After weeks of speculation following Starr’s possible contract renewal as superintendent for the next four years, he announced his resignation Feb. 3.
“It has been an honor to serve as the superintendent...
By Hannah Yasharoff, Public Relations and Social Media Editor
• February 10, 2015
The Montgomery County Board of Education voted Feb. 10 to push back MCPS starting times, effective next school year. High school and middle schools will begin 20 minutes later and elementary schools will...
Children in the Potomac area will soon have a place where they can learn about their local environment in an interesting and interactive way with the opening of the area’s first interpretive playground.
An...
By Isabel Dibble, Online Observations Editor
• December 22, 2014
CHS continues to experience maintenance problems with the heat and air condition systems, leading to faculty and students sweltering in classrooms.
Hot conditions in the classrooms began Nov. 17 and...
By Katie Gauch, Editor-in-Chief
• December 22, 2014
Though plans for a new elementary school in Rockville are starting to emerge, the new school isn’t expected to open until the 2017 school year.
The elementary school will be located at the Montgomery...
Milkshakes, burgers and fries are not the only thing you can get at the Silver Diner. With their “Eat Well, Do Well” program, every time you eat a Maryland, Virginia or New Jersey-based restaurant,...
By Pablo Roa, Production Editor
• December 19, 2014
In light of recent incidents involving inappropriate behavior conducted by two MCPS staff members, some county officials are questioning whether principals are taking appropriate measures and doing enough...
Had you peeked into Cabin John Park during the early evening of Dec. 10, you would have found a bundled-up group of students laughing, listening to live acoustic and sipping hot cocoa.
To raise money...
By Fiona Asbury, Opinions Editor
• December 11, 2014
On Nov. 20 the walls of the men’s and women’s bathrooms next to the second floor staff lounge were permanently painted black in an attempt to cover graffiti.
According to building service manager...
By Pablo Roa, Production Editor
• December 1, 2014
In an effort to address capacity issues caused by MCPS’s ever-growing student population, Superintendent Joshua Starr requested an additional $220.8 million be added to the county’s school construction...
Three years void of a recreational area, the Scotland community will re-open its community center, now dedicated as the Bette Carol Thompson Neighborhood Recreation Center, to the public this month.
"The...
By Thomas Atkinson, Public Relations Manager
• November 21, 2014
Sophomore Jacob Friedman remembers having to walk to school on icy, uncleared sidewalks with start of winter just around the corner.
“Many people didn’t shovel the sidewalks, including the school,”...
