Jackr Smith News Today

Jasper Smith passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the Times Tribune on 2023-12-27.

Community schools appear to be solving the long-standing education gap between the affluent and the less privileged.

Superintendent says school leaders still need more clarification about physical distancing.

Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland’s largest school system, will add hundreds of electric bus school buses to its fleet, and will become the biggest operator of electric school buses in the U.S., with the goal of going all electric in 14 years. Under a contract approved by the Montgomery County Board of Education Tuesday, Montgomery County Public Schools will introduce over 300 electric vehicles to its fleet of school buses in the coming years. The goal, county leaders said, is for th...

Teachers in Montgomery County vote ‘no confidence’ in reopening plan Donna St. George Montgomery County teachers voted “no confidence” in their school system’s plan for reopening in March, demanding that employees get the chance to be vaccinated first and pushing for more staffing, and a “coherent” contact tracing and testing program. The vote followed an emergency meeting Monday of the representative assembly of the Montgomery County Education Association, wh...

Union pushes for more resources, more staff — and vaccinations.

Teachers Vote No Confidence on Return to School Plans; Superintendent Is ‘Perplexed’ Elected worksite representatives from the Montgomery County Education Association “overwhelmingly passed a resolution stating a lack of confidence” with Montgomery County Public Schools Board of Education’s unanimous vote to return to the classroom beginning in March. MCEA also asked for a meeting with the BOE. In the resolution, the teachers union called MCPS’ plans inadequate and demanded that all...

Montgomery County Public Schools superintendent Dr. Jack R. Smith announces retirement By FOX 5 Digital Team Published  "MCPS staff are among the most talented and dedicated in this country," Dr. Smith said. "The work we have done together around the equity accountability framework, the allocation of resources, student well-being, technology and the expansion of early childhood  programs are among a host of system improvements that I am proud of." Smith served as the interim Maryland state ...

Montgomery County schools superintendent announces retirement Donna St. George The superintendent of Maryland’s largest school system announced his retirement Thursday, saying he would step down in June because of family difficulties, nearly five years after he arrived in suburban Montgomery County. Jack R. Smith, 63, told teachers and staff members in the 161,000-student system that he planned to join his wife, Gayle, in Maine, where she has been helping their daughter�...

Montgomery County pushes back date when students could return to classroom learning.