Montgomery County Public Schools

Type: Organization

Name: Montgomery County Public Schools

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Energy taxes to reduce, spending to increase $12.3 million

The Montgomery County Council will enhance services and reduce energy taxes through its fiscal year 2014 operating budget unanimously agreed to Thursday morning.The council reached a tentative agreement on the $4.8 billion spending plan a little later ... [Published Gazette.net - May 16 2013]

Entities: Isiah Leggett, Taxes, Stephen Farber, Montgomery County Public Schools, Supplement

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Montgomery County Council Set to Pass $4.8B Budget

No one went hungry in the $4.8 billion budget Montgomery County Council members tentatively approved Thursday.Key county agencies, including police, fire and rescue, schools and health and human services will receive more aid and new positions, according ... [Published Potomac Patch - May 16 2013]

Entities: Montgomery County Council, Montgomery County Public Schools, Infrastructure

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Teachers at Kemp Mill settle

ROCKVILLE - Montgomery County has agreed to a settlement with six former Kemp Mill Elementary School teachers in a $108 million lawsuit which came about because of alleged verbal abuse, harassment and retaliation by the school’s principal, Floyd Star ... [Published Sentinel Newspapers - May 16 2013]

Entities: Montgomery County Public Schools, Motion For Summary Judgment, County Attorney, Pretrial Conference, Special Education

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

School Breakfast Grows More Popular in Montgomery County

More schools in Montgomery County are participating in free breakfast programs, a reality that may result in increased student achievement, advocates for school breakfast said."Expanding participation in breakfast is one of the best ways to ensure that ... [Published Takoma Park Patch - May 16 2013]

Entities: Montgomery County Public Schools, Prince George's County, Nutrition

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

10 MCPS 'Innovation Schools' Announced

Ten schools were picked to help pilot a new program from Montgomery County Public Schools that will provide an extra layer of central office support to under-performing schools.Officials culled various data to determine the schools that needed help, including ... [Published Potomac Patch - May 15 2013]

Entities: Invention, Education, Leadership, Montgomery County Public Schools

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Montgomery superintendent splits a top administration role into two

Starr restores chief communications officer, announces new chief of staffMore NewsadvertisementMontgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Joshua P. Starr announced Tuesday that he will split the role of one of his top administrators into two positions ... [Published Gazette.net - May 15 2013]

Entities: Chief of Staff, Montgomery County Public Schools, Education

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Board members hope school system will look closely at the issue

Montgomery County school board members are concerned about the high percentage of high school students who are failing their math final exams, especially after realizing that this has issue has gone unaddressed for years.A 2004 reportby Montgomery County ... [Published Gazette.net - May 14 2013]

Entities: Algebra, Geometry, Biology

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

New principals in two Silver Spring elementary schools next year

A few more principals have been named for Montgomery County Public Schools next school year.Wanda Means Harris will be principal of Charles Drew Elementary in Silver Spring.Means Harris has been an educator for 31 years, and is currently serving as assistant ... [Published Gazette.net - May 14 2013]

Entities: Charles Drew, Montgomery County Public Schools, Saint Paul (Minnesota, United States)

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 2 reports

Scores on Montgomery math finals don?t add up

Why didn’t the school system reveal the test scores?Rockville High parent Dylan Presman revealed last week that more than half the students taking a half dozen math courses failed their first-semester finals. To Montgomery County school board member Michael ... [Published Gazette.net - May 08 2013]

Entities: Montgomery County Public Schools, Education, Cost-benefit analysis

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 2 reports

Kensington Residents to Press Fight Against School at Rock Creek Hills Park

A group of Kensington residents says it will appeal a judge’s ruling against its effort to stop a school from being built on the site of Rock Creek Hills Local Park .The Montgomery County Board of Education has proposed building a middle school on the ... [Published Kensington Patch - May 03 2013]

Entities: Rock/Creek, Montgomery County Public Schools, John Robinson

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 2 reports

Churchill Receives Gold Medal in U.S. News' 'Best High Schools' Ranking

Montgomery County Public Schools are back in the news again.Eight of the system's public high schools placed in U.S. News & World Report 's 2013 Best High Schools list, with seven of them—including Winston Churchill High School —receiving a gold medal ... [Published Potomac Patch - May 02 2013]

Entities: Winston Churchill, Richard Montgomery, Poolesville (United States), Montgomery County Public Schools

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 3 reports

Report: MCPS Appoints New Principal At DuFief Elementary

Gaithersburg's DuFief Elementary School will have a new principal for the 2013-14 school year, according to a report by The Gazette .Brent T. Mascott, currently a principal intern at Maryvale Elementary School in Rockville, will replace acting DuFief ... [Published North Potomac-Darnestown Patch - May 01 2013]

Entities: Appointed, Montgomery County Public Schools, Leadership

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...more needs, and more wants, than there are resources available," Council President Nancy Navarro (D-Dist 4) of Silver Spring said in a release. "This year’s budget continues to invest in our economic and social infrastructure."

Montgomery County Council Set to Pass $4.8B Budget [Published Potomac Patch - May 16 2013]

"Providing nutritious meals is one of the most immediate and cost-effective ways to improve a child's health and performance in the classroom" said Ervin

School Breakfast Grows More Popular in Montgomery County [Published Takoma Park Patch - May 16 2013]

"We're limiting the number of schools so that (the improvement officer) can be on the ground working shoulder-to-shoulder with the leadership team on their school improvement strategies" Schiavino-Narvaez previously told Patch

10 MCPS 'Innovation Schools' Announced [Published Potomac Patch - May 15 2013]

...I see it is any support provided by the central office will be to compliment or 'grease the wheels' of work that we're already doing," Murphy said. "It's not a new program, new initiative, new goal, just kind of the foundation being the IB core and our school improvement efforts around that."

Watkins Mill High, Montgomery Village Middle, Watkins Mill Elementary Among 10 'Innovation Schools' [Published North Potomac-Darnestown Patch - May 15 2013]

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Energy taxes to reduce, spending to increase $1... [Published Gazette.net - May 16 2013]
School Breakfast Grows More Popular in Montgome... [Published Takoma Park Patch - May 16 2013]
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Montgomery superintendent splits a top administ... [Published Gazette.net - May 15 2013]
New principals in two Silver Spring elementary ... [Published Gazette.net - May 14 2013]
Board members hope school system will look clos... [Published Gazette.net - May 14 2013]
Somerset Elementary School Volunteer Honored [Published Bethesda Patch - May 10 2013]
Montgomery settles with group of teachers who s... [Published Washington Post - May 10 2013]
Former teacher of the year resigns for personal... [Published Sentinel Newspapers - May 10 2013]
After three decades, Montgomery group still wor... [Published Gazette.net - May 09 2013]
Bethesda High Schools Get Top Rankings [Published Bethesda Patch - May 08 2013]
New Clarksburg middle school clears planning hu... [Published Gazette.net - May 08 2013]
Scores on Montgomery math finals don?t add up [Published Gazette.net - May 08 2013]
Students open up about bullying [Published Gazette.net - May 08 2013]
Montgomery County math scores can be blamed on ... [Published Washington Post - May 08 2013]
Kim is the newly-elected student member of the ... [Published Gazette.net - May 07 2013]
Quince Orchard Named Among America's Best High ... [Published North Potomac-Darnestown Patch - May 06 2013]
Discovery Communications Announces - "Connect t... [Published theCSRfeed - May 06 2013]
Are some Montgomery County Schools failing thei... [Published Examiner.com - May 05 2013]
Gaithersburg Aquatic Center on schedule for fal... [Published Gazette.net - May 04 2013]
No school today! It's Eid al-Adha [Published WorldNetDaily - May 04 2013]
Kensington Residents to Press Fight Against Sch... [Published Kensington Patch - May 03 2013]
Brookhaven Elementary teacher named Montgomery?... [Published Gazette.net - May 03 2013]
Kensington civic group plans to appeal school s... [Published Gazette.net - May 02 2013]
Montgomery council committee asks school system... [Published Gazette.net - May 02 2013]
MCPS names teacher of year [Published Sentinel Newspapers - May 02 2013]

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