By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in November 2025, ranked by page views. 1. Five Reasons MCPS’s Plan for Silver Spring Doesn’t Add Up…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, the school board voted to forward Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s recommended capital budget to the county executive, who must consider it as part of his broader…
Cold Spring PTA Pushes Back on Montoya
By Adam Pagnucco. Due to both its hulking size and its controversial proposals (like using Crown HS as a holding school and closing Silver Spring International MS), Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s…
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s massive recommended Capital Improvements Program (CIP), which is his proposed six-year capital budget, is due for a vote by the Board of Education…
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…
By Adam Pagnucco. Inspector General Megan Davey Limarzi has just released a new report on MCPS’s procurement practices. Among her findings are: MCPS’s record-keeping practices and manuals for procurement activity…
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…
By Adam Pagnucco. In January, Superintendent Thomas Taylor moved to partially terminate MCPS’s problem-plagued electric bus contract. The contract, originally signed by one of Taylor’s predecessors (Jack Smith), was the…
MCEA Opposes MCPS Region Model
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…
A Better Plan for MCPS’s Headquarters
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, I wrote about MCPS’s proposed $400+ million central office campus. The project, which uses land now occupied by the old Carver central office and the…
