July 30, 2024 – by Liz Simon Under Maryland law, each Maryland board of education is required to have an ethics policy that establishes standards of conduct for school system employees, school officials, Board of Education members, and candidates for election to the Board of Education. Montgomery County’s Board ofContinue Reading
July 29, 2024 Today the Montgomery County Inspector General Megan Davey Limarzi announced a new memorandum related to MCPS mismanagement of the electric bus contract “detailing the results of an OIG Investigation into the Montgomery County Public Schools’ (MCPS) management of a contract valued at over $160 million to procureContinue Reading
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
July 22, 2024 Last month it came out Dr. Monifa McKnight (former MCPS Superintendent who was paid over $1.3 million as part of her resignation) took a newly created position at The University of Maryland, College Park as Dean’s Fellow and Superintendent in Residence. We can now confirm Dr. McKnight’sContinue Reading
July 19, 2024 Over recent weeks, there has been a ton of discussion about the closing of the Montgomery Virtual Academy (including a hybrid in person/online discussion with Dr. Taylor). According to advocates, the majority of testimony at the BOE meeting this week was for the need to reinstate MVAContinue Reading
July 17, 2024 As many of our readers are probably aware, there are several upcoming boundary studies the scope of which will include the majority of the county. This makes the school utilization report recently released by the Planning Board even more salient. This article will look over the schoolContinue Reading
July 17, 2024 by Jasmine Jefferson (MCPS Summer RISE student) On June 11, 2024, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) made the momentous decision to close the Montgomery Virtual Academy (MVA) during a Board of Education (BOE) meeting. This decision caused shockwaves around Montgomery County. Students, staff, and families are nowContinue Reading
July 11, 2024 Because the Board of Education only posts these listings to X (formerly known as Twitter) and their website, we make a habit of posting the links for people who don’t regularly check those sources to be able to sign up for public comment. Per the MoCo BOE:Continue Reading
July 10, 2024 We began hearing earlier in the week that Seth Adams, MCPS Deputy Chief of Facilities Management, will be resigning from his position. It was confirmed by MCPS this morning (see MCPS statement below). Statement from MCPS PIO Per MCPS PIO, “Seth Adams, our Deputy Chief of FacilitiesContinue Reading
July 9th, 2024 The University of Maryland College of Education announced on Monday that Former MCPS Superintendent Dr. Monifa McKnight has been named as its inaugural Dean’s Fellow and Superintendent in Residence starting in August. It appears this is a new role for the university. Dr. McKnight received a largeContinue Reading