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MCPS Hispanic, Economically Disadvantaged Students in Bottom Half of State While Disabled, Black / African American Learners Shine – Latest Testing Results

In: Maryland, MCPS, MSDE Testing, Testing

September 10, 2024 Background and Data Data comes from the 2023-2024 state of Maryland MCAP data. We have extracted the MCPS proficiency and ranking for each category and there are some interesting patterns (see “Overall Findings” below). Ranking means where Montgomery County ranked in terms of counties. Number 1 isContinue Reading

Register for September MOCO BOE Candidate Virtual Forum

In: 2024 Elections, BOE, Budget, CEOs, Education & Culture, Free Events, Grades, Hate / Bias Incidents, Incident Response, Local Government, MCPS, MCPS Enrollment, Safety, Transportation, Virtual Academy, Virtual Events

September 5, 2024 Moderately MOCO is cosponsoring a virtual Montgomery county board of education candidate forum on September 19 at 7 PM! After the success of our in person forum before the primary, we are teaming up with several other cohosts to put on a virtual forum that will beContinue Reading

Happy MCPS First Day of School – Links and Information

In: BOE, Boundary Study, Hate / Bias Incidents, MCPS, Safety

August 26, 2024 As most of our followers are probably aware, today marks the first day of the 2024-2025 school year for Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS). Get and Stay in the Loop This article will contain all the links you need to start the year with knowledge in handContinue Reading

Ensuring Ethical Conduct: Inside Montgomery County’s Board of Education Ethics Panel

In: BOE, Ethics, MCPS

July 30, 2024 – by Liz Simon Under Maryland law, each Maryland board of education is required to have an ethics policy that establishes standards of conduct for school system employees, school officials, Board of Education members, and candidates for election to the Board of Education. Montgomery County’s Board ofContinue Reading

Exclusive – Dr. McKnight’s UMD Salary Revealed

In: BOE, MCPS, School, Superintendent, University of Maryland

July 22, 2024 Last month it came out Dr. Monifa McKnight (former MCPS Superintendent who was paid over $1.3 million as part of her resignation) took a newly created position at The University of Maryland, College Park as Dean’s Fellow and Superintendent in Residence. We can now confirm Dr. McKnight’sContinue Reading

BOE Memo Neglects to Discuss Top MCPS Issues In Favor of Promoting Difficulty of Their Job

In: BOE, MCPS, Safety, Superintendent, Virtual Academy

July 19, 2024 Over recent weeks, there has been a ton of discussion about the closing of the Montgomery Virtual Academy (including a hybrid in person/online discussion with Dr. Taylor). According to advocates, the majority of testimony at the BOE meeting this week was for the need to reinstate MVAContinue Reading

MVA Shutters: Navigating the Future for Students and Staff

In: BOE, MCPS, Moderately MOCO Interns, Superintendent, Virtual, Virtual Academy

July 17, 2024 by Jasmine Jefferson (MCPS Summer RISE student) On June 11, 2024, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) made the momentous decision to close the Montgomery Virtual Academy (MVA) during a Board of Education (BOE) meeting. This decision caused shockwaves around Montgomery County. Students, staff, and families are nowContinue Reading

Part Two: Data-Driven Decisions – Detailed Analysis of MCPS Superintendent’s Survey Responses

In: BOE, MCPS, Superintendent

In part one of this series, we used AI to iterate on the massive number of responses to the new MCPS superintendent’s survey (still open until 7/5/2024). He also shared the full results in an email that you can see here. However, it was noticed that the word counts fromContinue Reading

It’s Official! Montgomery County Board of Education’s 47th Student Member Begins Term

In: BOE, Interviews, MCPS, Political Interviews, SMOB

On July 1, 2024 Montgomery County Board of Education formally installed Praneel Suvarna as it’s 47th Student member of the Board of Education (SMOB). See more from MCPS after this video interview that we did with Praneel when he was a finalist for the position: Per MCPS: “I am honoredContinue Reading

“On my last day…” A Message from Interim Superintendent Dr. Monique T. Felder