Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) will propose changes to the current loss of credit (LC) policy at a May 11 meeting which would go into effect for the 2010-2011 school year. Currently, a student...

Maryland banned the use of cell phones while driving April 9 when the state legislature passed a bill declaring talking on a phone while driving officially illegal. MD will become the seventh state to...

A letter issued April 7 by guidance counselor Beverly Lubenetski announced 11 courses will be eliminated for the 2010-2011 school year. According to Principal Joan Benz, a course is usually dropped...

The Employees Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), introduced to Congress in June 2009, provides basic protection in the workplace against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Modeled...

Eyjafjallajökull may not seem like a word, but it is the name of the recent volcano that just erupted in Iceland a little over a week ago. The last time Eyjafjallajökull erupted was over 180 years...

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The number of suspensions, especially for African-American students, has decreased at CHS after Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) launched an initiative to lower the amount of student suspensions...

Last September, Toyota issued its biggest recall since 2005 of around 4 million cars due to an issue with certain models’ accelerators. Since then, the company has continued issuing recalls on over 11...