Montgomery County Public Schools will be testing a new artificial intelligence weapons detection system pilot program at three schools starting in March, which was already planned before Monday’s…
Read more School security system pilot for Montgomery County schools: How it works – WTOP NewsMontgomery County Council members sharply questioned transportation, emergency management and school officials over snow removal failures. Montgomery County Council members questioned officials in charge of snow removal in…
Read more Montgomery County Council members press transportation, school officials about snow removal – WTOP NewsHundreds of students streamed out of Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland, on Tuesday to call on Montgomery County Public Schools to limit cooperation with ICE. Hundreds…
Read more ‘Everyone’s living in fear’: Students at Bethesda high school walk out to protest ICE – WTOP NewsMontgomery Co. school officials told a committee Friday that they’ve made progress updating employee background checks after a report showed many had incomplete checks. Montgomery County school officials…
Read more Montgomery Co. school officials say progress made in backlog of employee background checks – WTOP NewsThe driver of a Montgomery County school bus struck and killed an 11-year-old bicyclist in the Aspen Hill area of Maryland. Police vehicles surround a Montgomery County school…
Read more Police identify 11-year-old girl killed by Montgomery County school bus – WTOP NewsLearning and giving is coming full circle in a local Montgomery County, Maryland, school program that’s looking to award a refurbished computer lab to a county nonprofit. Learning…
Read more Montgomery Co. students refurbish machines to donate complete computer lab to a local nonprofit – WTOP NewsMontgomery County Public School’s first “Transition Day” proved to be popular among students, staff and members of the Board of Education. Montgomery County Public Schools’ first “Transition Day”…
Read more Montgomery Co. schools’ Transition Day gets high marks from students and school leaders – WTOP NewsThe more than 160,000 students returning to Montgomery County Public Schools are free to use their phones on the way to and from school, but during this new…
Read more New year, new policies on grades, student conduct and phones in Montgomery Co. schools – WTOP NewsMontgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Thomas Taylor said the school system is still working to clear up the backlog of background checks discovered in an inspector general’s report.…
Read more Backlog of employee background checks won’t be done for ‘several months,’ Montgomery Co. superintendent says – WTOP NewsFour high school girls’ flag football teams from Montgomery County, Maryland, scrimmaged on the field during the Commanders’ preseason game against the Cincinnati Bengals. Four high school girls…
Read more Montgomery Co. girls share turf with Commanders during Monday’s preseason game – WTOP NewsClasses on topics that, in many cases, were proposed by students have been given the green light by the Montgomery County Board of Education. Classes on topics that…
Read more From hip-hop to climate change, student-driven electives are approved for Montgomery Co. schools – WTOP NewsIn Montgomery County’s public school system, administrators are currently having a discussion on whether to add two days to the winter break and tag a new “transition” day…
Read more Planning ahead: Montgomery Co. schools examine longer winter break, adding ‘transition day’ for new students – WTOP NewsAs the new school year kicks off, Montgomery County Public Schools officials share how they will be prioritizing school safety — including the use of weapons and vape…
Read more Montgomery Co. school safety includes taking ‘a hard look’ at weapons detectors, officials say – WTOP NewsThe Montgomery County Board of Education in Maryland has approved a plan to use $2 million to install vape detectors in all county high schools. From vaping, the…
Read more Montgomery Co. schools to spend $2M for vape detectors – WTOP NewsThe number of “serious” safety incidents in Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland dropped overall last year, according to data presented Tuesday. The number of “serious” safety incidents…
Read more Montgomery Co. schools see drop in ‘serious incidents,’ but bomb threats, weapons and trespassing are up – WTOP NewsMontgomery County Public Schools moved away from school resource officers two years ago in favor of “community engagement officers.” So how’s it going? From vaping, the cost of…
Read more Montgomery Co. schools abandoned SROs 2 years ago. The schools’ security chief says new policies aren’t clear enough – WTOP NewsAs the leader of Maryland’s largest school district, newly appointed Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Thomas Taylor is earning an annual salary of $360,000. That’s $40,000 more than…
Read more Montgomery Co.’s new superintendent earning $360K in salary – WTOP NewsMontgomery County Public Schools officials violated their own rules when they were trying to deal with the fallout from allegations of sexual harassment and bullying involving then-principal Joel…
Read more Montgomery County school system violated its own policy on crisis management contracts, report finds – WTOP NewsSchool principals, teachers, staff and families of Montgomery County students are contemplating the impacts of budget cuts that will result… School principals, teachers, staff and families of Montgomery…
Read more Bigger class sizes coming to Montgomery Co. schools as a result of $30M budget shortfall – WTOP NewsThe coordination between law enforcement and school officials in Montgomery County — along with the initial report from a witness — was credited for averting a potential catastrophe…
Read more School safety comes into focus in Montgomery Co. after arrest of student accused of planning shooting – WTOP News
