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(September 12, 2001)
The following information is being provided to all Montgomery County Public Schools and the community to help children and others cope with the impact of the ongoing national tragedy. In the aftermat ...(more)
(September 10, 2001)
The combination of several new initiatives last year in the Montgomery County Public Schools -- a more rigorous curriculum, intensive training for teachers, expanded instructional time, ongoing asses ...(more)
(September 07, 2001)
Based on the findings of an independent panel of education, community, and business representatives, Dr. Jerry D. Weast, superintendent of schools, has recommended against approving an application to ...(more)
(August 30, 2001)
The following is a joint statement by the Montgomery County Public Schools and the Montgomery County Education Association released today [Thursday, August 30]: The Montgomery County Public Schools ...(more)
Office Depot has donated backpacks filled with school supplies to 500 students attending Broad Acres Elementary School in Silver Spring. Backpacks were handed out during a special open house at the s ...(more)
(August 28, 2001)
The Board of Education today [Tuesday, August 28] took action regarding the elimination of the Native American symbols as mascots, endorsed the discontinuation of criterion-referenced tests, revised M ...(more)
The 2001 results of the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) reflect a continuing disparity by race and ethnicity within the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), in which the lowest scores were among ...(more)
(August 27, 2001)
The school system's website has been redesigned to make it more customer-friendly and useful in obtaining information about the Montgomery County Public Schools. The redesigned site reflects an ong ...(more)
(August 24, 2001)
Superintendent Jerry D. Weast, Board of Education President Nancy J. King, County Council President Blair Ewing, and County Council Education Committee Chair Michael Subin this week participated in ce ...(more)
Youth-focused service providers in the upcounty area of Montgomery County will meet at an all-day conference to discuss ways to use the combined power of school and county agencies and institutions to ...(more)
9:00 a.m. Closed Session 1:30 p.m. 1.0 Roll Call 1.1 Approval of the Agenda (A) 1.2 Board/Superintendent Comments (D) 1:45 Public Comments 2:15 2.0 Consent Items (A) Procuremen ...(more)
(August 22, 2001)
For the first time in the 33-year history of these polls, the 2001 Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools shows public approval at its highest ever nationally. ...(more)
(August 17, 2001)
The Department of Staff Development is providing a weeklong orientation program for teachers new to Montgomery County Public Schools. The program is designed to meet the needs of teachers with a vari ...(more)
(August 16, 2001)
A partnership between Georgian Forest and Wayside elementary schools and the Peppertree Farm Apartments in Silver Spring has resulted in an innovative community outreach project this summer that is pr ...(more)
(August 02, 2001)
The Montgomery County Board of Education is seeking nominations from the public for its fifth annual award for distinguished service to public education. The award is sponsored by the Board to recogn ...(more)