By Adam Pagnucco. Two days ago, we reported on how an error by MCPS in a state aid application resulted in its request for an additional $21.6 million in local…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, I reported that MCPS was seeking $21.6 million in additional county money for the Charles W. Woodward High School project because an error in its aid…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier today, I wrote about how Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s first recommended capital budget claimed that due to “errors” by MCPS, the school system was going to lose…
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MCPS “Error” Could Cost Taxpayers Millions
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By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor has released his first recommended capital budget and it contains this admission: An “error” made by MCPS in applying for state aid could…
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Madaleno Warns Council on Budget
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By Adam Pagnucco. In a new memo to the county council, Chief Administrative Officer Rich Madaleno describes a number of budgetary pressures including declining revenue growth, expenditures (both total and…
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What Were They Thinking?
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By Adam Pagnucco. In the wake of MCPS’s layoff-free budget adjustments, I keep hearing the same question asked about MCPS leadership over and over: What were they thinking? First, let’s…
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MCPS Confirms No Teacher Layoffs
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By Adam Pagnucco. In a message just sent to MCPS employees, MCPS has confirmed my analysis of its budget package as not containing layoffs. The school system now states that…
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By Adam Pagnucco. After getting $31 million less from the county council than it requested, MCPS management raised the possibility of reductions in force (terminations) affecting “all employee groups” and…
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Is the Party Over?
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By Adam Pagnucco. Regular gains in revenues. Surging reserves. Easy money. There may be chaos in MCPS and acrimony between the county executive and the county council (what’s new?), but…
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MCEA: No Layoffs but Furloughs Possible
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By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) President Jennifer Martin has just released a video in which she states that while MCPS likely won’t implement layoffs, furloughs and other…
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