In: College Park, Colleges, Maryland, MCPS, School, Superintendent, University of Maryland

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

In: BOE, Colleges, Hate / Bias Incidents, Hate / Bias Incidents, Incident Response, Local Government, Maryland, MCPS, Montgomery County Police Department, Public Safety, Safety, School

May 7, 2024 Background In January 2024, we posted the initial Part 1 which featured a very detailed series of graphs and charts showing how anti-Jewish Hate/Bias incidents in Montgomery County Maryland have increased over the timeframe of July 2022 to October 2024 (inclusive) as compared to Hate/Bias incidents againstContinue Reading

In: Colleges, County Council, Dual Enrollment, Education & Culture, Events, Local Government, MCPS, Montgomery College, School, Superintendent

ROCKVILLE, MD, May 16, 2023 Students from high schools county-wide were honored tonight at the Montgomery County Public Schools and Montgomery College 2023 Dual Enrollment Recognition Ceremony, held at the Universities at Shady Grove. The ceremony paid tribute to more than 270 high school seniors who will graduate with AssociateContinue Reading

In: Colleges, Construction, Government, Information, Local Government, Maryland, Montgomery College, School

Montgomery College will have a virtual meeting on May 2, 2023 at 6 pm for public input on the Facilities Master Plan that will be updated for 2023-2033. From MC:  “The Facilities Master Plan defines how the College plans for new and upgraded facilities across all our campuses. Specifically, theContinue Reading

In: College Park, Colleges, Information, Maryland, Mental health, Other news, Research, School, Uncategorized

New York Post Report According to the New York Post today, a press release from police read that Naod Nega (former resident of Ashton, Maryland in Montgomery County who went to Dematha) “was initially sectioned to a local hospital on Monday, January 23rd after he was threatening students on campusContinue Reading

In: Colleges, Community Feedback, Community Reports, Construction, County Council, County Executive, Development, Election Results, Government, Local Government, Roving Correspondent, School

Have you heard?  A “game-changing” health institute is coming to ‘North Bethesda’. Note: back in my school days, say early 2000s, we simply called “North Bethesda” Rockville or White Flint.  Re-elected “At Large” Council Member Evan Glass proclaimed in his ‘Glass Gazette’ E-Newsletter: “With the signing of a new partnership betweenContinue Reading