Updated Restriction Vote On Executive Order Pushed to Tuesday by County Council
A vote on new restrictions / updated executive order postponed until Tuesday. At the County Council meeting now they are discussing the changes in the document here: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/Resources/Files/agenda/col/2020/20201105/20201105_2A-3-2B.pdf On the reasoning for looking at shutting down late night takeout, Maryam Shahzad reports on Twitter references to involving underage drinking andContinue Reading
Tracker Page For Montgomery County Local Races And Ballot Questions
This Tracker page for Montgomery County Local Races and Ballot Questions will be updated with live results but check the links for the latest. (NOTE: these are far from final the votes are just starting to come in) Last Update: 11/05/2020 9:30AM Montgomery County Board of Education Latest results: https://results.elections.maryland.gov/elections/2020/results/General/gen_results_2020_4_by_county_16-1.htmlContinue Reading
County Council Asks For And Receives Updated Order Without Additional Child Care Restrictions
After receiving feedback from parents and childcare providers from the proposed executive order that reduced child care facilities to 50% capacity The county council requested and received an updated order: Twitter post on the update from Councilmember Andrew Friedson: When asked on Twitter if there were any other changes toContinue Reading
MCPS Least Likely Local School District To Open Based On Restrictive Reopening Metrics
Since MCPS released their metrics for a possible reopening (https://moderatelymoco.com/mcps-updates-metrics-on-hybrid-and-in-person-schooling-groups-at-boe-meeting/), we’ve been taking a look at how those compare to other nearby school systems and state guidance. As you can see, MCPS is a clear outlier and the most restrictive of any local or state guidance we could find. MCPSContinue Reading
MCPS BOE SMOB Nick Asante releases updates on the plans for two of the county’s school construction projects
Nick Asante (MCPS BOE SMOB) on Instagram (@nickasante_) released some updates on the current status of the construction planned for Poolesville High school and Neelesville Middle School. This is not all that is going on with the CIP (capital improvements program) under review and being amended. He says that byContinue Reading
MCPS BOE – Recovery of Education – Unofficial Meeting Notes.
Here is a link to the pdf of full notes followed by an image gallery of material in PDF:Continue Reading
MCPS updates metrics on hybrid in person schooling groups at BOE meeting
During the 10/27/2020 Board of Education Meeting, MCPS outlined metrics for group return to hybrid in person schooling. Here is their chart: What is interesting is that DHHS actually just updated their new dashboard to show these exact criteria highlighted 5, 10, 15 Etc cases per 100k. As you canContinue Reading
Analysis of new Montgomery County Covid-19 Dashboard and comparing it to previous dashboard.
See the bottom for links to new dashboard, old dashboard, and the announcement of new dashboard metrics. This is the main frame from the new dashboard As you can see above, the main concerns are “new confirmed cases per 100k” and “Covid hospital bed utilization.” Let’s look at them inContinue Reading
MCPS Districtwide Boundary Analysis – Phase 2 Webinar: Interactive Boundary Explorer Unofficial Notes – Sessions 1 (10/20/20) & 2 (10/27/20)
Unofficial Notes (session 1) Session #1 Slides WXY Presentation Session #2 Slides and Poll Results Interactive Boundary Explorer Tool http://interactiveboundaryexplorer.com/mcps.html Official Cheat Sheet / Guide to using tool: https://drive.google.com/file/d/140AVL8S_OF7RCY-J1XoHa9PU65vztybD/viewContinue Reading
MCPS BOE Community Conversation on Virtual Learning (10/19/2020)
By June TraicoffContinue Reading