It’s cooked, frozen and reheated twice. It defies gravity when the plate is turned upside down. What is it? It’s the food in Baltimore City Public Schools before chef Tony Geraci came to town. (continue reading...)

The two-year legal battle over Nick’s Organic Farm is over. County Executive Isiah Leggett canceled its lease with Montgomery County Public Schools Feb. 19, abandoning efforts to build soccer fields on the 20-acre Brickyard Road site. The move returns the land to the County Board of Education to be used for educational purposes. (continue reading...)

A Montgomery County Public Schools schoolbus was involved in a crash with a Lexus and a Hyundai at the intersection of River Rd. and Whittier Blvd. at 2:07 p.m. Feb. 13. There were no students on the bus, and all three vehicles were towed, public information officer Rebecca Innocenti said. (continue reading...)

Data from grades, exams and standardized testing will become a greater focus in MCPS’s teacher evaluation system in the coming years, Superintendent Joshua Starr announced in a Jan. 7 message to the public. (continue reading...)

Longtime security team member Cherisse Milliner was appointed the new security team leader of the security department Jan. 2. The 23-year MCPS employee succeeds former head Andy Weiss, who retired Dec. 31 after working in MCPS schools for 15 years. (continue reading...)

The county has created a working group to study whether to change school start times, superintendent Joshua Starr announced yesterday at a Board of Education meeting. (continue reading...)

Disclaimer: This column may be funny, its ideas may be far-fetched, and I may be wasting my time writing it, but make no mistake—I am very serious, and I am addressing a very serious problem. (continue reading...)