Educators from Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) “will take to the streets Tuesday afternoon” to demand the hiring of additional teachers, paraeducators and bus drivers and increased compensation for those forced to do extra duties due to the hiring shortage. Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) will hold a car picket and rally at 5 p.m. […]
School board will review resource officer program during Tuesday meeting
January 11, 2021 | 8:40 am
As a debate about whether police should be stationed in schools rekindles, Montgomery County principals are doubling down on their position that the officers are needed to run schools effectively.
In October, all 25 MCPS high school principals and the leaders of three special schools told the school board they support keeping school resource officers (SROs) in their buildings, despite calls for their removal by some students and activists who say the racial disparities in student arrests are beyond reform.
“The School Resource Officer Program in Montgomery County has greatly benefited the school system,” the administrators’ union wrote in its letter. “… We need SROs in our schools.”