By Adam Pagnucco. One week ago, I asked “Will MCPS Reopen?” At that time, a number of factors poured cold water on MCPS’s plan to resume in-person instruction in January,…
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Will MCPS Reopen?
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS’s new plan to phase in a return to in-person learning in January is the talk of parents across MoCo. The school district is currently surveying parents…
How Many More Votes Will be Counted?
By Adam Pagnucco. As of right now, here is the status of key election results in MoCo. School Board At-Large: Lynne Harris 53%, Sunil Dasgupta 46% School Board District 2:…
Early Results on MoCo Races
By Adam Pagnucco. The first batch of votes on MoCo races has been reported. This is VERY early and VERY incomplete. So far, the reports include only early votes and…
By Adam Pagnucco. This year saw one of the most contentious school board primaries in recent county history. With incumbent at-large school board member Jeanette Dixon announcing her retirement, a…
By Adam Pagnucco. This year has four hotly contested county ballot questions and at least one legitimately contested school board election. But here is something folks tend to forget: not…
School Board Campaign Finances, October 18
By Adam Pagnucco. The school board candidates’ last campaign finance reports prior to the general election were submitted to the state on Friday. The table below shows money raised and…
Reopening Plans – MCPS is Behind
Guest column by Lynne Harris, Candidate for Montgomery County Board of Education At-Large. Reopening schools – safely – is critical. As an MCPS teacher, parent, a nurse and a public…
Would Question B Harm Schools?
By Adam Pagnucco. One of the key claims made by some opponents of Question B (Robin Ficker’s latest charter amendment on taxes) is that it will harm schools by limiting…
Teachers Repond to Lynne Harris
Guest blog by Grace Lovelace, David Stein and Kerrin Torres-Meriwether. Classroom educators in MCPS, such as ourselves, were disappointed by Board of Education candidate Lynne Harris’s comments to the Blair…