By Adam Pagnucco. Last fall, MCPS released its spring 2024 Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP) results by school. For the first time my sources can remember, MCPS released them in…
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MCPS Electric Bus Contractor Sues Competitor
By Adam Pagnucco. Note: I have updated this post to include a response from Montgomery County’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the end. Three companies affiliated with Highland Electric…
By Adam Pagnucco. Back in September, I reported that MCPS was planning a massive boundary review contract stemming from three events: the reopening of Charles W. Woodward High School in North Bethesda,…
Is Taylor Cleaning House at the Top?
By Adam Pagnucco. One of the biggest questions about newish MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor is when – or whether – he would replace MCPS’s top leadership team with his own…
By Adam Pagnucco. Two days ago, we reported on how an error by MCPS in a state aid application resulted in its request for an additional $21.6 million in local…
By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, I reported that MCPS was seeking $21.6 million in additional county money for the Charles W. Woodward High School project because an error in its aid…
By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier today, I wrote about how Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s first recommended capital budget claimed that due to “errors” by MCPS, the school system was going to lose…
MCPS “Error” Could Cost Taxpayers Millions
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor has released his first recommended capital budget and it contains this admission: An “error” made by MCPS in applying for state aid could…
By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier this week, WJLA-TV posted a startling article claiming that the school board had approved a multi-million dollar diesel bus contract in closed session. Here’s the problem:…
Protest Filed Against New MCPS Bus Contract
By Adam Pagnucco. In recent weeks, I have written repeatedly about MCPS’s electric bus contract, which has shorted out despite high expectations. Every time I think the story is losing…