By Adam Pagnucco. Due to both its hulking size and its controversial proposals (like using Crown HS as a holding school and closing Silver Spring International MS), Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s…
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By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s massive recommended Capital Improvements Program (CIP), which is his proposed six-year capital budget, is due for a vote by the Board of Education…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County PTA activist Wylea Chase has announced her run for the Board of Education At-Large seat being vacated by Karla Silvestre, who is running for county…
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Guest column by Rebecca Aicher. I am a Silver Spring resident and parent of one child at Sligo Creek Elementary School and one at Silver Spring International Middle School. Since…
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Jud Ashman is Running for Council District 3
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By Adam Pagnucco. Gaithersburg Mayor Jud Ashman, who just won reelection by 48 points, opened a public financing account today to run for the open Council District 3 seat. The…
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Mukunda Takes on King – and Ferguson
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, Bethesda Magazine’s Lou Peck broke the story that new candidate Amar Mukunda had switched from the District 39 delegate race (in which a slate led…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Inspector General Megan Davey Limarzi has just released a new report on MCPS’s procurement practices. Among her findings are: MCPS’s record-keeping practices and manuals for procurement activity…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In what is likely to be viewed as terrible news by county government bosses but could actually be good news for taxpayers, Inspector General Megan Davey Limarzi…
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By Adam Pagnucco. I worked at the county council when the original public financing bill was passed. Here is one point that was repeated over and over by the bill’s…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Note: This article has been updated. Back in July, I reported that the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), wielder of the mighty Apple Ballot, planned to issue…