Montgomery Community Media

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. […]

UPDATED, May 12, 1 p.m. – The Montgomery County Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of Interim Superintendent Larry Bowers’ recommendation to colocate Tilden Middle and Rock Terrace schools. ORIGINAL – The Montgomery County School Board is expected to make a decision today on whether to combine the Rock Terrace and the Tilden Middle schools into […]

UPDATED, April 29, 6 p.m. – MCPS will announce the results of the election for the next student member of board of education at 8 p.m. tonight, delayed due to a power outage. According to a Facebook post from the Montgomery County Student Government Association,  an electrical problem at one school delayed the count. ORIGINAL […]

Like Cinderella at the ball, time ran out for the Student Member of the Montgomery County Board of Education last night. At the stroke of midnight the General Assembly closed up shop for another year and with it went the Montgomery County Delegation bill to allow the student representative on the county’s board of education […]

There’s likely to be a letter headed to the Montgomery County Council outlining how the Montgomery County Public School system will handle a budget that is less than requested. The Board of Education is scheduled to meet March 30 and on the agenda is approval of a letter from Interim Superintendent Larry Bowers to the […]

It’s up to the State Superintendent whether Montgomery County Public Schools students will have to add days to their school calendar in June. The Maryland State Board of Education today voted to allow local school systems to apply for waivers of up to three days from the 180-instructional day requirement, and authorized the State Superintendent Dr. […]

Two Montgomery County Public Schools students are lobbying for votes to become the next student member of the Board of Education, a position that could become more powerful come July. Rachit Agarwal, a junior from Richard Montgomery and Eric Guerci, a sophomore from Bethesda Chevy Chase High, are both on the ballot for the job. The […]

UPDATED – Previously scheduled for March 5 and cancelled due to weather have been rescheduled. The new forum date is March 10 at 7 p.m. at Gaithersburg High School. The Montgomery County Board of Education is searching for a new superintendent and asking the community to provide input at several public forums and on an […]

The Montgomery County Board of Education is heading up to Germantown to meet with the Seneca Valley cluster community on Thursday and Principal Marc Cohen said he believes the community will be advocating for a new high school. The meet and greet event starts at 7 p.m. in the Seneca Valley High School media center. […]