School board to hear work group recommendations about SROs
Plus: MCPS curriculum development leader resigning, finance director retiring; Montgomery Blair student chosen as Bezos Scholar
May 6, 2021 | 9:24 pm
May 6, 2021
School board to hear work group recommendations about SROs
The Montgomery County Board of Education will meet on Tuesday to hear recommendations from a work group tasked with reviewing its school resource officer program and discuss school reopenings.
Some board members will attend the meeting, scheduled to begin at 1 p.m., in person while others will log on virtually.
Along with the school reopening discussion, now a standard part of each meeting, the board will consider the recommendations from the SRO work group it convened last summer.
District expecting increase after fear of decreased state funding
February 23, 2021 | 10:12 pm
After expecting a significant decrease in money available in the next fiscal year’s budget, the Montgomery County Board of Education on Tuesday gave initial approval to a budget that is about $24 million more than the current budget.
In December, MCPS Superintendent Jack Smith proposed a $2.7 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2022 that was a decrease of about $42.6 million from the current budget. Since December, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced his state budget that provided more resources than expected for MCPS, the state’s largest school district, according to MCPS Associate Superintendent of Finance Dan Marella. The adjustments include providing grants for districts to offset what would have been a decrease in funding because of a drop in enrollment. In an interview this month, Smith said the district’s pre-kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment is down nearly 6,000 stude
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Junior Molly McCance and freshmen Danielle Carter added second-place finishes on the women s side, McCance in the 200 fly (2:01.95) and Carter in the 200 back (1:57.94). Additionally, freshman Reagan Nibarger earned a third-place finish in the 100 free (50.90). The women s 400 free relay squad of Paige Gambetta, Nibarger, Sydney Rouse, and Bryn McGowan finished fourth in 3:26.40. Lexi Fusari and Bryn McGowan continued to do a great job of guiding our women through a difficult championship season. I am proud of the way they raced in their final MPSF meet, said Macedo. I am impressed by Maelynn s excellent double and can t wait to see Danielle chase more victories in the coming years.
By Barry Punzal, Noozhawk Sports Editor |
@NoozhawkSports
| 12:33 a.m.
UCSB swimmers recorded three individual second-place finishes, but the Gauchos men and women both dropped to fourth place in the team standings after the second day at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships at Cal Poly.
The UCSB men have 186 points and trail BYU (302.5), Hawaii (301) and Cal Poly (208.5). The women, with a 190 points, sit behind Hawaii (305), BYU (273) and UC Davis (198).
Dominic Falcon was runner-up in the men s 500 freestyle (4:26.92) for UCSB and sophomore Christian Martinez was second in the 50 free (20.13). In addition, the quartet of Tim Lee, Martinez, Zach Dietz, and Ryan Levy grabbed the second spot in the 200 free relay (1:20.38). Men s team captain Dan Marella secured third place in the 500 Free (4:27.35).