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 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.”
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.
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,
Some may have noticed a familiar face on television when Luka Van Herksen appeared on Law and Order: SVU last night. Luka was born in Mozambique and lived across the world before moving to Montgomery County- first to Bethesda and later Clarksburg.
Last night he had a role in TV’s longest running primetime drama, Law & Order: SVU, where he played a young teen who was questioned for his involvement in a spree of hate crimes that occurred in the city. The episode was introducing one the NYPD’s new unit, Hate Crimes, which is also the newest spinoff of the Law & Order series. Luka said he enjoyed his time on set and thought highly of his co-star, Ice-T, who would talk to Luka during breaks and give him tips.
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: