By Adam Pagnucco. Two days ago, we reported on how an error by MCPS in a state aid application resulted in its request for an additional $21.6 million in local…
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By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS’s $169 million electric bus contract has been marred by wasteful spending, litigation, poor performance and even criminality surrounding its original award. The school board has now…
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By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS grading policy has changed over time, prompting concerns from some teachers and parents. This question, which was suggested by a long-time reader, addresses one such policy…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, I reported that MCPS was seeking $21.6 million in additional county money for the Charles W. Woodward High School project because an error in its aid…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, I reported that a Super PAC funded by the state teachers union planned to spend $134,995 on MoCo’s school board races. At that time, I…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier today, I wrote about how Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s first recommended capital budget claimed that due to “errors” by MCPS, the school system was going to lose…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last month, I reported that MCPS was planning a massive school boundary review that will affect roughly three quarters of the district’s high schools and middle schools. …
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MCPS “Error” Could Cost Taxpayers Millions
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By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor has released his first recommended capital budget and it contains this admission: An “error” made by MCPS in applying for state aid could…
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By Adam Pagnucco. At-large school board candidate Rita Montoya, who is challenging incumbent Lynne Harris, has released a list of endorsements. Her press release is reprinted below. Note: I don’t…
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Term Limits Group Spends on TV
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Committee for Better Government, which is working to pass a ballot question reducing term limits for the county executive from three to two, has filed a…