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MoCo Headlines: Kensington Shooting, Local News Anchor Retires, Social Media Campaign Saves Family From Deportation

The week's top Montgomery County news headlines.

 

Catch up on news you may have missed this week including a murder-suicide in Kensington, the one-year anniversary of the Lululemon murder and news on a Germantown family’s struggle to stay in the United States. 

B-CC Middle School Site Selection Committee Recommends Rock Creek Hills Local Park

The committee recommended the local park as the site for the new Bethesda-Chevy Chase cluster middle school slated to open in 2017. Read more on Chevy Chase Patch.

Northeast Consortium Superintendent Appointed to New Position

The Northeast Consortium's 31 elementary, middle and schools are once again leader-less after this week's announcement that community superintendent Beth Schiavino-Narvaez will leave her post next month to head the MCPS' office of school support and improvement.Read more on Colesville Patch

Cabin John PTSA Petitions To Change English Grading Policy

Some Cabin John Middle School parents want to keep their students' grades in an advanced English class out of their high school transcripts because they believe students who earn a "B" might be at a disadvantage than their peers who earn a "C" when it comes time to apply for college. Read more on Potomac Patch.

Wootton, Churchill Not The First To Cut On-Level Courses

 Wootton and Churchill have cut on-level history courses for 2011-12 and 2012-13, respectively, but they aren't the first county school to drop some on-levels. Read more on North Potomac Patch.

Released from ICE Custody, A Germantown Family Says Thank You

After spending nearly a week in a maximum-security detention center in fear of being deported, the Germantown family that sparked a social media firestorm got the chance to thank their supporters at a rally Wednesday. Read more on Germantown Patch.

Committee Recommends $55 Million Redevelopment Plan

The Montgomery County Council's Planning, Housing, and Economic Development committee is taking Wheaton redevelopment in a new direction. The $55 million proposed at a March 12 worksession would shift the redevelopment program's focus away from the much-debated WMATA platform and onto a plan to create more office space in downtown Wheaton. Read more on Wheaton Patch.

NBC 4 Anchor Joe Krebs Reflects on Career

Joe Krebs, who spent 32 years at Channel 4, retires March 30 and is preparing for retirement by planning a trip to France with his wife as well as long bicycle trips around the country. "I meet people on the street who say, 'You're in my home every morning. You help me start my day.' It's a tremendous compliment. ... I'm going to miss that feeling of usefulness," Krebs said. Read more on Rockville Patch.

A Community Remembers Jayna Murray

Bethesda Patch editor Erin Donaghue reflects on covering the Lululemon case, a year after the tragic homicide. Read more on Bethesda Patch. 

Kensington Murder-Suicide Couple Had History of Domestic Disputes

County police say Phillip Joseph Gilberti, 51, took his own life Tuesday after he shot his wife, Heather Lynn McGuire, of Rockville. The shooting took place in broad daylight during morning rush hours in Kensington. McGuire, 36, a mother of six, was in the middle of divorce proceedings and a domestic dispute with Gilberti when she was killed. Read more about the couple on Kensington Patch.

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