{"kind":"school-boards","id":"lea:2400480","slug":"montgomery-county-public-schools-md","lea_id":"2400480","name":"Montgomery County Board of Education","district":"Montgomery County Public Schools","state":"MD","state_name":"Maryland","art":null,"built_at":"2026-11-02T05:29:09+00:00","depth":"2-5","roster_seats":{"seats":7,"listed":7,"source_url":"https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/boe/members/"},"window":{"start":"2025-11-02","end":"2026-11-02"},"source":"video","enrollment":{"v":{"n":160223,"band":"50000_plus","year":"2023-24"},"src":{"kind":"doc","url":"https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/data/zip/ccd_lea_052_2324_l_1a_073124.zip","label":"NCES Common Core of Data 2023-24"},"held_reason":null},"totals":{"meetings":{"v":6,"src":{"kind":"method","href":"/school-boards/how#meetings","n":6,"note":"board-days on our record"},"held_reason":null},"meetings_12":{"v":3,"src":{"kind":"method","href":"/school-boards/how#meetings","n":3,"note":"board-days in the last 12 months"},"held_reason":null},"hours":{"v":16,"src":{"kind":"method","href":"/school-boards/how#length","n":6,"note":"hours of video"},"held_reason":null},"newest":{"v":"2026-10-08","src":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLx3_-PGRe0&t=0s","player":"youtube","video_id":"oLx3_-PGRe0","t":0},"held_reason":null},"first":{"v":"2026-08-31","src":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0QVJPqqShc&t=0s","player":"youtube","video_id":"e0QVJPqqShc","t":0},"held_reason":null},"members_named":{"v":7,"src":{"kind":"doc","url":"https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/boe/members/","label":"the board's own roster"},"held_reason":null},"typical_length":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"too_few_meetings","text":"Shown at 6 meetings with a measured length"}}},"naming":{"coverage":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"not_measured","text":"Named share of speech not measured here"}},"check":{"right":782,"n":785,"lb":0.979},"method":"sbv","range":null},"members":{"data":[{"who":{"id":"60983","slug":"60983-grace-rivera-oven","name":"Grace Rivera-Oven","role":"President","seat":"District 1","presides":true,"photo":{"path":"/photos/lea_2400480/ca889888da5e1958-o.jpg","source_url":"https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/boe/members/","w":480,"origin":"roster","image_url":"https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/boe/members/2024-2025/grace-rivera-oven-20230703.jpg","source_kind":"district_site"},"href":"/school-boards/montgomery-county-public-schools-md/60983-grace-rivera-oven"},"group":"presides","voice_meetings":{"v":1,"src":{"kind":"method","href":"/school-boards/how#voices","n":1,"note":"meetings where we identified their voice"},"held_reason":null},"moments":0,"minutes_per_meeting":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"in_people_layer","text":"Talk time shows only where we can tell enough of the voices apart"}},"rank":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"in_people_layer","text":"Talk time shows only where we can tell enough of the voices apart"}},"asked":null},{"who":{"id":"60985","slug":"60985-rita-montoya","name":"Rita Montoya","role":"Board member","seat":"At-Large","presides":false,"photo":{"path":"/photos/lea_2400480/cacc7fba380edffe-o.jpg","source_url":"https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/boe/members/","w":480,"origin":"roster","image_url":"https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/boe/members/2024-2025/rita-montoya-20241122.jpg","source_kind":"district_site"},"href":"/school-boards/montgomery-county-public-schools-md/60985-rita-montoya"},"group":"members","voice_meetings":{"v":1,"src":{"kind":"method","href":"/school-boards/how#voices","n":1,"note":"meetings where we identified their voice"},"held_reason":null},"moments":0,"minutes_per_meeting":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"in_people_layer","text":"Talk time shows only where we can tell enough of the voices apart"}},"rank":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"in_people_layer","text":"Talk time shows only where we can tell enough of the voices apart"}},"asked":null},{"who":{"id":"60986","slug":"60986-karla-silvestre","name":"Karla Silvestre","role":"Board member","seat":"At-Large","presides":false,"photo":{"path":"/photos/lea_2400480/2b5f3bc8389d74dc-o.jpg","source_url":"https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/boe/members/","w":480,"origin":"roster","image_url":"https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/boe/members/2024-2025/karla-silvestre.jpg","source_kind":"district_site"},"href":"/school-boards/montgomery-county-public-schools-md/60986-karla-silvestre"},"group":"members","voice_meetings":{"v":1,"src":{"kind":"method","href":"/school-boards/how#voices","n":1,"note":"meetings where we identified their voice"},"held_reason":null},"moments":0,"minutes_per_meeting":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"in_people_layer","text":"Talk time shows only where we can tell enough of the voices apart"}},"rank":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"in_people_layer","text":"Talk time shows only where we can tell enough of the voices apart"}},"asked":null},{"who":{"id":"60987","slug":"60987-laura-stewart","name":"Laura Stewart","role":"Board member","seat":"District 4","presides":false,"photo":{"path":"/photos/lea_2400480/fda804c36e6fb6f5-o.jpg","source_url":"https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/boe/members/","w":480,"origin":"roster","image_url":"https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/boe/members/2024-2025/laura-stewart-20241122.jpg","source_kind":"district_site"},"href":"/school-boards/montgomery-county-public-schools-md/60987-laura-stewart"},"group":"members","voice_meetings":{"v":1,"src":{"kind":"method","href":"/school-boards/how#voices","n":1,"note":"meetings where we identified their voice"},"held_reason":null},"moments":1,"minutes_per_meeting":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"in_people_layer","text":"Talk time shows only where we can tell enough of the voices apart"}},"rank":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"in_people_layer","text":"Talk time shows only where we can tell enough of the voices apart"}},"asked":null},{"who":{"id":"60984","slug":"60984-brenda-wolff","name":"Brenda Wolff","role":"Vice President","seat":"District 5","presides":false,"photo":null,"href":"/school-boards/montgomery-county-public-schools-md/60984-brenda-wolff"},"group":"members","voice_meetings":{"v":1,"src":{"kind":"method","href":"/school-boards/how#voices","n":1,"note":"meetings where a checked clip names them"},"held_reason":null},"moments":2,"minutes_per_meeting":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"in_people_layer","text":"Talk time shows only where we can tell enough of the voices apart"}},"rank":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"in_people_layer","text":"Talk time shows only where we can tell enough of the voices apart"}},"asked":null},{"who":{"id":"60988","slug":"60988-julie-yang","name":"Julie Yang","role":"Board member","seat":"District 3","presides":false,"photo":{"path":"/photos/lea_2400480/821c0c5ed1b1844f-o.jpg","source_url":"https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/boe/members/","w":480,"origin":"roster","image_url":"https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/boe/members/2024-2025/yang-new.jpg","source_kind":"district_site"},"href":"/school-boards/montgomery-county-public-schools-md/60988-julie-yang"},"group":"members","voice_meetings":{"v":2,"src":{"kind":"method","href":"/school-boards/how#voices","n":2,"note":"meetings where we identified their voice"},"held_reason":null},"moments":1,"minutes_per_meeting":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"in_people_layer","text":"Talk time shows only where we can tell enough of the voices apart"}},"rank":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"in_people_layer","text":"Talk time shows only where we can tell enough of the voices apart"}},"asked":null},{"who":{"id":"60989","slug":"60989-natalie-zimmerman","name":"Natalie Zimmerman","role":"Board member","seat":"District 2","presides":false,"photo":{"path":"/photos/lea_2400480/6cf8c7032efde3d3-o.jpg","source_url":"https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/boe/members/","w":480,"origin":"roster","image_url":"https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/boe/members/2024-2025/natalie-zimmerman-20241122.jpg","source_kind":"district_site"},"href":"/school-boards/montgomery-county-public-schools-md/60989-natalie-zimmerman"},"group":"members","voice_meetings":{"v":1,"src":{"kind":"method","href":"/school-boards/how#voices","n":1,"note":"meetings where we identified their voice"},"held_reason":null},"moments":0,"minutes_per_meeting":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"in_people_layer","text":"Talk time shows only where we can tell enough of the voices apart"}},"rank":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"in_people_layer","text":"Talk time shows only where we can tell enough of the voices apart"}},"asked":null}],"held_reason":null},"wall":{"data":[{"id":"v:1b618bc7-29fa-4a03-bac3-d7a7de1f92d1|114026","who":{"id":"60984","slug":"60984-brenda-wolff","name":"Brenda Wolff","role":"Vice President","seat":"District 5","presides":false,"photo":null,"href":"/school-boards/montgomery-county-public-schools-md/60984-brenda-wolff"},"body":"Montgomery County Board of Education","date":null,"meeting_href":"/school-boards/montgomery-county-public-schools-md/meetings/m-810f65fd?t=11402","quote":"My eyes have glazed over, but they haven't glazed on anything that tells me what is the benchmark you're using for M-CLASS and MAP, unless I missed it.","video":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSDVpsyVzJY&t=11402s","player":"youtube","video_id":"lSDVpsyVzJY","t":11402},"embeddable":true,"issue":null},{"id":"v:1b618bc7-29fa-4a03-bac3-d7a7de1f92d1|49339","who":{"id":"60984","slug":"60984-brenda-wolff","name":"Brenda Wolff","role":"Vice President","seat":"District 5","presides":false,"photo":null,"href":"/school-boards/montgomery-county-public-schools-md/60984-brenda-wolff"},"body":"Montgomery County Board of Education","date":null,"meeting_href":"/school-boards/montgomery-county-public-schools-md/meetings/m-810f65fd?t=4933","quote":"When we decide on an out-of-district placement, do we look at other districts to see if they might have a program that are around here?","video":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSDVpsyVzJY&t=4933s","player":"youtube","video_id":"lSDVpsyVzJY","t":4933},"embeddable":true,"issue":null},{"id":"b:6c92542d-0af1-4998-b0c7-d778e6cf3883|58713","who":{"id":"60987","slug":"60987-laura-stewart","name":"Laura Stewart","role":"Board member","seat":"District 4","presides":false,"photo":{"path":"/photos/lea_2400480/fda804c36e6fb6f5-o.jpg","source_url":"https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/boe/members/","w":480,"origin":"roster","image_url":"https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/boe/members/2024-2025/laura-stewart-20241122.jpg","source_kind":"district_site"},"href":"/school-boards/montgomery-county-public-schools-md/60987-laura-stewart"},"body":"Montgomery County Board of Education","date":"2026-08-31","meeting_href":"/school-boards/montgomery-county-public-schools-md/meetings/2026-08-31?t=5871","quote":"Stewart, I think you alluded to it on the how can the board support. But as we're working through our new regional models, how do you see we can be intentional about having access to gifted and talented learning throughout our regions in an equitable way? So no matter where you are in the county, you can get that support.","video":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0QVJPqqShc&t=5871s","player":"youtube","video_id":"e0QVJPqqShc","t":5871},"embeddable":true,"issue":null}],"held_reason":null},"topics":{"data":null,"held_reason":{"code":"not_measured","text":"Time by topic not measured for this board","hide":true}},"long_meetings":{"data":[{"id":"2026-10-08","href":"/school-boards/montgomery-county-public-schools-md/meetings/2026-10-08","date":"2026-10-08","title":"Work session","length_s":14586,"src":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLx3_-PGRe0&t=0s","player":"youtube","video_id":"oLx3_-PGRe0","t":0}},{"id":"2026-08-31","href":"/school-boards/montgomery-county-public-schools-md/meetings/2026-08-31","date":"2026-08-31","title":"Special meeting","length_s":7985,"src":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0QVJPqqShc&t=0s","player":"youtube","video_id":"e0QVJPqqShc","t":0}},{"id":"2026-09-15","href":"/school-boards/montgomery-county-public-schools-md/meetings/2026-09-15","date":"2026-09-15","title":"Committee meeting","length_s":7466,"src":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UumALWR2-4&t=0s","player":"youtube","video_id":"4UumALWR2-4","t":0}}],"held_reason":null},"years":{"data":[{"year":2026,"meetings":3}],"held_reason":null},"tone":{"data":null,"held_reason":{"code":"not_measured","text":"Tone is read only at boards with 6+ meetings and 100+ named member remarks","hide":true}},"public_comments":{"data":null,"held_reason":{"code":"not_measured","text":"No public speakers counted at this board's meetings yet","hide":true}},"attendance":{"data":null,"held_reason":{"code":"not_recorded","text":"No roll call we could read at this board's meetings","hide":true}},"next":{"data":{"date":"2026-11-02","time":"10:00 AM","place":null,"title":"Capital Budget and CIP Work Session #2","agenda_url":null,"source_url":"https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/boe/meetings/index.aspx","fetched":"2026-10-29","size_rank":12,"items":[]},"held_reason":null},"meetings":[{"id":"m-8b7e5d3c","href":"/school-boards/montgomery-county-public-schools-md/meetings/m-8b7e5d3c","date":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"being_checked","text":"Date being checked"}},"title":"Board meeting","source_title":"Board of Education - Capital Budget and CIP Hearing #2 - 10/27/26","length_s":{"v":3581,"src":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEwIjdCNtEQ&t=0s","player":"youtube","video_id":"sEwIjdCNtEQ","t":0},"held_reason":null},"parts":1,"moments":0,"officials":[],"agenda_items":0,"issues":[],"in_window":false,"year":2026,"headline":"School board hears testimony on FY28 capital budget and CIP amendments"},{"id":"m-810f65fd","href":"/school-boards/montgomery-county-public-schools-md/meetings/m-810f65fd","date":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"being_checked","text":"Date being checked"}},"title":"Board meeting","source_title":"Board of Education - Board Business Meeting - 10/22/26","length_s":{"v":13914,"src":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSDVpsyVzJY&t=0s","player":"youtube","video_id":"lSDVpsyVzJY","t":0},"held_reason":null},"parts":1,"moments":3,"officials":["Brenda Wolff","Julie Yang"],"agenda_items":0,"issues":[],"in_window":false,"year":2026,"headline":null},{"id":"2026-10-08","href":"/school-boards/montgomery-county-public-schools-md/meetings/2026-10-08","date":{"v":"2026-10-08","src":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLx3_-PGRe0&t=0s","player":"youtube","video_id":"oLx3_-PGRe0","t":0},"held_reason":null},"title":"Work session","source_title":"Board of Education - Board Work Session - 10/8/26","length_s":{"v":14586,"src":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLx3_-PGRe0&t=0s","player":"youtube","video_id":"oLx3_-PGRe0","t":0},"held_reason":null},"parts":1,"moments":0,"officials":[],"agenda_items":0,"issues":[{"key":"closures","label":"School closures"},{"key":"enroll","label":"Enrollment"}],"in_window":true,"year":2026,"headline":"Montgomery County schools delay middle school math time decision, citing no elective impact next year"},{"id":"m-7694eca0","href":"/school-boards/montgomery-county-public-schools-md/meetings/m-7694eca0","date":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"being_checked","text":"Date being checked"}},"title":"Board meeting","source_title":"Board of Education - Board Business Meeting - 9/24/26","length_s":{"v":10776,"src":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLM-EFBDAko&t=0s","player":"youtube","video_id":"nLM-EFBDAko","t":0},"held_reason":null},"parts":1,"moments":0,"officials":[],"agenda_items":0,"issues":[],"in_window":false,"year":2026,"headline":null},{"id":"2026-09-15","href":"/school-boards/montgomery-county-public-schools-md/meetings/2026-09-15","date":{"v":"2026-09-15","src":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UumALWR2-4&t=0s","player":"youtube","video_id":"4UumALWR2-4","t":0},"held_reason":null},"title":"Committee meeting","source_title":"Board of Education - Fiscal Management Committee Meeting - 9/15/26","length_s":{"v":7466,"src":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UumALWR2-4&t=0s","player":"youtube","video_id":"4UumALWR2-4","t":0},"held_reason":null},"parts":1,"moments":0,"officials":["Karla Silvestre","Julie Yang","Natalie Zimmerman"],"agenda_items":0,"issues":[],"in_window":true,"year":2026,"headline":"Staff project $97 million deficit in district employee benefit plan fund"},{"id":"2026-08-31","href":"/school-boards/montgomery-county-public-schools-md/meetings/2026-08-31","date":{"v":"2026-08-31","src":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0QVJPqqShc&t=0s","player":"youtube","video_id":"e0QVJPqqShc","t":0},"held_reason":null},"title":"Special meeting","source_title":"Board of Education - Committee on Special Populations Meeting - 8/31/26","length_s":{"v":7985,"src":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0QVJPqqShc&t=0s","player":"youtube","video_id":"e0QVJPqqShc","t":0},"held_reason":null},"parts":1,"moments":1,"officials":["Grace Rivera-Oven","Rita Montoya","Laura Stewart"],"agenda_items":0,"issues":[],"in_window":true,"year":2026,"headline":"Special Populations Committee reviews multilingual, special education, gifted and alternative programs"}]}