By Adam Pagnucco. Last month, Council President Andrew Friedson introduced a one-time $20 million special appropriation to provide aid for businesses called the J.O.B.S. (Jobs, Opportunities and Business Support) program. …
Education
By Adam Pagnucco. Frustrated by the details of their temporary move to Woodward High School, Northwood High School students are planning to walk out tomorrow. Among their complaints are the…
By Adam Pagnucco. Recently, the school board reviewed MCPS’s legal fees in FY24. And here’s the headline: if the current trend continues, MCPS could eventually pay out more legal fees…
By Adam Pagnucco. The Zionist Organization of America, a nonprofit devoted to “defending Israel and the Jewish people,” has filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education…
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS is well-known to MoCo activists for its occasional reluctance to turn over documents. Even Montgomery County Council President Andrew Friedson has noted that county officials have…
By Adam Pagnucco. For as long as I can remember, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 500 and the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) have been allies. That makes sense…
By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery College President Jermaine Williams has condemned a movie scheduled for screening at the campus today that alleged Israeli domination of American media, writing that it “depicts…
By Adam Pagnucco. As word began to spread about a screening at Montgomery College of The Occupation of the American Mind, a movie alleging an Israeli “public relations war” to…
By Adam Pagnucco. Tomorrow, a Montgomery College club and two college faculty members are hosting a screening of The Occupation of the American Mind, a film alleging that Israel has…
By Adam Pagnucco. In this column, I am debuting what will hopefully be a popular new concept: a one sentence post. Here it is. None of the school board candidates…