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 some of these maps will…
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Don’t Leak! Or MCPS Might Sue
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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 sent MCPS a list of…
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Teachers Declare Victory
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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 passage of a huge budget…
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The Family Gets a Big Win
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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. And with the budget passed,…
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MCPS Announces Budget Deal with Council
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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 release reprinted below. The release…
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MCPS Announces Cell Phone Policy
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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 issue sure to interest many…
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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 adjustments are a heavy lift…
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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 inclusion (DEI) programs and threatening…
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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 member has waded into the…
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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 school was the subject of…