By Adam Pagnucco. With controversy over the recent sexual harassment scandal continuing to roil both the community and MCPS’s workforce, attention is increasingly focused on working conditions in the school…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Four, we looked at growth in county appropriations to schools. Today we will look at county appropriations per pupil. Let’s start with county appropriations per…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last time, we looked at total operating budget per pupil. Today we will look at spending measures based on county appropriations. School districts have many sources of…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Two, we looked at changes in total operating budgets and enrollments for Maryland’s top eight school districts: Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Frederick, Harford,…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One described our methodology and provided basic statistics on total operating budget and enrollment. Let’s look at recent increases in school budgets. Regular readers will recall…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Public school funding is a hot topic and we have certainly written a lot about it. Last spring, the county council voted to raise property taxes by…
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By Adam Pagnucco. One question around this year’s school board races is whether Moms for Liberty will get involved. If you haven’t heard of them, they are a conservative group…
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On School Board District 4
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By Adam Pagnucco. Of the three school board races this year, the most interesting one is occurring in District 4. (All county voters can vote in all school board races,…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last October, we broke the news that an MCPS teacher was suing MCPS and former Principal Joel Beidleman for sexual discrimination. She filed as Jane Doe because…
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Interrogation Redux, Part Three
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By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, we transcribed an exchange between Council Member Kate Stewart and Board of Education President Karla Silvestre about accountability for MCPS administrators who were involved…