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…
Education
By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday afternoon, the county’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a memorandum finding that that Sargent Shriver Elementary School violated MCPS policy when it transferred grant funds…
MCPS’s Crisis Management Contractor
By Adam Pagnucco. Back in October, MCPS was in the throes of the Joel Beidleman scandal, in which allegations of sexual harassment against a principal led to the fall of…
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS has been regarded as one of the best school systems in Maryland, and much of the nation, for a long time. But shocking stats on college…
By Adam Pagnucco. Previously, I introduced this series and asked the candidates about what they believed was MCPS’s biggest problem, their experience with budgets, their opinions on the incumbents, their…
By Adam Pagnucco. In 2019, new MCPS Interim Superintendent Monique Felder was investigated by Nashville’s local government over payments made to her by an outside group when she was a…
By Adam Pagnucco. Previously, I introduced this series and asked the candidates about what they believed was MCPS’s biggest problem, their experience with budgets, their opinions on the incumbents, their…
Teachers Get Ready to Fight
By Adam Pagnucco. On the same day that County Executive Marc Elrich released his FY25 recommended operating budget, the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) blasted what it called its “punishing…
By Adam Pagnucco. Previously, I introduced this series and asked the candidates about what they believed was MCPS’s biggest problem, their experience with budgets, their opinions on the incumbents and…
Did MCPS Settle with Beidleman?
By Adam Pagnucco. When the Washington Post reported on allegations of sexual harassment against former MCPS Principal Joel Beidleman last summer, the resulting scandal set off a firestorm and led…