Gaithersburg, Germantown, Silver Spring, and Rockville all came in the Top 10 of WalletHub’s Most/Least Ethnically Diverse Cities in the US.
Their full article is available here: https://wallethub.com/edu/cities-with-the-most-and-least-ethno-racial-and-linguistic-diversity/10264/#city-size
A few clips of what’s expected to come for Northwood High School in Silver Spring.
This project is expected be ready in 5 years and the clips come from yesterday’s MCPS Board of Education meeting.
Change in Demographics for Every MCPS High School Since 1989
According to Urban.org, “US schools have become more racially and ethnically diverse over the past few decades, but these changes have played out differently across the country. Understanding a school’s demographics can inform conversations around school segregation, redistricting, funding, and equity.”
MoCo Oscar Predictions
Andrew Italia is an attorney in Rockville, 2001 Quince Orchard High School graduate, and MoCo resident. When he was in college at the University of Maryland, he was the movie critic for The Maryland Diamondback.
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Every now and then I like to share personal stories that show how cool of a place MoCo truly is.
Montgomery County is home to four of the top 10 culturally diverse areas in the United States (according to WalletHub). 138 different languages are spoken in our public schools, 45% of businesses are minority-owned, 40% of residents speak a language other than English, and 1/3 of our residents are foreign born (including my parents).
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Governor Larry Hogan today announced that he is introducing the Universal School Start Act of 2020 requiring Maryland public schools to start after Labor Day.
According to the press release this will be “ending the mass confusion of having Maryland’s counties each starting on different dates. This mass confusion was created by the General Assembly’s actions in 2019, when it cynically overturned the governor’s popular executive order requiring that school start after Labor Day.”
The iconic flavor of Old Bay is now available in a hot sauce!
McCormick describes it as “tangy with a kick of heat and Old Bay’s unique blend of herbs and spices, it makes all kinds of food all kinds of awesome.”
Gaithersburg High School alumnus, Jeanine Cummins, answered her phone and heard “Jeanine, it’s Oprah Winfrey.”
Morgan Wootten, who coached basketball at DeMatha Catholic High School for 46 years, died last night at 88.
Coach Wootten and his teams won 5 High School National Championships, 22 Washington, D.C. Championships, and 33 Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championships.