By Adam Pagnucco. I first met Jennifer Martin almost a decade ago when she was vice president of the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA). I didn’t speak to her long,…
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What Were They Thinking?
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By Adam Pagnucco. In the wake of MCPS’s layoff-free budget adjustments, I keep hearing the same question asked about MCPS leadership over and over: What were they thinking? First, let’s…
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Showdown at the School Board
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By Adam Pagnucco. Right before the school board passed its budget adjustment package yesterday, which avoided earlier predictions of potential layoffs, Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) President Jennifer Martin upbraided…
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MCPS Confirms No Teacher Layoffs
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By Adam Pagnucco. In a message just sent to MCPS employees, MCPS has confirmed my analysis of its budget package as not containing layoffs. The school system now states that…
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By Adam Pagnucco. After getting $31 million less from the county council than it requested, MCPS management raised the possibility of reductions in force (terminations) affecting “all employee groups” and…
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MCEA: No Layoffs but Furloughs Possible
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By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) President Jennifer Martin has just released a video in which she states that while MCPS likely won’t implement layoffs, furloughs and other…
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Do They Really Need to Do That?
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By Adam Pagnucco. As this sudden and torturous budgetary upheaval in MCPS proceeds to its doom-laden conclusion, I keep hearing the same question from my sources: “Do they really need…
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Superintendent Comments on School Staffing
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By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier today, Interim Superintendent Monique Felder sent out a mass email commenting on MCPS’s adjustments to school staffing. In the email, she discusses “a one-student-per-class increase across…
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By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS is getting ready to implement draconian personnel measures, possibly including layoffs or furloughs. Such actions would harm morale, recruitment and retention in the school system and…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Let’s start with this. There must not be layoffs in MCPS. Historically, MCPS has been the crown jewel of Montgomery County. Its excellence has been our primary…