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Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is preparing to launch a new open data portal in January that will allow the public to search, sort, and download a variety of information about the district. According to Superintendent Joshua Starr, OpenDataMCPS will launch on January 5, 2015 and will include the Superintendent’s Recommended Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 […]

UPDATED, Nov. 17, 9 p.m. – The Montgomery County Board of Education voted in favor of amendments to the school system’s capital improvements budget Monday night that adds nearly $220 million to the funding plan approved by the Montgomery County Council in May. The board voted in favor of the plan put forth by Superintendent […]

Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Joshua Starr delivered his third “State of the Schools” address on Nov. 11. MCPS-TV has the story. Visit our PEG partner MCPS TV to view more of its local programming.

Students may still be off school when the Jewish holidays of  Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are  celebrated next year, but they may not be listed on the calendar that way. The Montgomery County Board of Education is considering a change to next year’s school calendar that would leave off the name of these two Jewish holidays […]

Superintendent Joshua P. Starr is scheduled to deliver his third State of the Schools address at The Music Center at Strathmore on Tuesday, Nov. 11. Starr will share his vision for how we can prepare all students for success in their future. The event is also a  celebration of  the outstanding students of Montgomery County Public Schools, according […]

The Montgomery County Board of Education is expected to meet on Nov. 6 at 6 p.m. to talk about Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Joshua P. Starr recommendation that $220.8 million be added to the district’s current six-year school construction plan in order to address significant space needs in the school system. The proposed amendments would increase […]

Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Joshua P. Starr is recommending that $220.8 million be added to the district’s current six-year school construction plan in order to address significant space needs in the school system. The proposed amendments would increase the Fiscal Year 2015-2020 Capital Improvements Program budget to $1.75 billion from the $1.53 billion plan approved […]

There was a record turnout for the 15th annual SCUP conference this year. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports.

KID Museum, a new children’s museum in Montgomery County, hosted on Sept. 14 the Maker Faire in Silver Spring. It was an afternoon of curious eyes and lots of making, creating and inventing. At the free family event, there were robots of all shapes and sizes, 3D printed jewelry, automated chess boards, NASA’s Hubble Space […]

MCPS Superintendent Dr. Joshua Starr visited the new Wilson Wims Elementary School in Clarksburg to talk about the county’s 202nd school on the first day of the 2014-2015 school year Aug. 25. Starr recapped last year’s successes including the fact that half the school system’s graduates got a college-ready score on an Advanced Placement exam […]