The Montgomery County Board of Education takes up the elementary and middle school closure and consolidation study at a noon work session Thursday, October 8. MCPS says the meeting will not approve criteria or identify any school for closure.Continue Reading
Four candidates are running in Montgomery County’s two contested Board of Education races, and every county voter votes in both. Here is what each said about the biggest issue in the race, plus two candidate forums in October.Continue Reading
The League of Women Voters of Montgomery County hosts a forum for the two contested Board of Education races on Wednesday, October 14, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Montgomery Community Television studio in Rockville. In-person registration closes October 6.Continue Reading
The developer told city staff it had sold no homes at Rockshire this year, experienced several cancellations, was evaluating an exit strategy and expected to take a loss on the residential portion. A newly obtained and independently verified City of Rockville email confirms the central factual basis of Councilmember AdamContinue Reading
Public schools occupy a difficult position in American life. They are government institutions serving families with profoundly different political, religious, scientific, and moral beliefs. That is why neutrality concerning social issues matters. Public school focus on academic achievement is the service requested by families. The Montgomery County Board of EducationContinue Reading
A legal challenge to Montgomery County Public Schools’ plan to move Thomas S. Wootton High School from its current Rockville campus to a new facility in the Crown development will proceed before an independent administrative law judge. The Community and Education Policy Alliance, or CEPA, argues that the planned moveContinue Reading
Student journalists from across Montgomery County Public Schools are challenging a March memo that they say could restrict student press freedom and give school administrators broad authority to review and potentially block student reporting before publication. Student Journalists From All 25 MCPS High Schools Send Open Letter According to aContinue Reading
Submission by Liz Cohen Montgomery County, amidst our bucolic greenery, winding roads, and diverse neighborhoods, is also in the midst of a youth violence epidemic in our schools. In February, a shooting inside Wootton High School; in April, a shooting in the Blake High School parking lot and a gunContinue Reading
By Allison Marcus. Pictures by Allison Marcus On March 26, 2026, the Montgomery County Board of Education voted to reassign Kemp Mill Elementary School from Northwood High School to John F. Kennedy High School beginning with the 2027-2028 school year. This was no surprise to those who followed the boundaryContinue Reading
April 17, 2026 – By Moderately MOCO A Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) staff member charged with secretly recording students inside a school changing room also held multiple leadership roles within a prominent local labor union, connections that are now drawing additional scrutiny following his arrest. According to reporting byContinue Reading