By Adam Pagnucco. Part One explained the methodology of MCPS’s staff climate survey and Part Two summarized some stats from FY23. Today, let’s look at five questions to employees on…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington (JCRC) is demanding that the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), which represents MCPS teachers, reject a proposed resolution calling…
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One discussed the general characteristics of MCPS’s staff climate survey. Today we will start looking at the results for FY23. Let’s start with the distinction between…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…