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February 5, 2021 | 10:47 am
Board of Education on Tuesday will discuss ‘small group’ return to schools
The Montgomery County Board of Education will meet Tuesday and review a plan to bring some “very small groups” of students back into school buildings by the end of the month.
At a meeting in late January, MCPS staff members told the school board it was developing a plan in response to recent comments by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan.
Hogan pushed districts to reopen for in-person classes by March 1 or possibly face consequences.
Council Holds Public Hearing Thursday on Fate of School Resource Officers
A virtual public hearing concerning whether to prohibit the Montgomery County Police Department from having officers in public schools is set for Thursday night at 7:30 p.m.
Councilmembers Will Jawando and Hans Riemer sponsored the bill that calls for the removal of school resource officers (SRO). There are 23 such officers stationed in county schools.
Previously, Montgomery County Public Schools’ high school principals told the Board of Education that they were in unanimous support of keeping the officers in their schools.
In a news release, two high school students announced their support for ending the SRO program. Lauren Payne, a student at Richard Montgomery High School, and Avery Smedley, who attends Albert Einstein High School, likened the issue to the national call for police reform.
Seniors in Montgomery County turned away from confirmed COVID-19 vaccine appointments
By Sierra Fox
Montgomery County residents turned away from getting vaccine
Montgomery County seniors are telling FOX 5 they were turned away at vaccine sites depite having confirmed appointments.
ROCKVILLE, Md. (FOX 5 DC) - Senior citizens in Montgomery County are contacting FOX 5 after being turned away from getting the vaccine, which is leaving some of the most vulnerable in the community disappointed and upset.
For example: 70-year-old Jane Dobridge said she got an e-mail stating she was eligible to get vaccinated.
She signed up for an appointment through the state’s website, but when she showed up for the shot at Richard Montgomery High School, Dobridge was told to leave.
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