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The Black and White
The Student News Site of Walt Whitman High School

The Black and White
The Student News Site of Walt Whitman High School

The Black and White
Max London

Max London, Print Managing Editor

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Roundtable discussion about race

Roundtable discussion about race

By Maddy Frank and Max London
June 5, 2019
Report finds large disparity in after-school program opportunities within the county

Report finds large disparity in after-school program opportunities within the county

By Max London
May 24, 2019
Montgomery County grants $200,000 in security funds to local faith organizations

Montgomery County grants $200,000 in security funds to local faith organizations

By Max London
May 22, 2019
Students take advantage of Whitman connections

Students take advantage of Whitman connections

By Max London and Meera Dahiya
May 10, 2019
MD General Assembly passes $46.6 billion budget, with $7 billion for public school education

MD General Assembly passes $46.6 billion budget, with $7 billion for public school education

By Max London
May 7, 2019
Students at Washington Grove Elementary School collaborate in Spanish. The elementary school, along with four others in the county, is in need of more teachers who can speak Spanish and English. Photo by Max London.

MCPS recruits bilingual teachers from Puerto Rico

By Max London
March 31, 2019
Barbara Brandys' father, a Holocaust survivor, stands with his grandchildren during a 2000 memorial ceremony at a Jewish cemetery in Poland. Brandys lost her aunts, uncles and grandparents in the Holocaust and was forced to leave Poland for Israel in the Polish Communist regime's purge of Jews in 1968. After moving, Brandys said she lost a sense of her Jewish heritage. Photo courtesy Barbara Brandys.

The Generation After

By Max London
March 22, 2019
MoCo Students for Change members led thousands of local middle and high school students in a walkout Mar. 14. The walkout was in support of a bill in the Senate that would require background checks for all gun purchases.

Thousands of MoCo students march for gun control March 14

By Max London and Rebecca Hirsh
March 17, 2019
The future of the gun control movement

The future of the gun control movement

By Max London
March 13, 2019
Bioethics—the study of the ethical issues that stem from advances in medicine and biology—is a foreign topic for most, but it’s vital to scientists pursuing breakthrough research.

MCPS: require biology classes to teach bioethics

By Max London
March 4, 2019
Jill Ortman-Fouse, former Montgomery County Board of Education member, introduces the 2nd Annual Mental Health and Wellness Forum on Jan. 12. The forum, hosted by MCPS and the Montgomery County Council of PTAs, brought mental health experts and organizations who spoke to community members about mental health issues in our county.

Mental health forum informs community on issues facing MCPS

By Max London
January 25, 2019
Many protestors wore pink hats, a symbolic response to President Trump's comments about women during the 2016 election.

[Photo] The Women’s March in photos

By Isabel Hoffman
January 21, 2019

Young teachers work multiple jobs to supplement low salaries

By Max London
January 14, 2019
A panel of three federal judges ruled Nov. 7 that the 2012 Maryland Congressional districting map gave Democrats in the 6th District an unfair advantage in the 2018 midterms. Under the judges’ ruling, Maryland lawmakers must propose new boundaries in time for the 2020 elections.

Federal judges order redistricting of 6th District, MD AG appeals

By Max London
December 20, 2018

‘This is outright erasure’: backlash ensues after Trump proposes to erase ‘transgender’ from existence

By Max London
November 14, 2018
About 20 students gathered Oct. 20 for a walk to raise awareness about suicide. The event, sponsored by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, raised over $280,000 from the walk that will go to research, advocacy and other related mental health resources.

Students attend Out of the Darkness Walk in honor of student Jojo Greenberg

By Max London
November 8, 2018
A hotel and boardwalk retail spaces are among recent, finished construction projects in Ocean City. Ocean City has seen a rise in tourism traffic over Labor Day weekend compared to the years before Gov. Hogan’s executive order to start school after the holiday. Photo courtesy Ocean City Development Corporation.

Ocean City sees tourism increase from late school start

By Max London
September 23, 2018
Photo of the Day: Sept. 17

Photo of the Day: Sept. 17

By Max London
September 17, 2018
Departing principal Alan Goodwin and departing assistant principals Kathy McHale and Jerome Easton enjoy their retirement party, held by the PTSA June 13. The event was open to staff members, parents and former students. Photo by Pam Toole.

PTSA holds retirement party for administrators

By Max London
June 25, 2018
Graphic by Selina Ding.

Media center scurries into new computer mouse policy

By Max London
June 1, 2018
Students buy snacks from the cafeteria during lunch. MCPS received a C-plus grade for its food selection in a report released May 8. Photo by Max London.

MCPS receives C+ on 2017 School Food Environment Grades

By Max London
May 29, 2018
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