By Adam Pagnucco. This morning, the school board released the comments of Board of Education President Karla Silvestre about MCPS’s recent sexual harassment and promotion scandal. Silvestre summarizes recent events,…
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By Adam Pagnucco. On Monday, I published questions about new MCPS Interim Superintendent Monique Felder’s background. Specifically, I discussed a controversy concerning her receipt of $6,000 in “honorariums” from a…
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Four Stats on CD6 Fundraising
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By Adam Pagnucco. Back in October, I wrote a four-part series on campaign finances in Congressional District 6. (Here are the links for Parts One, Two, Three and Four.) Since…
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By Adam Pagnucco. If you thought that the resignation of Superintendent Monifa McKnight meant an end to MCPS’s leadership issues, you thought wrong! That’s because the person the school board…
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Top Stories: January 2024
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By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in January 2024, ranked by page views. 1. Teachers Union: School Board “Appears Justified in Seeking Superintendent’s Resignation”…
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Crime Keeps Rising
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By Adam Pagnucco. Another round of crime data that has been assembled for the county council shows something that will surprise no readers of Montgomery Perspective: crime is up for…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Early reaction to the resignation of MCPS Superintendent Monifa McKnight has begun to pour in. Much of the first batch of official quotes has already been summarized…
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McKnight is Out
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By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS Superintendent Monifa McKnight has resigned and Chief Operating Officer Brian Hull will now serve as acting superintendent. Statements from the school board and McKnight appear below. …
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Fundraising Master Class: Jeff Waldstreicher
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By Adam Pagnucco. Recently, I wrote about 2023 fundraising by MoCo’s state legislators and one of them stood out: District 18 Senator Jeff Waldstreicher. Let’s study his fundraising. Waldstreicher is…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Baltimore unit of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), an agency of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has accused the Montgomery County Circuit Court of ignoring…