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Einstein and Watkins Mill High Schools to Offer IB

(July 17, 2003)

Albert Einstein and Watkins Mill high schools have received authorization from the International Baccalaureate Organization to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program for eleventh a ...(more)

Project to Focus on "Green" School Design

(July 14, 2003)

Members of the Department of Facilities Management and other staff involved in all aspects of school construction and maintenance will meet as a team with experts from the “green” building and high pe ...(more)

New Guidelines Set for School A La Carte Menus

(July 10, 2003)

New nutritional guidelines for à la carte food and beverages offered to students have been adopted by the Montgomery County Public Schools Division of Food and Nutrition Services. The guidelines are ...(more)

Highlights of July 8 Board of Education Meeting

(July 09, 2003)

The Board of Education met on Tuesday [July 8] and, among other items, approved a Comprehensive Master Plan and a policy on Curricular Expenses for Students. The Board also approved four administrat ...(more)

Special Ed. Dir., Gaithersburg Principal Named

(July 08, 2003)

The Board of Education met today [Tuesday, July 8] and approved the following administrative appointments: * Brian J. Bartels, currently supervisor for psychologists, Howard County Public Schools, ...(more)

Edison Student Wins National Leadership Medal

(July 08, 2003)

Nyillian Fye, a Thomas Edison High School of Technology student and a June graduate of Springbrook High School, was recognized with a silver medal for her knowledge, skills and abilities at the Skills ...(more)

Continued Gains Made in Fourth Grade Math Skills

(July 07, 2003)

Fourth grade students in the Montgomery County Public Schools reached an all-time high in mathematics and mathematics computation, and students in Grades 4 and 6 continued to perform well above the na ...(more)

Board of Education Meets on Tuesday, July 8

(July 03, 2003)

8:30 a.m. Closed Session 10:00 a.m. 1.0 Roll Call 1.1 Approval of the Agenda (A) 1.2 Board/Superintendent Comments (D) 10:15 Public Comments 10:45 2.0 The Report of the High School Tas ...(more)

Groups Join School Defense Against Evangelic Flyer

(July 03, 2003)

Several national and local organizations of teachers, school board members, school administrators, civil liberty groups, and a local community athletic organization joined the defense against an evang ...(more)

Summer Program Extends Learning Opportunities

(July 01, 2003)

The four-week "Summer Adventures in Learning" program designed to provide extended learning opportunities to students in 18 Title I elementary schools will begin on Monday, July 7, 2003. This is the ...(more)

Mobile Biotech Lab to Visit Career Camp

(July 01, 2003)

Middle school students who are attending a summer Career Camp sponsored by the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Division of Career and Technology Education will have a chance to use the resourc ...(more)

Student Board Member To Be Sworn In

(June 30, 2003)

Sagar Sanghvi, a junior at Col. Zadok Magruder High School, will be sworn in for a one-year term as the student member of the Board of Education on Tuesday, July 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of t ...(more)

Board Urges State Leaders to Fully Fund School Aid

(June 24, 2003)

The Montgomery County Board of Education last night [Monday, June 23] voted unanimously to strongly urge Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich, Jr., and the leaders of the General Assembly to fully fund th ...(more)

Board Approves New Principal Appointments

(June 23, 2003)

The Board of Education met this evening [Monday, June 23, 2003] and approved the following principal and administrative appointments: * Aara L. Davis, currently assistant principal at Galway Elemen ...(more)

System Defends Against Religious Group's Challenge

(June 23, 2003)

Attorneys for the Montgomery County Board of Education have filed a defense in a case that now involves the United States Department of Justice's support of an evangelical religious group's efforts to ...(more)