June 14, 2024 On Friday June 14 starting around 4:15pm communication began coming out that the “Montgomery County Board of Education will make an announcement about the superintendency of Montgomery County Public Schools at 3:00 p.m., Monday, June 17” along with other information about the budget being approved Full textContinue Reading
June 10, 2024 It wasn’t long ago that MCPS was proclaiming hiring issues and teacher shortages. Then last month, MCPS threw a Hail Mary after receiving only $150 million of the $180 million they requested from the County. As reported by Montgomery Perspective, this was a higher percent received ofContinue Reading
May 23, 2024 – Opinion By Anonymous Submitter The Student Member of the Board of Education, Sami Saeed introduced a resolution on May 9 to add 4 half-day wellness days to the school calendar, meaning in practice to convert 4 full days to half days. Free afternoons out of schoolContinue Reading
May 20, 2024 – by Avniel Serkin-Ahmed (Founder of the Facebook group “All About DMV Politics”) An analysis of what data tells us about the Maryland Primary Election results We all have seen who won and lost in the 2024 Maryland Primary election but what does the voting data andContinue Reading
May 14, 2024 – This post will be updated as more results and calls come in so check back often. Official Links Senate Races Called Already The GOP Senate Race was called soon after results started coming in declaring Former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan the Republican nominee. On the DemocraticContinue Reading
May 7, 2024 Background In January 2024, we posted the initial Part 1 which featured a very detailed series of graphs and charts showing how anti-Jewish Hate/Bias incidents in Montgomery County Maryland have increased over the timeframe of July 2022 to October 2024 (inclusive) as compared to Hate/Bias incidents againstContinue Reading
May 6, 2024 – By June Traicoff I was inspired by the Yes/No summary of school board candidate responses from the Moderately MOCO forum, as well as the summary table of school board candidates from the Montgomery County Taxpayers League (MCTL). I will have printouts of both with me onContinue Reading
April 29, 2024 – By Dana Noga – Photos from MCPD post. With the Board of Education Primary Election heating up, questions regarding School Resource Officers (SROs), Community Engagement Officers (CEOs), and security in schools have come to the forefront. MCPS graduate, activist and concerned parent Dana Noga writes aboutContinue Reading
April 18, 2024 We hosted the our first ever in person Moderately MOCO event on April 15 – a Board of Education candidate forum which you can watch here or click below. It is the month leading up to the May 14 Primary Election and you can see a collectionContinue Reading
We have our first Moderately MOCO in person event which is a 2024 Board of Education Candidate Forum taking place on April 15 at the County Council building. We hope to see you there. See here for Parking and Directions information to the County Council building. Parking is free afterContinue Reading
