By Adam Pagnucco. Tonight, MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor announced the basics of his FY27 recommended operating budget. While the entire budget is not yet published, we do know that he…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Recently, MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor floated the idea of relocating Wootton High School from its current decrepit building to a new building at the Crown High School…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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By Adam Pagnucco. After the Montgomery County Council of PTAs and the Montgomery County Education Association came out against MCPS’s proposed region model, the Black and Brown Coalition for Educational…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In January, Superintendent Thomas Taylor moved to partially terminate MCPS’s problem-plagued electric bus contract. The contract, originally signed by one of Taylor’s predecessors (Jack Smith), was the…
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