By Adam Pagnucco. With controversy over the recent sexual harassment scandal continuing to roil both the community and MCPS’s workforce, attention is increasingly focused on working conditions in the school…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Four, we looked at growth in county appropriations to schools. Today we will look at county appropriations per pupil. Let’s start with county appropriations per…
By Adam Pagnucco. Last time, we looked at total operating budget per pupil. Today we will look at spending measures based on county appropriations. School districts have many sources of…
By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Two, we looked at changes in total operating budgets and enrollments for Maryland’s top eight school districts: Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Frederick, Harford,…
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One described our methodology and provided basic statistics on total operating budget and enrollment. Let’s look at recent increases in school budgets. Regular readers will recall…
By Adam Pagnucco. Public school funding is a hot topic and we have certainly written a lot about it. Last spring, the county council voted to raise property taxes by…
By Adam Pagnucco. Last October, we broke the news that an MCPS teacher was suing MCPS and former Principal Joel Beidleman for sexual discrimination. She filed as Jane Doe because…
Interrogation Redux, Part Three
By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, we transcribed an exchange between Council Member Kate Stewart and Board of Education President Karla Silvestre about accountability for MCPS administrators who were involved…
Interrogation Redux, Part Two
By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, we transcribed an exchange between Council Member Kate Stewart and Board of Education President Karla Silvestre about accountability for MCPS administrators who were involved…
Interrogation Redux, Part One
By Adam Pagnucco. Last Thursday, MCPS leaders appeared before a joint meeting of the county council’s education and audit committees to discuss the findings of a recent inspector general report…