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Montgomery County Public School parents and guardians snapped a lot of photos of their children stepping onto the school bus to begin a new school year Monday. Some of them also expressed frustration with school buses that didn’t arrive on time, were overcrowded or dropped their children off much later in the afternoon than expected. […]

In one week, 160,000 mask-wearing students return to Montgomery County’s 209 public schools, some for the first time in a year and a half. Another 2,300 students are enrolled in MCPS’ Virtual Academy. The school board will discuss details of the school start up Tuesday  at 1:15 p.m. An hour earlier, the meeting will be […]

Montgomery County Public Schools’ Policy Management Committee has proposed three calendar options for the upcoming 2021-2022 school year. The first two scenarios would require students to return to school before Labor Day and the third would begin the school year after the holiday weekend. If either of the first two options are approved, classes will […]

Casey Aiken hosts the latest episode of 21 This Week. On this week’s show, Aiken and the panel discuss the new school year with record high enrollment, Pepco’s rate increase request, construction begins on the Purple Line light-rail transit project, and more. This week’s panel of political observers includes Cynthia Rubenstein, Mark Uncapher, Dan McHugh, and Susan Heltemes. You can […]

Don Mooers hosts the latest episode of Montgomery Week in Review. His guests include Jane de Winter, Stuart Rosenthal, Elaine Apter and Gilberto Zelaya. Topics discussed this week include the new school year in the county, the September issue of The Beacon Newspaper, the process to add amendments to the constitution, and the new voting […]

Montgomery County Public Schools welcomed over 156,000 students this school year. MCPS-TV has a recap of their first day back.   Visit our PEG partner MCPS TV to view more of its local programming.

The first day of school is exciting for both students and teachers. Did you know that Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is welcoming over 600 new educators to the district this year? Find out how these new teachers have been preparing for the first day of school and the new school year in this MCPS-TV […]

Montgomery County Public Schools will welcome 149,000 students on Aug. 27, the first day of school. MCPS Superintendent Dr. Joshua Starr recently talked about the new school year on Radio America 1540 AM, the Spanish speaking radio station. In this video report, Broad Acres Elementary School Principal Luis San Sebastian also tells us about his […]