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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Top Stories: May 2024
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By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in May 2024, ranked by page views. 1. Are Layoffs Necessary at MCPS? 2. Will MCPS Implement Layoffs?…
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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…
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By Adam Pagnucco. According to a memo sent out on Friday evening by Peter Moran, MCPS Chief of School Support and Well-Being, principals will receive information about staffing reductions at…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Seven Republican delegates – Matt Morgan (St. Mary’s), Lauren Arikan (Harford), Robin Grammer (Baltimore County), Kathy Szeliga (Baltimore County), Mark Fisher (Calvert), Brian Chisholm (Anne Arundel) and…
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By Adam Pagnucco. One issue that has received a lot of attention in the press recently is the worldwide protest movement against Israel’s tactics in its war against Hamas in…
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Learning the Lessons of the Weast Wars
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By Adam Pagnucco. In the wake of MCPS’s threat to implement layoffs, which rattled the county council and drew fury from the teachers union, tumult in the school system has…
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Why Can’t Elrich Just Shut Up?
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By Adam Pagnucco. After reading about County Executive Marc Elrich’s latest altercation with the county council in MoCo360, I return to an age-old question: Why can’t Elrich just shut up?…