Montgomery Community Media

One Gaithersburg elementary school community is so concerned about overcrowding at the school it is making an unusual request to the county to allow developers nearby to submit plans that call for more housing to be built there. The petition being circulated by the Rachel Carson Elementary Capacity discussion group, including members of the school’s PTA, actually […]

Parents packed into the Rachel Carson Elementary School media room Wednesday to try to figure out what to do about the school’s persistent overcrowding issue. Tops on the list for the school’s Parent Teacher Association is having the county look into building a new school within the Lakelands community in Gaithersburg as well as taking […]

The capacity of Rachel Carson Elementary School was the topic of a PTA meeting on Nov. 5 at the Gaithersburg school. Dozens of parents attended the standing-room only meeting and there were some elected leaders in the crowd, too. A PTA representative described the school as one of the most overcrowded in Montgomery County. Follow […]

The Montgomery County Board of Education is expected to meet on Nov. 6 at 6 p.m. to talk about Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Joshua P. Starr recommendation that $220.8 million be added to the district’s current six-year school construction plan in order to address significant space needs in the school system. The proposed amendments would increase […]

The Rachel Carson Elementary School PTA has a meeting planned for Nov. 5 and top on the discussion list likely will be a recently-released proposal from Superintendent Dr. Joshua Starr that names redistricting as a possible solution to crowding issues at the Gaithersburg school. RCES PTA President Angelo Whitten told MyMCMedia Tuesday that the PTA […]