Montgomery County Public Schools Director of Systemwide Athletics Jeffrey Sullivan released a statement regarding an incident that occurred at a JV girls’ basketball game between Sherwood and Albert Einstein on Saturday, January 8.
According to the letter, members of both teams accused one another of making racist and derogatory comments during the course of the game.
Montgomery County Public Schools sent the following message to parents and students on Sunday afternoon:
Dear MCPS Community,
Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Thursday, January 6, 2022
MCPS has stated that it will be dropping the 5% threshold in a letter sent to the community by Interim Superintendent Monifa McKnight and Acting Health officer James Bridgers. The letter can be seen below:
Dear MCPS Community,
Per Montgomery County Public Schools:
Dear MCPS Families:
Earlier today in a media briefing, MCPS informed the public that it will be sorting schools into three categories– green, yellow, and red.
The categories will identify whether individual schools are below the 5% threshold (5% of the population of students and staff testing positive for Covid-19 in a 14 day period).
Updated at 10am with additional information
Green- under 3% report testing positive within the last 14 days
On January 2, MCPS released an update to their Return to R.A.I.S.E. plan for school Athletics and announced that spectators will be prohibited from attending MCPS sporting events until January 16.
MCPS has also canceled all overnight travel until January 16.
Sam Jones has passed away at the age of 88, According to the Boston Celtics. NBA.com stated that Jones had been hospitalized with failing health and died Thursday night in Florida.
He was also one of only three Boston Celtics, along with teammates Bill Russell and K. C. Jones, to be part of the Celtics’ eight consecutive championships from 1959 to 1966.
Per MCPS:
The Board of Education is seeking further community input on the 2022–2023 school calendar. There are two options to consider. Please complete the survey by Thursday, Dec. 30.
Per the State of Maryland:
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the State of Maryland has conducted more than 1 million free COVID-19 tests for Maryland students and staff since the beginning of the academic year, as part of the statewide K-12 testing program aimed at keeping schools safe and open.