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Group appeals to judge to reverse sex ed ruling
- Conservative groups opposed to revamped sexual education courses for Montgomery County Public Schools eighth- and 10th-graders asked a judge Wednesday to overturn a state Board of Education ruling that allows schools to teach students that homosexuality is a biological trait.
- Conservative groups opposed to revamped sexual education courses for Montgomery County Public Schools eighth- and 10th-graders asked a judge Wednesday to overturn a state Board of Education ruling that allows schools to teach students that homosexuality is a biological trait.
Transgender bill facing new round of opposition
- Reports that a man dressed as a woman entered a locker room at a Gaithersburg gym Monday have given new ammunition to a conservative group’s efforts to overturn a bill that extends anti-discrimination rights to transgendered people.
Montgomery schools biggest winners in county’s capital upgrade
- The Montgomery County school system was the big winner in a modest six-year capital improvement plan released by County Executive Ike Leggett Tuesday.
- The Montgomery County school system was the big winner in a modest six-year capital improvement plan released by County Executive Ike Leggett Tuesday.
Schools to add almost 200 staffers
- Despite a tight budget year, growing demands for special education and English as a second language instruction are forcing Montgomery County Public Schools officials to add almost 200 positions in the coming fiscal year.
Montgomery College enacts three-month hiring freeze
- Montgomery College will delay hiring for all nonessential administrative positions and staff for three months in an effort to comply with County Executive Ike Leggett’s request that all agencies slash up to 2 percent of their budgets, school officials have announced.
Leggett wants to keep special taxes for Clarksburg, charge residents less
- Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett proposed Friday keeping special taxing districts in place for three Clarksburg developments but charging residents who live in them at a much lesser rate that originally proposed.
Montgomery schools defend ex-official accused of flouting rules in Okla.
- Montgomery County Public School officials Friday said they don't think that a former deputy superintendent accused of misdeeds in his current job in another district ever ran afoul of the rules during his tenure here.
Leggett satisfied with slight boost in state aid
- Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett went to Annapolis for the opening of the Maryland legislative session Wednesday armed with a shopping list of budget requests. At the top was a $132.8 million request for school construction projects.
Voting eligibility at 17 varies by county in Md.
- Less than a month from now, thousands of civic-minded Maryland 17-year-olds will have the opportunity to help choose the new leader of the free world.
Green groups appeal judge’s connector ruling
- Environmental groups attempting to halt construction of the controversial Intercounty Connector have appealed a decision by a federal judge that allowed construction of the 18-mile toll road to proceed.
Ordinance could make it tough for homeowners to topple trees
- Dick Backus has two tulip poplars whose roots are pulling up the driveway of his Potomac home. Three others have fallen in recent years, including one that knocked out a garage window.
- Dick Backus has two tulip poplars whose roots are pulling up the driveway of his Potomac home. Three others have fallen in recent years, including one that knocked out a garage window.
Students may be forced off campus
- As many as 800 current sophomores at the University of Maryland, College Park, could be forced into off-campus housing next fall because of a crunch in available space caused by growing demand among underclassmen, officials have warned.
Kids drove Shannon to politics
- Odessa Shannon led Montgomery County's Office of Human Rights for 13 years before retiring Jan. 1. Shannon, a native of the District of Columbia, became the first black woman in Montgomery to hold an elected, policymaking office when she was elected to the school board in 1982. She has lived Colesville since 1966.
- Odessa Shannon led Montgomery County's Office of Human Rights for 13 years before retiring Jan. 1. Shannon, a native of the District of Columbia, became the first black woman in Montgomery to hold an elected, policymaking office when she was elected to the school board in 1982. She has lived Colesville since 1966.