The Center for Disease Control’s COVID-19 vaccination data shows that, among counties with a population larger than 300,000, Montgomery County ranks first in the nation when it comes to vaccinating people ages 12 and older. Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services obtained the data from the CDC on June 4, showing that, at […]
MCPS estimates 70% of staff has gotten COVID-19 vaccine
Teachers expected to return to buildings in the fall
June 3, 2021 | 9:51 am
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Montgomery County Public Schools officials last week estimated that at least 70% of its employees have gotten a COVID-19 vaccine. Others remain unvaccinated, despite an early push to offer a shot to all employees.
During a school board meeting last week, MCPS Chief of Teaching, Learning and Schools Janet Wilson said an estimated 25% to 30% of the district’s 25,000 employees roughly 6,250 have not been vaccinated against COVID-19.
Wilson did not give more information, but the number aligns with data MCPS provided to the state Department of Education in March that showed about 75% of district employees requested a vaccine.
Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics for June 1 The Maryland Department of Health reported nine new COVID-19 cases in Montgomery County Tuesday morning. The county’s cumulative case count is 70,930. This is the lowest number of new cases in a 24 hour period since March 19, 2020, when two cases were confirmed in Montgomery County. There were […]
One day before Montgomery County moves into Phase 3 of its COVID-19 plans, the Maryland county’s council approved a $6 billion budget that includes a number of items aimed at pandemic recovery.
“It’s always difficult to put together a budget of this scale and complexity,” said Council President Tom Hucker. Referencing the pandemic, he added that the typical challenges were exacerbated by impacts of the coronavirus outbreak. “We’ve lived through the worst public health and economic crisis in a century.”
The bulk of the county’s budget went toward education, with $2.7 billion dollars going to Montgomery County Public Schools. Another $312 million was allocated to Montgomery College.
More information expected at June school board meeting
May 25, 2021 | 9:17 pm
May 26, 2021
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The Montgomery County Board of Education meets on Tuesday with some members in person and some tuning in via Zoom.
Caitlynn Peetz
Montgomery County Public Schools’ incoming interim superintendent was clear during a meeting on Tuesday: Students will be in buildings full-time, with a teacher, in the fall.
A return to a more normal schedule will be the “default” for the district that has been slow to reopen in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, Monifa McKnight told the school board.
But, McKnight said, every student who wants to be in a classroom in the fall “absolutely will.”