Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Councilmember shares in this MyMCMedia Extra that she is in “conversations” with Montgomery County Public Schools officials about the creation of a dual language immersion program. “What if we had dual language programs where you can have that low-income Latino student learning English and perfecting their Spanish alongside their peers- who are learning […]

Senators Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin are congratulating eight schools across Maryland, including Our Lady of Lourdes School in Bethesda, that were designated today by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan with a National Blue Ribbon Award. The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program honors public and private elementary, middle and high schools where students either achieve […]

There were thousands of people at the papal parade in Washington, D.C. today and along the route were dozens of middle school students from Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School in Bethesda. Watch their reaction to the historic event in this MyMCMedia Extra:

Montgomery County Board of Education met on Monday to discuss ten budgetary interests for Fiscal Year 2017. Among them: ensuring no child “falls through the cracks,” support challenging opportunities to all students, recruit staff who is culturally proficient, provide support to students before kindergarten, among others. These items are a way to guide the Montgomery […]

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, […]

Shirley Brandman, a former president of the Montgomery County Board of Education, has been named interim director of the Children’s Opportunity Fund- an initiative where county agencies, Montgomery County Public School officials, and the private sector are taking steps to eliminate the achievement gap. Brandman started in her new role on Sept 1. County officials said the […]

Students in Montgomery County walk to school, ride their bicycles, or take the school bus. Montgomery County Police are reminding drivers to be extra careful as students travel to and from school. More than 156,000 students headed back to class on Aug. 31. Police Chief Thomas Manger said approximately 160 crossing guards were deployed to help […]

Police are reminding drivers to “respect the bus.”  Over 1,950 violations were written in the first 18 months of the county’s automated school bus camera program.  Captain Tom Didone says the Montgomery County Police Department will have extra police officers on patrol this week for the start of the school year.  

The first day of school is Aug. 31, and Montgomery County officials want to get off on the right foot. On Monday, at 10:30 a.m., a news conference to talk about strategic priorities for the upcoming year, school improvements, increasing on student enrollment, and Capital Improvement Program (CIP) needs for Montgomery County Public Schools, is scheduled to […]

The first day of school is Aug. 31st in Montgomery County and police are reminding drivers to “Respect the Bus.” According to police, Maryland law requires vehicles to stop when traveling in the same direction of a stopped school bus with activated flashing red lights. Drivers on the opposite direction also must stop when approaching a […]