Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland: Organizational Reform Commission

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Monday, April 4, 2011

Friends of the Library, Organizational Reform Commission, MCCF Environment Committee to Receive Civic Fed Awards

The Montgomery County Civic Federation (MCCF) has announced its annual awards. The following organizations will receive well-deserved awards at the Annual Civic Fed Awards Banquet, on Friday, May 13th. All are invited for this celebration. To order tickets, go here. To join the Civic Fed, go here.

The awards are as follows:

The Wayne Goldstein Award awarded to an individual or group for outstanding public service to the people of Montgomery County - Friends of the Library

The Sentinel Award - awarded to an individual or group who makes a significant contribution to good government at the local level - Organizational Reform Commission

The Star Cup - awarded to the MCCF delegate or committee for outstanding public service to Montgomery County - MCCF Environment Committee

Please join us as these worthies receive their awards.

The Banquet will be held at The Universities at Shady Grove, Conference Center Building II, 9630 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville.

Paula Bienenfeld
Education Committee Chair, Montgomery County Civic Federation

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Civic Fed: Organizational Reform Commission Report Discussion

All,
The Montgomery County Civic Federation is having a presentation on the Organizational Reform Commission's Report at the next monthly meeting on February 14th.

DATE: Monday, February 14, 2011

TIME: 7:45 p.m.
LOCATION: County Council Building - 1st Floor Auditorium, 100 Maryland Avenue, Rockville

For Directions, go here. To read the latest Civic Fed newsletter, go here. To join the Civic Fed, go here.
Program: Montgomery County Organizational Reform Commission Report
Speakers: Commission Co-Chairs Vernon Ricks and Richard Wegman, and members Joan Fidler and Dan Hoffman

(click here to view the Organizational Reform Commission Final Report, released 1/31/11) Or, read it here, below.

Paula Bienenfeld
Education Committee Chair, Montgomery County Civic Federation

Montgomery County Organizational Reform Commission Final Report Jan 2011

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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