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Matt Logan, a representative of Montgomery History, described progress on a Black Resistance Oral History Initiative and recruiting researchers and chapter authors for the county's 250th anniversary volume. Logan said the organization has hired an oral‑history lead and has collected interviews across the county in communities including Lyttonsville, Lincoln Park and Sandy Spring.

Logan also described two facilities projects: negotiations to acquire the Farmers & Trust Bank building at Fort Courthouse Square for exhibit and public space, and a lease for space in the Circuit Courthouse to store the organization's artifact collection. He told the committee that construction on Four Courthouse Square could begin in the fall and that Montgomery History hopes to start moving collections next summer so the organization can help showcase the county's 250th anniversary on Sept. 6 next year.

\"We should be able to start construction by the fall and be in hopefully by the end of the calendar year or at least start the move,\" Logan said of the Fort Courthouse Square project, and he said the group's artifact holdings — roughly 10,000 items in multiple offsite locations — will be consolidated under county‑leased space in the courthouse complex.

Logan said the oral‑history initiative also surfaced difficult material, including the testimony of a white descendant whose family diaries referenced a 1896 lynching; he urged the committee to capture such testimony as part of a complete historical record.

Deborah Lambert of the Office of Management and Budget told the committee the executive recommended a modest operating increase for the historical activities NDA (non‑departmental account) — described in the staff report as a 3% increase (about $6,656) over FY25 — and clarified that the recommendation represents one more year of support after last year's one‑time allocation. Lambert said the recommendation is not an increase above last year's one‑time funds overall but continues operating support for another year while Montgomery History pursues fundraising for capital and renovation costs.

Committee members praised the oral‑history work and the planned museum and collections space and urged continued partnership with Montgomery County Public Schools to embed local history in curriculum and public programs.

Ending: OMB confirmed the executive's recommended one‑year continuation of operating support; Montgomery History said it will continue fundraising and expects to begin construction work in the fall with moves to the courthouse storage and Four Courthouse Square planned for next summer.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Apr. 29, 2025 - EC/PHP Joint Committee (Full)","oneSentenceSummary","Montgomery History updated the joint committee on the Black Resistance Oral History Initiative, the county's 250th anniversary programming and plans to develop exhibit and artifact space at Four Courthouse Square and storage in the Circuit Courthouse; OMB noted one more year of operating funds in the executive recommendation.","taxTitle","Montgomery County, Maryland","taxId",3351,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":44,"_47":80,"_49":81,"_51":82,"_53":83,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":84,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":85,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6257962,"Council committee backs Excel Beyond the Bell expansion, presses for better out‑of‑school time data and a formal MOU",4537,0,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3151289-25b9e32ea5a05f40a300224054571a12&start=0&end=4537","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3151289-25b9e32ea5a05f40a300224054571a12/thumbnail_0.jpg","/articles/6257962/Montgomery-County/Maryland/Council-committee-backs-Excel-Beyond-the-Bell-expansion-presses-for-better-outofschool-time-data-and-a-formal-MOU","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6257962-5c94ad9ff75b2e579fc6939c4003899c/orig.mp4?Expires=1770450799&Signature=cV0hekz6ePulVOpIholavERTRlHdJJjf1qzFxeDvcGM4z-peD-1khV51Wk3L3vygI~NTqKA3qjDXwPlZPissAHekG3vbqjVQ5B5236z-doW2RmHuw-L6DejXEJDysjcYDIrgRRXNZ-4czBQwdOPCZ33sf~gMAAD0ZdtT7htsYSvH4xIevRC6Zn6-paICQudid-JQjJyWPnepH30wzrxS5fha6WE1F2OD9VKXjfvee73X16UWTxP-HJ184RDGVVRTCSWnJSRkcYsneuLjIFWrD2zXSV643X0ZqT4HHTTWfMec5i8zRNgNohe5e5W67ENkAzvCuBGDkbDlI7VU9CoCeg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","A Montgomery County Council joint committee on education and planning on Wednesday signaled support for expanding the Excel Beyond the Bell (EBB) after‑school program to Waters Landing and East Silver Spring elementary schools and for adding a program manager position to oversee the program, while pressing staff to improve data collection and complete a data‑sharing memorandum of understanding with Montgomery County Public Schools.

The move to expand EBB and to add a manager was included in the county executive's proposed budget; the committee agreed to advance that recommendation without objection. The Recreation Department staff told the committee the expansion is budgeted at $688,246 and that a full‑time program manager would be needed to support any expansion.

Committee members said the program's reach and equity make it a high priority, but they repeatedly criticized the county's centralized OST (out‑of‑school time) report for presenting self‑reported youth counts and provider budgets in a way that created confusion. Council members and staff said the current reporting carries duplicates, lacks unique‑youth counting, and needs data‑share agreements to produce reliable gap analyses for policy decisions.

\u001c\u001c\"We focused on our three C's, which is commitment, communication, and coordination,\" said Sydney Wilson Hunter, Director of Out of School Time Programs at the Collaboration Council, describing efforts to mobilize providers, launch a network advisory group and collect centralized budget information from participating agencies and providers.\u001c\u001c

Recreation Director Robin Riley told the committee the EBB program is at a \"tipping point\" and needs an additional leadership position to coordinate family engagement, MCPS, transportation, food service and provider partners. \"For us to continue to grow, we just need another leadership position,\" Riley said.

MCPS out‑of‑school time coordinator Jennifer Strobel described recent grant‑funded program expansions that kept services running after prior grant cycles ended. \"The grants were all ending in April or in June. They were all gonna end... We were able to seek funding to keep a lot of OST alive,\" Strobel said, adding that four current 21st Century Community Learning Center grants total about $1.2 million per three‑year grant cycle and support high‑dosage tutoring and partner activities.

Council members pressed staff for concrete improvements to the centralized report: unique youth counts instead of duplicated encounters, consistent reporting by participating providers, clearer labeling of public vs. private budget totals, and a feasible intermediate metric (such as total participant hours) if unique counts cannot be produced immediately. Several members asked that MCPS and Recreation finalize a county–school MOU with a data‑sharing component; staff said the MOU between MCPS and Recreation is expected before the next school year and that it will include data provisions.

Committee discussion also covered the role of community schools, which collect program data at scale. Hope McGuire, Supervisor of Community Schools at MCPS, said community schools maintain program reporting for dozens of sites and that the office will present additional data at the committee's July follow‑up meeting. McGuire said the community schools dataset covers tens of thousands of students and will help align county and school data once the MOU and standardized forms are complete.

The committee asked staff to provide a clearer, advance presentation before the next joint meeting so members can review metrics and data‑collection methods. Councilmembers said they want staff to return with an agreed set of metrics that will support a gap analysis by geography and by student need.

The committee's endorsement moves the EBB site additions and the program manager request forward as part of the executive's recommended budget; any final funding decisions will be taken later in the overall budget process.

Ending: Committee chairs scheduled a follow‑up joint meeting for July to review a revised centralized OST report, the Rec–MCPS MOU and a plan for producing unique youth counts or an interim hours‑based metric for planning and budgeting.","A joint county committee signaled support for expanding the Excel Beyond the Bell after‑school program to two elementary schools and for adding a program manager, while pressing Recreation, MCPS and the Collaboration Council to fix data collection and create formal data‑sharing agreements.","actionData","errors"]

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Montgomery History outlines oral‑history work and plans for new county history center; staffes recommend another year of operating support

Council committee backs Excel Beyond the Bell expansion, presses for better out‑of‑school time data and a formal MOU