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June 16, 2025 – Analysis Report conducted by The MoCo AI Company Overview Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is evaluating four proposed redistricting scenarios related to the re-opening of Woodward High School. This report summarizes the relative performance of each option across three primary evaluation categories: The study analyzes 169Continue Reading

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March 1, 2024 On 2/27/24 MCPS went over some upcoming boundary study updates at the board of education Facilities and Boundaries work session meeting. See the full video here or read below for a summary and to see the images. Note that as this was a discussion and work session,Continue Reading

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Local Outreach Program Turns At-Risk High Schoolers Into Artists October 30, 2023 – By Savannah Jarrett, Moderately MoCo Intern It’s 2023, and rap music is more prevalent than ever in today’s society. A cornerstone of Black culture, the genre of music that started in New York block parties during theContinue Reading

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Written by Unisha Poudel (intern at Moderately MOCO) **Interviewee’s names will not be shown for privacy reasons Q&A Interview with multiple graduated seniors As a Junior myself I sat myself down (or more accurately virtually zoomed) with a wide variety of graduated seniors I could contact. Many were going toContinue Reading

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This week was State championship week for Maryland public schools. MCPS celebrated many individual state champions and 4 team state championships. This piece will cover the team state championships with individuals to come at a later date. Damascus HS – 3A Softball State Champions Damascus HS softball achieved their firstContinue Reading

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Background On Wednesday 3/15, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich released his budget which included an 8% overall increase in budget and 10% increase for MCPS. The cost to tax payers is being advertised as a “10 cents” increase but amounts to about a 10% increase in the tax rate fromContinue Reading