Report about possibly renaming six schools delayed until 2022
Review is in response to petitions circulated last summer
June 14, 2021 | 12:19 am
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The Montgomery County Board of Education has delayed the due date for a report about whether six communities want to rename their schools by about a year, to 2022.
In October, the school board unanimously passed a resolution requiring the superintendent to work with the schools Richard Montgomery High, Thomas S. Wootton High, Montgomery Blair High, Col. Zadok Magruder High, Francis Scott Key Middle and John Poole Middle to “determine whether these communities have expressed an interest in renaming the schools.”
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Montgomery County Public Schools will be on the lookout for a new principal at Richard Montgomery High School, as Damon Monteleone moves to a new position in the district as assistant chief of the Office of Teaching, Learning and Schools. (Montgomery County Public Schools Board of Education livestream)
ROCKVILLE, MD Damon Monteleone is leaving his role as principal of Richard Montgomery High School for a new position as assistant chief of the Office of Teaching, Learning and Schools for the Montgomery County Public School District.
The school board approved his appointment at its meeting Thursday afternoon. The district will begin the process of looking for Monteleone s successor at Richard Montgomery High School.
When Kyson Taylor, a junior at Rockville’s Richard Montgomery High School, winds the same path to his psychology class every day, he can feel the eyes following his movements. Despite having few direct interactions with his school resource officer the police officer assigned to monitor Richard Montgomery the man watched him intensely every […]
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April 22, 2021 | 8:00 pm
April 22, 2021
USDA extends waivers for free meals through June 2022
The United States Department of Agriculture announced this week it is extending waivers through the 2021-22 academic year that allow school districts to distribute meals to children at no cost.
The extension will last until June 2022. Before this week’s announcement, the waivers would have expired in September.
The waivers, used by MCPS, allow meals to be served at no cost, in bulk and to parents without their children being present. They were first passed at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic as worries about food insecurity rose.
Voting for Student Member of the Board of Education This Week
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students will be able to vote for the next Student Member of the Board of Education (SMOB) this Thursday, April 22 and Friday, April 23.
Henry Kaye and Hana O’Looney are this year’s finalists for the position. Both candidates are juniors at Richard Montgomery High School.
Kaye is an eagle scout, varsity athlete and small business owner. Kaye began his campaign as he believes that it is incredibly difficult to get involved with student government at the county level.
“The incredibly high barrier to entry for county-wide advocacy has led to a lack of diversity and equitable representation for students in Montgomery County,” Kaye said. “This needs to change and it needs to change now.”