By Adam Pagnucco. One of the things that makes the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) unusual is that it has a lot of leaders. Unlike the huge majority of local…
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Bus Contract Fees Owed to MCPS Skyrocket
By Adam Pagnucco. Back in July, Montgomery County Inspector General (IG) Megan Davey Limarzi found “wasteful spending” in an MCPS electric bus contract and estimated that the contractor owed the…
By Adam Pagnucco. Five years ago, a planned countywide school boundary analysis by MCPS led to a heated parent uprising and became a huge issue in the 2020 school board…
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, I reported on a joint letter by the principals of Odessa Shannon Middle School, Kennedy High School and Wheaton High School on a “gun-related incident”…
By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, I reported that the principals of three MCPS schools – Odessa Shannon MS, Kennedy HS and Wheaton HS – had sent a notice to parents of…
By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, the principals of three MCPS schools in Wheaton and Glenmont sent a joint letter to parents stating: Today, we, the three principals of John F. Kennedy…
By Adam Pagnucco. In today’s school board meeting, MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor reported to the board that there were more than 4,000 “serious incidents” at the district’s schools in the…
Top Stories: July 2024
By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in July 2024, ranked by page views. 1. Does this Assistant Principal Deserve Another Chance? 2. Rockville City…
By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County Inspector General Megan Davey Limarzi has found “wasteful spending” in MCPS’s electric bus contract. The bus contract was initially lauded with praise two years ago,…
By Adam Pagnucco. One of the lingering questions about the scandal surrounding accused sexual harasser and former Principal Joel Beidleman is whether he received a post-employment agreement or other compensation…