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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
Blake Layman

Blake Layman, Metro Editor

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Montgomery County Councilmember Gabe Albornoz will speak at graduation June 6. Photo Courtesy Montgomery Community Media.

Montgomery County Councilmember Gabe Albornoz, seniors to speak at graduation

By Blake Layman
June 5, 2019
MCPS looks to lower substitute teacher requirement

MCPS looks to lower substitute teacher requirement

By Blake Layman
May 4, 2019
The Montgomery County Department of Transportation recently installed “no parking” signs on the left side of Pyle Road by the back entrance to Whitman, effectively cutting the number of available parking spots by the baseball field in half.

County puts up ‘No Parking’ signs by baseball field

By Blake Layman
April 30, 2019
All Montgomery County juniors will be able to take the SAT—without the essay portion—for free during school Tuesday.

Montgomery County to provide free SAT in school April 9

By Danny Donoso and Blake Layman
April 7, 2019
The Westfield Montgomery Mall plans to undergo major renovations in the coming years. The proposed changes include adding a 12-story apartment building, a hotel, a country club style fitness center and additional green space.

Montgomery Mall planning multi-million dollar expansion

By Blake Layman
February 18, 2019
Many students received notices that their cars would be towed due to parking without a permit in the main parking lot. The increase in prohibited parking came as a result of the snow from Jan. 14 blocking parking spaces in both the main lot and baseball field parking.

Students frustrated after no parking by baseball field, receive warnings

By Blake Layman
February 4, 2019

Board approves funding to address overcrowding

By Blake Layman
January 14, 2019
Statistic from ESSN study. Graphic by Landon Hatcher.

Whitman and three elementary schools receive bomb threats Nov. 19

By Blake Layman
November 25, 2018
The Montgomery County Council approved the allotment of $4.7 million on Sept. 27 to continue installing safety cameras on both the inside and outside of school buses. Cameras are expected to be installed on an additional 400 buses by the end of 2018.

MoCo approves $4.7 million for School Bus Camera Safety initiative

By Blake Layman
November 13, 2018
Photo by Kurumi Sato.

Environmental science topics added to required science classes

By Blake Layman
October 5, 2018
Photo by Rebecca Hirsh.

Photo of the day: Sept. 27

By Blake Layman
September 27, 2018
This sign prohibits turning from Bradley Blvd. onto Woodhaven Blvd. during peak morning traffic hours on weekdays. Students have long ignored the sign, but police have recently begun enforcing the law and ticketing violators.

Police ticket droves of students making illegal turn on way to school

By Blake Layman
September 22, 2018
Construction workers build the frame of one of the three new security doors being put in around the second floor and in Whittier Woods. Two doors will be put in on the second floor, one in front of the social studies office and the other in front of the Black and White room, and a third will be put in Whittier Woods. Photo by Matthew van Bastelaer.

County funds new doors to improve after-hours security

By Blake Layman
May 11, 2018
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