County Council Member Valerie Ervin, the Chair of the Council’s Education Committee, recently called MCPS leader Jerry Weast a “rogue superintendent.” That statement is a culmination of years of tension…
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Valerie Ervin on Maintenance of Effort
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Following is an op-ed on the state’s Maintenance of Effort (MOE) law by County Council Member Valerie Ervin, Chair of the Council’s Education Committee, that appeared in the Gazette earlier…
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A Note on Maintenance of Effort
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One of the points made by Blair Lee in his must-read column on the state’s Maintenance of Effort (MOE) law for school funding is that Montgomery County has been paying…
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County Employees at Risk
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The awful condition of the state budget has attracted a lot of attention in recent months. But the county budgets are not doing much better. And one constituency is going…
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County Council Member Marc Elrich, a former 5th grade teacher at MCPS for many years, offered the following comments about the county’s school funding conflict with the state.##### The State…
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In a statement released to the media but not to County Council Members, MCPS Superintendent Jerry Weast puts the blame squarely on the council for the county’s setback on school…
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MoCo School Funding Dispute: A Way Out
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The intense school funding dispute now raging between the Montgomery County government and the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) may be headed to court. But it does not have…
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Maryland’s Black Hole Gets Bigger
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In March, we referred to the State Retirement and Pension System (SRPS) as “Maryland’s $10 Billion Black Hole.” Recent data proves we were too conservative: the black hole is now…
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An increasingly explosive dispute between Montgomery County and the state government over public school funding looks like it may be headed to court.This morning, the Post reported that Attorney General…
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Cut County Cable Montgomery
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Many times, we have heard elected leaders complain that their constituents are quick to defend programs and slow to suggest cuts in times of deficit. Today, we have heard their…