Montgomery Community Media

A statement from Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Board of Education (BOE) President Phil Kauffman and Vice President Patricia O’Neill on credit card usage: “The Board of Education takes very seriously its responsibility to oversee Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) in an ethical and fiscally responsible manner. The Board works diligently to ensure that the […]

Seven Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students have earned college- and university-sponsored National Merit Scholarships in the latest round of awards from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Each sponsoring college or university selected scholarship winners from among the finalists in the 2014 National Merit Scholarship Program. These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up […]

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Office of Special Education and Student Services recently held a countywide information summit. MCPS-TV has the story. Visit our PEG partner MCPS TV to view more of its local programming.

Montgomery County health officials announced that new school immunization requirements will take effect for the 2014-2015 school year for students entering kindergarten and seventh grade. The new requirements, in place throughout the State of Maryland, require students entering kindergarten to have two varicella vaccinations and students entering seventh grade will be required to have one […]

In this MyMCMedia extra, David Moon, a democratic candidate for the District 20 house of delegates seat and the founder of the Maryland Juice politics blog, tells us one of the questions not being asked to the candidates in the county executive race.  He notes that economic justice issues are important to voters. The primary […]

The Montgomery County Board of Education is providing an opportunity for public comment on changes to the Secondary Comprehensive Health Education Curriculum Framework. All feedback must be provided in writing no later than Friday, June 13. The Framework identifies what content areas are covered during health education courses in each middle school grade and as […]

The Montgomery County Board of Education will meet May 12  at the Carver Educational Services Center, 850 Hungerford Drive in Rockville. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m., with public agenda items beginning at 10 a.m. The public portion of the meeting will be broadcast live on the MCPS website and on MCPS TV (Comcast […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Education Committee today (May 12) unanimously recommended that the Council adopt a plan that will provide Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) with its full funding request for the Fiscal Year 2015 operating budget and also for the MCPS Technology Modernization project. The Education Committee, which is chaired by Council President Craig […]

A Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) student has been named a 2014 U.S. Presidential Scholar for outstanding academic achievement, leadership, citizenship, service, and contribution to school and community. Hueyjong Shih of Montgomery Blair High School was one of two winners from the state of Maryland, and is among 141 students nationwide to be named Presidential […]

Twenty-five Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students from nine different high schools have been awarded National Merit $2,500 Scholarships financed by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The students are among 53 high school seniors in Maryland to be selected in the latest group of National Merit Scholarship Program recipients. The scholars were selected from a […]