Media Coverage
FCPS to provide free meals to students during closure Frederick News-Post, March 13, 2020 Eight schools in Frederick County will offer free breakfast and lunch to any child under age 18 for the next two weeks...Read it
FCPS prepares for two weeks of no classes Frederick News-Post, March 13, 2020 All Maryland public schools will be closed starting Monday, March 16 through Friday, March 27...Read it
Trio of county hoops teams in limbo after postponement of state semifinals Frederick News-Post, March 13, 2020 MPSSAA state tournament basketball games had been postponed indefinitely because of the coronavirus pandemic...Read it
MPSSAA bars most fans, all media from state basketball games Frederick News-Post, March 12, 2020 State semifinals and championship games for boys and girls basketball teams will be played in a closed gym format...Read it
Maryland closing all public schools due to coronavirus Frederick News-Post, March 12, 2020 All Maryland public schools will be closed from Monday, March 16 through Friday, March 27...Read it
Maryland public schools closed from March 16-27 in coronavirus response Local WDVM 25, March 12, 2020 Gov. Hogan announce a number of actions to take immediately in response to coronavirus...Read it
A new independent research course and others coming to FCPS Frederick News-Post, March 11, 2020 Eleven new courses will be offered to students in Frederick County middle and high schools for the 2020-2021 school year...Read it
FCPS directive pushes back Frederick high school Academy of Fine Arts students' cabaret planned for next week Frederick News-Post, March 11, 2020 All FCPS school-sanctioned activities have been postponed or canceled...Read it
State identifies ninth coronavirus case; school systems making changes to respond to concerns Frederick News-Post, March 10, 2020 FCPS canceled all overnight, out-of-state travel for student field trips and extracurricular activities until further notice...Read it
Feeling under-resourced, Catoctin High freshmen lead the charge in mental health awareness Frederick News-Post, March 9, 2020 Lexi Flohr and Kristen Felichko decided to start the Mental Health Awareness Club at their school earlier this year...Read it
Athletes of the Week and Shoutouts Frederick News-Post, March 9, 2020 FCPS High School Athletics...Read it
Blessings in a Backpack, ‘Be the Change’ drive Local WDVM 25, March 9, 2020 Blessings in a Backpack held their Be the Change drive, to help provide students in need with food on the weekends...Read it
Give this girl a badge: Frederick girl was one of the top 100 sellers of Girl Scout cookies Frederick News-Post, March 7, 2020 Alyne, a third grader at Lincoln Elementary, was named one of the Top 100 Sellers for the council in 2018...Read it
Monocacy Valley Montessori working to improve math scores Frederick News-Post, March 7, 2020 MVMPCS fell behind four other schools in 2018 for performance on state assessments for mathematics for grades 3-5...Read it
Kerr proposes teacher apprenticeship program for county students Frederick News-Post, March 7, 2020 The program would give Frederick County students a better idea of what the teaching profession looks like...Read it
Public Affairs Spotlight
Schools Closed for 2 Weeks, through Friday, March 27 March 12, 2020 FCPS is following State Superintendent Dr. Karen B. Salmon's directive to close all Maryland schools March 16 - 27...Read Article
FCPS Cancels Overnight Out-of-State Travel March 10, 2020 FCPS has canceled all overnight out-of-state travel for field trips and extra-curricular activities as well as for staff work-related travel...Read Article See recent FindOutFirst Notices FCPS cannot guarantee the accuracy of non-FCPS news sources. Please alert Public Affairs of any omissions or needed corrections and we will contact the original media source. Suggest an article. View the archive.