Montgomery County Public Schools says it is running out of places to park its school buses, and that next school year it will park some of them at its own properties that will not be operating as schools. “ALL current transportation depots are operating exceeding capacity,” according to a slideContinue Reading
The Red Line shutdown between North Bethesda and Friendship Heights ends this weekend, and the temporary bus lanes that carried its replacement shuttles down Rockville Pike and Wisconsin Avenue start coming out the same day the trains come back. The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration said Thursday itContinue Reading
Montgomery County Public Schools is holding six back-to-school fairs on Saturday, August 22, replacing its single countywide event with regional sites designed to improve access for families across the county. The fairs will run at different times at Albert Einstein, Paint Branch, Wheaton, Richard Montgomery, Gaithersburg, and Seneca Valley highContinue Reading
Today MCPS sent out the following update on the boundary studies: Dear MCPS Community, Thank you to those who attended the boundary study engagement sessions that focused on the reopening of Charles W. Woodward High School, the opening of Crown High School and the expansion of Damascus High School. AddingContinue Reading
A quick update on what’s new for those that haven’t been following all of this on our social media pages (@ModeratelyMOCO on X/Twitter, Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram, Threads, LinkedIn, Reddit, TikTok, Nextdoor). MoCo Mic Live Podcast We have created a new livestream Podcast “MoCo Mic Live”, the podcast discussing Montgomery CountyContinue Reading
November 20, 2024 Featured image of Crown High School under construction by MyDrone.pro on 11/11/2024 There have been a few meetings regarding the upcoming MCPS Boundary Studies and also the budget as it related to the CIP (Capital Improvements Plan) which has major impacts on timing and considerations for theContinue Reading
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
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
April 23, 2024 Earlier this year, MCPS announced that their school bus tracking app would be launched this semester and that the Pilot was underway with families at 10 schools. Last week, MCPS issued a statement about the cancellation of the release of the bus tracking app. In this letter,Continue Reading
April 8th, 2024 – This testimony was given to the County Council on the FY2025 operating budget Hello my name is Jason Makstein and I run the blog Moderately MOCO but today I am testifying as a community advocate about various items in the operating budgets. My focus will beContinue Reading