By Ohio Meshanko, Promotions manager
• April 5, 2019
From Feb. 19 to April 16, MCPS will not have any days off from school. This is the longest period with no days off in the entire year, beating the strait from Sept. 20 to Nov. 6 by more than two weeks....
As of now, the Montgomery County Council has a plan in place to expand the Kids Ride Free program. However, they must wait to see if Montgomery County allocated enough money to allow expansion.
Currently,...
Thousands of high schoolers walked out of their classrooms and onto Pennsylvania Avenue March 14 to protest gun violence. With posters reading “Enough is Enough” and “Policy and Change” which caught...
By Nora Holland, Opinions Editor
• February 8, 2019
Marijuana has historically been labeled as a “gateway drug” by health classes all over the world. Recently, about 33 states have legalized the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes and 10 of those...
By Ohio Meshanko, Promotions Manager
• February 8, 2019
The Montgomery County Board of Education held a hearing Jan. 7 to discuss potentially changing the boundaries for each of its 206 schools. The move was proposed as a solution to the disparity in socioeconomic...
Maryland highway officials are testing a new method of directing traffic in a construction zone. Usually, a construction worker will be holding a sign that says “Stop” or “Slow,” but with the new...
Following student and staff input in relation to which holidays the most students are absent, MCPS is considering two proposals for the 2019-2020 calendar.
Both have 182 days of instruction, which...
By Eliza Asbury, Online Editor-in-Chief
• November 1, 2018
On Saturday, Oct. 27, from 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., at Julius West Middle School, the Office of Student and Family Support and Engagement held the MCPS Mental Health Fair in accordance with Mental Health...
By Vicky Gunawan, Observations Editor
• October 18, 2018
Starting Jun. 18, 2019 free meals will be distributed during the summer at approximately 120 sites throughout Montgomery County.
The county will provide meals to students attending summer school or...
Starting Oct. 1, Maryland drivers will have to yield to transportation, service and utility vehicles that are parked along the side of the road.
Maryland’s Move Over law, which details the proper...
MCPS has a $2.519 billion operating budget for Fiscal Year 2018 to fund operations for the 204 schools included in the county.
While MCPS may be adequately funded, there are still alarming disparities...
By Vicky Gunawan, Observations Editor
• May 24, 2018
Opportunities like volunteering for a political campaign are rarely available for high school students, but candidate Jordan Cooper provides the chance of experiencing a political environment through his...
