March 19, 2025 – By Shoshanna Schechter,MA, Ed.D (ABD) When my daughter first joined the drama program at Tilden Middle School in 6th grade, I had no idea how much theatre would shape her school experience—or how much I would learn about the challenges facing Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) theatreContinue Reading
As Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) prepares for the 2024-2025 school year, recent data and new safety measures highlight both progress and ongoing challenges in creating secure learning environments. Be sure to go to the bottom to check out our new state of the art interactive graphic on this data.Continue Reading
August 21, 2024 BETHESDA, MD (August 21, 2024). Imagination Stage™, the metro DC region’s largest professional theatre for young audiences and leader in positive youth development through the arts, transports the Hundred Acre Wood to the DMV with Winnie the Pooh, running September 18-October 27. Reviewers are invited to Opening Performance on Saturday,Continue Reading
July 13, 2024 Following the assassination attempt today on former President Donald Trump, many local politicians and political groups posted responses on X / Twitter. This article will show some of those responses and we will update with more as we find them. State Government The MoCo Show first reportedContinue Reading
June 19, 2024 A lot has happened at top positions in Montgomery County this week with MCPS announcing their next Superintendent Dr. Thomas Taylor and with the County Council confirming the new Police Chief Marc Yamada following the retirement of Police Chief Marcus Jones. Dr. Thomas Taylor and MCPS followedContinue Reading
October 13, 2023 – 6:15pm The following email was sent to staff at MCPS schools from Dr. McKnight. We’ve written recently on Beidleman case fallout here and the report was released yesterday here. Dear Colleagues, In our welcome back video (MCPS Welcome Back 2023 – YouTube) that kicked off thisContinue Reading
October 13, 2023 – Darci Rochkind – Senior at MCPS High School On Wednesday, Dr. Monifa B. McKnight, superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools, released a statement encouraging parents to “be vigilant regarding distressing social media content.” She urged parents to talk to their students “about the content they mayContinue Reading
September 1, 2023 – GAITHERSBURG, MD – By Pieter Friedrich Yamil Hernández launched his campaign for Gaithersburg City Council today with a cheeky lego-block digital video proving that creativity in politics is not dead after all. “Gaithersburg welcomed me with open arms,” Hernández says in the video. “This is whereContinue Reading
On Thursday March 2, 2023 8 County Council members and the County Executive introduced two competing housing proposals (mymcmedia). Since these are just press releases and the bills themselves are still in development, they left a few questions to be answered so keep reading on. You can see a summaryContinue Reading
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