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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. Alo...

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...

Housing and Development Newsletter 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 M...

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...