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(March 17, 2003)
The Montgomery County Public Schools is facing a potential shortfall of more than $31 million in next year’s budget, based on figures released today, and the sheer size of the “funding gap” has prompt ...(more)
The development of a multi-year strategic plan for the Montgomery County Public Schools—that builds on the planning and reform initiatives of the past three years—is under way as the school system add ...(more)
Montgomery Blair High School senior Anatoly Preygel’s research on knot theory won him third place in the nation in the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search competition. In a March 11 awards cere ...(more)
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) has begun the registration period for both the Head Start pre-kindergarten program and the MCPS pre-kindergarten program for income-eligible children who will b ...(more)
Teacher Gerald Link’s ability to make "chemistry come alive," according to his students and colleagues at Northwest High School, was recognized this year through his selection as a recipient of the Ag ...(more)
(March 12, 2003)
School-sponsored field trips to all international destinations, except Canada, are being canceled because of increased safety and security concerns regarding international travel of American citizens, ...(more)
Further spending reductions are being implemented this week as the Montgomery County Public Schools continues to grapple with rising expenditures, made worse by nearly $2.1 million in unanticipated co ...(more)
The Board of Education met on Tuesday [March 11] and, among other items, approved contractual agreements with two employee organizations and revisions to the school calendar necessitated by snow emerg ...(more)
(March 11, 2003)
The Montgomery County Public Schools Educational Foundation and Superintendent Jerry D. Weast will host a reception on April 3 honoring County Executive Douglas Duncan and Montgomery County Police Chi ...(more)
The Board of Education today [Tuesday, March 11] approved the extension of the current school year by two days to Thursday, June 19, and Friday, June 20, and the opening of schools on a previously sch ...(more)
Ninth grade students at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School will construct a Peace Park in commemoration of atomic bomb victims in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The park will be in the atrium across from the ...(more)
(March 10, 2003)
Students from Damascus High School and Thomas A. Edison High School of Technology will hold a ceremony at Damascus High School on Thursday, March 13, at 9:30 a.m. to donate a refurbished van to Mr. Bo ...(more)
A review of last summer's local and regional summer school experience and an evaluation of the new summer Extended Learning Opportunities (ELO) program show that students benefited from both programs' ...(more)
9:00 a.m. Closed Session 10:00 a.m. 1.0 Roll Call 1.1 Approval of the Agenda (A) 1.2 Items of Legislation (A) 1.3 Recommendation to Approve the Agreement with the Montgomery County ...(more)
(March 07, 2003)
The U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security showcased a new federal initiative to help schools with emergency preparedness -- particularly for potential terrorist att ...(more)