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Board of Education Meeting to Resume at 2:30 p.m.

(May 14, 2013)

The Montgomery County Board of Education meeting is behind schedule. Public items will resume at 2:30 p.m. View the Agenda  Watch the Meeting Live  ...(more)

Innovation Schools Will Receive Focused Support to Raise Student Performance, Narrow Achievement Gaps

(May 14, 2013)

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Superintendent Joshua P. Starr announced the names of 10 schools that will participate in a new initiative to improve student performance and narrow achiev ...(more)

Board of Education to Meet on Tuesday, May 14

(May 10, 2013)

The Montgomery County Board of Education will meet on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at the Carver Educational Services Center, 850 Hungerford Drive in Rockville. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m., with public ...(more)

Board of Education Honors Individuals, Organizations for Distinguished Service

(May 09, 2013)

The Montgomery County Board of Education honored 15 individuals and organizations during its annual Distinguished Service Awards ceremony on Wednesday, May 8. The ceremony took place in the auditorium ...(more)

Twenty-Four MCPS Students Win National Merit $2,500 Scholarships

(May 08, 2013)

Twenty-four Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students from six different high schools have been awarded National Merit $2,500 Scholarships financed by the National Merit Scholarship Corpor ...(more)

Two MCPS Students Named Presidential Scholars

(May 06, 2013)

Two Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students have been named 2013 U.S. Presidential Scholars for their outstanding academic achievement, leadership, citizenship, service, and contribution ...(more)

Newsweek/The Daily Beast: MCPS has 17 of America's Best High Schools

(May 06, 2013)

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) placed 17 high schools on the annual list of America’s Best High Schools, published by Newsweek/The Daily Beast. Two MCPS high schools made the top 100 national ...(more)

Board of Education Seeks Applicant to Fill Position on Ethics Panel

(May 03, 2013)

The Montgomery County Board of Education is seeking to fill one vacancy on its five-member Ethics Panel.  The vacancy is for a three-year term beginning on July 1, 2013.  Applicants must be ...(more)

Comment Sought on Special Education Disputes Policy

(May 03, 2013)

The Montgomery County Board of Education is requesting community input on revisions to Policy BLC, Procedures for Review and Resolution of Special Education Disputes. This policy establishes and recog ...(more)

ADVISORY: Governor to Attend Discovery Communications STEM Event at Banneker MS Wednesday

(April 30, 2013)

On Wednesday, May 1, at 1 p.m., Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, Discovery Communications President and CEO David Zaslav, and Kal Penn of Discovery Channel’s THE BIG BRAIN THEORY: PURE GEN ...(more)

Two MCPS Students Awarded Gates Millennium Scholarships

(April 29, 2013)

Two MCPS high school students have been named recipients of the Gates Millennium Scholarship. These good-through-graduation scholarships can be used at any accredited college or university in the Unit ...(more)

Brookhaven Elementary School Educator Named 2013-2014 MCPS Teacher of the Year

(April 25, 2013)

A kindergarten teacher at Brookhaven Elementary School is the 2013-2014 Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Teacher of the Year and will now compete for Maryland Teacher of the Year. The selec ...(more)

Poolesville High School Junior Elected Next Student Member of the Board

(April 24, 2013)

Justin C. Kim, a junior at Poolesville High School, has been selected by his peers as the next Student Member of the Montgomery County Board of Education (SMOB). His term begins on July 1. All sec ...(more)

MCPS Staff, Community Members to be Honored at Champions for Children Celebration

(April 24, 2013)

Teacher of the Year to be named at April 25 event Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) teachers, staff and community members will be honored at the 11th annual Champions for Children Awards Cele ...(more)

Board of Education Approves Guiding Tenets; Discusses Long-range Planning, School Support (Corrected)

(April 24, 2013)

NOTE: This press release is being resent with a corrected list of administrative appointments. The Montgomery County Board of Education met on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at the Carver Educational Se ...(more)