Ashlyn Campbell

Report: Nearly half of MCPS employees have outdated criminal history checks MCPS has deficiencies in its background screening process, leading to nearly 13,000 employees with outdated criminal history checks.

MCPS has several deficiencies in its background screening process, leading to nearly 13,000 employees with outdated criminal history checks:

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The county’s Office of the Inspector General put out a report about deficiencies in MCPS’s background screening processes, here’s a link to the report, story to come:

www.montgomerycountymd.gov/OIG/Resource...

Everyone should read this very cool article about a very cool topic that I am a giant nerd about:

Competitive magnet programs at Montgomery Blair, Richard Montgomery high schools could end under MCPS recommendation MCPS is recommending that countywide magnet programs and its consortia model be replaced with regional programs to address equity.

And here’s my original article about that proposal:

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Five things to know about MCPS’s proposed programming changes MCPS is proposing to implement regional programming to replace offering countywide programs and others through high school consortia.

MCPS is proposing implementing regional programming to replace its long-standing model of offering competitive, countywide programs and others provided through high school consortia. Here’s five things to know about that recommendation:

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Okay need to update because MCPS put out a second message, Mooney will be assistant principal at James Hubert Blake High School, not Einstein. This is a change from the original letter sent to the community earlier today.

MoCo school board ordered to pay $518K to former B-CC High teacher accused of racism A Montgomery County Circuit Court jury on Wednesday ordered the county school board to pay former B-CC teacher Dan Engler $518,000 in damages

Related to this and in case you missed it, the MoCo school board is gonna have to pay $518K to a former B-CC teacher after Mooney sent out a community email in 2023 accusing the teacher of racism:

bethesdamagazine.com/2025/07/23/s...

Bethesda-Chevy Chase High principal resigns Shelton Mooney, the principal of Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda, announced in an email to staff Tuesday that he “made the decision to step down as principal."

Latest from me, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High Principal Shelton Mooney steps down to take on assistant principal role at Albert Einstein High:

bethesdamagazine.com/2025/07/29/b...

MoCo school board ordered to pay $518K to former B-CC High teacher accused of racism A Montgomery County Circuit Court jury on Wednesday ordered the county school board to pay former B-CC teacher Dan Engler $518,000 in damages

Today a Montgomery County Circuit Court jury ordered the county school board to pay former B-CC teacher Dan Engler $518K after finding the board was ultimately responsible for defaming Engler in a 2023 email accusing him of racism:

bethesdamagazine.com/2025/07/23/s...

Okayyy after a hot minute I am now on Bluesky!! Howdy everyone! I’m Ashlyn, the education reporter for Bethesda Today (formerly called MoCo360). I am here to cover all Montgomery County school news 🕺🏻