Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland: school gardens

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

Guerilla Gardening - Don't try this in MCPS!

When you watch this, remember that MCPS does not allow students to plant in the ground. They will only let students plant in containers, above the ground, and then, only with permission of some administrator.

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Civic Fed Awards Gordon Clark 'Community Hero' Award

Please join the Montgomery County Civic Federation in awarding Gordon Clark, of Montgomery Victory Gardens, the Community Hero Award, at our April 11th meeting.

DATE: Monday, April 11, 2011
TIME: 7:45 p.m.
LOCATION: County Council Building - 1st Floor Auditorium, 100 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, Maryland
For directions, go here.

Program: Montgomery County Operating Budget for next fiscal year, FY2012 with Speakers: Alex Espinosa, Manager for Operating Budget, MC Office of Management and Budget Steve Farber, County Council Staff Director, and Community Hero Award presentation to Gordon Clark, Project Director of Montgomery Victory Gardens, for spearheading efforts to allow healthy gardens in our public schools and create community gardens in neighborhoods.

Paula Bienenfeld
Education Committee Chair, Montgomery County Civic Federation

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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