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Tuesday, August 12, 2025

“The fact remains that thousands of individuals with unsupervised access to MCPS schools and students have not had a criminal history check in more than five years and thousands more have not completed a CPS check,”

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Taylor: MCPS ‘integrity and honesty gap’ needs to be addressed    ...In a statement responding to the report, Taylor criticized what he desc...
Monday, August 11, 2025

"As public awareness of CTE research has grown, there has been a decline in participation in youth and high school tackle football and a rise in participation in flag football."

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... Thirty years ago, through the winter of 1994-95, the NFL began its slow transformation into the very different game that is played today...
Sunday, August 10, 2025

Silver Spring "Nonprofit" Safe Kids Worldwide: A Noble Mission — at What Cost?

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Thank you to Bethesda Magazine for the story about $5000 grant to Safe Kids Worldwide  (SKW) from Purple Line Transit Partners, the builders...
Thursday, August 7, 2025

Report flags risks in Montgomery County schools' background check system

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...Thousands of Montgomery County Public Schools workers have fallen through cracks in background check systems, according to a new report, ...
Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Montgomery watchdog says school system is behind on criminal history checks

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About 12,000 employees have outdated criminal history checks, and 4,900 employees haven’t been screened for cases involving child abuse and ...
Tuesday, August 5, 2025

4,900 MCPS hires have not been submitted for CPS background checks. "100% Your Children are Not Safe"

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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) —  A new report from the Montgomery County Inspector General just revealed that almost 5,000 of the district...
Monday, August 4, 2025

Breaking**Inspector General: "Actions of MCPS senior leaders do not demonstrate either accountability or transparency." Report on MCPS Failure to Background Check Staff/Contractors/Volunteers.

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Today, the Montgomery County Office of the Inspector General issued a report entitled, "Review of MCPS Background Screening Office....
Thursday, July 31, 2025

Parents raise transparency concerns over MCPS boundary study process

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ROCKVILLE, Md. (7News) —  Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Superintendent Dr. Thomas Taylor has stressed the importance of transparen...
Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Montgomery County teachers file class action grievance over payroll issues

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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. ( DC News Now ) — Frustration is growing among some educators in the Montgomery County Public Schools system (MCPS) a...
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Monday, July 28, 2025

MCPS Charter School will Open at Radnor Holding School in August 2025

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The MECCA Business Learning Institute Public Charter School (MBLI) will officially launch in Fall 2025, beginning with grades 6 and 7, and e...
Wednesday, July 23, 2025

MoCo school board ordered to pay $518K to former B-CC High teacher accused of racism

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County jury rules that board, not school principal, defamed educator Article in Bethesda Today by Ashlyn Campbell. To read the entire artic...
Monday, July 21, 2025

Attend the county council meeting tomorrow - the council is voting on Zoning Text Amendment 25-02 to overturn our master plans

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Tomorrow the County Council will be voting on a zoning text amendment (ZTA), ZTA 25-02 that can lead to even more overcrowding in our school...
Thursday, July 17, 2025

B-CC principal testifies he made up quote in email central to racism defamation case

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Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Principal Shelton Mooney testified Wednesday in Montgomery County Circuit Court that although he made up a ...
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

No BOE Vote/No Budget for Move Leads to: ‘Hasty, haphazard, sloppy’: Community meeting raises concerns about plans for alternative education

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A community meeting about Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) relocating an alternative education program from Silver Spring to the Flow...
Sunday, July 13, 2025

Reporter Seeks Montgomery County Residents who have had experiences with school bus stop-arm ticketing program.

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Hey, folks. My name is Byard Duncan. I’m an award-winning reporter with Type Investigations, focused on consumer protection issues. You can ...
Saturday, July 12, 2025

Antisemitism at the National Education Association (NEA) Conference

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This disturbing post is from an educator who attended the National Education Association (NEA) annual conference, the Representative Assembl...
Friday, July 11, 2025

Montgomery Co. police sergeant faces charges of possessing child sexual abuse materials

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A 20-year veteran of the Montgomery County Police Department in Maryland was arrested Thursday on multiple charges of possession of child se...
Thursday, July 10, 2025

BOE Expense Report Shows Club Dues and Conference Fees of $107,014.

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  Board Semi-Annual Expenditure Report.pdf
Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Supreme Court ruling wasn’t the final word, as debate on LGBTQ books opt-out goes on

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Wael Elkoshari, a parent pushing for a religious opt-out for instructions involving LGBTQ+ curriculum and books, speaks in front of the U.S....
Monday, July 7, 2025

MCPS Boundary Study Virtual Meeting

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