Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland: wellness centers

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Thursday, July 7, 2022

All MCPS High Schools Will Have Wellness Centers by Start of Next School Year

Montgomery County Public School officials expect all 25 high schools to have a wellness center for students when the 2022-2023 school year begins.

These centers, which currently are located in 13 schools throughout the district, provide such services as preventative medical health care, sick care, mental health and social services designed to promote positive youth development, according to the district.

MCPS is responsible for setting up these wellness centers. The Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services covers staffing...

https://www.mymcmedia.org/all-mcps-high-schools-will-have-wellness-centers-by-start-of-next-school-year/

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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