By Adam Pagnucco. After this year’s round of high school and middle school redistricting along with a new regional program framework, MCPS is proceeding to analyze potential closures of elementary…
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Violence at Magruder High School
By Adam Pagnucco. According to the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) and MCPS, Magruder High School in Rockville had a violent morning today. This is MCPD’s official statement on what…
Guest column by Elisa Chen Sukhobok. Across Montgomery County, back-to-school season is measured in new backpacks, packed lunches, and first-day photos. But while families focus on the year ahead, Montgomery…
MCPS’s Welcome Back Video
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…
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…
