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Elrich announces members of school safety, student well-being committee
32 members to deliver preliminary report, recommendations by June 15
May 14, 2021 | 11:03 am
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Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich announced the members of a new committee tasked with developing a report on safety and mental health in schools.
The Reimagining School Safety and Students’ Well-Being Steering Committee will develop an improvement plan with timelines, financial implications and needs for the program, as well as a communication plan to support implementation.
The committee will provide a preliminary report and recommendations by June 15. A final report will be due by Sept. 30.
“This initiative will help us rethink and reshape our public safety in our schools and provide the best social and mental health support for our students,” Elrich said in a press release on Wednesday.
Guide to the 2021 Virtual Gaithersburg Book Festival
Another year, another Gaithersburg Book Festival (GBF). But for the second year in a row, the festival will operate virtually.
Gaithersburg Mayor Jud Ashman, the founder of the popular event, spoke to MyMCM about what to expect at this year’s Virtual Gaithersburg Book Festival:
The Virtual Gaithersburg Book Festival begins Saturday, May 1 and there will be activities for four consecutive weeks. All author discussions (listed below) will premiere on the GBF’s YouTube page. Most programs are prerecorded, but authors will participate in the YouTube Premiere chat discussions.
The first two weeks of programming will be geared toward adults and the final two weeks of programming are aimed at children and young adults.
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Flynn J. Sullivan passed away on April 20, 2021, at home surrounded by his family.
He is survived by his parents James C. and Elizabeth F. Sullivan, his sister Mary Kate Sullivan and her fiancé Ryan Elliott, his sister Eily Flynn Sullivan, his grandmother Mary Degnan Flynn, and his aunts and uncles: Joanne Lewando, Bernie, and Ann Flynn, John and Chrissy Flynn, Jim and Stacey Flynn, and Bob and Michelle Flynn. He was predeceased by his grandparents Leo and Barbara Sullivan and Jack Flynn. He was one of 100 cousins with whom he cherished spending his favorite week of the year on Frye Island on Sebago Lake every summer.
Officers investigating it as homicide By Dan Schere |
April 14, 2021
This story was updated at 9:15 p.m. April 13, 2021, to include comments from a police department spokeswoman and a post from the police union. It was updated again at 12:05 a.m. April 14, 2021, with more information about the person who died.
One person was dead Tuesday evening after a report of a shooting in an upcounty area just north of Germantown.
Capt. Stacey Flynn, a Montgomery County police spokeswoman, wrote in an email to Bethesda Beat on Tuesday night that the victim was a 23-year-old Clarksburg man who suffered trauma to his upper body.