Montgomery Community Media

Board of Education (BOE) member Philip Kauffman was selected by his colleagues on Dec. 12 to serve as president of the Board. Board member Patricia O’Neill was selected as vice president. Both officers will serve a one-year term. Kauffman replaces Christopher S. Barclay, who has served as president for the past year. “I am honored […]

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Superintendent Joshua P. Starr is recommending a $2.28 billion Operating Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 that will allow the district to manage its continued enrollment growth, while also making strategic investments to narrow gaps and prepare for the future. Dr. Starr’s budget recommendation, released on Thursday (Dec. 12, 2013), […]

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Board of Education (BOE) will meet Dec. 12 from 1 to 5:30 p.m. at the Carver Educational Services Center, 850 Hungerford Drive in Rockville. The public portion of the meeting will be broadcast live on the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) website and on MCPS TV (Comcast Channel 34). The […]

Have you ever wondered how Montgomery County Public Schools officials decide to close or delay the opening of schools before or after a weather event? After the Dec. 8 winter storm, there were parents asking questions about that process on various social media sites when MCPS Spokesperson Dana Tofig tweeted out that a final decision […]

In case you are wondering if the weather will impact the openings of area schools, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) officials have not made a decision about school opening tomorrow (Dec. 9). We should know early in the morning, though. On Twitter tonight (Dec. 8), MCPS Spokesperson Dana Tofig said a decision will be made […]

More than 10,000 second grade students from Montgomery County experienced classical music as part of the annual Student Concerts held at the Music Center at Strathmore. The concerts are performed by the National Philharmonic led by Conductor Piotr Gajewski.

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students took more than 33,000 Advanced Placement (AP) exams in 2013—an all-time high—and 73 percent of those exams earned a college-ready score of 3 or higher. MCPS students took a total of 33,642 AP exams in 2013, a 2 percent increase compared with last year. The percentage of MCPS AP […]

The power of learning was on display as Springbrook High School science students got to literally float an idea. And watch it sink or swim. MCPS-TV has the story. Visit our PEG partner MCPS TV to view more of its local programming.

Two Takoma Park Elementary School kids fell out of their school bus as it was traveling over a speed bump on Maplewood Avenue on Nov. 20. The students were transported to Children’s Hospital with minor injuries, according to a Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) spokesperson. “It appears that the strap of one of the student’s […]

The Montgomery County Board of Education unanimously approved a new six-year Capital Improvements Program (CIP) request for Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) on Nov. 18, that addresses overcrowding caused by years of dramatic enrollment growth. The Board’s six-year request of $1.74 billion includes 14 new classroom addition projects and keeps on schedule many other projects […]