School board’s ethics panel has an opening

Only county residents may apply. Panel members are not paid nor can they be school officials or employees.

The panel makes sure the board’s ethics policy is followed, conducts hearings on complaints, approves financial disclosure forms and tells school system employees and the public about the policy.

Applications should be addressed to: Roland Ikheloa, chief of staff, Montgomery County Board of Education, 850 Hungerford Drive, Room 123, Rockville, MD 20850. Or e-mail Roland_Ikheloa@mcpsmd.org. For details, call 301-279-3301.

Gaming at the college

Montgomery College computer gaming students will be able to pursue a bachelor’s degree without leaving the county.

Beginning this fall, the University of Baltimore will bring the third and fourth year of its bachelor’s program in simulation and digital entertainment to the Universities at Shady Grove in Rockville.

Montgomery College began offering an associate’s degree in computer gaming and simulation in fall 2005. Since then, the college and the University of Baltimore have partnered so Montgomery College students can transfer to the university to finish the program.

The program allows students to work with gaming professionals to test and build games and simulations. Students will have created their own games by the time they graduate.

Call 301-279-5185 for more information about Montgomery College’s computer gaming and simulation program. For more information on the Universities at Shady Grove’s program, call 301-738-6352 or visit www.ubalt.edu⁄shadygrove.

Top principal

Richard Montgomery High School’s Moreno Carrasco was recently named this year’s Principal of the Year by the Maryland Association of Secondary School Principals.

He was honored during an awards banquet March 23 at the association’s convention in Ocean City.

Under Carrasco’s leadership, the number of students taking Advanced Placement classes jumped from 468 to more than 1,000 students.