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
February 26, 2024 – Opinion submitted by an MCPS elementary school special education teacher of 10 years Once upon a time, in the summer before we returned from COVID, the county pushed a new initiative. Rooted in peaceful ideals, restorative justice (RJ) was sold as a panacea for hate andContinue Reading
February 25, 2024 Background and Source Data Public school enrollment numbers by Maryland county and by school level was determined for the school years: 2019-2020 was the last pre-pandemic school year, 2023-2024 is the current school year. School levels are: Data sources are official enrollment from the State of Maryland.Continue Reading
February 23, 2024 “We need you to succeed, the taxpayers need you to succeed, and more importantly, our kids need you to succeed” That was said by Councilman Evan Glass to MCPS Board President Karla Silvestre on February 8th. The key phrase there is “our kids”. As an employee ofContinue Reading
February 22, 2024 – MCPS Enrollment by Grade for the Past 5 Years Background and Source Data MCPS enrollment numbers by grade was determined for the school years: Data sources are: Results and Conclusions Enrollment numbers are shown. Enrollment varied from 10,348 (grade K, 2020-2021) to 15,262 (grade 9 2022-2023).Continue Reading
February 13, 2024 – Employee that allegedly hindered OIG’s Investigation and was allegedly a key source of cronyism and retaliation in MCPS is back from Administrative Leave Update 2/13/24 11:30pm – This article was updated to correct the title (and subsequent details) which was originally written as “Chief of DistrictwideContinue Reading
February 2, 2024 – 5:25pm. Updated 6:30pm. Confirming our previous posts on social media that Dr. McKnight would be resigning today (even guessing the time within a few minutes), the Board of Education has announced that they have agreed to mutually separate effective immediately: Today the Montgomery County Board ofContinue Reading
Updated and edited January 21, 2024. Posted January 16, 2024. Background We’ve been working on this report on hate and bias incidents in Montgomery County Maryland for the last few years. This report is based on data from July 2022 through October 31, 2023. It is important to note thatContinue Reading
Multiple sources reached out to us regarding the January 2nd fight at B-CC (Bethesda Chevy Chase High School) that prompted a press release from Councilmember Jawando on January 4th, 2024 and news articles by MyMCMedia and MoCo360. Interestingly, these articles both state that B-CC principal Dr. Shelton L. Mooney willContinue Reading
December 20, 2023 Background Since the start of the pandemic, questions have arisen based upon both the effectiveness and demand of virtual learning. This has continued as MCPS created a Virtual Academy when most students returned to the classrooms. Moderately MOCO received an exclusive MPIA response with answers to questionsContinue Reading