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January 7, 2025 We are currently on the second day of MCPS school cancellations for snow (and my sources are indicating a likely third day may be announced soon – Update less than 20 minutes after publishing this MCPS announced schools are closed Wednesday Jan. 8). This article is goingContinue Reading

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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

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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

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PDF of the notes. This is the version that also has links. Click on the question in the Table of Contents and it will take you there Link to video of meeting is not up yet will add that. Advertisement Be sure to check out the Unofficial meeting notes repository with links to all theContinue Reading

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