For Immediate Release: Friday, August 18, 2017
Back to School Preparations and
Truancy Prevention to be Featured Topics on
Council’s Radio America Show
At 2:30 p.m. Friday, August 18 on WACA 1540 AM,
‘En Sintonía con el Concejo del Conado de Montgomery’ will have experts talking about it
ROCKVILLE, Md., August 17, 2017—Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) representatives will discuss new plans for the upcoming school year and provide details about the Give BACKpacks Program and truancy prevention on Aug. 18 at 2:30 p.m. on En Sintonía con el Concejo del Condado de Montgomery (Tuned In with the Montgomery County Council). Melissa Rivera, Communications Specialist for MCPS, Cynthia Bangali, Director of the Give BACKpacks Program, and Diana Plazas, Assistant Coordinator of the Truancy Prevention Program, will be the guests on Friday’s show.
In Montgomery County more than 55,000 MCPS students receive free and reduced-price meals and many families struggle to afford necessities like school supplies. The Give BACKpacks Program provides backpacks filled will school supplies for the upcoming school year. More information about this program can be viewed at:
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/community-engagement/backpacks.aspx .
The Truancy Prevention Program was implemented by the State’s Attorney’s Office in partnership with MCPS. It is an early intervention program with a mission to improve attendance of middle school children by discovering the root causes of truancy and assisting students and families with issues that may impact attendance. A student is considered truant if he or she misses 10 percent or more of school days in a year without lawful reason. More information about the Truancy Prevention Program can be viewed at:
https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/sao/other/truancyprogram.html ,
The Montgomery County Council and Radio America have entered a partnership that provides the Latino community with key information on issues and programs. The partnership also provides a forum for residents to express views and ask questions. The partnership includes the weekly one- hour show each Friday on the Washington metropolitan area’s most popular Spanish language station. Lilian Mass is the show’s host.
Each week, the show features guests talking about important issues before the Council and provides information about programs offered by the County to help residents.
In addition to the radio broadcast, the show can be heard via the Internet at:
https://tunein.com/radio/Radio-America-WACA-1540-AM-s6029/ .
Video links with a summary of the show are available each week at the County Council's newly-redesigned, mobile friendly web site at:
www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council .
The program also can be viewed on Facebook Live
@concejodelcondadodemontgomery.
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Release ID: 17-256