Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland: missing equipment

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Tuesday, March 15, 2022

UPDATE: Montgomery County Public Schools records show in the past 4 years it's missing 1241 pieces of technology. There is no record of 2,990 items due to Covid. 63 laptops lost & 440 laptops came up missing. @7NewsDC

UPDATE: Montgomery County Public Schools records show in the past 4 years it's missing 1241 pieces of technology. There is no record o 2,990 items due to Covid. 63 laptops lost & 440 laptops came up missing. @7NewsDC https://t.co/3TGBH2vEnp
— Scott Taylor 7 News I-Team (@ScottTaylorTV) March 12, 2022

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Thousands of computers missing from DCPS, hundreds of others from Alexandria Schools. @mcps @mocoboe is still working on its list.

WASHINGTON (7News) — Multiple school districts in the DMV are missing thousands of pieces of school technology.

Property that tax dollars paid for and it’s turned up lost or stolen. Even more concerning, it could open up school districts and students to cyberattacks.

Right now, DC Public Schools has the most lost or stolen equipment out of four school districts 7News investigated in the DMV.

DCPS has had 16,125 items come up missing or stolen over the past four years...

https://wjla.com/features/i-team/thousands-of-laptops-missing-dc-public-schools-computers-equipment-alexandria-city-public-schools

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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