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
By Mila Johns Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School held a Community Meeting on the evening of Monday January 30, 2023 to address the medical emergency incident that occurred at the school last week and the ensuing criticism of its handling of the situation by both parents and students. Initial Incident andContinue Reading
Small business owners and crafters, we want to help you for the holidays! Often, people want to spend their money more locally in their community but don’t know where to do it. We are planning to put out a catalog of small businesses to support and distribute it widely. BusinessesContinue Reading
Quick Video Summary Of This Post Certified Election Results The election was officially certified on August 13, 2022 as evidenced in the tweet below with Marc Elrich winning by 35 votes. David Blair Requests Recount As reported by Steve Bohnel of Bethesda Beat, here is the requested order of recount:Continue Reading
Executive Summary The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) requires standardized tests to measure proficiency in ELA. Data for MCPS Grade 8 ELA scores in 2018, 2019, and 2021 were analyzed to answer 3 questions: 1. What is the percent of proficient students at each school by year? 2. What is the change in the percent of proficient students atContinue Reading
Basic information Democratic Party – running for Montgomery County Council District 7 Email: schwartzpaul02@gmail.comWebsite: www.paulkschwartz.comFacebook: facebook.com/paul.schwartz.79025Twitter: @PKSpaul Questions & Responses (all candidates) 1 – What lessons learned do you have since the start of the pandemic? It was made abundantly clear that we were totally unprepared to provide a quality virtual option forContinue Reading