By Adam Pagnucco. In MCPS, high schools start at 7:45 AM and middle schools start at 8:15 AM. This has been the case since the 2015-16 school year, when the…
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Watch the Parrott vs Delaney Video
By Adam Pagnucco. Many charges have been traded between the campaigns of Congressional District 6 candidates April McClain Delaney (D) and Neil Parrott (R) regarding their confrontation at a Sunday…
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One introduced the premise of this series: the use of cast vote records to examine partisan differences in voting in the 2024 school board primary. Part…
Top Stories: September 2024
By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in September 2024, ranked by page views. 1. Three MCPS Principals Report a “Gun-Involved Incident.” What Happened? 2….
More on MCPS’s Electric Bus Debacle
By Adam Pagnucco. In prior articles, I reported on the admission by MCPS officials of skyrocketing poor performance fees associated with its electric bus contract and the fact that two…
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One introduced the premise of this series: the use of cast vote records to examine partisan differences in voting in the 2024 school board primary. Now…
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS’s failed electric bus contract, the subject of an Office of Inspector General (OIG) report detailing its “wasteful spending,” is more than just a government procurement gone…
By Adam Pagnucco. A year ago, I wrote about the unusual characteristics of school board elections. One of them is that members of multiple parties can pick between the same…
By Adam Pagnucco. Let’s resume our interview with MCEA President David Stein. (You can read Part One here.) ***** MCEA President David Stein. Q: How is the new superintendent, Thomas…
By Adam Pagnucco. Recently, we reported that MCPS is planning a massive boundary review that would affect 19 of its 25 high schools and a similar proportion of middle schools. …