The community has rallied around the family of an 11-year-old Diamond Elementary School student in Gaithersburg after the child suffered an unexpected medical crisis earlier this month.
Author: MCS Staff
Last week, the Montgomery County Education & Culture (EC) Committee unanimously recommended restoring $49.5 million in funding to the district’s fiscal year 2025 budget. SEIU Local 500, MCEA, and MCAAP/MCBOA have released a statement strongly supporting EC’s recommendation as a solution to secure the funding needed to preserve the district’s ability to provide high-quality learning experiences for students and district-wide staffing needs. “This welcome development comes on the heels of County Executive Marc Erlich’s egregious proposal to cut $55.7 million from the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) budget.” Full statement below:
MoCo High School Sports Scores for May 09, 2024 (powered by www.MoCoAI.com):
Below you will see a list of four bigger events that we are aware of happening this weekend (May 11th and 12th, 2024):
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reported earlier this week that 52 white-tailed deer sampled within Allegany, Baltimore, Frederick, Montgomery, and Washington counties in 2023 tested positive for chronic wasting disease, a neurological disease found in deer, elk, and moose.
Pots for Paws, a program that Seneca Valley High School ceramics students participated in this year, has been considered a success.
According to a statement released on Thursday, the Rockville Volunteer Fire Department (RVFD) was targeted by cyber criminals in late April. The scammers were able to steal over $200,000 from the RVFD.
Community members invited to sign up to testify on update to the policy that determines adequacy of public facilities for development in Montgomery County
The Montgomery County Planning Board scheduled a public hearing on the 2024-2028 update to the Growth and Infrastructure Policy (GIP) for Thursday, May 23 at 6 p.m. in the Second Floor Auditorium of The M-NCPPC’s Wheaton Headquarters at 2425 Reedie Drive, Wheaton, MD, 20902.
In a May 9th re-release of a previous press release from Takoma Park Police, the following is stated regarding police responding to several calls for shots fired:
Watkins Mill High School principal Vilma Najera sent a letter to the school community detailing a serious incident that occurred at the school on Thursday afternoon.