Montgomery Community Media

Here are five things to know today, August 21, in Montgomery County: 1- Find out where you can chose from 15 local wineries, listen to local bands and check out a cooking demonstration here. 2- Councilmember Cherri Branson is asking the Montgomery County Police to publicly release the results of an investigation into alleged excessive […]

The performance of Montgomery County Public Schools graduates on the ACT college admissions exam improved for the third consecutive year, according to the county school system. The MCPS Class of 2014 earned an average composite score of 23.7 (out of 36) on the ACT, an increase over both the Class of 2013 (23.5) and the Class […]

Parents of students entering the seventh grade are reminded of the new Maryland State immunization requirements. The county’s Department of Health and Human Services will provide free Tdap and MCV4 vaccinations during the MCPS Back to School Fair on Saturday, August 23 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information or to make an […]

Katherine Wu, a rising freshman at Montgomery Blair High School, has been named one of 10 finalists in the 2014 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. She will now compete for the title of “America’s Top Young Scientist” and a $25,000 prize on October 13-14, at 3M headquarters in Minnesota. A partnership between Discovery Education […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Cherri Branson, District 5, is calling for Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) to have its own inspector general. In an opinion piece published in today’s Washington Post, Branson says she was surprised to learn during the recent MCPS credit card controversy that the county’s public schools system “employs no independent auditor.” Noting […]

There’s a chill in the air this morning and you may need a jacket when you leave the house. Here are five other things to know today, July 30, in Montgomery County: 1. The Montgomery County Council has approved the White Oak Science Gateway Master Plan. The county council is now on summer recess until […]

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’ […]

Here are five things to know today, July 29, in Montgomery County: 1. The Montgomery County Council is scheduled to vote on the White Oak Science Gateway Master Plan today. 2. The Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Board of Education voted last night to eliminate credit card usage. 3. The Montgomery County Correctional Facility is […]

The Montgomery County Board of Education has approved sweeping changes to the processes and guidelines that govern the payment of expenses that Board members incur as a part of their work. Among the changes, Board members will no longer use district-funded credit cards; will receive a per diem allowance when attending professional conferences; and will […]

UPDATED Montgomery Community Media (MCM) has learned it is a 2014 national finalist in two, National Association of Telecommunication Officers and Advisors (NATOA) government programming award categories. The categories are for the “Use of Social Media” for MyMCMedia.org and “Event/Program Promotion (Operating Budget over $300,000)” for the My Favorite Teacher spot. “I’m proud of our award-winning […]