In: BOE, Budget, Class Sizes, County Council, Grades, IB and AP Classes, Local Government, MCPS, MCPS Enrollment, Overcrowding, School Funding, Special Education

As part of the approval of the 2025 FY MCPS Operating Budget, there was a new item in the annual operating budget that requires reporting of class sizes which reads: “MCPS will provide to the Council a report on actual class sizes in the 2024-2025 school year. This report willContinue Reading

In: 2024 Elections, BOE, Boundary Study, Budget, CEOs, Elections, English Learners, Grades, Hate / Bias Incidents, MCPS, Phones, Safety, School Funding, Special Education, SROs, Virtual Academy

October 17, 2024 We sent the following questionnaire to all 6 BOE finalist candidates and will be posting each of them individually (in the order received) as well as a comparison between them on another page. These are the responses by Natalie Zimmerman who is running for District 2 (everyoneContinue Reading

In: 2024 Elections, BOE, Boundary Study, CEOs, Grades, Hate / Bias Incidents, MCPS, Phones, Safety, School Funding, Special Education, SROs, Virtual Academy

October 17, 2024 We sent the following questionnaire to all 6 BOE finalist candidates and will be posting each of them individually (in the order received) as well as a comparison between them on another page. These are the responses by Lynne Harris who is running for At-Large (everyone inContinue Reading

In: BOE, Boundary Study, CEOs, Drugs and Alcohol, Grades, Incident Response, MCPS, Phones, Safety, School Funding, Special Education, SROs, Virtual Academy

October 14, 2024 We sent the following questionnaire to all 6 BOE finalist candidates and will be posting each of them individually (in the order received) as well as a comparison between them on another page. These are the responses by Rita Montoya who is running for At-Large (everyone inContinue Reading

In: Grades, Maryland, MCPS, MSDE Testing, Testing

October 14, 2024 Background MCPS student proficiency on the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP) assessments was compared to other public school districts in Maryland for 2024 (the 2023-2024 school year). MCAP tests are administered in English Language Arts (ELA), Math, Science, and Social Studies. According to the Maryland State DepartmentContinue Reading

In: 2024 Elections, BOE, Budget, CEOs, Education & Culture, Free Events, Grades, Hate / Bias Incidents, Incident Response, Local Government, MCPS, MCPS Enrollment, Safety, Transportation, Virtual Academy, Virtual Events

September 5, 2024 Moderately MOCO is cosponsoring a virtual Montgomery county board of education candidate forum on September 19 at 7 PM! After the success of our in person forum before the primary, we are teaming up with several other cohosts to put on a virtual forum that will beContinue Reading

In: Community Feedback, Grades, IB and AP Classes, MCPS, Moderately MOCO Interns, Opinion, Testing

July 26, 2024 – By Sophia Campbell MCPS schools have a reputation for academic excellence and are widely regarded for their high-achieving students, stellar statistics, and competitive atmosphere. The region even ranks among the top 250 school districts throughout the United States—a distinction owed to the schools’ impressive volume ofContinue Reading