Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland: evacuation

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Monday, December 1, 2025

Wootton HS: "gas company found failed gas regulator and a bees nest that was located in a venting pipe for the school’s boiler system."

Classes are back in session at Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, Maryland, after students were evacuated moments after the first bell rang Monday morning.

The school building was evacuated at about 7:20 a.m. due to a gas odor...

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2025/11/classes-resume-at-wootton-high-school-after-suspected-gas-leak/

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

@mcpspio says "saw the video. It was a smoky, but was contained to engine compartment."

@MCPSPIO @ProducerKimB @Fox5Shawn smoke can be just as lethal. There's smoke coming out of every window open. pic.twitter.com/WmdGscKQi4
— Marina Marraco (@MarinaMarraco) February 25, 2015

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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