Guest column by Gaithersburg City Council Member Yamil Hernández. Editor’s note: Council Member Hernández has written this column in response to a letter opposing the potential relocation of Wootton High…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Recently, MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor floated the idea of relocating Wootton High School from its current decrepit building to a new building at the Crown High School…
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Guest column by Rebecca Aicher. I am a Silver Spring resident and parent of one child at Sligo Creek Elementary School and one at Silver Spring International Middle School. Since…
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By Adam Pagnucco. District 6 County Council Member Natali Fani-Gonzalez has written her colleagues on the council’s Education and Culture Committee (Chair Will Jawando, Gabe Albornoz and Kristin Mink) with…
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What’s Your MCPS Region?
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By Adam Pagnucco. This year, the two biggest stories in MCPS (along with the problem-plagued background check program) are the boundary studies and the academic programs analysis. The former are…
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Top Stories: June 2025
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By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in June 2025, ranked by page views. 1. More Wild MCPS Boundary Maps 2. Parents Organize to Fight…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Since April, MCPS has been gathering data on community feedback for its boundary study and program analysis proposals. But so far, the responses it has received are…
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County PTA Pushes Back on MCPS NDAs
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last month, I wrote about MCPS’s practice of requiring that participants in some of its stakeholder groups sign non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) establishing confidentiality over information discussed in…
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Will There be Regions in MCPS?
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By Adam Pagnucco. I have previously discussed MCPS’s ongoing academic programs analysis, a separate analysis from the school system’s two boundary studies which is intended to make recommendations on programs…
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Parents Fight to Protect K-12 IB Program
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By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS’s boundary studies are now the target of growing revolts around the county. The latest outbreak comes from Rockville, where parents benefiting from a rare K-12 program…