(January 17, 2002)
Kindergarten students in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) will bring home a new kind of report card at the end of the first semester this year. The revised Early Childhood Observation Record/Ki
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(January 16, 2002)
Seventeen students from Montgomery Blair High School -- more than any other school in the nation -- and two students from Walt Whitman High School were named semifinalists in the 61st Intel Science Ta
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(January 15, 2002)
Susan (Stevie) Miller, a junior at Richard Montgomery High School, is one of 12 national finalists who will compete for one of three spots on the ChevronTexaco Opera Quiz Kids panel. The ChevronTexac
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(January 14, 2002)
Debbie Scesa, music teacher at Farmland Elementary School, is featured in the new book Teachers: The Enlightened, the Exceptional, the Extraordinary, published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. Scesa was
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(January 14, 2002)
Julius West Middle School is one of six middle schools throughout the nation chosen to participate in the final phase of a national study on leadership and programs.
The six schools, deemed “highl
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(January 14, 2002)
The MCPS Mathematics Evaluation and Selection Committee has recommended mathematics textbooks that are aligned with the MCPS mathematics curriculum. Information meetings to discuss the choice of text
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(January 10, 2002)
Montgomery County parents who wish to request a change in school assignment for their children from their regularly-assigned school may begin the process during the upcoming transfer season, which wil
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(January 10, 2002)
The Board of Education met this week [Tuesday, January 8] and, among other items, discussed the Instructional Planning Model and an update on systemwide continuous improvement. The Board also propose
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(January 07, 2002)
Here's a summary of the places where information is posted when the school system announces school cancellations, delayed openings, or early closures due to weather conditions and other emergencies.
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(January 03, 2002)
Tuesday, January 8, 2002*
8:30 a.m. Closed Session and Lunch
1:00 p.m. Public Meeting Begins
1.0
Roll Call
1.1 Approval of the Agenda (A)
1.2 African American History Month (A)
1
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(December 21, 2001)
The following is the text of a letter sent yesterday [Thursday, December 20] to Maryland Governor Parris N. Glendening on proposed modifications to the final recommendations of the Commission on Educa
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(December 20, 2001)
The public comment period on a proposed policy (CNE) on private contributions for improvements to school facilities has been extended to Friday, January 25, 2002, due to the volume of public response
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(December 14, 2001)
The Board of Education approved the school calendar for the 2002-2003 school year during its business meeting on December 11. Included in the calendar is a contingency calendar to be used if the scho
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(December 13, 2001)
The following is a joint statement, issued yesterday evening [Wednesday, December 12] by Montgomery County Council President Steve Silverman, County Executive Douglas M. Duncan, Board of Education Pre
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(December 12, 2001)
The Board of Education met yesterday [Tuesday, December 11] and, among other items, elected Board officers, and approved an update on the System of Shared Accountability for Schools and a school calen
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