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Washington Post Honors Blake High School Teacher

(April 23, 2004)

The Washington Post will honor Mary D.P. Wagner, a comparative religion and government teacher at James Hubert Blake High School, and other winners of the Agnes Myer Outstanding Teacher Award at a rec ...(more)

Title I Schools Hold Parent Meetings on Choice Options

(April 23, 2004)

Parent meetings on the enrollment options and supplemental educational services planned for next year in response to requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 are being held beginning next ...(more)

Board of Education to Meet on Monday, April 26, 2004

(April 22, 2004)

Agenda for April 26 Meeting 8:00 p.m. 1.0 Acknowledgment of a Quorum 1.1 Approval of the Agenda (A) 1.2 National Student Leadership Week (A) 1.3 Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (A) 8:15 ...(more)

Page ES to Hold May 8 Rededication Ceremony

(April 22, 2004)

The William Tyler Page Elementary School community has planned a ceremony to mark the completion of the newly-modernized school facility. All present and former members of the Page Elementary School ...(more)

Magruder Students Produce Video on Brown Decision

(April 21, 2004)

On Friday, April 23, students at Col. Zadok Magruder High School will watch a special student-produced video titled, “Magruder High Presents Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary.” The 20-minu ...(more)

Six Edison HS Students Win Top SkillsUSA Awards

(April 19, 2004)

Six students from Thomas Edison High School of Technology took first place awards at the 31st Annual Maryland SkillsUSA Championships, allowing them to move on to the national competition. The 40 E ...(more)

Board of Education Approves Policy on Legal Services

(April 16, 2004)

The Board of Education met on Thursday [April 15] and, among other items, approved a revised policy on legal services and rescinded 13 policies that are no longer needed. The Board also appointed a p ...(more)

Healthier Snacks, Drinks Offered in Vending Machines

(April 16, 2004)

Snacks and sodas offered to students in vending machines throughout the school system will be healthier next fall, following a Board of Education review of vending machines and recommendations from Dr ...(more)

Sherwood High School Holds Youth Health Summit

(April 16, 2004)

Sherwood High School will hold the Sherwood Community Youth Summit on Thursday, April 22, at the school. The event is being held in honor of Sarah Siskin, a 2002 graduate of Sherwood who struggled wit ...(more)

New 'Q&A' Provides Information on Water Safeguards

(April 16, 2004)

Schools will be distributing to students, parents, and staff a new “Q&A” document that provides information in response to common inquiries regarding the ongoing effort to safeguard school drinking wa ...(more)

Board Appoints Principal of Silver Spring Int. MS

(April 16, 2004)

The Board of Education met yesterday [Thursday, April 15] and approved the following administrative appointment: * Cynthia Best-Goring, currently principal of East Silver Spring Elementary School, ...(more)

Board President Urges Council to Support Budget

(April 15, 2004)

The following is the edited text of the testimony presented last night [Wednesday, April 14] by Board of Education President Sharon Cox in support of the operating budget request for Fiscal Year 2005. ...(more)

Last School Day for Students Returns to Tuesday, June 15

(April 15, 2004)

The last day of school for students will once again be June 15, 2004, as the result of state waivers granted for two emergency days used last fall during Hurricane Isabel. The waiver recognizes t ...(more)

Schools Cited for Prestigious College Placements

(April 15, 2004)

The April 2 issue of The Wall Street Journal has identified three public high schools in Montgomery County as among the best schools in the nation for enrolling students in the most prestigious colleg ...(more)

Schools Remove Toys, Headphones as Lead Hazard

(April 14, 2004)

All principals of the Montgomery County Public Schools have been directed to search their schools and remove from classrooms any small plastic or vinyl animal and pretend food toys, as well as a certa ...(more)