Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland: Broad Acres Elementary

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Tuesday, September 24, 2024

#Breaking 2-alarm fire at JoAnn Leleck Elementary School on the 700 block of Beacon Rd in Silver Spring, MD. The school was under construction. #MCFRS

#Breaking 2-alarm fire at JoAnn Leleck Elementary School on the 700 block of Beacon Rd in Silver Spring, MD. The school was under construction. #MCFRS pic.twitter.com/V9S4uND7WT
— Allison Papson (@AllisonPapson) September 25, 2024

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

New building for Joann Leleck Elementary at Broad Acres would become county elementary school with largest capacity

The Montgomery County Planning Board on Thursday approved Montgomery County Public Schools’ plans to replace JoAnn Leleck Elementary School at Broad Acres in Silver Spring with a new building.

Issues with overcapacity and aging infrastructure made the school a candidate for potential expansion in 2019, according to MCPS. The district later decided to build a new school that is proposed to be one to three stories tall at the same site at 710 Beacon Road.

According to planning documents, the building will have a three-story classroom wing and a single-story wing that will house learning spaces, a gymnasium, a cafeteria, a kitchen, offices, a community health clinic and other support and service spaces. In addition, plans include two internal, open-air courtyards as well as 25,000 square feet of outdoor play and learning space adjacent to the building...

https://moco360.media/2024/03/21/plans-to-replace-silver-spring-elementary-school-approved-by-county-planners/

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

MAESTRO DE ESCUELA JUBILADO ARRESTADO Y ACUSADO DE SEDUCCION DE UN MENOR Y POSESIÓN DE PORNOGRAFÍA INFANTIL

Richard Scherer taught at Broad Acres Elementary School in Silver Spring for 25 years.

Retired School Teacher Arre... by Parents' Coalition of Montg...

Press Release in English

Principles

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.

E-mail: parentscoalitionmc AT outlook.com

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

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