By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Marc Elrich released his recommended FY25 operating budget on March 14. That same day, I published my first impressions of his budget, which were: No…
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Teachers Get Ready to Fight
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By Adam Pagnucco. On the same day that County Executive Marc Elrich released his FY25 recommended operating budget, the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) blasted what it called its “punishing…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Previously, I introduced this series and asked the candidates about what they believed was MCPS’s biggest problem. Today, let’s talk about budgets. MCPS’s FY24 operating budget totals…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), which represents teachers and other employees in MCPS, is blasting County Executive Marc Elrich’s FY25 recommended operating budget for not fully…
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By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Marc Elrich has released his recommended FY25 operating budget today. It now heads to the county council for its review. The council approves the operating…
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By Adam Pagnucco. A group of former members of the county council and school board have written to County Executive Marc Elrich asking him to attach some strings to MCPS’s…
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Can a Tax Hike Lead to Less Revenue?
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By Adam Pagnucco. When you raise a tax rate, you get more revenue from it, right? Not always. If you want a demonstration of a rate increase and a revenue…
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Build the Forest Glen Metro Entrance Now
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By Adam Pagnucco. On April 28, 2006, the Washington Post printed this: Man, 2 Children Hit by Car Two small children, ages 5 and 2, and a man in his…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Four, we looked at growth in county appropriations to schools. Today we will look at county appropriations per pupil. Let’s start with county appropriations per…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last time, we looked at total operating budget per pupil. Today we will look at spending measures based on county appropriations. School districts have many sources of…