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
October 21, 2024 To submit an opinion piece for consideration, contact us here. In January 2025 MCPS will launch boundary studies for Crown Farm, Woodward and Damascus high schools which will include 50 schools. The 19 high schools and 31 middle schools included in the boundary studies constitute 75% ofContinue Reading
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
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
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
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 Brenda Diaz who is running for District 2 (everyoneContinue Reading
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
October 8 2024 The US Census released their report today on school funding. Take a look at how Maryland stacks up to other states as well as Maryland trends over the past 10 years. Maryland is above the reporting states average but has a similar trend line. Maryland typically hasContinue Reading
October 7, 2024 Saanvi Purohit, a 14-year old singer-songwriter from Hallie Wells Middle School, has just released her first single on all major streaming platforms. Saanvi has been singing for as long as she can remember, and after a summer of dedication and hard work, she produced and released “Did youContinue Reading
September 30, 2024 With mail in ballots already going out, and lots of questions about candidates across social media, I wanted to provide links to all of the different election sources for people to make informed decisions. Out of transparency, we are not doing endorsements this year but we didContinue Reading
