By Adam Pagnucco. Of the three school board races this year, the most interesting one is occurring in District 4. (All county voters can vote in all school board races,…
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Are You Ready for Bethany Mandel?
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By Adam Pagnucco. Four years ago, MoCo saw one of its wildest school board races of all time. (I wrote about it back then – here are links to Parts…
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School Board Apologizes
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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. 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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Campaign Finance Reports: School Board
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By Adam Pagnucco. I have summarized the campaign finance reports of county elected officials and MoCo’s state legislators in prior posts. Let’s look at the school board, which has three…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Back in September, I wrote a post about the powers the school board has over the superintendent. Those powers are substantial and include the ability to remove…
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Can the School Board Fire McKnight?
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By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, MCPS Superintendent Monifa McKnight came out swinging against the school board, alleging that they were pressuring her to resign. MoCo360 printed this quote: Officers from the…
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This Should Make MCPS Stakeholders Nervous
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, Maryland Matters reported on the State Board of Elections’ (SBE) biggest authority line fine in Maryland history. While the incident happened in Carroll County, it’s…
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Elrich Criticizes Silence of School Board
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By Adam Pagnucco. At his weekly media briefing yesterday, County Executive Marc Elrich addressed ongoing controversies at MCPS. After repeating his concerns about the initial summary report of MCPS’s sexual…
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By Adam Pagnucco. With questions continuing to swirl over MCPS’s sexual harassment scandal, in which top management promoted a principal despite knowing of an active investigation against him, the issue…