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MCPS reports strong transition-day turnout, adopts standard-response protocol and new grading rules for 2025-26
Summary
Superintendent Taylor and central staff told the board Sept. 4 that 'transition day' drew high attendance across the district, that MCPS has adopted the I Love U Guys Foundation standard response protocol, and that the district is rolling out a simpler grading-and-reporting regulation and a tighter cell-phone policy.
Montgomery County Public Schools opened the 2025-26 year with a set of systemwide operational and instructional changes that district leaders presented to the Board of Education on Sept. 4.
Superintendent Monifa Taylor said transition day—a new practice this year that brings certain grade cohorts to school before others to acclimate to expectations and routines—produced strong turnout and positive feedback. District figures in the presentation showed many elementary, middle and high schools reporting attendance rates above 90 percent for the transition-day activities; the superintendent said principals reported improved confidence and student engagement on subsequent school days.
Safety and emergency response: The district announced adoption of a standard response protocol (SRP) from the I Love U Guys Foundation. Marcus Jones, who leads safety and emergency management, explained that SRP uses five one-word…
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