Office of Legislative Oversight Survey on Out-of-Schooltime Activities

Please complete the survey, per the email below. This survey has been extended through Saturday, so there is a short timeline. The responses will be used for the County Council to make decisions on these out-of-school-time activities.

From: "Friedland, David" <David.Friedland@montgomerycountymd.gov>
Date: July 18, 2017 at 7:08:13 AM PDT
To: "BODsecretary@mccpta.org" <BODsecretary@mccpta.org>

Subject: We Want Your Opinion (Survey Closes This Friday 7/18

The Montgomery County Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) conducts research to assist the County Council in fulfilling its oversight function. OLO is currently assessing the supply of and demand for out of school time (OOST) activities in the County, and has developed this anonymous survey to gather information and feedback from PTA members in the County.

OOST activities include before- and after-school programs, summer school, summer programs and camps, Saturday school, extracurricular activities such as sports, arts, and music, faith-based classes and clubs, and other enrichment activities for school-age children. OOST activities can be public or private.

Completing the survey will take approximately 20 minutes. Please ignore this email if you have already completed the survey.

 

Click here to start the survey.  The survey closes this Friday, July 21. (NOTE: this deadline has been extended through Saturday, July 22)

A Spanish version of the survey is available here.

Your responses are completely anonymous. Responses to this survey will not be traced back to respondents. No personally identifiable information is collected unless you voluntarily offer personal or contact information in any of the comment fields.

To help OLO obtain feedback from as many parent s as possible, we encourage you to forward this survey to PTA officers and members in your clusters.

OLO appreciates your time. Your responses will help us develop a better understanding of the current provision of out of school time activities in the County. If you have problems or questions regarding the survey, please contact David.Friedland@montgomerycountymd.gov or call (240) 777-7836.

 

Thank you again for your time and input.

Montgomery County Office of Legislative Oversight

 

Parent Says Pat O'Neill is "out of touch." MCPS Turning a blind eye to safey. Misuse of Funds. #appalled

More public comment on proposed BCC Middle School #2 construction.

Cafeteria and Gym will be Undersized by 33%. Most Permits Have Been Denied.

Public comment on the construction of BCC Middle School #2.

Public comment offers solutions to the undersized and dangerous plan to build BCC Middle School #2 on Kensington Park.

Bethesda Now: In Talking Achievement Gap, County Officials Touch On Prickly School Boundary Issue

The prickly subject of redrawing school boundaries to better integrate schools eventually made its way into the discussion of a widening achievement gap on Monday at the County Council.
MCPS Superintendent Joshua Starr said the school system has never put redrawing boundaries “off limits,” but Councilmember Cherri Branson questioned why traditional boundaries have become regarded by some as “sacrosanct.”

http://www.bethesdanow.com/2014/07/14/in-talking-achievement-gap-county-officials-touch-on-prickly-school-boundary-issue/

Council will get update on MCPS on July 14th

Montgomery County Council
Education Committee July 14th 9:30 AM - 3rd Floor 

• OLO Report 2014-7, Performance of Montgomery County Public Schools’ High 
Schools - FY14 Update (Bonner-Tompkins) 

http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/resources/files/agenda/cm/current_com_agn.pdf

May 12 Civic Fed Program: With Eyes Open: The OLO Report on Montgomery County Public High Schools

All,

Please come to our May Montgomery County Civic Federation meeting, which will be a discussion of the Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) report on MCPS high schools.

Program: With Eyes Open: The OLO Report on Montgomery County Public High Schools

Speakers:         Elaine Bonner-Tompkins, author of the OLO Report

                        Richard D. Kahlenberg, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation

                        Honorable Hans Riemer, County Councilmember (D-At-large)               

DATE: Monday, May 12

TIME: Meeting begins at 7:45 pm, Program at ~8:10 pm

LOCATION: Montgomery County Council Office Building, 100 Maryland Ave., Rockville.  A few blocks from the Rockville metro stop, parking in garage behind (south of) the building.  We encourage you to take public transit.

We look forward to seeing you for an interesting discussion and Q&A.  The report is here:

Please pass this on to any neighborhood or school listservs, or interested friends and neighbors.

Thanks,

Paula Bienenfeld

First Vice President, Montgomery County Civic Federation

@MCCivicFed

www.montgomerycivic.org

Pension costs soar for Montgomery County schools

From The Examiner:
By: Rachel Baye 11/30/11 8:05 PM
Examiner Staff Writer

The Montgomery County school system will need to significantly increase its contributions to employee pension plans over the next two to three years, according to new findings by the County Council's Office of Legislative Oversight.

and:

To prevent repeat confusion, the report advises the County Council to request semiannual financial reports from the Board of Education, timed to prepare the council for the budget process.

Read the entire story here.

Note: Parents Coalition first posted the entire report this past Tuesday, for that story and to read the report, go here.

Food in our Schools

Here is the complete report by the Office of Legislative Oversight, 'Food in Montgomery County Public Schools.' We have written on this blog many times about healthy food that our children could be eating, as well as healthy school gardens. Public schools all over the country are helping their students to become healthy and active. Why not here in MoCo? Maybe this report will finally push the Board of Education to do something here. It's about time.

Food in Montgomery County Public Schools July 2012, Office of Legislative Oversight