We are so excited.
Arts education in MCPS is making a comeback. Thanks to Mitchell and Emily Rales, who want a sewer so badly that they are lookiing into a partnership with Montgomery County Public Schools.
Want to visit Glenstone?
Sorry, but if you are under the age of 12, no such luck. Glenstone cards those who visit, and only those age 12 years or older can visit. You can read the visitor information package right here.
2012 Glenstone Visitor Package
But wait - excluding those under the age of 12? In a school system that is K-12, that means more than half of the students in MCPS can't go on those lovely class trips.
Here is one solution. Washington DC has an abundance of art museums, all free, with curricular material and many ready with lesson plans just waiting for an age appropriate group of school kids. Try the
National Gallery of Art, the
National Portrait Gallery, or the
Hirshhorn.
So elementary and middle school teachers in MoCo - start planning your trips to the Mall. Now that art is back in the county, plan your trip and get those reservations in. Art is back, just not at Glenstone.
So - why is Dr. Starr advocating for a partnership with a private entity that still has to develop lesson plans and lacks adequate public bathrooms when your tax dollars already pay for facilities with lesson plans and sewer hookups?
