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Elementary School Students Participate in Reading Event at USDE

(July 22, 2009)

Nearly 50 students from Gaithersburg Elementary School and Washington Grove Elementary School traveled today to the front lawn of the United States Department of Education (USDE) in Washington, D.C., ...(more)

Results of Maryland School Assessments Continue To Show Steady Progress

(July 21, 2009)

No Title I Schools are on School Improvement List; Four Schools Exit School Improvement In 2009, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students in elementary and middle school, overall, continued ...(more)

Comment Sought on Two Tentatively Approved Board Policies

(July 21, 2009)

Comment Sought on Two Policies on Funding Employee Retirement/Pension System and Postemployment Benefits The Board of Education has requested community comment regarding Policy GIG, Funding Ret ...(more)

Board Appoints Five Administrators, Takes Action on Policies

(July 15, 2009)

Board of Education Tentatively Approves Comprehensive Master Plan, Discusses Professional Growth System, and Takes Action on Various Policies The Montgomery County Board of Education met on Tuesday ...(more)

Harvard Education Press Publishes New Book on MCPS Reform Effort

(July 14, 2009)

Harvard Education Press released a new book today that chronicles the 10-year reform effort in Montgomery County Public Schools. The book, Leading for Equity: The Pursuit of Excellence in Montgomery C ...(more)

Class of 2009 Earns 71 National Merit Scholarship Awards

(July 13, 2009)

Twenty-Four Additional Students Win National Merit Scholarships, Bringing Total for the Class of 2009 to 71 Twenty-four students have been named in the second round of college-sponsored National ...(more)

Board of Education To Meet on Tuesday, July 14, 2009

(July 13, 2009)

Agenda 9:00 a.m. 1.0 Acknowledgment of a Quorum 1.1 Resolution for Closed Sessions (A) 10:00 a.m. 2.0 Pledge of Allegiance (A) 2.1 Approval of the Agenda (A) 2.2 In Appreciation of Blair G. ...(more)

MCPS Honored as Champion of Summer Learning

(July 09, 2009)

National Center for Summer Learning Presents Award to Superintendent Weast in Recognition of ELO–SAIL Summer Learning Program MCPS Expands Program Using $1.2 Million in Funding from American Recov ...(more)

Board President Issues Statement Honoring the Legacy of Blair Ewing

(June 30, 2009)

STATEMENT OF BOARD PRESIDENT SHIRLEY BRANDMAN ON THE PASSING OF BLAIR G. EWING, FORMER MEMBER OF THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION “On behalf of the children and staff of Montgomery County P ...(more)

Michael Durso Appointed to Fill District 5 Board of Education Seat

(June 26, 2009)

Retiring Springbrook High Principal To Step into Post Left Vacant by Election of Nancy Navarro to County Council; Term Runs Through 2010 Michael Durso, who retires this month as principal of Spr ...(more)

Board Approves Revised Strategic Plan, Sets Nonresident Tuition

(June 23, 2009)

Board of Education Approves Revised Strategic Plan, Sets 2009–2010 Tuition for Nonresident Students The Montgomery County Board of Education met on Monday, June 22, and, among other items, approved ...(more)

Harvard Case Study Showcases MCBRE’s Impact on Education

(June 22, 2009)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, please contact: Heather Schwager, Montgomery Business Roundtable for Education (MCBRE) (301)-279-7958 Harvard Business School Case Study Showcases MCB ...(more)

Students Attend Association of Student Councils Conference

(June 22, 2009)

Jigisha Srivastav (president of the Maryland Association of Student Councils and a student at Poolesville High School), Michael Hagan (SGA president, Damascus High School) and Bianca Padilla (SGA pres ...(more)

Eighteen MCPS Students Named Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholars

(June 19, 2009)

Eighteen Montgomery County Public Schools students are among 143 Maryland students named Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholars for 2009 by the Maryland State Department of Education. Each honoree receives ...(more)

Board of Education To Meet on Monday, June 22, 2009

(June 19, 2009)

Agenda 5:30 p.m. 1.0 Acknowledgment of a Quorum 1.1 Resolution for Closed Session (A) 6:00 p.m. 2.0 Pledge of Allegiance 2.1 Approval of the Agenda (A) 2.2 Recognition of Vietnamese Scholars ...(more)