In: BOE, Community Feedback, COVID-19, DASHBOARD, MCPS, School

Full unofficial notes PDF: Link to new MCPS Covid Dashboard: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/coronavirus/dashboard/ Advertisement Meeting Video: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/boe/meetings/live.aspx Advertisement Advertisement Agenda (no slides yet but may be updated): https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/Public Full Unofficial notes Part 1 meeting: Unofficial Meeting Notes:Continue Reading

In: Contact Tracing, COVID-19, DASHBOARD, Local Government, Maryland

There is a really interesting dashboard on the Maryland Covid page which details the contact tracing information for those that tested positive over the last week (and a separate cumulative chart). This includes where they are employed, what high risk locations they were exposed to, and what types of largeContinue Reading

In: BOE, Community Feedback, COVID-19, MCPS, School, Virtual

Below are key links from the meeting along with the Unofficial meeting summary by June Traicoff and Moderately MOCO. Here’s the PDF: Full meeting charts here: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/publicinfo/20201106-Version4-ReturntoSchoo.pdf Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement MCPS Community Update: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/publicinfo/community/school-year-2020-2021/community-update-20201106.html Student Survey (probably the most important part to get every MCPS student to provide input – bothContinue Reading

In: COVID-19, Information, Local Government, Restaurants

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 Advertisement On the reasoning for looking at shutting down late night takeout, Maryam Shahzad reports on Twitter references to involving underage drinkingContinue Reading

In: BOE, Elections, Information, Local Government

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

In: Childcare, Community Feedback, Information, Local Government

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: Advertisement When asked on Twitter if there were any other changesContinue Reading

In: COVID-19, MCPS, Research, School

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