By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, the school board voted to forward Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s recommended capital budget to the county executive, who must consider it as part of his broader…
By Adam Pagnucco. This is the tenth(!) post on Montgomery County’s public financing system, making it one of my longest series ever. But public financing deserves the attention. We were…
By Adam Pagnucco. Many rumors are circulating about activity by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the Trump administration. Some rumors don’t pan out, but others do. (Check out…
Cold Spring PTA Pushes Back on Montoya
By Adam Pagnucco. Due to both its hulking size and its controversial proposals (like using Crown HS as a holding school and closing Silver Spring International MS), Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s…
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s massive recommended Capital Improvements Program (CIP), which is his proposed six-year capital budget, is due for a vote by the Board of Education…
By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County PTA activist Wylea Chase has announced her run for the Board of Education At-Large seat being vacated by Karla Silvestre, who is running for county…
Guest column by Rebecca Aicher. I am a Silver Spring resident and parent of one child at Sligo Creek Elementary School and one at Silver Spring International Middle School. Since…
Jud Ashman is Running for Council District 3
By Adam Pagnucco. Gaithersburg Mayor Jud Ashman, who just won reelection by 48 points, opened a public financing account today to run for the open Council District 3 seat. The…
Mukunda Takes on King – and Ferguson
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, Bethesda Magazine’s Lou Peck broke the story that new candidate Amar Mukunda had switched from the District 39 delegate race (in which a slate led…
By Adam Pagnucco. Inspector General Megan Davey Limarzi has just released a new report on MCPS’s procurement practices. Among her findings are: MCPS’s record-keeping practices and manuals for procurement activity…
