Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland: Rockville

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Friday, January 31, 2020

Rockville juvenile arrested, charged for having explosives

A Rockville, Maryland, juvenile was arrested Tuesday after explosives were found in a mailbox in the Glen Hills neighborhood earlier this week.

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue said they were notified of the potential explosives in a mailbox on Newgate Road on Monday.

Investigators described the device as a large firework that may have been “modified,” though they did not specify how. A bomb squad robot collected the pyrotechnic and disassembled it for further investigation...

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2020/01/rockville-juvenile-arrested-charged-for-having-explosives/

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Montgomery Sentinel: MCPS Investigates Principal For Improper Use Of Funds

ROCKVILLE – The Rock Terrace School community is reeling after Montgomery County Public Schools placed the principal on administrative leave following accusations of improper use of school funds.

Lyda Astrove, a local attorney and advocate for the parents and students, said the school apparently paid children for work done in a transition to work program and set up bank accounts in the children’s’ names. However, according to Astrove, parents were not aware of the money or the bank accounts.

Continues at: http://www.thesentinel.com/mont/MCPS-investigates-principal6-27-2013

Printed edition: http://data.axmag.com/data/201306/20130627/U22594_F225390/FLASH/index.html

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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