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Friday, September 22, 2023

County Council Legislates Review of MCPS Bus Stops and Routes to School, But Only When There is an Incident. Councilmember: "I have no faith in you [@mcps]."

Legislation passed by the Montgomery County Council includes the following mandatory review:

...To create safer routes to school, the legislation will also require infrastructure reviews following incidents in school zones, walksheds and bus stops...

Full legislation at this link:

Montgomery County Maryland (montgomerycountymd.gov)

...“[MCPS] should only be focused on the academics that are said and let us to deal with transportation,” Fani-Gonzalez said. “I have no faith in you.”..

Montgomery County Council passes Safe Streets Act | MoCo360

Thursday, June 22, 2023

Howard County cuts school buses for thousands of students, parents worry about kindergarteners walking

ELKRIDGE, Md. (WBFF) — Parents in a Howard County neighborhood are outraged after learning their young children are losing their school bus, forcing students as young as kindergarten to walk more than a mile to school...

https://foxbaltimore.com/news/project-baltimore/howard-county-cuts-school-buses-for-thousands-of-students-parents-worry-about-kindergarteners-walking

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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