UMD to cut eight varsity teams due to budget
By Sarah Reitzes, News Editor
December 20, 2011
The University of Maryland (UMD) will cut men’s indoor track and field, men’s outdoor track and field, men’s cross country, men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams, men’s tennis, women’s water polo, and the women’s acrobatics and tumbling team for the 2012-2013 school year... Read more »
Students donate to memorial fund
By Sarah Reitzes, News Editor
December 20, 2011
Members of the CHS community have donated over $7,000 as of Dec. 13 to the Craig Whyte Memorial Fund to assist math teacher Craig Whyte’s family after his death Nov. 15. The donations will be divided with a majority of the money going toward a scholarship fund for Whyte’s two daughters, and the... Read more »
Board of Education to adjust expulsion policy
Sarah Reitzes, News Editor
November 22, 2011
The Maryland State Board of Education is currently considering a proposal that would mandate that a final decision regarding recommendation for expulsion be made within 10 days of a student’s removal from school. After the school superintendent makes the decision, the student may be allowed... Read more »
Redistricting adds to Democrats’ majority
Sarah Reitzes and Stacey Stein, News Editor and Online Breaking News Editor
November 21, 2011
The Maryland House of Delegates approved Governor Martin O’Malley’s plan to redraw the lines of the state’s eight congressional districts Oct. 19. The revised districts will go into effect for the 2012 elections, and the new lines will change the sixth district from being comprised... Read more »
Maryland unsure whether to apply for No Child Left Behind waiver
Sarah Reitzes
News Editor
October 24, 2011
President Barack Obama plans to grant waivers to states which will allow them to bypass certain provisions of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act if they implement other education reforms. Under the waivers, states will be able to opt out of a major part of the law that requires all students... Read more »
Students start local ACLU chapter, campaign for rights
Sarah Reitzes
News Editor
October 24, 2011
The CHS chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) held its inaugural meeting Oct. 10 to discuss its goals for the year. Senior Zoe Dobkin founded the club after working for the D.C. affiliate of the ACLU this past summer. “I like the views they stand for—civil... Read more »
Curfew bill threatens students’ late nights out
Sarah Reitzes
News Editor
September 27, 2011
Hanging out late with friends, going for midnight strolls or going to the gym in the early morning may seem like fairly typical teenage activities, but if the Montgomery County curfew bill is passed, CHS students may soon not be able to do any of them. The Montgomery County Council is currently debating... Read more »
New Superintendent selected for 2011-2012 school year
Sarah Reitzes
News Editor
May 19, 2011
The Montgomery County Board of Education (BOE) unanimously appointed Joshua Starr the new MCPS Superintendent May 1. Starr will officially take over for current Superintendent Jerry Weast July 1. Starr is currently finishing his sixth year as Superintendent for the Stamford Public School System... Read more »
Budget cuts threaten JV sports, coaching
Sarah Reitzes
News Editor
May 16, 2011
Later this month, the Montgomery County Council will vote on a proposal to cut $1 million of the approximately $7 million budgeted for MCPS athletics. These cuts could include the elimination of JV cheerleading squads and coed volleyball teams in county high schools, the shortening of all JV seasons... Read more »
D.C. school vouchers hurt lower-income families
Sarah Reitzes, News Editor
April 11, 2011
MCPS may be considered one of the best school systems in the country, and CHS one of the top 100 high schools, but right next door the D.C. public school system is considered one of the worst. If House of Representatives speaker John Boehner’s bill to revive D.C.’s Opportunity Scholarship Program... Read more »
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