By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s massive recommended Capital Improvements Program (CIP), which is his proposed six-year capital budget, is due for a vote…
Rita Montoya
By Adam Pagnucco. A new group of elected officials has endorsed Council Member Andrew Friedson for county executive. They include State’s Attorney John McCarthy, Board…
By Adam Pagnucco. At this point, school board candidates Rita Montoya (at-large), Natalie Zimmerman (District 2) and Laura Stewart (District 4) are leading in their…
Preliminaries at Late Night
By Adam Pagnucco. With early vote counted and a large majority of election day precincts reporting, here are preliminary tallies for a handful of MoCo…
By Adam Pagnucco. This year, three seats on Montgomery County’s school board are on the ballot. The contests are: At-Large: Lynne Harris vs Rita Montoya…
By Adam Pagnucco. Last February, I reported that Interim Superintendent Monique Felder had accepted $6,000 in payments from a company with ties to school vendors…
By Adam Pagnucco. More than a year ago, I wrote a five-part series detailing how MCPS regularly transfers money budgeted for instructional salaries towards other…
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS once had school resource officers (SROs) stationed at high schools. Three years ago, County Executive Marc Elrich announced that he was…
By Adam Pagnucco. One of the biggest recent controversies at MCPS involves an effort by some parents to opt out of curriculum materials that they…
By Adam Pagnucco. This question is two-fold. First, I asked the incumbents to describe their achievements in office. Second, I asked the challengers to describe…
