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1999 Maryland School Performance Assessment Program Results: Eighth Grade Makes Progress on MSPAP but Overall County Scores Drop Slightly, Placing MCPS Fifth Among State Systems

(December 01, 1999)

Despite progress among eighth graders, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) dropped from fourth to fifth place in the rankings of school districts on the Maryland School Performance Assessment Prog ...(more)

Glenallan Elementary School to Break Ground on Wetlands Project Funded by a Grant from the Chesapeake Bay Trust

(November 30, 1999)

Fourth grade students at Glenallan Elementary School will break ground on a wetlands ecology project at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 2, at the school. At the ceremony, officials from the Chesapeake ...(more)

Eighth Grade Makes Progress on MSPAP but Overall County Scores Drop Slightly, Placing MCPS Fifth Among State Systems

(November 30, 1999)

Notes: The Maryland School Performance Report web site, maintained by the Maryland State Department of Education, contains detailed school-by school MSPAP results. See link below.Despite progress amon ...(more)

Board of Education Adds New Gyms to Push for More Classrooms, Schools, Programs and Updated Facilities

(November 24, 1999)

The Board of Education last week [Thursday, November 18, 1999] added a request for $4.8 million to build four elementary school gyms as part of a $670.7 million Capital Improvements Program (CIP) that ...(more)

Montgomery County Public Schools Wins Fifth Consecutive 'Gold Medal' Designation in National Ranking of Best Locations for Businesses

(November 24, 1999)

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) was named a "gold medal" school system for the fifth consecutive year by Expansion Management magazine as a measure of the attractiveness of the school system t ...(more)

Our Call to Action -- Raising the Bar and Closing the Gap, Because All Children Matter: Presentation of the Fiscal Year 2001 Operating Budget

(November 21, 1999)

Presentation of the Fiscal Year 2001 Operating BudgetMontgomery County Public SchoolsWednesday, December 8, 19997:30 p.m.Wheaton High School auditorium12601 Dalewood Drive, Silver SpringThe entire edu ...(more)

Three Local High Schools Among Ten Selected as a Maryland Blue Ribbon School of Excellence

(November 18, 1999)

Damascus, Paint Branch and Richard Montgomery high schools are among 10 public middle and high schools in Maryland selected to receive a state Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Award. The three will be ...(more)

Students to Receive Awards from the State Superintendent and Hewlett Packard for their Posters in a 'Stop the Violence' Art Contest

(November 15, 1999)

State Superintendent of Schools Nancy S. Grasmick and officials from the Hewlett Packard company will honor four high school students for their award-winning posters in a statewide "Stop the Violence" ...(more)

Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills to be Administered Statewide to Students in Grades 2, 4, and 6

(November 15, 1999)

Students in grades 2, 4 and 6 will have a new statewide assessment test to take this spring when the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) are implemented.Administration of the tests statewide in ...(more)

Call to Action Outlines Initiative for Improvements In Student Achievement

(November 12, 1999)

A new collaborative education process designed to raise the academic achievement of all students and close the gap in student performance among racial and ethnic groups was unveiled this week to the B ...(more)

Early Childhood Technology Project Designed by School System Staff Nominated for Inclusion in Smithsonian Collection

(November 11, 1999)

The Montgomery County Public Schools Early Childhood Technology Literacy Project (see link below) has been nominated by Steven Jobs, founder of Apple Computer, for inclusion in the Smithsonian Institu ...(more)

Board Meeting Summary, Meeting of 11/9/99: 'Call to Action' Overview Presented, and Board Endorses Early Childhood Initiative, Approves Calendar, and Appoints Community Superintendents

(November 09, 1999)

The Board of Education met yesterday [Tuesday, November 9, 1999] and, among other items, heard a presentation on the "Call to Action" overview for the school system and approved appointments of four c ...(more)

Muncaster Challenge Program's Underground Railroad Journey Included in Discovery Channel's 'American Journey' TV Series

(October 29, 1999)

Students and educators from the Muncaster Challenge Program undertook a journey to freedom on October 8-11, reenacting a segment of the Underground Railroad from the Potomac River to Baltimore.They we ...(more)

Montgomery County Board of Education to Host Public Forum for State Board of Education to Address Critical Statewide Issues

(October 28, 1999)

The Montgomery County Board of Education will join with boards of education from Frederick, Howard, and Prince George's counties to present a public forum for the Maryland State Board of Education to ...(more)

More Classrooms, New Schools, Updated Facilities, and New Programs Highlight Capital Budget for Growing Enrollment

(October 28, 1999)

A significant expansion in the school classroom space needed to serve an enrollment that will reach more than 140,000 students by 2005, an increase of nearly 9,000 students over this year, highlights ...(more)