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Maintenance of Effort
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MoCo PTAs Support MOE Fine Waiver
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The Montgomery County Council of Parent Teacher Associations (MCCPTA) has written the Montgomery County Delegation Chairs, Delegate Brian Feldman (D-15) and Senator Rich Madaleno (D-18), in support of a local…
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Grasmick’s Drop-Dead Letter to MoCo
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Yesterday, the Examiner reported that State Superintendent of Schools Nancy Grasmick denied County Executive Ike Leggett’s request for reconsideration of the county’s $46 million fine. Here is exactly what Grasmick…
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Following are the remarks of Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) President Doug Prouty from the union’s recent legislative breakfast, in which he brands any handoff of teacher pensions to the…
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MoCo Delegation Considers MOE Waiver Bill
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The Montgomery County Delegation is now considering a local bill to waive the county’s Maintenance of Effort (MOE) penalty for FY 2010. Since the bill is co-sponsored by five of…
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Buried in a Washington Post article about the budget is this momentous passage: One way to lighten the state’s burden is to shift the rising cost of teacher pensions to…
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Maintenance of Effort is a Smart Law
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By Eric Luedtke. As a teacher, I’ve had the opportunity to work with some extraordinary children. But some of their parents have been just as extraordinary. Year after year, I’ve…
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Weast Blasts Elrich
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In a wide-ranging interview with the Montgomery County Sentinel, MCPS Superintendent Jerry Weast singled out County Council Member Marc Elrich, a former fifth grade public school teacher, for special scorn….
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And so it has begun. MCPS Superintendent Jerry Weast has fired the first shot in what may be his last and greatest battle: the fight over the Fiscal Year 2011…
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The Rogue Superintendent, Part One
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County Council Member Valerie Ervin, the Chair of the Council’s Education Committee, recently called MCPS leader Jerry Weast a “rogue superintendent.” That statement is a culmination of years of tension…