By Adam Pagnucco. On Tuesday, I wrote about MCPS’s practice of requiring some stakeholders who participate in its activities to sign non-disclosure agreements (NDAs). While there are differences in the…
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Baltimore Banner is Coming to MoCo
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By Adam Pagnucco. It’s happening, folks: the Baltimore Banner has announced that it is expanding to cover Montgomery County. We have seen this coming for a while. In March, I…
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By Adam Pagnucco. My post on MCPS’s Insane School Boundaries is rapidly becoming one of the most-read posts in the two-and-a-half year history of Montgomery Perspective (and my nearly 20…
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MCPS’s Insane Boundary Maps
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By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS has begun releasing option maps for new high school and middle school boundaries in accordance with its ongoing boundary study. And some of these maps will…
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Don’t Leak! Or MCPS Might Sue
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By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS has been using non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to protect information distributed in some of its activities. More than two weeks ago, I sent MCPS a list of…
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Moody’s Downgrades Prince George’s County
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By Adam Pagnucco. Moody’s has downgraded Prince George’s County from Aaa, its highest rating, to Aa1. The Washington Post has reported that Standard & Poor’s and Fitch are still assigning…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, the county council passed an FY26 operating budget with robust spending increases and no tax hikes. How did they do it? In part, they relied…
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Big Fee Hike Replaces Gigantic Fee Hike
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By Adam Pagnucco. Back in March, I reported that County Executive Marc Elrich had recommended a gigantic hike in the county’s systems benefit charge, which funds solid waste and recycling…
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The Family Gets a Big Win
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By Adam Pagnucco. After several years of labor-management strife, the MCPS family reassembled a few months ago to jointly advocate for a large funding increase. And with the budget passed,…
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Moody’s Downgrades Maryland’s Bond Ratings
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By Adam Pagnucco. As first reported by Maryland Matters, Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. has downgraded Maryland’s general obligation bond ratings from Aaa, its highest rating, to Aa1. In two separate…