By Adam Pagnucco. On May 24, I filed a Maryland Public Information Act request with MCPS seeking records of legal costs in the lawsuit by Jane Doe, a teacher who…
Education
Thomas Taylor’s Employment Contract
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS has released the employment contract of its new Superintendent, Dr. Thomas Taylor. Liliana Lopez, MCPS’s public information officer, sent it to me within 13 minutes of…
By Adam Pagnucco. In one of the most discussed MCPS stories of 2021, a kindergarten student was traumatized by two police officers after he left his elementary school. The video…
By Adam Pagnucco. Two months ago, I reported that MCPS had used a $105,000 emergency procurement contract to hire a crisis communications contractor to help it deal with the apocalyptic…
Police Chief Goes to Work for MCPS
By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County Police Chief Marcus Jones, who is retiring from his position at the police department, has been hired by MCPS as its new Chief of Security…
By Adam Pagnucco. With new permanent Superintendent Thomas Taylor due to assume his position imminently, MCPS Interim Superintendent Monique Felder has informed school employees of several changes among central office…
Meet Your New Superintendent
By Adam Pagnucco. Yes, this is him. This is Thomas Taylor in his former job in Stafford County Public Schools. My guess is that Taylor does not dress like this…
Stafford County Public Schools vs MCPS
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS’s hiring of Stafford County Public Schools Superintendent Thomas Taylor has been brewing for a while. As it became clear that Taylor was the choice, my sources…
MCPS Announces New Superintendent
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS has announced the hiring of Thomas Taylor, who has been the superintendent in Stafford County, Virginia, as its new permanent superintendent. Taylor grew up in the…
A Moment with Monifa
By Adam Pagnucco. Monifa McKnight, the former MCPS superintendent who mismanaged the Beidleman scandal, hired a crisis management contractor, presided over huge legal fees, was the first Montgomery superintendent who…