By Adam Pagnucco. Minutes ago, MCPS released its Welcome Back video for the new school year. I’m a sucker for Les Misérables so I loved the opening, but there’s a…
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Did They Make Any Cuts?
By Adam Pagnucco. Outrage about the county’s recent huge tax hike on most homeowners has been swirling on social media for weeks. And in the many discussions on this topic,…
By Adam Pagnucco. Rockville City Council Member Adam Van Grack has long opposed MCPS’s decision to close Wootton High School. One of the arguments he has made, which has been…
Who Would Take the Cuts?
By Adam Pagnucco. In a recent column, I revealed that the county’s latest six-year fiscal plan projected that county agencies – the largest of which are county government, MCPS, Montgomery…
MCPS Strikes Back
By Adam Pagnucco. On Friday, I wrote about a new report from the county’s Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) alleging that MCPS’s budgeting and staffing practices “center and privilege White…
Is MCPS Unfair to Black and Brown Students?
By Adam Pagnucco. The county council’s Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) is the council’s in-house think tank. Its responsibilities include regularly issuing deep dive reports on policy issues of interest…
Is the MCPS Budget in Trouble?
By Adam Pagnucco. So far, this summer has been a season of doom at MCPS. Confronted with the county council’s failure to fully fund the school board’s budget request, Superintendent…
By Adam Pagnucco. Here is today’s question. Should school resource officers be stationed inside MCPS schools? District 1 Drew Morrison (D) Yes, I support returning School Resource Officers to MCPS…
By Adam Pagnucco. Here is today’s question. Should school resource officers be stationed inside MCPS schools? Fatmata Barrie (D) I have not supported placing school resource officers in schools as…
By Adam Pagnucco. Here is today’s question. Should school resource officers be stationed inside MCPS schools? Mithun Banerjee (D) On April 29, Banerjee requested more time to respond due to…
