MCPS sent out a letter to the community announcing that 16 schools will begin virtual learning on Thursday, January 20th.
Earlier today, during a meeting with the Montgomery County Council, Interim Superintendent Dr. Monifa McKnight announced that additional schools would be going virtual and that the schools would be named in a message that would be sent out later in the day.
Eun Yang, who grew up in MoCo and is a morning news anchor at NBC Washington, is celebrating 20 years with the network. Yang was born in Seoul, Korea and grew up in the right here in Montgomery County. She graduated from Paint Branch High School (1991) in Burtonsville and then earned a degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Maryland in 1995.
Per the Montgomery County Commission for Women, Yang began her broadcast journalism career while at the University of Maryland. She worked as a reporter for “Maryland Update,” a program on the University’s cable channel, and then moved to TV- 58 where she freelanced as a special projects reporter for Asian- Pacific American affairs. In 1995, she worked full-time as a WUSA-TV production assistant while finishing her last year at the University of Maryland. She was a “reporter trainee” for a year when the station started its weekend-morning newscast. She remained at WUSA-TV for six years, working her way up to a substitute anchor.
During this morning’s County Council meeting, Interim Superintendent Dr. Monifa McKnight and Board of Education Vice President Brenda Wolfe gave an update on MCPS’ COVID-19 response.
McKnight said that an announcement will be coming later today regarding more schools going virtual beginning this Thursday, January 20th. The schools were not listed during the meeting.
Former Montgomery County Board of Education members and MCPS principals Michael Durso and Jeanette Dixon wrote a letter in support of MCPS hiring current interim Superintendent Dr. Monifa McKnight as Superintendent for the next four years, effective immediately.
The full letter of support can be seen below.
The Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) is implementing a 25% increase to the daily rate for substitute teachers, as approved by the Board of Education.
The daily rate for substitute teachers in HCPSS prior to the increase can be seen below:
The Montgomery County Board of Education finalized the 2022-2023 academic calendar in yesterday’s meeting.
For the 2022–2023 school year, school systems are required to close on the following dates:
Per MCPS:
Dear MCPS Community,
The Montgomery County Association of Administrators and Principals released a letter today asking MCPS to pause and “take the pulse” of the COVID-19 crisis in MCPS schools to develop strategies to deal with staff shortages, transportation issues, and testing.
In the letter, MCAAP expresses their dissatisfaction with how MCPS is handling the pandemic and states, “locally and nationally, MCPS has always been a school district that others have looked up to as a model. Unfortunately, it is our belief that due to poor communication and lack of a cohesive, consistent plan, we no longer hold that elite status.”
Per MCPD:
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Montgomery Country Public Schools will be holding a virtual community conversation on Wednesday, January 12 at 6:30pm concerning COVID-19 operations in MCPS schools.
Click here to register for the event and to submit a question.
Montgomery County Public Schools sent out the following community message on Monday alerting patents and students that the deadline to submit comments on proposed changes to the student discipline policy are due by February 7.
You can download a copy of the draft policy here.