By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) has blasted MCPS’s hiring of Jackson Lewis PC to investigate the recent behavior of principal Joel Beidelman. MCEA has branded them…
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Top Stories: June 2023
By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in June 2023, ranked by page views. 1. Inspector General: MCPS is a “High Risk Operation” 2. MoCo…
By Adam Pagnucco. With both funding and scrutiny rising for MCPS, the State of Maryland has raised an issue that may have local ramifications: MCPS has misreported its enrollment to…
By Adam Pagnucco. With MCPS getting a large funding increase in this year’s budget and doubts surfacing regarding its huge fund balances, use of instructional salaries money and ability to…
Top Stories: May 2023
By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in May 2023, ranked by page views. 1. MCEA Crashes Council Meeting, Demands Full Funding 2. MCEA: Council…
Fact Checking Elrich, Part Two
By Adam Pagnucco. Let’s resume evaluating Elrich’s pushback on the council over its recently passed FY24 budget. On school spending Elrich took two tracks on school spending. First, he remarked…
MCPS to Council: Let’s Kiss and Make Up
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS Superintendent Monifa McKnight and Board of Education President Karla Silvestre have sent a letter to the county council thanking them for their “ongoing support of Montgomery…
Did the Council Defund MCPS?
By Adam Pagnucco. On Friday, the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) blasted the county council’s decision to fund 70% of the school board’s requested increase for MCPS. The union said…
By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), which represents teachers and other educators in MCPS, has issued a press release blasting the county council for its tax and…
Tax Hike Number Three
By Adam Pagnucco. Minutes ago, the Montgomery County Council voted 7-4 to increase property taxes by 4.7 percent. The increase is much less than the 10 percent proposed by County…