Basic Information Email Yang4education@gmail.comWebsite www.Julieyang.orgTwitter @JulieYangMoCo Questions & Responses (All Candidates) 1 – What lessons learned do you have since the start of the pandemic? The pandemic taught us several lessons: 2 – If you could go back and do one thing differently from what was done in the last two years inContinue Reading
Basic Information Email dg@domformoco.comWebsite www.domformoco.comFacebook @domformocoTwitter @domformoco Questions & Responses (All Candidates) 1 – What lessons learned do you have since the start of the pandemic? All the science and data in the world isn’t going to help you if you lose the public’s trust.Frankly, there’s not a sector of government that people reallyContinue Reading
Basic Information Email ANewDawn4BOE@gmail.comWebsite ANewDawn4BOE.comFacebook A-New-Dawn_for-Board-Of-EducationTwitter Dawn_LCPC Questions & Responses (All Candidates) 1 – What lessons learned do you have since the start of the pandemic? The biggest lesson learned is that we should never close school buildings or switch to virtual learning again. The impact that school closures and virtual learning had onContinue Reading
Basic Information Email scott@fourpointeducation.comFacebook Scott JoftusTwitter ScottJoftus Questions & Responses (All Candidates) 1 – What lessons learned do you have since the start of the pandemic? In-person schooling is critical for the academic and social and emotional wellness of our students. Virtual learning taught us a number of innovative and successful approaches toContinue Reading
Executive Summary The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) requires standardized tests to measure proficiency in math. Data for MCPS Middle School Algebra 1 scores in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2021 were analyzed to answer 3 questions: An average of 54.5% MCPS middle school students demonstrated proficiency betweenContinue Reading
Executive Summary The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) requires standardized tests to measure proficiency in math. Data for MCPS Middle School Geometry scores in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2021 were analyzed to answer 3 questions: What is the percent of proficient students at each middle school by year? WhatContinue Reading
Introduction This is the first part of a series looking at the intersection of MCPS and County Planning. Clarksburg Background This article that explains the issues showing in August 2021 the school was more than 200% of capacity. This Change.org petition was signed by over 1,000 people really shows theContinue Reading
This is our final one of these June is retiring from note taking and I wanted to thank June for all the time and effort she has put in watching these meetings and taking notes for others that can’t and to share the information. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Notes Link toContinue Reading
Update to previous article on this subject: https://moderatelymoco.com/mcps-football-season-sacked-by-county-in-surprise-reversal-despite-decreasing-covid-rates/. Title Photo Credit: Julie Anderson Notes on Safety of Football To start, MCPS Coaches are voluntary positions. Most are also MCPS staff and have more likely than not been offered the opportunity for a vaccine. In late January 2021, the National FederationContinue Reading
UPDATE: Rally planned for Sunday 3/14 for MCPS Football, Cheer, & POMS. Details on flyer further down. Experts such as Harvard Professor Joseph G. Allen (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/08/dont-let-covid-19-keep-kids-playing-sports/) and many others have stressed the importance of sports, especially outdoors, and especially for kids. Many other local school systems have already had outdoorContinue Reading