Montgomery Community Media

The Wootton community is grieving the loss of principal Michael Doran. Montgomery County schools officials said Dr. Doran passed away on Wednesday. A memorial service is planned to celebrate Doran’s life on Friday, Aug. 21 at the school’s athletic field. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, MCPS spokesperson Dana Tofig says Doran left an impact “wherever he went.” […]

Montgomery County public schools officials say they are in shock about the death of Wootton High School principal Michael Doran. Board of Education President Patricia O’Neill and Board Vice President Michael Durso have released a statement about Doran’s death on Aug. 19th. You can read their statement below: “The sudden death of Dr. Michael J. […]

Montgomery County Public Schools held its annual “Drive for Supplies” event at Richard Montgomery High School this week. MCPS-TV reports that more than 80 schools participated this year. Visit our PEG partner MCPS TV to view more of its local programming.

Montgomery County Public Schools students could spend less time taking tests next year. Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is considering changes to its assessment program to increase instructional time and reduce the time spent on testing. As part of MCPS’ review of its overall assessment program, options for possible changes to final exams given in […]

The Montgomery County Board of Education on Tuesday unanimously approved a final $2.32 billion operating budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 that required cuts to close a $53 million shortfall. The Board approved the elimination of more than 380 positions and reductions to the budgets for the district’s technology initiative, professional development, textbooks, and many […]

The Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) recently voted to consolidate the PARCC assessment’s two testing windows into one and cut total test time by about 90 minutes overall beginning in the 2015-16 school year. Here’s what Montgomery County Public Schools Board of Education President Patricia O’Neill had to say […]

The president of the Montgomery County Education Association, one of the organizations helping to select the next Montgomery County Public Schools’ superintendent, says he was disappointed the group only got to meet one candidate for the job. The educators’ union was one of more than a dozen organizations the Montgomery County School Board invited to […]

The President of the Montgomery County Board of Education, Patricia O’Neill, has released a statement about a new development in the search for the next superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools. You can read her statement, below: “On Sunday, May 17, 2015, Dr. Andrew Houlihan informed the Montgomery County Board of Education that he is […]

Montgomery County Board of Education President Patricia O’Neill talks about the impact of the fiscal constraints of the fiscal 2016 budget saying the result will be an increase in class size.

Montgomery County Board of Education President Patricia O’Neill talks about the preferred candidate to serve as the next superintendent of schools here. The community panel selected to help with the superintendent search did get a chance to interview Houlihan, but the results of that meeting have not yet been discussed with the board, according to O’Neill. […]