By Adam Pagnucco. As nearly everyone expected, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against MCPS in the Mahmoud vs Taylor case on a 6-3 vote. The court released its opinion today….
Education
By Adam Pagnucco. Back in November 2023, I reported on a federal lawsuit filed by America First Legal on behalf of plaintiffs Matthew Foldi and Bethany Mandel. America First Legal…
County PTA Pushes Back on MCPS NDAs
By Adam Pagnucco. Last month, I wrote about MCPS’s practice of requiring that participants in some of its stakeholder groups sign non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) establishing confidentiality over information discussed in…
Will There be Regions in MCPS?
By Adam Pagnucco. I have previously discussed MCPS’s ongoing academic programs analysis, a separate analysis from the school system’s two boundary studies which is intended to make recommendations on programs…
Parents Fight to Protect K-12 IB Program
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS’s boundary studies are now the target of growing revolts around the county. The latest outbreak comes from Rockville, where parents benefiting from a rare K-12 program…
The Ticking Clock for Crown High School
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS’s boundary studies in the vicinities of the new Woodward High School in North Bethesda and the new Crown High School in Gaithersburg are stoking massive controversy…
By Adam Pagnucco. In my column on MCPS’s Crown HS vicinity boundary maps, I wrote this: Wayside Elementary School in Potomac currently feeds into Churchill HS, one of MCPS’s most…
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS’s two boundary studies in the Woodward and Crown/Damascus vicinities are making big waves in the community. But here’s a question yet to surface: How will this…
More Wild MCPS Boundary Maps
By Adam Pagnucco. In the wake of its calamitous release of boundary map options for the vicinity of Charles W. Woodward High School, MCPS has now released high school and…
MCPS Responds on NDAs
By Adam Pagnucco. On Tuesday, I wrote about MCPS’s practice of requiring some stakeholders who participate in its activities to sign non-disclosure agreements (NDAs). While there are differences in the…