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Tuesday, May 18, 2021

County Council votes to shift more of property tax burden to resident homeowners

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Watch Montgomery County Council analyst Gene Smith reveal growing property tax leakage in his May 17 testimony.  His testimony is a little c...

Study: Md. Public Schools Will Need to Spend $818 Million to Cool Classrooms by 2025

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As climate change leads to hotter days across the country, the cost of cooling public school buildings grows higher. New research estimates ...

Virus testing strategies, opinions vary widely in US schools

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MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Children are having their noses swabbed or saliva sampled at school to test for the coronavirus in cities such as Balti...
Monday, May 17, 2021

Breaking: Woodward High School on Old Georgetown Road Demolished. Only old cell tower remains.

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Charles W. Woodward High School (also used as Tilden Middle School) on Old Georgetown Road in Rockville, MD has been demolished.   As of Ma...

Man working on a project for an MCPS contractor at the time sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping 12-year-old girl in his vehicle

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  A man accused of raping a 12-year-old girl in his vehicle nearly two years ago was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday. James Alle...
Saturday, May 15, 2021

@DrLeanaWen A question on many parents’ mind: What about unvaccinated young children? First, the facts. Kids constitute nearly 25% of all current #covid19 infections. Over 300 have died. For parents who want to remain cautious, here’s my advice.

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A question on many parents’ mind: What about unvaccinated young children? First, the facts. Kids constitute nearly 25% of all current #covid...

Think of a virus where 70% of kids are totally asymptomatic, less than 1% have severe symptoms, and less than 0.05% die. Phew that's no big deal for kids then! Don't worry about them! Oops actually it's polio in the 1950s

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((Sam Crane)))       14 May , 5 tweets, 1 min read Think of a virus where 70% of kids are totally asymptomatic, less than 1% have severe sym...
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Friday, May 14, 2021

Hundreds of Epidemiologists Expected Mask-Wearing in Public for at Least a Year

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When federal health officials said on Thursday that fully vaccinated Americans   no longer needed to wear masks in most places , it came as ...
Thursday, May 13, 2021

Exclusive: See Jack Smith's New Cell Tower for Old Georgetown Road - Woodward High School Reopening

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The Parents' Coalition has obtained a copy of the construction plans for the new cell tower at the Woodward High School Reopening site ...
Wednesday, May 12, 2021

COVID-19 Outbreaks at Beall Elementary School and Landon School

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Previous weekly reports at this link. Lighthouse Christian School Allegany County 7 05/12/21 St. Mary's School Anne Arundel Coun...
Tuesday, May 11, 2021

How MCPS Superintendents Fib to the Board of Education or How a New High School will Get a New Cell Tower at the Front Entrance.

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 May 13, 2021 Update:   As noted in our original blog post below, the memorandum from Superintendent Jack Smith to the Montgomery County Boa...
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TODAY: Board of Education to Approve FIRST Ever Cell Tower on MCPS School Land

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May 13, 2021 Update: As noted in our original blog post the memorandum from Superintendent Jack Smith to the Montgomery County Board of ...
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Monday, May 10, 2021

Clean Commute for Kids Act of 2021

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The Clean Commute for Kids Act was introduced into Congress. House sponsors are  U.S. Representatives Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Tony Cárdenas (D...
Friday, May 7, 2021

Planning for the inclusion of unaccompanied minors in Montgomery County discussed today at 2PM, WILC 900 AM

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 Today at 2pm on Radio 900 AM Planning for the inclusion of unaccompanied minors in Montgomery County and identifying the challenges they fa...

ELRICH: ‘I DON’T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF RIGHT NOW TO OPEN UP ALL THE LIBRARIES’

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 From MyMCMedia, reporter Deirdre Byrne. Full store here . Our question, were library staff laid off during the Pandemic? Yellow highlight m...
Thursday, May 6, 2021

FOX5 Exclusive: Top Montgomery County schools executive lives in Georgia

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  MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md.  -  One of the highest paid employees in  Montgomery County   Public Schools  has taken working from home to a new ...
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Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Household COVID-19 risk and in-person schooling

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  Abstract In-person schooling has proved contentious and difficult to study throughout the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Data from a massive online ...
Monday, May 3, 2021

COVID 'Doesn't Discriminate By Age': Serious Cases On The Rise In Younger Adults

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After spending much of the past year tending to elderly patients, doctors are seeing a clear demographic shift: young and middle-aged adults...
Sunday, May 2, 2021

Broward schools will begin on-campus COVID-19 vaccinations Tuesday with eight-day tour

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 By reporters Wells Dusenbury and Scott Travis, in the South Florida Sun Sentinel. Full store here . Broward County students will soon have ...
Saturday, May 1, 2021

Everyone 16 and older is eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccines are free.

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Everyone 16 and older is eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccines are safe and effective, and they're free. Make your appointment a...