Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Public Schools are closed on Feb. 5 because of the freezing rain and icy weather conditions. All school and community activities in school buildings also are canceled. All administrative offices will open two hours late. Day care programs in school buildings may choose to open, but parents should check with their day care […]

Sonya Burke hosts the latest episode of County Report This Week, which features reports on the new District 5 Councilmember, the child care subsidy, the Women’s Legislative Briefing, Councilmember Roger Berliner’s latest energy bills, the county’s new website for the need for school construction funding, the Intel Science Talent Search finalists, the Open Data Town […]

The Board of Directors for Crossway Community, Inc., which operates the Community Montessori Charter School, voted January 14 to terminate the charter at the end of the current school year. Community Montessori will operate as a public charter school for the rest of this school year and plans to continue as a private school beginning […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett unveiled his six-year Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Capital Budget and FY 2015-2020 Capital Improvements Program (CIP) that continues to make funding the County’s unprecedented growth in school enrollment the highest priority. The budget also includes needed capital spending for approved plans to spur economic growth in Wheaton, Shady Grove, White […]

Montgomery County Public Schools will open two hours late today due to emergency weather conditions. Bus service will be provided on a two-hour-delayed schedule. Morning prekindergarten, morning half-day Head Start, other morning half-day programs and field trips are canceled. Other activities and programs that begin at 10:30 a.m. or earlier are canceled. Administrative offices are […]

Dress warmly! Montgomery County Public Schools are planning to open on time on Jan. 7, according to a note posted on the MCPS website. See more here: http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/ Earlier today, MCPS PIO Dana Tofig said the school district does not generally close for cold temperatures. He also acknowledged the weather tonight and tomorrow is going […]

Nineteen Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students have been named recipients of full-tuition, four-year college scholarships from the Posse Foundation. The Posse program identifies public high school students with extraordinary academic and leadership potential that may have been overlooked by traditional college selection processes. Forty-four colleges and universities each offer full-tuition scholarships to students throughout […]

UPDATED Montgomery County Public Schools are closed today (Jan. 3) because of the emergency weather conditions. All school and community activities in school buildings also are canceled. All administrative offices will open two hours late. Day care programs in school buildings also will open two hours late. For more information, visit MCPS’ website at http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/. […]

In this MyMCMedia extra, Dr. Joshua Starr responds to the motivation behind his open letter to parents about Cybercivility. Starr attended the Committee for Montgomery’s annual legislative breakfast in Bethesda. See Dr. Starr: ‘We Need to Talk about Cybercivility’ to read the letter and learn more.

Superintendent of Schools Joshua P. Starr published an open letter to parents on Dec. 13 about the need for a community-wide dialogue on how we teach our children to be safe and civil online. He wrote the letter in response to several inappropriate comments that were made to him on Twitter this week as he […]