Montgomery 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 County Executive Marc Elrich’s $6.6 billion proposed Capital Improvement Program would give more to the Montgomery County Public Schools than they have ever received in a capital…
Read more Elrich’s $6.6B capital plan calls for record-high funding for Montgomery Co. schools – WTOP NewsTwenty-two Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) employees were flagged during a recent rescreening to clear a backlog of background checks for school-based staff. This article was written by…
Read more 22 Montgomery Co. Public Schools employees flagged in background rescreening process – WTOP NewsMontgomery County school leaders are celebrating a big donation that will help families in the Maryland county who struggle to afford school lunch. Montgomery County school leaders are…
Read more Big donation helps keep students in Montgomery County fed – WTOP NewsClasses are canceled Friday after a malfunctioning sprinkler caused flooding and damaged at least a dozen classrooms, according to Montgomery County Public Schools. Classes are canceled Friday at…
Read more Flooding closes Montgomery County’s Sherwood High School in latest water damage – WTOP NewsClasses are back in session at Maryland’s Thomas S. Wootton High School after students were evacuated moments after the first bell rang Monday due to a gas odor.…
Read more Classes resume at Wootton High School after suspected gas leak – 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 NewsMontgomery County teacher Joe Evans won on Jeopardy and told WTOP how it felt to know his students at Takoma Park Middle School were watching. WTOP’s Jimmy Alexander…
Read more Montgomery County teacher wins on ‘Jeopardy!’ – WTOP NewsA Montgomery County Public School middle schooler who was struck in head by a thrown metal object during PE class in October and was hospitalized in ICU is…
Read more Montgomery Co. middle school student injured by ‘metal object’ undergoing physical therapy – WTOP NewsMany people in Montgomery County, Maryland, are shocked about the recommended closure of Silver Spring International Middle School. This article was written by WTOP’s news partner Bethesda Today and…
Read more ‘Completely blindsided’: Silver Spring International Middle community reeling from proposal to close school – WTOP NewsThe mother of a Montgomery County Public School middle schooler says her son suffered brain injuries, after being hurt during gym class last week. The mother of a…
Read more Silver Spring middle schooler struck in head during PE by thrown ‘metal object,’ suffers brain injury – 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 NewsCounty Executive Marc Elrich said $6 million of the funding is coming from the federal government for its Head Start program, while the Maryland county is adding $4…
Read more Early education gets a $10 million boost in Montgomery County – WTOP NewsMontgomery County officials are trying to reassure communities rattled by an incident involving the immigration arrest of two men near a Silver Spring middle school. Montgomery County officials…
Read more Reported immigration enforcement near middle school raises concern in Montgomery County – 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 NewsAllie Coyle became the first women to lead a boys soccer team to a Maryland state title. Now, she prepares Blair High School to defend its standing. From…
Read more ‘We’ve made our statement’: Maryland woman shares experience winning boys soccer title at Blair HS – 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 NewsSome Montgomery County Public Schools employees are continuing to report pay issues despite the district’s repeated assurances that problems would be resolved. This article was written by WTOP’s…
Read more Montgomery Co. Public Schools employee pay issues continue as administrator union complains of overwhelming HR work – 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 News