Tagged: MCPS


Clarksburg junior Praneel Suvarna becomes 47th Student Member of the Board

By Lillian Paterson | April 17, 2024, 8:15 p.m. | In News »

Survana will succeed MCPS’s current SMOB, Sami Saeed


MCPS to launch new bus tracking app

By Josey Merolli | Feb. 6, 2024, 1:55 p.m. | In News »

The app will allow students and families to track the location of school buses in real-time


Narcan must be made accessible to students

By Lillian Paterson | April 17, 2023, 5:24 p.m. | In Opinions »

MCPS must focus its resources on the individuals at the center of this opioid crisis


MCPS antiracism audit reports inequities among students of color

By Alexander Liu, Maya Britto | Oct. 19, 2022, 1:05 p.m. | In Local »

The two-year study found students of color consistently reported lower satisfaction than their white peers.


MCPS transportation managers face embezzlement investigation

By Alexander Liu | Oct. 11, 2022, 4:16 p.m. | In News »

Maryland General Assembly details possible embezzlement in annual audit report


MCPS students will not receive “alternative meals” if in debt

By Josey Merolli | May 11, 2022, 2:08 p.m. | In News »

Students who owe lunch money will still receive hot meals


MCPS Board of Education voted to end mask mandate in schools

By Josey Merolli | March 8, 2022, 5:06 p.m. | In COVID-19 »

The decision was made by unanimous vote


Maryland State Department of Education lifts mask mandate

By Josey Merolli | Feb. 23, 2022, 8:41 p.m. | In News »

Masks still required in MCPS buildings, and county school board to meet Thursday to discuss the decision


MCPS community update for February discusses COVID-19 management, equity, and new superintendent

By Maya Britto | Feb. 14, 2022, 6:42 p.m. | In COVID-19 »

The latest community update provided details about initiatives to combat COVID-19 and inequity and information regarding the new permanent superintendent


Blazers participate in walkout in protest of county's COVID-19 learning plan

By Maya Britto | Jan. 21, 2022, 7:43 p.m. | In ‎Latest »

Frustrated Blair students gathered in the parking lot today to demonstrate their disapproval of MCPS management with regards to the recent rise in COVID-19 cases


16 MCPS schools scheduled to transition to virtual learning this Thursday

By Maya Britto | Jan. 18, 2022, 10:17 p.m. | In COVID-19 »

Due to mounting COVID-19 concerns, the county has decided to allow certain schools to shift to remote learning.


The MCPS Bus Driver Shortage

By Eli Minicozzi | Nov. 19, 2021, 4:36 p.m. | In Video »

Eli walks us through the recent MCPS bus driver shortage.


MCPS set to return to in-person learning March 1

By Rajit Mukhopadhyay, Lucie Peyrebrune | Feb. 9, 2021, 5:57 p.m. | In Local »

The Board of Education voted unanimously on Feb. 9 to start the phase-in to return to schools


Knowledge is Power

By Myles Feingold-Black | Jan. 26, 2021, 11:58 a.m. | In Opinions »

MCPS, it's time to make African American Studies a graduate requirement


MCPS makes change to grading policy

By Rina Haimson | Jan. 24, 2021, 10:20 a.m. | In ‎Latest »

MCPS announced that a missing work grade will change to a 50 percent


MCPS parent survey responses

By Isabel Corvington | Jan. 13, 2021, 1:22 p.m. | In Local »

The MCPS parent survey indicates that most students will remain in virtual learning in the second semester


How the Blair community feels about reopening schools

By Isabel Corvington | Jan. 13, 2021, 10:31 a.m. | In Features »

Blair students and parents’ opinions on the MCPS reopening plan, who should go back to school first and how online learning is affecting them


Breathing Space

By Myles Feingold-Black | Oct. 22, 2020, 9:45 a.m. | In Opinions »

MCPS should allow in-person fall sports practices for the remainder of the first semester


MCPS to hold first semester entirely online

By Rajit Mukhopadhyay, Lucie Peyrebrune | July 21, 2020, 11:45 p.m. | In News »

Students will be in schools in February 2021 at the earliest


MCPS students raise sexual assault allegations on social media

By Rajit Mukhopadhyay, Lucie Peyrebrune | June 26, 2020, 6:10 p.m. | In News »

Students from several schools in MCPS recently posted sexual harassment and assault allegations on social media


Online security is in question after Zoom incident

By Sophia Lucarelli | May 8, 2020, 7:15 p.m. | In News »

Einstein student displayed a gun during an online class session


How schools provide to students during the coronavirus closure

By Mercedes Pierce | April 20, 2020, 1:46 p.m. | In News »

MCPS continues to provide support and education to the community through the COVID-19 pandemic


MCPS must not switch to a pass/fail grading system amid COVID-19 crisis

By Lucie Peyrebrune | April 17, 2020, 2:27 p.m. | In Opinions »

A pass/fail system unfairly rewards students for doing the bare minimum


School is still in session

By Yuri Kim | April 2, 2020, 9:31 p.m. | In Features »

Middle school teachers "strongly suggest" that students continue their work during the COVID-19 break


Video: Feeling the Pulse - COVID-19 Closures

By Samuel Schulman | March 22, 2020, 9:42 p.m. | In Video »

The Friday before a 2-week (or longer) school closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, SCO Video decided to ask some blazers how they felt about the situation.


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