At the beginning of the September 10, 2020 HCPSS meeting, the Board of Education strayed off the agenda and held a surprising vote on whether or not to remove School Resource Officers (SROs) from HCPSS schools.
At the HCPSS Board of Education meeting yesterday, discussion occurred about the recently announced plan to allow Howard County Parks & Recreation and the Columbia Association to use space in HCPSS schools to provide full-day child care this Fall.
A repository of audio clips from the HCPSS Redistricting Special Needs Exemption Appeal Trial in July 2020
Included below is Part 5 in a series of testimony given at one of the 2019 HCPSS school redistricting appeal trials held last week on July 15, 2020.
Included below is Part 4 in a series of testimony given at one of the 2019 HCPSS school redistricting appeal trials held last week on July 15, 2020.
Included below is Part 3 in a series of testimony given at one of the 2019 HCPSS school redistricting appeal trials held last week on July 15, 2020.
Included below is Part 2 in a series of testimony given at one of the 2019 HCPSS school redistricting appeal trials held last week on July 15, 2020.
Included below is Part 1 in a series of testimony given at one of the 2019 HCPSS school redistricting appeal trials held last week on July 15, 2020.
On July 9, Superintendent Martirano proposed a hybrid education model for HCPSS students (2 days in person learning & 3 days virtual learning) beginning on Sepember 15 for PK-3 and active for all students by October 28.
Montgomery County School System (MCPS) elementary students are able to receive approximately 30-60 minutes of live-streamed teacher/classroom instruction daily. At this time, HCPSS formally plans on only 15-20 minutes per week of live “check-in” with teachers & classmates for their elementary students.