Montgomery County Public Schools

After several families spoke to News4 about their frustrations over delays building a new playground at a Silver Spring school, their celebrating the new equipment finally being installed. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

Leaders in Montgomery County, Maryland, gave school officials the green light to install vape detectors in high school bathrooms. The Montgomery County Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the school system’s plan to use $2 million in funds to install the detectors. Tax-payers won’t be footing the bill for the detectors. The funding came from a settlement reached between Montgomery...

The detectors will go in bathrooms at all county high schools. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports.

The Montgomery County Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday about installing vape detectors in bathrooms in all Montgomery County high schools. The school board has approved the plan but the council is poised to give final approval following its pilot program. News4’s Megan McGrath reports. 

People gathered at Bullis High School in Potomac to celebrate the life of Ray Butler, who died of an apparent brain aneurism earlier in September.

Several parents say Montgomery County Public Schools removed unsafe playground equipment from an elementary school but have been slow to replace it, leaving students with little to do during recess. Parents are often looking for ways to keep their kids active. One said that’s been a challenge for her third grader at East Silver Spring Elementary School this schoolyear....

Several parents say Montgomery County Public Schools removed unsafe playground equipment from an elementary school but have been slow to replace it, leaving students with little to do during recess.

Montgomery County Public Schools’ first season of girls flag football kicked off Wednesday. News4’s Gio Del Fa took in the games at Seneca Valley High School in Germantown.

The head of security for Montgomery County Public Schools says they’re considering adding weapons detectors, but it appears they would not be implemented any time soon. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

Maryland’s largest school district is testing a new cellphone policy this year. Montgomery County Public Schools wants to cut down on cellphone use during school hours. “It was really disturbing to, you know, see a classroom and someone try to teach and talk to the students and kids are playing games or sending messages on their cellphone and completely...

Montgomery County Public Schools wants to cut down on cellphone use during school hours. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.

As Montgomery County Public Schools kicks off a new school year, plans are in place to crack down on students vaping by installing vape detectors in high school bathrooms. The school system plans to use $2 million in funds from a settlement MCPS reached with e-cigarette maker Juul to install devices that detect vape smoke, then either set off an…

As Montgomery County Public Schools kicks off a new school year, plans in place to crack down on students vaping. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports the school system wants to install vape detectors in high school bathrooms.

The largest public school district in Maryland is headed back to class today! News4’s Joseph Olmo talks to new Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Thomas Taylor about a pilot cell phone policy in some schools and a new transportation hotline that parents and students can use. 

A Montgomery County first grade teacher sold drugs to a man found dead in the District, police say. News4’s Paul Wagner reports police say text messages show the teacher was selling to the man for months.

Sarah Magid, a first grade teacher, was arrested in the death of a man who overdosed on fentanyl, police say.

Montgomery County police are investigating antisemtitic graffiti found at Winston Churchill High School, Thomas Wootton High School, Strathmore Elementary School and Fallsmead Elementary School. This comes after antisemitic graffiti was found outside Bethesda Elementary School last week. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.  

Montgomery County invested in electric school buses, but it was found that the program was fraught with wasteful spending. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

Parents and students in Montgomery County who depended on the school district’s Virtual Academy have lobbied in one way or another to save it since learning that it had been cut from the next school budget. Families said students with special physical requirements and emotional concerns were thriving in the academy. It seems their persistent pleas have paid off....

Families in Montgomery County are rallying to revive the school district’s virtual academy, which was discontinued amid budget cuts. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.