MoCo welcomes a new school year

An earthquake, a hurricane and a veritable tsunami of 2,500 new students couldn’t keep Montgomery County Public Schools from opening for the new school year Monday. Seven schools did remain closed as crews dealt with power outages from Hurricane Irene, and the county had to cancel Saturday’s back-to-school fair. But spirits remained high — and dry — at the county’s other 193 campuses, which welcomed a new superintendent and an updated “Curriculum 2.0” in the elementary schools.