By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in February 2024, ranked by page views. 1. Is WAMU in Trouble? 2. New Proposed Interim Superintendent Has…
By Adam Pagnucco. With controversy over the recent sexual harassment scandal continuing to roil both the community and MCPS’s workforce, attention is increasingly focused on working conditions in the school…
By Adam Pagnucco. Inspector General Megan Davey Limarzi has found that “a senior Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) employee” has engaged in misconduct. In response to a complaint…
By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Four, we looked at growth in county appropriations to schools. Today we will look at county appropriations per pupil. Let’s start with county appropriations per…
Dan Cox’s Bonkers Email
By Adam Pagnucco. Former Delegate Dan Cox, who is running for Congress in District 6, sent out the following blast email on Saturday. More than anything else, this reflects the…
By Adam Pagnucco. Last time, we looked at total operating budget per pupil. Today we will look at spending measures based on county appropriations. School districts have many sources of…
By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Two, we looked at changes in total operating budgets and enrollments for Maryland’s top eight school districts: Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Frederick, Harford,…
Is WAMU Really Focusing on Audio?
By Adam Pagnucco. WAMU management may have tried to put a positive spin on its layoffs and closure of DCist last week, but the truth is ugly. Using Twitter and…
New MoCo360 Owner Discusses Plans
By Adam Pagnucco. The CEO of Today Media, which announced its purchase of MoCo360 and Bethesda Magazine on February 9, has begun to discuss his plans for the outlets with…
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One described our methodology and provided basic statistics on total operating budget and enrollment. Let’s look at recent increases in school budgets. Regular readers will recall…