Montgomery Community Media

The Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) says teachers are exhausted and overworked due to staffing shortages in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS). The teachers’ union wants MCPS to better support its teachers. MCEA President Jennifer Martin held a press conference Tuesday outside the Board of Education building in Rockville to voice concerns and list demands. […]

Durante más de media hora, cientos de automóviles conducidos por miembros de la Asociación de Educación del Condado de Montgomery rodearon el gran estacionamiento de la Junta de Educación de las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Montgomery (MCPS) y salieron a la calle. Se estaban manifestando para exigir la contratación de más maestros, conductores de […]

For more than a half hour, hundreds of cars driven by Montgomery County Education Association members circled the large Montgomery County Public Schools’ (MCPS) Board of Education parking lot and drove out into the street. They were rallying to demand the hiring of additional teachers, bus drivers and other support personnel. They also urged MCPS […]

Los educadores de las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Montgomery (MCPS) “tomarán las calles el martes por la tarde” para exigir la contratación de maestros, ayudantes de maestros y conductores de autobuses adicionales, y una mayor compensación para aquellos que se ven obligados a realizar tareas adicionales debido a la escasez de contrataciones. La Asociación […]

Educators from Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) “will take to the streets Tuesday afternoon” to demand the hiring of additional teachers, paraeducators and bus drivers and increased compensation for those forced to do extra duties due to the hiring shortage. Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) will hold a car picket and rally at 5 p.m. […]

Hundreds of Montgomery County Public School (MCPS) employees drove around the headquarters of the district’s headquarters in Rockville on Tuesday, honking horns and demanding they not return to the classroom until it is safe. Their demonstration held up traffic, according to Montgomery County Police. The route included Hungerford Drive, MD 355 and Mannakee Street. According […]

Los representantes electos en el sitio de trabajo de la Asociación de Educación del Condado de Montgomery (MCEA, por sus siglas en inglés) “aprobaron abrumadoramente una resolución que indica falta de confianza” con el voto unánime de la Junta de Educación (BOE, por sus siglas en inglés) de las Escuela Públicas del Condado de Montgomery […]

Elected worksite representatives from the Montgomery County Education Association “overwhelmingly passed a resolution stating a lack of confidence” with Montgomery County Public Schools Board of Education’s unanimous vote to return to the classroom beginning in March. MCEA also asked for a meeting with the BOE. In the resolution, the teachers union called MCPS’ plans inadequate […]

MCEA, the teachers union in Montgomery County, called the Montgomery County Public Schools’ Board of Education’s decision to bring students back into the classroom “reckless.” “MCEA is deeply troubled by the irresponsible reopening plan approved Tuesday by the MCPS Board of Education. The administration’s presentation was riddled with misleading remarks leading to a host of […]

Gov. Larry Hogan set the goal of March 1 for all public schools in Maryland to reopen for some form of classroom learning  During his announcement on Jan. 21, Hogan said the state would consider if it should “explore…legal avenue[s]” if school districts do not make an effort to offer some form of hybrid learning. […]