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The Montgomery County Board of Education on Nov. 18 unanimously approved Superintendent of Schools Joshua Starr’s recommendation that New Hampshire Estates and Oak View elementary schools remain “paired,” meaning students attend Pre-K through grade 2 at one school (New Hampshire Estates) and grades 3 through 5 at the other school (Oak View). A Roundtable Discussion […]

The Montgomery County Council Education Committee is hoping to get county public schools back on track with a proposal to request approximately $750 million for new school capacity projects from the Interagency Committee on School Construction as discussed in their work session Monday morning. County councilmember Phil Andrews says that the school system has been […]

The Montgomery County Board of Education (BOE) met on Nov. 12 at the Carver Educational Services Center, 850 Hungerford Drive in Rockville. Among other items, the Board set the school year calendar for 2014-2015, took action on Policy BLC and Policy JEE, and received an update on the Innovation Schools. The agenda for the meeting, […]

More than 750 people gathered at Strathmore Center on Nov. 11, including community and business leaders, parents and Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students and staff, for the second annual State of the Schools event. Video | Courtesy of Montgomery County Public Schools TV Visit MCPS TV to view more of its programming. This year’s […]

In this MyMCMedia extra, Maryland State Senator Jamie Raskin addresses the school capacity crisis in Montgomery County:

MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke hosts the latest episode of County Report This week. This week’s show includes stories on economic development, school bus cameras, election results, the county’s snow summit,  Veterans Day, sports at Montgomery College and more. You can watch the show here:

MCPS fifth graders recently took a special field trip to the Music Center at Strathmore where they were treated to a concert by the National Philharmonic Orchestra. MCPS-TV has the story. Visit our PEG partner MCPS TV to view more of its local programming.

Montgomery County police have charged Josh Andrews Greenberg (28) of Gaithersburg with two counts of visual surveillance with prurient interest. According to police, Greenburg is a building service worker at the Herbert Hoover Middle School where the alleged visual surveillance of students occurred in the girls’ locker room. Police said two female students notified school […]

In this MyMCMedia extra, Maryland State Senator Jamie Raskin explains the need for millions in state funding to help alleviate the school capacity crisis in Montgomery County Public Schools.

In this MyMCMedia extra, Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett describes the status of school capacity in Montgomery County public schools at a press conference at Julius West Middle School where local leaders are calling on the state of Maryland for $20 million in school construction funds. Take a look: