Councilmember Navarro Joins Students at Wheaton Woods ES on their First Day of School

This morning, I attended an assembly at Wheaton Woods Elementary School in Aspen Hill. During the assembly, representatives from Discovery Communications unveiled brand new backpacks, filled with school supplies, for every student at the school. The students were thrilled to receive these gifts from the Silver Spring-based company.

I am excited for the students, parents, and faculty at Wheaton Woods, and wish them all the best for the 2010-2011 school year. And thanks to Discovery for making the start of the school year special for the students at Wheaton Woods!

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Montgomery County Police Begin SRO program for 2010-2011 School Year

Beginning with this new school year, Montgomery County Police are initiating a program utilizing nine “School Resource Officers” to serve as liaisons with high schools in their police districts. School Resource Officers (SROs) reflects the name that is more commonly used nationwide for officers who regularly work with schools.

In this new program, SROs are expected to handle the following responsibilities:

• Assist school staff members to enhance safety within their assigned schools and serve as liaisons between the department and the school staff for police-related concerns and incidents.

• Respond to incidents occurring in and around their assigned schools during their shift hours.

• Set up regular meetings with parents, teachers, principals, other school administrators, and students to discuss issues of concern within the school.

• Act as a resource for and assist with emergency preparedness, as well as safety awareness education geared to high school students.

• Serve as a point of contact to deliver police department programs on such topics as conflict resolution and mediation, drug and alcohol awareness, violence prevention, gang awareness, and crime prevention.

• Assist with traffic safety and enforcement activities in and around their assigned school areas.

School Resource Officers will work out of their district stations. The nine officers are being assigned as follows:





1st District - Officer Maureen Connelly


Churchill H.S.
Rockville H.S.
Quince Orchard H.S.
Richard Montgomery H.S.
Wootton H.S.


2nd District - Officer Arnold Aubrey


Walt Whitman H.S.
Walter Johnson H.S.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase H.S.



3rd District – Officer Roslyn Mills and Officer Rodney Barnes



Northwood H.S.
Paint Branch H.S.
Blair H.S.
Springbrook H.S.


4th District – Officer Anna Walker, Officer Diane Henderson, and Officer Brett Mavritte


Einstein H.S.
Blake H. S.
Kennedy H.S.
Sherwood H.S.
Magruder H.S.
Wheaton H.S.


5th District – Officer Russell Larson


Clarksburg H.S.
Damascus H. S.
Northwest H.S.
Seneca Valley H.S.
Poolesville H.S.


6th District – Officer John Witherspoon


Watkins Mill H.S.
Gaithersburg H.S. (Gaithersburg Police are the lead agency, MCPD provides support.)

These SRO’s will begin their new assignments on the first day of school for Montgomery County students, August 30. This program replaces the previous Educational Facilities Officers program.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Media Services Division, 240-773-5030

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Announcement of ICC Public Meeting to Discuss Ongoing Environmental Projects

As you may know, the State Highway Administration’s (SHA) Intercounty Connector (ICC) project includes a comprehensive package of Environmental Stewardship/Compensatory Mitigation/Community Stewardship (ES/CM/CS) activities as part of the project. The ICC Project Team is holding a public meeting for the following ES/CM/CS projects.

• PB-119: Upper Paint Branch stream restoration, located at Good Hope;
• PB-109: Upper Paint Branch stream restoration, located at Good Hope Right Tributary;
• PB-12A & B: Upper Paint Branch stream restoration, located at Hollywood Branch.

A public meeting is scheduled from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 8, 2010, at William Tyler Page Elementary School (All Purpose Room), located at 13400 Tamarack Road, Silver Spring, Maryland. This meeting will provide interested citizens with details about the proposed stream restoration projects listed above. There will be no formal presentations at this meeting. Members of the project team will be present to answer any questions. To view a map of where the stream restoration sites are located, please visit www.iccproject.com, and then click “Environmental Programs” on the left navigation bar. There you will find a link to an interactive map showing all of the ICC environmental projects.

The SHA hopes that you will be able to attend this meeting to learn more about the proposed stream restoration projects. If we may be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact Mr. John Sales, Environmental Projects Community Liaison, Office of the ICC, toll-free at 866-462-0020 or via email at jsales@iccproject.com.

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Photo of the Week

Councilmember Navarro attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the official grand opening of Aunt Hattie's Place in Sandy Spring. Aunt Hattie's Place is a non-profit organization that provides housing for young boys in need.

From left: Maryland State Senator Rona Kramer, Maryland State Delegate Anne Kaiser, Maryland Secretary of Human Resources Brenda Donald, Montgomery County Councilmember George Leventhal, County Executive Isiah Leggett, President & Founder of Aunt Hattie's Place Dr. Hattie Washington, Maryland State Delegate Herman Taylor, Maryland State Delegate Karen Montgomery, Montgomery County Councilmember Nancy Navarro, representative from the Office of Congressman Chris Van Hollen Ann Humphrey, and Director of Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services Uma Ahluwalia.

Reminder: Submit your photos to councilmember.navarro@montgomerycountymd.gov for consideration. Names may be withheld upon request of the photographer. Please provide a brief description of the photo.

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Councilmember Navarro Requests Information on Coordination During Power Outages

Pepco Coordination Memo

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