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(August 28, 2001)
The Board of Education today [Tuesday, August 28] took action regarding the elimination of the Native American symbols as mascots, endorsed the discontinuation of criterion-referenced tests, revised M ...(more)
The 2001 results of the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) reflect a continuing disparity by race and ethnicity within the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), in which the lowest scores were among ...(more)
(August 27, 2001)
The school system's website has been redesigned to make it more customer-friendly and useful in obtaining information about the Montgomery County Public Schools. The redesigned site reflects an ong ...(more)
(August 24, 2001)
Superintendent Jerry D. Weast, Board of Education President Nancy J. King, County Council President Blair Ewing, and County Council Education Committee Chair Michael Subin this week participated in ce ...(more)
Youth-focused service providers in the upcounty area of Montgomery County will meet at an all-day conference to discuss ways to use the combined power of school and county agencies and institutions to ...(more)
9:00 a.m. Closed Session 1:30 p.m. 1.0 Roll Call 1.1 Approval of the Agenda (A) 1.2 Board/Superintendent Comments (D) 1:45 Public Comments 2:15 2.0 Consent Items (A) Procuremen ...(more)
(August 22, 2001)
For the first time in the 33-year history of these polls, the 2001 Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools shows public approval at its highest ever nationally. ...(more)
(August 17, 2001)
The Department of Staff Development is providing a weeklong orientation program for teachers new to Montgomery County Public Schools. The program is designed to meet the needs of teachers with a vari ...(more)
(August 16, 2001)
A partnership between Georgian Forest and Wayside elementary schools and the Peppertree Farm Apartments in Silver Spring has resulted in an innovative community outreach project this summer that is pr ...(more)
(August 02, 2001)
The Montgomery County Board of Education is seeking nominations from the public for its fifth annual award for distinguished service to public education. The award is sponsored by the Board to recogn ...(more)
(July 31, 2001)
A new online MCPS Professional Library Catalog will be inaugurated by Superintendent Jerry D. Weast at a ceremony on Wednesday, August 1, at 4:00 p.m.at the school system’s Professional Library. ...(more)
(July 27, 2001)
Superintendent Jerry D. Weast will welcome 100 high school and middle school students from China who are attending a week of classes and cultural exchange at Gaithersburg High School. Ten Chinese tea ...(more)
The Montgomery County Board of Education last evening [Thursday, July 26] approved 13 administrative appointments, including three school principals, and gave authorization to expand the Chinese Immer ...(more)
(July 26, 2001)
Kathy L. Brake, principal of Washington Grove Elementary School, has been selected to receive the Mark Mann Excellence and Harmony Award, given annually to one local school administrator who has shown ...(more)
(July 23, 2001)
School year 2001-02 tuition rates for students who are not residents of Montgomery County were approved by the Board of Education on July 2, 2001. The rates are as follows: Grade Level and Annual ...(more)