Montgomery County Public Schools leaders say a Silver Spring school’s longer academic year hasn’t paid off and are recommending reverting it to a traditional calendar year, which could save the district more than $1.4 million.
Temperatures are on the rise again after the University of Maryland, College Park experienced a brief steam outage that temporarily left dozens of buildings without fully functioning heat and hot water Wednesday morning.
A precipitous drop in the number of Hispanic students and foreign students learning English has fueled a 1 percentage point decline in the state’s graduation rate for 2025.
MCPS announced Tuesday that schools will be closed Wednesday and Thursday. School officials will announce on Thursday whether they will close on Friday.
Ellicott City resident Jackie Wang, 18, pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor count in October after police found an external hard drive hidden under his mattress that contained child sexual abuse material.