The Maryland Center for School Safety must be notified of any “critical, life-threatening incident” that takes place in a public school within 24 hours after the school learns of the incident. MCPS did notify the state in the proper time...
...Edward Clarke, Montgomery County Public School Chief Safety Officer, who was the former director of the Maryland Center for School Safety, was unaware the timeline reporting requirements..
@SenatorSusanLee @DelArianaKelly @mkorman @SaraLove4MD @Andrew_Friedson You all going to tell yr constituents about cell tower going on home team bleachers at new high school? Or are you just going to let parents be surprised? This is your public notice. https://t.co/No9xr5XGfK pic.twitter.com/NvnPfGknrc
— Parents' Coalition (@PCMC1) July 18, 2022
IMPORTANT MESSAGE:
The following bus routes will not be served on July 18 due to staffing challenges, S2422, 2502, 2216, 2307, 4304, 4415, 4237, 4605 and 4406. Visit the Department of Transportation website for up to date information
Route #
AM Schools
PM Schools
S2422
Northwest HS & Darnestown ES
Northwest HS & Darnestown ES
S2502
Poolesville HS & Maryvale ES
Poolesville HS & Maryvale ES
S2216
Clarksburg HS & Little Bennet ES
Clarksburg HS & Little Bennet ES
S2307
Jones Lane ES & Marshall ES
Jones Lane ES & Marshall ES
S4304
Rica & Matsunaga ES
S4415
Longview
Longview
S4237
Seneca Valley HS & Watkins Mill ES
Seneca Valley HS & Watkins Mill ES
S4605
Katherine Thomas
Beall ES & Katherine Thomas
S4406
Longview
Longview
For Immediate Release: Friday, July 15, 2022
Gaithersburg, MD - Two 14-year-old boys have been arrested following a robbery in a Germantown store.
On Thursday, July 7, 2022, at approximately 6 p.m., Montgomery County police officers were dispatched to the Tobacco and Vape Zone in the 13000 block of Wisteria Dr. in Germantown.
Earlier that day, at approximately 3:15 p.m., a store employee was sitting outside the store when three teenagers approached the front of the store. The employee recognized the three teens and told all three they were too young to enter the store, and to leave. Words were exchanged between the teens and the employee, and the teens left.
A short time later, two of the juveniles retuned, with suspect number one wearing a black ski mask covering his face and head. He walked quickly to the front door and entered the store. As the employee stood up to stop him from going inside, suspect number two attempted to hit the victim.
Once inside the store, suspect number one went behind the store counter. The employee followed and attempted to remove him from behind the counter. There was a physical altercation between suspect number one and the store employee. The suspect then grabbed several tobacco products. The victim attempted to call 911 but the suspect knocked the phone out of his hands.
Suspect number two, who had been outside, put his ski mask on and entered the store. Both suspects then fled the store and ran behind the shopping center.
On July 8, 2022, a 5th District patrol officer recognized the suspects from the robbery after seeing their pictures. He observed three juveniles walking on Century Blvd near Crystal Rock Dr. The officer exited his marked patrol car and asked the group to stop. All three juveniles ran. After a brief foot chase, suspect number one was apprehended. He was arrested and transported to the 5D station.
Suspect number two was located a short time later.
Suspect number one has been charged with robbery, while suspect number two has been charged with attempted second-degree assault. The Montgomery County Department of Juvenile Services was notified of their arrests, and both have been released to their parents.
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The image shown is from the flyover video shown to the Board of Education in April 2022.
Not a single Board of Education member said a word about the placement of the cell tower in the home team bleachers.
The Montgomery County Board of Education knows not to say a word about putting a cell tower in stadium bleachers because they already know that parents and guardians are vehemently opposed to a cell tower in stadium bleachers.
Just watch the first 10 minutes of the Wootton High School meeting shown in the video below where the Board of Education wanted to put a cell tower under the football stadium bleachers.
To say parents, guardians and community members were opposed to this proposal would be a massive understatement. In order to avoid hearing from parents and guardians again on this idea, the current Board of Education just isn't going to tell them.
The district is actively seeking new hires and is both hosting and visiting job fairs throughout the country and in Puerto Rico, Cram said. MCPS also is visiting colleges and holding virtual hiring sessions, he added.
Teachers have been resigning throughout the school year. A total of 1,070 resigned since the opening of schools in September of 2021. During the previous school year, 775 teachers resigned throughout the school year...
https://www.mymcmedia.org/mcps-still-striving-to-fill-hundreds-of-vacant-positions/
Based on these aerosol measurements, the engineer concludes that the infection risk is no less than twelve times lower with air purification. That risk is 0.2 percent with those devices and 2.4 percent without. “That figure also seems low with air purifiers, but it is a rough indication,” says Blocken. “We assumed one infected person in the classroom and an exposure of two hours.”
Now it is important to test that theoretical infection risk – based on an internationally used formula – against reality. At the beginning of next school year, Blocken and his team will have placed air purifiers in 500 Flemish and 500 Dutch classes and will carry out measurements there. The aim is to explore how air purifiers make a difference in real-world contamination classes. Teachers also need to keep track of how many students are absent and why.
The ultimate goal remains to equip every school with air purifiers. “The data show that air purifiers remove aerosols and particulate matter from the air,” says Blocken. “That is not only good for corona or possible future pandemics, by reducing particulate matter we make classrooms healthier for our children. In that light, the cost price of 120 million euros is actually peanuts .”..
Don't breathe it in. #COVIDisAirborne pic.twitter.com/czmr4ki2dC
— The John Snow Project (@JohnSnowProject) July 10, 2022
When a volunteer from the Naltic Industrials came to the White House Correspondents dinner with a CO2 sensor to measure the air quality, most of the general public had little to no understanding of the importance of air quality in indoor settings.
Scientists who have been saying since the beginning of the pandemic that COVID is airborne got deeply concerned when they saw that the CO2 levels at the WHCA dinner were at 2063 parts per million (PPM). They were right.
Before we knew it, journalist after journalist, network executive after network executive got infected with COVID.
To make things even riskier, the President of the United States was in the room sitting on the same stage with those who got infected.
COVID is airborne. The virus particles exit the infected person’s mouth or nose, then float through the air like smoke, and you can get infected when you breathe enough of them in.
Ventilation is when indoor air is replaced with outdoor air, so when you have good ventilation, it removes those virus particles and replaces them with virus-free outdoor air...
https://thepavlovictoday.com/covid-is-airborne-co2-sensor-can-help-stop-it/
It was the first time the Montgomery County Board of Education ever voted to build a new cell tower on public school land. The vote was unanimous.
Cell towers had been constructed in the past on public school land, but never with a vote of the Board of Education. Those cell towers were put up without public notification or Board of Education votes. But once MCPS parents and neighbors discovered cell towers were taking over Montgomery County public school land they made their opposition known to the Board of Education. As a result of the public outcry, subsequent cell tower projects were rejected by the Board of Education.
No new cell tower has been constructed on public school land in Montgomery County since 2006.
Until now.
On September 9, 2021, the Montgomery County Board of Education unanimously voted to approve a NEW CELL TOWER for the Woodwards High School site. The Action Item was on the Consent Agenda and the item was voted on without so much as a peep from any of the Board of Education members. In fact, if you just watch the video of that vote you wouldn't even know what happened.
Parents and guardians all across Montgomery County have voiced their opposition to the construction of cell towers on public school playgrounds for over 16 years.
Brenda Wolff and Karla Silvestre voted to construct a new cell tower without following the MCPS process for new cell tower approvals and without so much as a word of discussion in a public meeting.
Now they want your vote in the 2022 election so they can stay in their Board of Education seats for another 4 years. You can use your vote to let them know how you feel about their failure to follow the stated MCPS process.
Covid took the life of another young person in Maryland in the 10-19 age group, according to latest report.
— Jayne Miller (@jemillerwbal) July 8, 2022
18th person of that age to die from the virus since the start of the pandemic
“The goal is that students should be able to see themselves in the curriculum,” Oliver-Gary said.
Montgomery County’s revisions to its history curriculum follow changes made by the state education board. The state board regularly reviews the curriculums it distributes to school districts, like its sex education framework. But Montgomery — Maryland’s largest school district, with roughly 159,000 students — is also changing its curriculum as a part of an anti-racist audit launched earlier this year...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/06/30/montgomery-county-schools-history-curriculum/
Sometimes they lock up children as little as kindergarteners. And sometimes, those children, desperate and scared, try to harm themselves inside.
This long-standing practice of seclusion will be banned in the state’s public schools when a new state law takes effect on Friday. The practice will still be allowed in private schools funded with public tax dollars...
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...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jahmai Sharp-Moore | 443-694-3651
Baltimore, MD – The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is pleased to announce grant awards for seven Maryland public school districts, also known as local education agencies (LEAs), through its Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) Decarbonizing Public Schools program. The grants will help finance school districts’ resource capacities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and overall lifecycle costs while planning the development of high-performance schools. Grant awardees include:
AWARD AMOUNTS FOR: | ||
AWARDEE | ENERGY DATA MANAGEMENT | NET ZERO ENERGY SCHOOL PLANNING |
Prince George’s County Public Schools | $140,000 | |
Baltimore County Public Schools | $135,000 | |
Anne Arundel County Public Schools | $82,000 | |
St. Mary’s County Public Schools | $75,000 | |
Cecil County Public Schools | $70,000 | |
Somerset County Public Schools | $60,000 | |
Montgomery County Public Schools | $124,000 | |
TOTAL AWARDS BY FOCUS AREA: | $480,000 | $206,000 |
MEA developed the program in partnership with the Interagency Commission on School Construction (IAC) to help Maryland schools manage energy and plan for the construction of schools that employ cutting-edge net-zero-energy designs. In general, buildings built to be net-zero-energy are designed to generate more energy onsite than they use.
The school decarbonization program is a new initiative from MEA, launched in response to the growing need for high-performance schools and to help LEAs build the capacity to meet new energy requirements in concert with reduced environmental impacts. Expanding energy management and portfolio-planning capacities is challenging for many school districts, which often lack the experience or resources required to perform energy management.
“Addressing the need for clean energy and energy efficiency in Maryland’s 24 public school districts, which include over 1,300 K-12 schools, provides multiple benefits to students and communities,” said MEA Director Dr. Mary Beth Tung. “School facilities are an essential part of meeting our state goals. A little help with developing capacity can provide long-term benefits in operations and operating costs.”
The FY22 School Decarbonization program supports Governor Hogan’s commitment to address climate change through the deployment of energy-efficient technologies. Visit MEA’s School Decarbonization Program webpage for more information. Please contact Christopher Russell, Program Manager, at chris.russell@maryland.gov with any additional questions.
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Gaithersburg, MD – Detectives from the Special Victims Investigations Division (SVID) have charged and arrested 70-year-old David Wayne Brown, of Rockville, for committing sexual offenses against a minor approximately 38 years ago. Detectives have released a photo of Brown and encourage anyone who may be a victim by Brown to come forward.
On December 30, 2021, detectives began an investigation into the sexual abuse of an adult male that was molested by Brown. The incidents occurred on multiple occasions over the course of approximately two years (1981-1983), in the areas of Vandalia Dr. in Rockville and Homecrest Rd. in Silver Spring.
At the time these offenses occurred, the 11-year-old victim babysat for Brown, who was approximately 29 years old.
On July 1, 2022, detectives applied for and obtained an arrest warrant for Brown, charging him with second- and third-degree sex offense. Brown was arrested and transported to the Central Processing Unit. Brown was released on an unsecured personal bond.
Detectives believe that there may be additional victims of sexual abuse by Brown that have not contacted police. Detectives are urging anyone who believes themselves to be a victim, to contact the Special Victims Investigations Division (SVID) at 240-773-5400 or contact Crime Solvers of Montgomery County toll-free at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477). Callers can remain anonymous.
The school system said they're short about 20 teachers for the Extended School Year program.
About 4,400 students are in the program and most will have an in-person teacher, however, 172 students will have to learn online — leaving some parents concerned.
"You know, honestly, I couldn’t sleep last night. It made me so nervous, and it brought back so many memories of the pandemic," said MCPS parent Christina Hartman...
What are MCPS' over 400 educational specialist administrators and managers doing this summer? It's time to call them back into the classroom.
Parents and guardians with children needing special education classes this summer have suddenly received the letter shown below. Families were given approximately 10 days notice that their child would not be in school this summer and that THE FAMILIES had to quickly find someone to sit with their child each school day for virtual, at home instruction.Who is in charge of this failure? Gwendolyn Mason, brought back from the Superintendent Jerry Weast years in MCPS. Superintendent Monifa McKnight has been bringing back a lot of administrators from the years of Superintendent Jerry Weast. Monifa McKnight is a Jerry Weast reboot.
The failure to plan for students needing special education services over the summer is, therefore, no surprise but a return to the MCPS attitude that students with special education services don't deserve services at all. Superintendent Jerry Weast took a family with a student with special education needs all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2005 to make his case.
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June 29, 2022
