By Adam Pagnucco. School boundary discussions always turn into dynamite blast zones. It happened in 2020, when a proposed MCPS boundary study turned into a major school board election issue. …
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Guest column by Rebecca Aicher. I am a Silver Spring resident and parent of one child at Sligo Creek Elementary School and one at Silver Spring International Middle School. Since…
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By Adam Pagnucco. After the Montgomery County Council of PTAs and the Montgomery County Education Association came out against MCPS’s proposed region model, the Black and Brown Coalition for Educational…
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MCEA Opposes MCPS Region Model
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By Adam Pagnucco. In a huge development, the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), which represents MCPS teachers, has come out against the school district’s proposed region model. The model would…
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By Adam Pagnucco. District 6 County Council Member Natali Fani-Gonzalez has written her colleagues on the council’s Education and Culture Committee (Chair Will Jawando, Gabe Albornoz and Kristin Mink) with…
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What’s Your MCPS Region?
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By Adam Pagnucco. This year, the two biggest stories in MCPS (along with the problem-plagued background check program) are the boundary studies and the academic programs analysis. The former are…
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Taylor Revokes an NDA
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By Adam Pagnucco. Back in May, I revealed that MCPS had been using non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to protect information distributed in some of its activities. At the time, I reported: *****…
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Top Stories: June 2025
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By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in June 2025, ranked by page views. 1. More Wild MCPS Boundary Maps 2. Parents Organize to Fight…
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County PTA Pushes Back on MCPS NDAs
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last month, I wrote about MCPS’s practice of requiring that participants in some of its stakeholder groups sign non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) establishing confidentiality over information discussed in…
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Will There be Regions in MCPS?
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By Adam Pagnucco. I have previously discussed MCPS’s ongoing academic programs analysis, a separate analysis from the school system’s two boundary studies which is intended to make recommendations on programs…
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