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22-Point Drop in SAT Scores for Hispanic Students Prompts Intervention Strategies, Systemwide Score Reaches Highest Level

(August 31, 1999)

NOTE: The full report and superintendent's memorandum are available for viewing as a 568K Adobe Acrobat PDF file. See link below>Superintendent Jerry D. Weast has directed that every high school and a ...(more)

SAT Intervention Strategies

(August 31, 1999)

The following is a summary of current planning and intervention strategies to improve student performance on the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT), particularly among Hispanic and African American stud ...(more)

Board Discusses Student Performance, Appoints Four New Administrators, and Approves Facilities and Budget Items

(August 26, 1999)

The Board of Education met this week [Tuesday, August 24] and, among other items, discussed student performance measures, the continuing disparity in student achievement by race and ethnicity, and the ...(more)

New School Year to Open with Focus on School Productivity, Record Enrollment, New Schools, and Enhanced Security

(August 26, 1999)

The new school year features more than a few new things - a new superintendent, four new schools, seventeen new principals, and a thousand new teachers. New ways of measuring student achievement, eval ...(more)

Montgomery County Public Schools Welcomes Largest Number of New Teachers in its History

(August 25, 1999)

By the opening of school on September 1, almost 1,000 new teachers will be entering Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) classrooms - the largest number in the school system's history. At a welcome ...(more)

Identification Badges

(August 24, 1999)

All Montgomery County Public Schools high school staff and students and nonschool-based staff soon will be required to wear identification (ID) badges.The use of badges is one of several ways the scho ...(more)

School System to Welcome More than 800 New Teachers at Special Assembly and Reception

(August 20, 1999)

Montgomery County Public Schools will welcome more than 800 new teachers at a festive assembly at Walt Whitman High School on Wednesday, August 25, at 9:00 a.m.The assembly will feature welcoming rema ...(more)

Orientation and Training Program for New Teachers to Feature Pairing with Experienced Mentoring Teachers

(August 19, 1999)

This year, an innovative mentoring program will provide teachers new to Montgomery County Public Schools with an effective way to refine their teaching skills and "learn the ropes" during their first ...(more)

Updated School Boundary Maps Available To Assist Citizens in Identifying School Service Areas

(August 12, 1999)

Montgomery County Public Schools, in association with the ADC Map Company, has published the 1999-2000 edition of School Boundary Maps. The maps, which can be used to identify school service areas, ma ...(more)

Statewide Variance in Water-Usage Restriction Allows Watering of Athletic Fields to Protect Safety of Athletes

(August 09, 1999)

Governor Parris N. Glendening has issued a variance to ease the recent restriction on watering athletic fields due to the drought emergency. The variance is designed to protect the safety of students ...(more)

Nominees Sought for Third Annual 'Distinguished Service to Public Education' Award Sponsored by Board of Education

(August 09, 1999)

The Montgomery County Board of Education is seeking nominations from the public for its third annual award for distinguished service to public education. The award is sponsored by the Board to recogni ...(more)

Dr. Jerry D. Weast Arrives at MCPS Monday, August 2, as Transition Continues for New Superintendent

(August 02, 1999)

Dr. Jerry D. Weast, newly appointed superintendent of the Montgomery County Public Schools, begins work at the Carver Educational Services Center in Rockville on Monday, August 2.Dr. Weast's primary i ...(more)

Two Students are Among the National Medal Winners in the NAACP's ACT-SO Competition

(July 27, 1999)

Two students from Watkins Mill and Springbrook high schools are among 10 Maryland students who received top national honors in the 22nd annual Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Oly ...(more)

Congresswoman Morella to Congratulate Montgomery County Public Schools for More than $1 Million in E-rate Discounts

(July 26, 1999)

Congresswoman Constance Morella is scheduled to attend the July 28 business meeting of the Montgomery County Board of Education at 9:00 p.m. to congratulate school system staff for receiving $1.48 mil ...(more)

13 More Recent Graduates Win National Merit Scholarships, Bringing Total to 43 for 1998 99

(July 21, 1999)

Thirteen more 1999 graduates of the Montgomery County Public Schools have won National Merit Scholarships, raising the number of Merit Scholars for the 1998-99 school year to 43. The local scholars ac ...(more)