Per a letter to the Bel Pre Elementary School Community, the school will be closed today (Thursday, September 2nd).
The letter can be seen below:
Author: MCS Staff
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich and current Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles both advocated for implementing a vaccine passport in Montgomery County during yesterday’s media briefing.
Below you will see notes and quotes from the briefing:
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9/18 Update: The Briggs Chaney Popeyes is Now Open
Back in November 2020 we let you know that Popeyes will be taking over the old Pizza Hut location in the Briggs Chaney shopping center (13886 Old Columbia Pike).
The city closed Gibbs Street in Rockville Town Square in June 2020 to accommodate outdoor dining. On Thursday, September 9th, the City of Rockville will hold a virtual public meeting to discuss the future use of Town Center streets.
Per the City of Rockville:
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Olney has come in at number 7 in the Top 11 Family-Friendly Suburbs Where Parents Will Actually Want To Live list by Realtor.com. To come up with their list of suburbs, Realtor.com started by looking at the nation’s 11 largest cities and then moved to looking at the surrounding suburbs in each metro area with at least 10,000 people.
They took into account the percentage of children living in each city, school rankings, and family-friendly businesses (including day care centers). “To make sure these were places parents would want to live, too, there had to be plenty of restaurants, bars, and things to do, as well as a reasonable commute (most are under 40 minutes) for when they do have to go to the office.”
Red Line customers are reminded that beginning Saturday, September 11 and continuing through Saturday, December 4, Metro will close the Rockville and Shady Grove stations for the demolition and replacement of the canopy over the Rockville Station platform.
Per WMATA:
Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the state has submitted the first recovery plan performance report required by the Department of the Treasury in accordance with the provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), which directed $3.7 billion in federal aid to Maryland.
Following ARPA’s enactment on March 11, 2021, Governor Hogan and legislative leaders announced a bipartisan funding agreement, which took the form of Supplemental Budget #5 to the governor’s FY 2022 state budget proposal. The supplemental budget provided the initial outline for how the State’s ARPA funding would be spent; the report submitted today goes into further detail regarding the final $3.7 billion allocation.
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Local hair stylist and salon owner Jenn Shin wanted to help when reading about what was going on in Afghanistan, so she decided to step up and make it happen.
The Adventist Community Services of Greater Washington (ACSGW) started taking donations in Silver Spring to help Afghan evacuees with resettlement. Shin began accepting donations in her Rockville salon (located in the Talbott Center on Rockville Pike) two weeks ago, dropping them off to the ACSGW every Monday.
Phase One of Twinbrook Quarter is located on the southwest corner of the property at Rockville Pike and Halpine Road and includes residential and commercial space, including a new Wegmans.
The Wegmans and surrounding new development will be right next to Twinbrook metro– occupying the former home of Pizza CS, Hooters, Fuddruckers, Salvation Army, and more.
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) welcomes nearly 160,000 students today (Aug. 30) for the start of the 2021–2022 school year. MCPS is beginning the school year fully in-person, five days a week and implementing an online Virtual Academy for registered students in grades K through 12. The 2021-2022 Reopening Guide, released on August 13, outlines the precautions in place to reduce the spread of COVID-19, as well as what to expect for curriculum, grading, attendance, assessments and student engagement.
MCPS is welcoming more than 874 new teachers, more than 671 new supporting services professionals and 31 new administrators this school year.
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) will celebrate the start of the 2021-2022 school year with a media event TOMORROW, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021 at the new Seneca Valley High School building, 19401 Crystal Rock Drive in Germantown. Interim Superintendent Monifa B. McKnight and Montgomery County Board of Education President Brenda Wolff will join other local and state officials at the event.
Nearly 160,000 students are expected for the first day of school. The event will highlight the school and its innovative Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs, MCPS’ reopening plans, and strategic priorities for the school year.