By Adam Pagnucco. District 6 County Council Member Natali Fani-Gonzalez has written her colleagues on the council’s Education and Culture Committee (Chair Will Jawando, Gabe Albornoz and Kristin Mink) with…
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What’s Your MCPS Region?
By Adam Pagnucco. This year, the two biggest stories in MCPS (along with the problem-plagued background check program) are the boundary studies and the academic programs analysis. The former are…
By Adam Pagnucco. School construction seems to make no one happy. If folks don’t get their project into MCPS’s school construction queue, they’re unhappy. If they do, the project takes…
Taylor Revokes an NDA
By Adam Pagnucco. Back in May, I revealed that MCPS had been using non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to protect information distributed in some of its activities. At the time, I reported: *****…
How MoCo Has Changed Since 2000
By Adam Pagnucco. One of my favorite offices in county government is the county council’s Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO). Staffed by ace analysts, it is the county’s think tank…
ICE Activity Near Eastern Middle School
By Adam Pagnucco. Recently, reports have been circulating in social media about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in Montgomery County. Most of these reports have not been confirmed. …
By Adam Pagnucco. Board of Education Member Julie Yang, who is running for the County Council District 1 seat being vacated by county executive candidate Andrew Friedson, has claimed that…
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor is known for his love of fun videos and he has just released another one to start the new school year. Check out…
Grading Thomas Taylor, Part Five
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One described how I reached out to my source network to get their grades on MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s first year. Part Two featured remarks from…
Grading Thomas Taylor, Part Four
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One described how I reached out to my source network to get their grades on MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s first year. Part Two featured remarks from…