By Adam Pagnucco. On the same day that two county council members called for an inspector general takeover of MCPS’s investigation of allegations of sexual harassment, MCPS Board of Education…
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Landmarks of MoCo: Significant Events
By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, I summarized how I asked my sources to help me construct a list of important events in county history since the 1960s. Part Two…
Even More Conflicts with MCPS Investigation
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS’s hiring of Jackson Lewis P.C. to investigate allegations of sexual harassment by one of its principals is creating allegations of conflict of interest. County Executive Marc…
By Adam Pagnucco. With many questions being asked about MCPS’s investigation of allegations of sexual harassment by one of its principals, Council Members Dawn Luedtke and Evan Glass have written…
Jawando Takes Money from Anti-Union Law Firm
By Adam Pagnucco. I worked on union organizing campaigns all over the U.S. and Canada for 16 years. Anyone in my old line of work quickly becomes familiar with law…
By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) has blasted MCPS’s hiring of Jackson Lewis PC to investigate the recent behavior of principal Joel Beidelman. MCEA has branded them…
By Adam Pagnucco. With both funding and scrutiny rising for MCPS, the State of Maryland has raised an issue that may have local ramifications: MCPS has misreported its enrollment to…
By Adam Pagnucco. With MCPS getting a large funding increase in this year’s budget and doubts surfacing regarding its huge fund balances, use of instructional salaries money and ability to…
By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Kristin Mink has made national news for saying that “some Muslim families” are on “the same side of an issue as white supremacists.” Mink was…
Fact Checking Elrich, Part Two
By Adam Pagnucco. Let’s resume evaluating Elrich’s pushback on the council over its recently passed FY24 budget. On school spending Elrich took two tracks on school spending. First, he remarked…