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Council committee votes to cut property tax and tax credits
- A key Montgomery County council committee voted unanimously Friday to cut the property tax rate while also reducing tax credits for home-owners, reversing a major component of County Executive Ike Leggett's budget plan.
Montgomery police aim to crack down on 'pack' robbers
- In Montgomery County, authorities are facing packs of young criminals working in groups of three or more, threatening residents with violence in exchange for petty cash, according to just-released crime statistics.
Drug panel chief cites problems at Montgomery drug-treatment facilities
- The head of a Montgomery County drug treatment advisory committee says "significant problems" exist at some county drug-treatment facilities but that contrary to calls to cut the programs, their funding and oversight should be increased.
Officials converge to fight racial education gap in Montgomery
- Black leaders in Montgomery County voiced frustration with the schools Friday for failing to move quickly enough to address the lingering racial achievement gap plaguing the district's students.
School librarian who stole from community may get off with no criminal record
- A judge will likely allow a Montgomery County school librarian who stole $101,000 from a Gaithersburg community to serve her jail time this summer and get off with no criminal record so she can keep her school job.
Some bristle at green bills' cost
- A package of global warming bills expected to pass the Montgomery County Council on Tuesday has critics alleging they offer false promises with a potentially crippling price tag, even as proponents cheer the county's green leadership.
Planners fear for Germantown watershed
- Skyrocketing development in Montgomery's Germantown area has caused "serious" deterioration in local watershed quality, some of which could eventually enter the reservoirs used for drinking water, county environmental planners say.
Montgomery to close full-day program for emotionally troubled middle, high schoolers
- Montgomery County's most emotionally troubled middle and high school students will enroll in mainstream schools or be recommended for placement in private programs next fall after the district announced Friday it will no longer operate an expensive full-day program for disturbed students.
Montgomery principal shuts down consulting side business
- A Montgomery County principal who was running pricey private seminars, including one scheduled at his school on a weekday, shut down his consulting company Friday after The Examiner discovered that his side business may violate the Board of Education's code of ethics.
3-minute interview: Ben Moskowitz
- Ben Moskowitz is a senior at Walter Johnson High School. His experience in student government in elementary school, junior high and high school scored him a seat on the Montgomery County Board of Education. He votes on everything from administrative appointments to student expulsion appeals, though as a student, he has no say on school budget or certain personnel matters. He's giving up 20 hours a week and part of his spring break to fulfill board obligations, but says it's worth it.
Parents concerned support for Edison's programs will wane
- In a district where college-level classes have become the high school norm, some Montgomery County parents worry support for technical programs, a saving grace for many students who aren't high achievers, will fall apart.
Four Montgomery schools added to poverty list
- Four more Montgomery County schools are being placed in a special category for schools with more than 55 percent of the students near the poverty line, and one has been put on watch, according to high-ranking administrators who spoke with The Examiner.
Tax hike, cuts in jobs, services possible in Montgomery County
- Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett recommended an 8.3 percent increase to the property tax rate in a budget proposal Monday, along with cuts to county jobs and services, saying Montgomery had been living beyond its means.