Montgomery Planning staff recommends approval of new two-story building for Woodlin Elementary School in Silver Spring.

Fun Fact: Sylvester Stallone and Dave Chappelle both attended Woodlin Elementary School in Silver Spring.


The Montgomery County Board of Education (Board) held a business meeting on September 21, 2021. During the meeting, the Board shared remembrances of Mrs. Patricia O’Neill, Board member since 1998, who passed away on September 14, 2021; approved several recognitions; and discussed the Montgomery County Public Schools’ (MCPS) Equity Accountability Model and the Evidence of Learning Framework.

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Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) has 231 semifinalists in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship competition. The semifinalists will compete nationally for scholarships that will be announced in the spring. The competition is sponsored by the National Merit Scholarship Corp.

The MCPS semifinalists come from 16 high schools: Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Walter Johnson, Walt Whitman, Clarksburg, Damascus, Gaithersburg, Quince Orchard, Northwest, Albert Einstein, Poolesville, Winston Churchill, Richard Montgomery, Thomas S. Wootton, Sherwood, Montgomery Blair and Wheaton.


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