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Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Online learning brings report card changes to Montgomery County schools

Maryland’s largest school system will have a new grading system for students in the final quarter of this school year.

In a letter Sunday, Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Jack Smith announced that regular letter-grade report cards for the third quarter of the school year are scheduled to go to homes in the mail, starting next week.

Students will be graded as usual for the third marking period, which ends April 27...

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2020/04/montgomery-county-targets-june-15-for-end-of-school-plans-pass-fail-style-grading/

Thursday, September 19, 2019

Montgomery County high school scraps 'No Zero' policy after FOX 5 report

A Montgomery County school has been forced to scrap a policy that prohibited teachers from giving students zeroes even if they didn’t do any work.

FOX 5 first reported Wednesday on the policy instated this school year at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac...

Thursday, September 5, 2019

'No Zero' policy at Churchill HS school draws scrutiny @mcps

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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