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…
Education
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…
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…
MCEA Opposes MCPS Region Model
By Adam Pagnucco. In a huge development, the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), which represents MCPS teachers, has come out against the school district’s proposed region model. The model would…
By Adam Pagnucco. In his capital budget briefing of the school board on Tuesday, Superintendent Thomas Taylor revealed that he wants to see a public-private partnership (P3) redevelop MCPS’s headquarters…
A Better Plan for MCPS’s Headquarters
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, I wrote about MCPS’s proposed $400+ million central office campus. The project, which uses land now occupied by the old Carver central office and the…
Taylor’s Huge Capital Ask, Part Five
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One examined Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s rationale for his huge capital budget ask. Part Two quantified huge in historical terms. Part Three looked at the details of…
Taylor’s Huge Capital Ask, Part Four
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One examined Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s rationale for his huge capital budget ask. Part Two quantified huge in historical terms. Part Three looked at the details of…
Taylor’s Huge Capital Ask, Part Three
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One examined Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s rationale for his huge capital budget ask. Part Two quantified huge in historical terms. (Yes, it’s huge, folks.) Now let’s look…
Taylor’s Huge Capital Ask, Part Two
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor has made a huge ask in his new recommended six-year capital budget. How big is it? And what’s in it? Let’s see for…
