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Board Selects 5 Candidates for District 5 Vacancy

(June 02, 2004)

The Board of Education has selected five candidates from among the 17 individuals who applied to become the District 5 representative following the upcoming resignation of Vice President Reginald M. F ...(more)

Poolesville HS to Reopen Thursday Following Repairs

(June 02, 2004)

Poolesville High School in Poolesville will reopen on Thursday, June 3, following successful repairs to the leaking propane tank discovered on Tuesday that kept the school closed through Wednesday. C ...(more)

Poolesville HS Remains Closed on Wed., June 2

(June 01, 2004)

Poolesville High School in Poolesville will remain closed on Wednesday, June 2, because of repairs to a propane leak discovered earlier today. All student and community activities at the school are c ...(more)

ICB Seeks Applicants for Board Membership

(June 01, 2004)

The Interagency Coordinating Board for Community Use of Public Facilities (ICB) is seeking community members to apply for a voting seat on the ICB as a community member. The appointment will be for a ...(more)

Kemp Mill ES Receives $35,000 Technology Grant

(June 01, 2004)

Kemp Mill Elementary School has been selected as one of 151 elementary, middle, and high schools throughout the nation to receive an HP Technology for Teaching grant, which is designed to transform an ...(more)

Poolesville HS Closes Early Due to Propane Leak

(June 01, 2004)

Poolesville High School in Poolesville will close at 11:30 a.m. today (Tuesday, June 1) due to a propane tank leak at the school. Students were evacuated from the school and remain outside pending di ...(more)

ESOL Committee Presents Annual Education Awards

(May 28, 2004)

The 2003-2004 awards for Outstanding ESOL principals, teachers, and friends were presented at the annual ESOL Awards Ceremony held May 15 at John F. Kennedy High School. The ESOL/Bilingual Advisory ...(more)

Additional 15 Students Named Merit Scholars

(May 28, 2004)

Fifteen Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) high school seniors have won college-sponsored National Merit Scholarships, bringing the total number of MCPS Merit scholars to 42 so far this year. ...(more)

Students Present Research at HHMI Symposium

(May 28, 2004)

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students presented results of medical research they have conducted this year through the National Institutes of Health at a symposium held at Howard Hughes Medi ...(more)

Construction Trades Students Complete House

(May 27, 2004)

A Cornerstone Ceremony on Thursday, May 27, at 6:30 p.m. will mark the completion of the 33rd house built by students in the construction trades program at Thomas Edison High School of Technology in c ...(more)

Board Approves Revisions to Strategic Plan

(May 26, 2004)

The Board of Education met on Monday [May 24] and, among other items, approved revisions to the strategic plan and appointed six principals. The Board also recognized 43 teachers who received nationa ...(more)

Parents of Eighth Graders Urged to Confirm Residency

(May 26, 2004)

Parents and guardians of eighth grade students in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) are being urged to submit documentation verifying their residency in Montgomery County by June 4, 2004. The d ...(more)

2nd Graders Achieve Record Academic Gains

(May 25, 2004)

The more than 9,900 students in Grade 2 this year -- one of the most racially and ethnically diverse grade levels in the school system -- achieved at least the 68th median national percentile (languag ...(more)

Foundation Grant to Help Expand Reading Together

(May 25, 2004)

Debby and Joshua Rales of the RFI Foundation in Bethesda have pledged $270,000 over the next three years to help expand the Reading Together tutorial program to teach reading skills to second grade st ...(more)

Board of Education Appoints 6 New School Principals

(May 24, 2004)

The Montgomery County Board of Education met this evening [May 24, 2004] and approved the following appointments of six principals: * Meredith Casper, currently assistant principal at Wheaton Wood ...(more)