By Adam Pagnucco. This is the most sweeping question I asked. Question: What is MCPS’s biggest problem and what would you do to fix it? Lynne Harris, At-Large (Incumbent): I…
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By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS’s $169 million electric bus contract has been marred by wasteful spending, litigation, poor performance and even criminality surrounding its original award. The school board has now…
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By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS grading policy has changed over time, prompting concerns from some teachers and parents. This question, which was suggested by a long-time reader, addresses one such policy…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last month, I reported that MCPS was planning a massive school boundary review that will affect roughly three quarters of the district’s high schools and middle schools. …
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One introduced the premise of this series: the use of cast vote records to examine partisan differences in voting in the 2024 school board primary. Part…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Maryland State Education Association (MSEA), the parent union of most county teachers unions in Maryland, has funded a Super PAC to promote its candidates for school…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Natalie Zimmerman, who is running for the District 2 school board seat, has announced a list of endorsements from state and county elected officials. Zimmerman is backed…
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Diaz Attacks Zimmerman on School Security
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By Adam Pagnucco. District 2 Board of Education candidate Brenda Diaz has released a video attacking her opponent, Natalie Zimmerman, on the issue of school security. Diaz and Zimmerman have…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In MCPS, high schools start at 7:45 AM and middle schools start at 8:15 AM. This has been the case since the 2015-16 school year, when the…
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By Adam Pagnucco. As I did with voter turnout, I was originally going to crunch precinct results for the 2024 school board primary. After all, I have all of that…