Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland: Thanksgiving

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Thursday, November 28, 2024

Happy Thanksgiving

Our wishes for a happy Thanksgiving to all our friends and members.

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Thursday, November 23, 2023

Happy Thanksgiving.

To all our friends, teachers, staff, parents/guardians and students, a wonderful Thanksgiving to all.

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Thursday, November 24, 2022

Thursday, November 25, 2021

Happy Thanksgiving

The Parents' Coalition wishes all a good and happy Thanksgiving. We are thankful that COVID vaccines for children are finally here. Get your children vaccinated!

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Thursday, November 26, 2020

Have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving

Wash your hands. Wear a mask. Stay at home and don't travel, to keep everyone safe. This is a Thanksgiving like no other we have experienced in our lifetimes. But it's still a time of thanksgiving.

Thursday, November 22, 2018

Happy Thanksgiving

A wonderful Thanksgiving to one and all.

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Happy Thanksgiving

Wishing all our friend and supporters a very happy Thanksgiving.

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Happy Thanksgiving!

Best wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving from the Parents' Coalition.

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