Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland: resignations

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Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Montgomery Council accepts resignations of entire Planning Board, including Casey Anderson

ROCKVILLE, Md. (7News) — The Montgomery County Council has accepted the immediate resignations of the five-member Montgomery Planning Board, the council confirmed in a press release Wednesday afternoon.

The surprise announcement — considered to be unprecedented in Montgomery County history — followed weeks of leaked documents that revealed scandals within the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), which the Montgomery Planning Board falls beneath...

Montgomery Council accepts resignations of entire Planning Board, including Casey Anderson | WJLA

Thursday, May 5, 2022

Resignations, retirements are up at MCPS, teachers’ union says

It’s Teacher Appreciation Week, but the head of one education organization says teachers feel undervalued, and many are hitting the door long before retirement.

Jennifer Martin, the president of the Montgomery County Education Association, told reporters that when she visited one school on Tuesday, “One mid-career teacher told me she wouldn’t be back next year.”..

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2022/05/resignations-retirements-are-up-at-mcps-teachers-union-says/

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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