Montgomery Community Media

Here are your five things to know today, Feb. 18, in Montgomery County: 1. Lorette Farris headlines Small Business University’s networking event at MCM today. You can watch this event live streamed on the MyMCMedia website. 2. The Montgomery County Board of Education is meeting with Blair Cluster schools tonight at 7 p.m. at Eastern Middle […]

Sebastian Johnson, who is running for the At-Large seat of the Montgomery County Board of Education, released a list of endorsements for his campaign. According to Johnson’s news release, Montgomery County Councilmembers Nancy Navarro and George Leventhal are endorsing his campaign. “I had the privilege of serving on the Board of Education with Sebastian, and […]

Here are five things to know today, Feb. 11, in Montgomery County: 1. The Montgomery County Council’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee, Education Committee and  Public Safety Committee will hold a joint worksession on the impact of children fleeing from violence on the County today at 2 p.m. The worksession will be live-streamed on the […]

Montgomery County officials launched the Library Link program on Wednesday at Harmony Hills Elementary School in Silver Spring. MyMCMedia’s Maureen Chowdhury reports. Library Link is a partnership between Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) and  Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL). The purpose of the program is to guarantee every child enrolled in school can receive a library […]

Here are your five things to know today, Jan. 14, in Montgomery County: 1. The Montgomery County Council’s Government Operations and Fiscal Policy (GO) Committee will meet today at 9:30 a.m. to discuss the allocation of local income tax revenue by the State of Maryland. You can stream the meeting live on the Montgomery County […]

Montgomery County Board of Education member Patricia O’Neill says that the search for the next superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is still in its early stages. Per state law, the new superintendent must be on the job by July 1. You can see more coverage on this topic below:

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Montgomery County Board of Education member Christopher Barclay says he’s not running for reelection in 2016, and discusses his ten-year term.

Acting Secretary of Education Dr. John King, Jr. visited JoAnn Leleck Elementary School at Broad Acres in Silver Spring this week where he discussed his top priorities for 2016. MyMCMedia’s Willie James Inman reports.

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Acting Secretary of Education Dr. John King Jr. answers questions after a visit with teachers and students at Joann Leleck Elementary School at Broad Acres in Silver Spring. For more information about the U.S. Department of Education, visit their website here. Excited to be at Joann Leleck Elementary School reading books […]

Changes are on the way to Montgomery County Public Schools. MCPS Interim Superintendent Larry Bowers proposed a plan to discontinue “two-hour semester final exams in high school courses next school year (2016-2017) and replace them with centrally developed marking period assessments.” The Montgomery County Board of Education endorsed Bower’s proposal and on Tuesday, Sept. 8, […]