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Best public high school in Maryland is in Montgomery County
11+ hour, 32+ min ago (124+ words) Poolesville High School was ranked the best public high school in Maryland by education website Niche, making it one of five high schools from Montgomery County that made it to the top 10 in the state. Poolesville High School was ranked…...
DC proposal would streamline back-to-school paperwork process, make it free
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (550+ words) Council members Christina Henderson, Phil Mendelson and Janeese Lewis George are among the five lawmakers who co-introduced the School Health Certificate Modernization Amendment Act of 2026....
Montgomery Co. schools planning for the future with closure and consolidation engagement meetings
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (243+ words) School leaders in Montgomery County, Maryland, are mapping out their plan for public meetings about possible school closures. This comes as enrollment in the county’s public schools declines for the first time in more than 40 years, the school district said....
Lake Braddock teachers question why they’re staffing school weapons scanners – WTOP News
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (530+ words) Some teachers at Lake Braddock Secondary School said part of their workday now includes a job they never expected: staffing the school’s weapons scanners. Teachers stationed at the scanners help direct students through the system and move items, such as…...
As gas prices change, it’s costing Northern Va. school districts thousands more to take kids to and from class – WTOP News
1+ week, 1+ day ago (240+ words) Months of changes to gas prices are causing some Northern Virginia school districts to spend thousands more on diesel fuel for buses than they had planned....
DC Mayor Bowser looks back on her accomplishments in education during ribbon-cutting – WTOP News
1+ week, 1+ day ago (254+ words) D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and other city leaders came together for a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday for the unveiling of a modernized school in Northwest D.C. Harriet Tubman Elementary School, located at 13th Street NW, is one of a handful of schools that received…...
‘If I could do it, you can do it too’: Giant Food’s free English classes help employees move up – WTOP News
1+ week, 2+ day ago (157+ words) How Giant Food is helping employees progress throughout the company with English lessons....
US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sues MedStar over withdrawn job offer tied to man’s IV treatment in Maryland – WTOP News
1+ week, 5+ day ago (36+ words) The federal agency that enforces workplace discrimination laws is suing MedStar Health, accusing the hospital system of withdrawing a job offer after learning that a man with a disability received medication through an IV in Maryland....
How sweeping job cuts have reshaped life, job prospects in DC area, survey says
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1079+ words) Tesla CEO Elon Musk claps as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Sam Trumbull once wrote public assistance policy to help people receiving food assistance, then needed public…...
Falling enrollment has MCPS considering closures, consolidations – NBC4 Washington
2+ week, 1+ day ago (284+ words) School consolidations and closures are on the horizon for Montgomery County Public Schools, where leaders say the student population is declining for the first time in more than 40 years. “Since 2007, the birth rates have declined, and as a school system,…...