Montgomery County Public Schools’ first “Transition Day” proved to be popular among students, staff and members of the Board of Education.

Peter Moran, chief of the Division of Leadership and School Improvement at MCPS, told the school board during Thursday’s meeting that most schools reported attendance rates above 90% on Transition Day.

It was held the day before the first day of classes and was designed to introduce kindergarteners, sixth graders and ninth graders to their new schools on a day dedicated to getting them settled in.

Referring to reports from elementary schools, Moran said, “Belmont, Beverly Farms, Paige, (and) Bannockburn had 100% of their students turn out in attendance.”

Moran also talked about meeting a middle school student named Franco at Roberto Clemente Middle

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