By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS has begun releasing option maps for new high school and middle school boundaries in accordance with its ongoing boundary study. And…
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Don’t Leak! Or MCPS Might Sue
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS has been using non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to protect information distributed in some of its activities. More than two weeks ago, I…
Teachers Declare Victory
By Adam Pagnucco. David Stein, president of the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), has released a video on X declaring victory over the county council’s…
The Family Gets a Big Win
By Adam Pagnucco. After several years of labor-management strife, the MCPS family reassembled a few months ago to jointly advocate for a large funding increase. …
MCPS Announces Budget Deal with Council
By Adam Pagnucco. Board of Education President Julie Yang and MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor have announced a budget deal with the council in a press…
MCPS Announces Cell Phone Policy
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS has announced its policy on use of cell phones and other mobile devices by students for the next school year, an…
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS’s huge boundary study, which includes roughly three-quarters of the district’s high schools and middle schools, is a high-stakes exercise. School boundary…
By Adam Pagnucco. Back in February, I reported on a dear colleague letter written by a U.S. Department of Education official attacking diversity, equity and…
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS’s ongoing boundary study is heating up as activists get organized to participate. But now it’s getting hotter as a planning board…
By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier this month, I published a column on security issues at John F. Kennedy High School. In the last two years, the…