Week in Review: Power Outages, New Superintendent's Work and Fourth of July Fun

This week in Potomac the area was winding down from the Fourth of July weekend and there was news about power outages and the new Montgomery County Public School superintendent.

As the excitement of July 4 weekend calmed down this week, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue had some encouraging news to report— in the county. All fireworks are illegal in Montgomery County and Fire and Rescue officials from Maryland and Virginia reiterated the point in last month of just how dangerous they could be.

What a week in weather it’s been! This week, there were , temperatures in the 90s, and flooding. On top of that, on Friday afternoon as a result of severe weather sweeping through the area. Around 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Pepco reported 1,044 customers in the ZIP code 20854 without power, however, power was restored to customers a few hours later.

It may be the summer, but the new MCPS superintendent is hard at work after . Dr. Joseph Starr, the new superintendent, had three days into his new job to prepare for the In the meeting, he welcomed Board Student Member Alan Xie for his second term, made three personnel appointments official and signed previously negotiated agreements with staff unions represented in MCPS.