Maryland Board of Education standards on remote learning

Even with several schools already back in session, Maryland State Department of Education board members voted on a new set of guidelines for local school systems on Tuesday, giving them until the end of 2020 to meet certain, online learning requirements.

Dozens of Montgomery County parents feel schools not ready for virtual learning

Dozens of frustrated parents don’t seem to think that schools in Montgomery County are ready to take on the first day of virtual learning on August 31. Many of them have been venting and sounding off on social media about not being able to navigate through some of the parent portals they need, in order to set up their kids for online learning.  The frustration is mostly surrounding the portal called the Synergy ParentVue which is also linked to ‘MyMCPS.’