Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland

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Friday, October 8, 2021

This Monday, Civic Federation to discuss ill-conceived 'Thrive 2050' Plan Zoom at 7:30pm

 


  • The next General Meeting for MCCF is this Monday, March October 11, at 7:30 p.m.

    The Program for the Meeting will be a discussion of housing policies in Montgomery County including proposed upzoning and how residential neighborhoods would be affected.

    Program Speakers include:
    Alissa Luepke Pier, an AIA-honored architect and former Vice President of the Minneapolis City Planning Commission, 
    Aseem Nigam, Director, Montgomery County Department of Housing and Community Affairs.
    More information about the program and other important civic news can be found in the October Newsletter.  A print version of the newsletter is also available.   Please pass the newsletter on to your neighborhoods. Also, please see an important letter from MCCF President Alan Bowser.

    Meeting Link Information (more detail in newsletter):
    Click Zoom link OR To participate by phone (audio only), call 301.715.8592. The meeting ID is 859 4305 7487.

    Reminder that the membership year began July 1 so please renew your membership.  Thank you to those organizations that already have.  
    You may now renew online on our website or mail the renewal form to our Treasurer. 

    We look forward to seeing everyone on Monday.

    Montgomery County Civic Federation, Inc.
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Formed in 2002, the Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland seeks to achieve the goals of coherent, content-rich curriculum standards; high expectations combined with timely remediation and acceleration; a wider range of educational options for parents and children; greater transparency and accountability; and meaningful community input.

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What the Gazette said about the Parents' Coalition

It has taken a watchdog outside group, the Parents’ Coalition of Montgomery County, to ferret out this waste. The coalition, driven by its sharp curiosity, frequently uses the Maryland Public Information Act to request public records and keep track of district decisions and spending.

We commend the coalition for its important work on this front. It is saving county residents money as inappropriate spending has been uncovered.

July 16, 2014

What The Washington Post said about the Parents' Coalition

The coalition might be the best-known parent advocacy group in the region. Its members represent several constituencies, including parents of special education and gifted education students and fiscal watchdogs. The group's defining victory came this school year when the school system scaled back the fees charged to families for course materials.

Coalition leaders have drawn attention to the misuse of funds collected from students for activities, the broadcast of a commercial radio service on school buses and, with their "Weast Watch" blog, the travel habits of Weast and his lieutenants.

The Washington Post, June 4, 2009



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Montgomery County Government's Culture of Secrecy, The Washington Post, September 23, 2011.

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Jerry Weast on the Parents' Coalition

"Along the way, you’ve had a challenging relationship with the Parents’ Coalition, the network of citizen activists who use the political process and other means to hold MCPS accountable.

The thing people accuse me of is listening, but not hearing. I hear, but I do not always agree. I am sorry that the world is faster than it was 10 years ago. I did not do that. [But] if we do not keep up, then our kids will be behind. We have to stop whining and get real."

Bethesda Magazine, March-April 2011

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