September 10, 2026 - Board Work Session

Agenda Item: 6.1 Opening of Schools: Excellent Teaching and Learning Experiences

* How is parent feedback being captured regarding the implementation of Amplify Desmos Math? - Answer Pending

Agenda Item: 7.1 Progress Update: 2025-2030 Strategic Plan

• For additional context on this agenda item, please refer to the Future Ready: 2025–2030 Strategic Plan, which outlines the organization’s strategic priorities, goals, and direction for the coming years.
  
  * How is the Synergy ParentVUE usage metric measured in Goal 2: Future-Ready Graduates?
• * The Senior Postsecondary Milestones metric in Goal 2: Future-Ready Graduates references the Post-Secondary / 6-Year Plan.
  
  Could MCPS provide a sample of this plan?
• * Under Goal 2: Future Ready Graduates, the College and Career Readiness (CCR) Benchmark (SAT, ACT, or Accuplacer) shows a 2025–2026 actual value that is 12.4 percentage points below the established target.
  
  What factors contributed to this variance? What strategies is MCPS implementing to improve student outcomes on this metric? 
• * Regarding the Hate-Bias and Bullying Incidents metric in Goal 3: Positive, Safe & Effective Learning Environments:
  
  How many of the reported 2025–2026 Hate-Bias/ Bullying incidents were substantiated versus unsubstantiated? What protocols and interventions are used to address substantiated incidents? 
• * Under Goal 4: High-Quality, Diverse Workforce, the scorecard reports that 87.0% of certified teachers are teaching within their subject area/expertise (as of October 15, 2025).
  
  Which schools and subject areas currently have the highest concentration of teachers assigned outside their certified subject area or expertise? - Answer Pending
  
• * The Goal 4: High-Quality, Diverse Workforce scorecard reports that for 2025–2026, 48.4% of National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) were assigned to schools rated 3 stars or fewer on the Maryland Report Card.
  
  What is the total number of NBCTs currently employed by MCPS? How many NBCTs are teaching at schools rated 4 or 5 stars on the Maryland Report Card?

September 24, 2026 - Board Business Meeting

Agenda Item: 8.16 Approval for Expenditure of Funds for the Blueprint of Maryland's Future for Career Counseling Implementation

• In accordance with the Blueprint for Maryland's Future, MCPS partners with WorkSource Montgomery, Inc. and Montgomery College. The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future requires local education agencies, workforce development partners, and community colleges to collaborate in providing career counseling services to middle and high school students.
  
  * What legal authority requires MCPS to pay WorkSource Montgomery?

• Agenda Item: 9.3 Tentative Action, Policy IPD, Travel Study Programs, Field Trips and Student Organization Trips

  Draft amendments to Montgomery County Board of Education Policy IPD, Travel Study Programs, Field Trips and Student Organization Trips, have been recommended by the Policy Management Committee to ensure that the process for school-sponsored field trips and student travel align with Montgomery County Public Schools’ current practice and structure, and clearly are connected to instruction.
  
  * Could MCPS provide field trip participation information by school and student demographics? - Answer Pending

August 20, 2026 - Business meeting

Agenda Item: 9.1 Adoption of Legislative Platform

As part of the Blueprint's goal to ensure all students across Maryland have the resources and supports they need to be successful, the state incorporates a wealth equalization formula to determine how much of each Local Education Agency (LEA)'s foundational education funding comes from the state (state share) compared to the county (local share). Maryland's wealth equalization formula incorporates net taxable income and property values to determine a county's wealth.

What factors other than net taxable income and property values do states use when incorporating local wealth in determining the state's share of a district's foundational education funding? 

July 16, 2026 - Business meeting

Agenda Item: 11.1 Elementary Boundary Study Overview

Appendix E in the Elementary Schools Boundary Study Preview presentation includes current and projected enrollment alongside capacity information for the 2025-2026 and 2031-2032 school years. 

Where a student goes to elementary school depends on a few factors—mainly their home address or whether they participate in a specialized program. For schools hosting programs like the Centers for Enriched Studies (CES) or Language Immersion, how does 2025-2026 enrollment compare for students attending because it is their assigned school to students attending to participate in a specialized program? - Answer Pending

June 4, 2026 - Board Work Session

Agenda Item: 9.1 SY25-26 Academic Performance: MP3

Superintendent Taylor implemented Cross-Functional Teams (CFTs) during the 2025-2026 school year to provide coordinated and customized supports to schools. 

How much time and resources are needed to evaluate the effectiveness of the CFT model in improving academic outcomes? - Answer Pending

Agenda Item: 10.1 Athletics & Title IX

The Student-Athlete Leadership Council (SALC) is a district-wide leadership opportunity which empowers student atheletes to advocate on behalf of interscholastic sports in MCPS

Which sports are represented in SALC?
Please provide demographical information on students participating in SALC. - Answer Pending 

What different funding sources are available and how do high schools leverage these funds to support interscholastic athletics? - Answer Pending 

13.1 New Business - Auditing Student Screen Time K-8

How much staff time and resources would be needed to audit student screen time across Grades K - 8? 

June 25, 2026 - Business meeting

No additional information requested during this meeting.

May 7, 2026 - Board Work Session

Agenda Item: 8.1 Accelerated & Enriched Learning in Literacy & Mathematics

The Accelerated and Enriched Learning in Literacy and Mathematics presentation reported declining MCAP proficiency rates for students in the 2021-2022 Compacted Math 4/5 Cohort from Grade 4 through Grade 7 (see slide #7).

How do the data compare to MCAP proficiency rates for students in the 2021-2022 standard Grade 4 Math cohort from Grade 4 through Grade 7? 

Starting with the 2026-2027 school year, identified elementary students will access accelerated math content through cluster grouping.

What metrics will be used to evaluate fidelity of implementation and efficacy of the accelerate math cluster grouping model?

May 21, 2026 - Business meeting

Agenda Item: 9.1 FY27 Operating Budget

Based on the current staffing standard, MCPS allocates 0.6 Staff Development Teachers to each high school.

How much does it cost to fund 0.6 Staff Development Teachers for each high school? 

April 16, 2026 - Board Work Session

Agenda Item: 10.2
Restorative Approaches and Student Code of Conduct

Restorative Approaches is a mindset and philosophy toward climate and community building that centers on relationships, accountability, repairing harm, and rehabilitation and promotoes learning from mistakes, restoring relationships, and supporting well-being.

 What is the breakdown of Restorative Approaches implementation—categorized as reactive, early, intermediate, or mature—across different school types?

April 30, 2026 - Business meeting

Agenda Item: 11.1 Math Curriculum Approval

• • What is the Professional Development Implementation Plan outlining how instructional staff will be trained on new Amplify Desmos Math curriculum? - Answer Pending 

March 26, 2026 - Business meeting

10.2 Approval of the 2026–2027 Inclement Weather Virtual Learning Plan

• Based on the federal and state guidelines, only students receiving FARMS are eligible to receive meals from their schools during virtual learning days.
  
  How much would it cost for the system to fund meal distribution fo all students during virtual learning days? 

• 11.1 Thomas S. Wootton HS After-Action Report

  • The Wootton HS After Action Report includes strategic initiatives identified in response to the life-threatening incident that took place on 2.9.26.
    
    What is the recommended prioritization, timeline, and funding availability for these strategic initiatives? 
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February 5, 2026 - Board Work Session

Agenda Item: 8.1 Superintendent’s Recommendation on Secondary Program Analysis and Boundary Studies

On the Boundary Study website, data tables are included with each option. A request was made for similar data tables to be provided for the Superintendent's Non-Recommended Alternate Scenario of opening Crown as a new high school #27. What are the data tables available for the Superintendent's non-recommended option of opening "New School #27"?

Agenda Item: 8.3 Strengthening Math in MCPS

• The Maryland State Board of Education adopted Revised Maryland College and Career Ready Standards (MCCRS) for Mathematics on July 29, 2025 which will necessitate revisions to the PreK-8 math curricula as well as revised Integrated Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 courses. In light of these anticipated changes the BoE asked the following questions:
  
  * What training and support will educators teaching the updated math curriculum aligned to the revised MCCRS for Mathematics receive? 
  
  * What opportunities will the community have to learn about the curricular changes in PreK-8 math, integrated Algebra 1, and integrated Algebra 2 necessitated by the realignment to the new revised MCCRS for Mathematics? 
  
  * How will MCPS evaluate the implementation of revised PreK-8 math curriculum and Integrated Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 courses?
  
  * What should students "proficient" on the revised MCCRS for Mathematics know and be able to do?

February 19, 2026 - Business meeting

Agenda Item: 8.2 Tentative Adoption of FY27 Operating Budget

• Which seven languages are specifically covered by the district's Family Engagement Specialists? 
• What were the process and data points used to recommend discontinuing girls' gymnastics?

January 08, 2026 - Work Session 

Agenda Item: 8.2 Literacy! + Strategies—Emerging Multilingual Learners and Special Education Services

• When can we expect to see measurable results from the FitTime intervention program, and what are the specific duration guidelines for students? 
• What strategies are being implemented to support long-term Emerging Multilingual Learners (EML) in transitioning out of the program?
• How many  "Never EML" students are in MCPS? 
• What does the data show when EML student performance is disaggregated by those born in the U.S. versus those who immigrated?
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Agenda Item: 8.3 Recommendation to Revoke M.E.C.C.A. Business Learning Institute Charter

• The Board requested information from MBLI on the following topics:
  Enrollment; 2026-2027 applications; Special Education compliance requirements update; and Financial Plan.

Agenda Item: 8.4 IGNITE—Summer School 2026

• What were the specific enrollment numbers for Health, Computer Science, and Science courses during the 2025 summer session? 
• Are there other high-demand courses that are being considered for a transition to a virtual format? 

January 22, 2026 - Business Meeting  

Agenda Item: 9.1 Legislative Positions

• What are the technical amendments the BoE recommended be added to HB102 Education - Dependent Children of Active Service Members - Advance Enrollment Procedures?