who do not have the proper immunizations will be excluded from attending classes Monday, according to MCPS spokesman Dana Tofig. So far MCPS has not stopped any seventh-grader who hasn’t complied with the […]

Here are five things to know today, Sept. 16, in Montgomery County: 1. The Montgomery County Council meets today and on the agenda is a status report on the Silver Spring Transit Center. 2. The public is invited to weigh in on the Rockville Pike Plan at a meeting tonight. 3. The search continues for […]

Montgomery  County Public Schools has applied for a 45-day waiver from the state Health and Human Services Department to allow seventh-graders who have not yet complied with the new state immunizations requirements another 45 days to get the vaccinations they need. “At this point we are continuing to work with families to ensure students get the immunizations […]

There are still nearly 1,500 seventh-graders who do not have the required proof of immunizations to be allowed to continue to go to class at Montgomery County Public Schools. Mary Anderson, spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services told MyMCMedia Friday that the latest numbers show 1,491 seventh-graders still have failed to show […]

UPDATED, Sept. 11, 10 a.m.- There is just one day left to make sure your seventh-grader meets the new immunization requirements and there are a couple clinics open today to help you. Thursday, September 11 – Benjamin Banneker Middle School, 14800 Perrywood Road, Burtonsville – Rocky Hill Middle School, 22401 Brick Haven Way, Clarksburg – Silver […]

Here are five things to know today, Sept. 4, in Montgomery County: 1. Gaithersburg city leaders will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the grand reopening of the Gaithersburg Aquatic Center at 2 Teachers Way today. 2. Montgomery County officials will hold a ground breaking ceremony for the Colesville Highway Maintenance Depot. 3. A public hearing […]

Parents of students entering seventh grade are reminded that new immunization requirements announced earlier this year require students to have one Tdap (Tetanus-diphtheria-attenuated pertussis) and one meningococcal (MCV4) vaccination. Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services staff will provide free Tdap and MCV4 vaccinations to incoming seventh-grade students at the Montgomery County Public Schools’ […]