News Channel 8’s Bruce DePuyt interviewed Senator Rich Madaleno (D-18) about his plan to shift teacher pension obligations to the counties. Among Madaleno’s reasons for characterizing teacher pensions as unaffordable…
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The Senate’s passage of a partial handoff of teacher pensions to the counties last night – a proposal crafted by none other than MoCo Senate Delegation Chairman Rich Madaleno –…
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Teacher Pension Shift Passes the Senate
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The teacher pension shift proposed by Senator Rich Madaleno (D-18) and passed by the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee has now passed the full Senate on a 28-19 vote. Following…
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Madaleno Rocks MoCo on Teacher Pensions
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Sixteen months ago, Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett stared Senate President Mike “Big Daddy” Miller in the eye at a Committee for Montgomery Breakfast and told him, “We leave here…
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The latest Overview of State Aid to Local Governments contains two quick facts about Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) that state policymakers need to understand.First, MCPS leads the state in…
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MCPS Superintendent Jerry Weast sent a memo to the Board of Education and an email to MCPS staff on Friday indicating his intention to cut 252 classroom positions in the…
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Following is an open letter sent by a group of Montgomery County public school teachers to the Post’s editorial board about their recent editorials targeting the Montgomery County Education Association…
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Dealing with Waivers
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By Marc Korman. On February 23rd the State Board of Education announced a process to allow school systems to receive a waiver from the requirement that they be open for…
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Doug Prouty, the President of the Montgomery County Educations Association, which represents teachers in MoCo, will be on the “Political Pulse” TV Show on:Thurs, March 4th at 9 p.m.Fri-Sun, March…
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Post Cherrypicks Teacher Salary Data
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In its latest attempt to annihilate the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), the Washington Post may have done the unthinkable: cherrypick data from a lowly blog in order to manipulate…