School Notes: School board seeks comments on activities, food policies
Plus: MCPS has distributed more than 7 million free meals to children
December 17, 2020 | 3:00 pm
December 18, 2020
School board seeks comments on activities, food policies
The Montgomery County school board is soliciting public feedback on proposed changes to the policy that determines when students are eligible for extracurricular activities and a new policy about food services.
Proposed changes to the policy about extracurricular eligibility include removing the requirement to maintain a 2.0 grade-point average for activities other than sports, and making all students eligible for sports for their first year of high school.
School board members have said the goal is to ensure students have motivation to stay engaged with school.
Metrics that guide reopening for most remain the same
December 15, 2020 | 3:04 pm
December 18, 2020
MCPS Superintendent Jack Smith discusses the district s reopening plan during a school board meeting on Tuesday.
Screenshot via live stream This story was updated at 4:50 p.m. Dec. 15, 2020, to include information about the reopening plan presented during a virtual press conference following the school board meeting.
The Montgomery County Board of Education on Tuesday finalized its plan to reopen schools in the new year.
The board chose to revise the phases by which students will return, bringing more back at once, but it delayed the earliest date that buildings could reopen from Jan. 12 to Feb. 1.
Dowling: I am so proud of them
December 13, 2020
By Daragh Ó Conchúir at Croke Park
Beforehand, talk of the impact of three consecutive Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Final losses, the five reverses in seven seasons, and for many of the players, six in seven appearances on the biggest stage, was batted away.
The past had no impact on the present.
But now, with a 1-14 to 1-11 triumph over Galway, and a companion to the 2016 triumph at last, only Kilkenny’s second title since 1994, the truth could be acknowledged in the public domain.
It wasn’t the fear of being the first county to lose four deciders on the trot that drove them though. Just knowing the pain of each one and the damage it had done.
Steely resilience paves the way for resolute Kilkenny
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There was simply no beating Kilkenny when it mattered in 2020.
In the All-Ireland semi-final, the Cats found themselves six points down against arch-rivals Cork before they mustered their first score of the day.
After coughing up three goals to Galway in the 2019 decider, the perceived wisdom was that unless the Cats tightened up at the back, a sixth final defeat in seven years lay in store.
When Orlaith McGrath goaled for the Tribe coming up the break to put daylight between the sides, it seemed like a familiar script was being written.