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(May 09, 2000)
A couple of important stories appeared today [Tuesday, May 9] regarding the school system.An article, entitled "Montgomery Tries to Solve Math Problem," appeared in The Washington Post and focused on ...(more)
The Board of Education today [Tuesday, May 9] approved the following administrative appointments:* Judie A. Muntner, currently interim associate superintendent, Office of Instruction and Program Deve ...(more)
Helene Granof, a second grade teacher at Burning Tree Elementary School, has won a 1999 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the nation's most prestigious honor for a ...(more)
(May 08, 2000)
A new public service announcement produced by MCPS to celebrate the work of great teachers will be aired on Cable TV Montgomery throughout the month of May, beginning this week on Monday, May 10, as p ...(more)
Jo Anne McKernon, a fourth grade teacher at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, has been selected to receive the MCPS Teacher of the Year award. McKernon will represent Montgomery County in the comp ...(more)
(May 06, 2000)
Three important newspaper editorials appeared this week concerning the results of the first semester testing among high school students taking Algebra 1 this year and the financial and community suppo ...(more)
(May 05, 2000)
MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATIONAGENDA(A) Action(D) Discussion(I) Information(R) RecognitionRevised [Note new items 2.0 and 4.3]Tuesday, May 9, 2000 10:00 a. m.*8:00 a.m. Breakfast Reception - Foo ...(more)
A sophomore at John F. Kennedy High School has been elected the new student member of the county Board of Education for the 2000-2001 school year.Christopher Lloyd was chosen by 74.5% of the 48,111 se ...(more)
(May 04, 2000)
All users of internet e-mail programs, including the MCPS FirstClass system, are advised that a computer virus named "I LOVE YOU" is especially destructive and damaging to computers, e-mail systems, f ...(more)
(May 03, 2000)
Eighty-seven percent of students who took Algebra 1 in middle school for the first semester this year passed the countywide exam, an important accomplishment since more than one-third of ninth grade s ...(more)
(April 28, 2000)
The first implementation of standardized grading scales for the countywide exam in Algebra 1 for high school students occurred this past January, and the results show that only 36 percent of the high ...(more)
Seven Montgomery County Public Schools students have won corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarships financed by companies, foundations and other business organizations. The students are among 22 ...(more)
Throughout the school year, 16 students from 14 Montgomery County high schools have rushed from school to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to don lab coats and pursue medical research. They ar ...(more)
(April 27, 2000)
Jackson Road Elementary School's project to help students better understand the content area of mathematics has been selected to receive a $10,000 Toyota TIME grant from Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., In ...(more)
(April 26, 2000)
The Board of Education met yesterday [Tuesday, April 25] and, among other items, endorsed the superintendent's decision to alter the penalty for student use or possession of cellular phones on school ...(more)