December 11, 2024 This holiday season, consider ways to help MCPS students pay off their student lunch debt. In FY2024, “Dine with Dignity seeks to raise $170,000 to settle a fraction of the more than $700,000 unpaid meal debt accrued by MCPS students.” Anyone Can Donate Anyone can donate to help childrenContinue Reading
“Doing It All” is the podcast for anyone determined to balance the many roles and responsibilities of modern life while staying true to themselves—and it’s proudly local to Montgomery County! One of the co-hosts even teaches for Montgomery County Public Schools. Co-hosted by Maya and Sarah—two dynamic working moms withContinue Reading
November 25, 2024 – MoCo Closures Team Originally posted on MocoClosures substack. Reprinted with permission. Significantly Below Normal Temperatures Expected Across the Eastern U.S. with Limited Snow Chances Early On MoCoClosures presents our Early December Temperature Outlook for the 2024-25 winter season. As we enter December, Arctic air from Siberia is set toContinue Reading
November 20, 2024 Featured image of Crown High School under construction by MyDrone.pro on 11/11/2024 There have been a few meetings regarding the upcoming MCPS Boundary Studies and also the budget as it related to the CIP (Capital Improvements Plan) which has major impacts on timing and considerations for theContinue Reading
November 18, 2024 – By DarkSharkWX (@shark_wx on X, formerly Twitter) Originally posted on MocoClosures substack. Reprinted with permission. Winter is coming! With it comes the uncertainty of snow days, icy commutes, and stormy weekends. At MoCoClosures, we’ve spent weeks analyzing historical data, long-range models, and regional patterns to bringContinue Reading
November 14, 2024 – By Isabelle Strouble SILVER SPRING, MD – Over 600 Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students gathered on November 9th at A. Mario Loiederman Middle School to commemorate Veterans Day (November 11th) and National Outdoor Classroom Day (November 7th), the event collectively brought together over 600 MCPS students and adultContinue Reading
November 5, 2024 – Will be updated as more information comes in. More recent and relevant races will go toward the top with the rest being pushed down. Last update around 10:35p.m. 11/5/2024 Overall Notes Note that there are a LOT of votes still to count. Some leads are beingContinue Reading
November 5, 2024 Election day is finally here! While I am sure most have already made their decisions (at least at the national level), we want to provide you with the most information to make sure your vote counts and about the local board of education races. This article willContinue Reading
October 29, 2024 To submit an opinion piece for consideration, contact us here. MCPS should use textbooks over Chromebooks especially in elementary school. Students are missing out on a vital skill of reading a book, taking notes, and answering questions at the end of each chapter. It is a criticalContinue Reading
October 28, 2024 I tuned in and live tweeted the Mar Elrich, the County Executive’s initial community conversation on the MCPS FY26 budget today (October 28, 2024) This is an initial discussion on a budget that will be ongoing for the next 5-6 months before being finalized by the CountyContinue Reading