Montgomery County School Health Council

The School Health Council is an advisory and advocacy group dedicated to promoting the health and well-being of school-age children and youth in Montgomery County. It is composed of members representing broad segments of the community with a common commitment to:

  • Advocating for cooperation between health and educational agencies of government
  • Forging public-private partnerships to support school health programs and services
  • Facilitating forums for the discussion of community ideas, questions, and concerns
  • Developing specific recommendations to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) to assure health-conscious programs and practices that are of the highest quality and that are regularly and systematically evaluated
  • Raising awareness of the importance of school health programs among politicians, the media, potential resource providers, and the community at large

The School Health Council supports the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model. This integrates the eight components of coordinated school health with the tenets of a whole child approach, along with the need for alignment, integration and collaboration between health, education, students, families, local business, the media, and the community.

We work to enhance student health instruction, health services, physical activity and nutrition, physical and mental safety and school and community programs by:

  • Assuring and promoting the health, safety and well-being of all students as a priority
  • Maximizing the effective delivery of school health programs and services
  • Assuring the accountability and transparency of health and wellness services
  • Enhancing school health program services and cost-effectiveness

The School Health Council is dedicated to helping children and youth be healthy, safe, engaged, supported and challenged, thus allowing them to reach their full potential.

Healthy, successful students help build strong communities.

Please read our Bylaws.

View our Membership List SY 2022-23.

School Year 2025‐2026 Meetings and Locations

  • Monday September 15, 2025 at 401 HOB, Conference Room A from 6:00-7:30 pm
  • Monday, December 8, 2025 at 401 HOB, Conference Room A from 6:00-7:30 pm
  • Monday, March 16, 2026 at 401 HOB, Conference Room A from 6:00-7:30 pm
  • Monday, May 11, 2026 at 401 HOB, Conference Room A from 6:00-7:30 pm

Meetings will be held in a hybrid format for SY 25/26.

Meeting Summary Minutes

Agendas

Inclement Weather Policy : "For consistency, if Montgomery County Public Schools are closed all day, close in the early afternoon, late afternoon or evening School Health Council meetings are canceled." 

ADA Reasonable Accommodation : Sign language interpreter services and other types of reasonable accommodations will be provided upon request preferably 5 business days or with as much advance notice as possible.  Please call Carey Dwyer at 240-777-1550 or via MD Relay at 711, or email Carey Dwyer. In all situations, a good faith effort (up until the time of the event) will be made to provide accommodations.

Support to the Council is provided by:

  • Carey Dwyer, School Health Services
  • Dr. Cara Grant, Supervisor, Pre-K-12 Health & Physical Education