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Saturday, July 6, 2024

NEA’s Staff Union Is on Strike—Halting NEA’s Biggest Annual Gathering

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Note our MCPS Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) teachers' union - you know, the apple ballot folks - here in Montgomery Cou...
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Sunday, June 30, 2024

Maryland State Department of Education Seeks Public Input on Literacy Policy with survey. Deadline: July 19th

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 WBOC story by Bees Beesley. To read the complete story go here . The survey is here . MARYLAND– The Maryland State Department of Education ...
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Friday, June 28, 2024

Things the Board of Education Doesn't Want the Public to See: MCPS Independent Activity Fund Manual @mocoboe @mcps

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The Montgomery County Board of Education has a long history of removing information from the MCPS website when they didn't want parents ...

Petition: Paint Branch Music Clubs (Pit Orchestra, Marching Band, Indoor Drumline etc.)

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  We all love music, and unfortunately a lot of our music clubs will not be possible anymore if we have a part-time music teacher at PB. Wit...
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UMD Study: Masks Nearly Perfect at Blocking COVID

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Researchers Found Even Lower-Performing Masks Were Protective Any common face mask provides significant protection against the virus that ca...

@MCPS has a "leadership" course for students interested in medical careers, literally using bodies of disabled "peer students"! UNTRAINED, non-disabled students make disabled students their dehumanized "projects", for credit.

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Bridget, I also learned tonight @MCPS has a "leadership" course for students interested in medical careers, literally using bodie...
Thursday, June 27, 2024

Report: Montgomery County Schools misused funds to respond to Beidleman sexual harassment case

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The report says the school district spent more than $200,000 in emergency funds to hire a crisis response team. https://www.wusa9.com/articl...
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Montgomery County Schools officials say they’re making progress on tackling bullying, sexual harassment complaints

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By the time classes start for the 2024-2025 school year, Montgomery County Public Schools will have a number of changes in place designed to...
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Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Damascus High Auto Tech Program’s Future in Doubt: The BOE voted to not include certain career-based programs at Damascus when it reopens.

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Damascus High School students enrolled in the Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs are fighting to keep their automobile technology...

@mocoboe Lets Staff Kill Trade Programs. @mcps Teacher Cries Out: "Why do the Construction and Transportation departments dictate what programs go where? Why are we trending in the opposite direction of our businesses needs and the opposite direction of MD state law?"

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Public comment presented to the Montgomery County Board of Education on February 22, 2024 below. More from this MCPS teacher on March 14, 20...
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Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Maryland universities launch program to help MCPS paraprofessionals become teachers

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ROCKVILLE, Md. (7News) —  The Universities at Shady Grove (USG) and Towson University (TU) have launched a program to address the ongoing te...

Montgomery schools taps retiring county police chief for top security post

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Montgomery County’s board of education   on Tuesday unanimously appointed Marcus Jones — the  county’s retiring   police chief  — as the new...

Joseph Ruben Baer, 20, of Silver Spring, Maryland, plead guilty to a federal child pornography charge stemming from his distribution of child pornography

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         WASHINGTON – Joseph Ruben Baer, 20, of Silver Spring, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to a federal child pornography charge stemming...
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June 11th: Friedson accuses school board of ‘lack of leadership’ in budget decisions

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Ahead of the Montgomery County Board of Education’s vote Tuesday on a final spending plan for the coming fiscal year, Montgomery County Coun...
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Montgomery County Student Charged Following Bomb Threat

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  For Immediate Release: Tuesday, June 11, 2024 Gaithersburg, MD  - On Friday, June 7, 2024, at approximately 10:45 a.m., Montgomery County ...

@mocoboe Raising Lunch Transaction Cost by 54 Cents to $2.49 (Cost to Add $$ to Lunch Account thru My School Bucks)

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 https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/D5WRGP6B4EF5/$file/FY2025 Fees  DFNS Program.pdf
Monday, June 24, 2024

Check Maryland State Educator License Database Here (Principals, Administrators, Teachers)

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https://certificationhub.msde.maryland.gov/#/verifylicense

'A huge red flag' | State database errors cause concern following Pikesville AI scandal

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https://foxbaltimore.com/news/project-baltimore/a-huge-red-flag-state-database-errors-cause-concern-following-pikesville-ai-scandal-maryland...

40 Acres and a Lie

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  40 Acres and a Lie tells the history of an often-misunderstood government program that gave formerly enslaved people land titles after the...
Friday, June 21, 2024

@mcps Administrators find $$$$ for Summer Beach Conference (Teachers, still need copy paper?)

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MCAAP Conference @PrincipalKafele thanks for your inspiring keynote this am! @MCAAPMD @MCPS pic.twitter.com/sVkheDQ8vb — Dr. Cara Grant...
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