By Adam Pagnuccco. Montgomery County health officer Travis Gayles just issued a new order rescinding his recent order shutting down MoCo private schools for in-person instruction. Gayles’s new order states,…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Maryland Secretary of Health Robert Neall has responded to Montgomery County’s new order shutting down private schools for in-person instruction. In a memo to the state’s health…
MoCo Shuts Down Private Schools – Again
By Adam Pagnucco. Defying an amended state executive order by Governor Larry Hogan, Montgomery County Health Officer Travis Gayles has issued a new order shutting down private schools for in-person…
By Adam Pagnucco. Minutes ago, Governor Larry Hogan issued an amended executive order preventing political subdivisions from closing or modifying the operations of schools. The governor issued this statement: The…
By Adam Pagnucco. District 1 County Council Member Andrew Friedson has sent the letter below to county health officer Travis Gayles asking a series of questions about the county’s shutdown…
By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County Health Officer Travis Gayles has issued an order shutting down private schools for in-person instruction. The order includes but is not limited to “all private…
When You’re In a Deep Hole
By Gaithersburg City Council Member Neil Harris. In a recent meeting with the capital improvements team at MCPS, I suggested that it would take $1 billion in extra capital funding…
By Adam Pagnucco. School construction has been one of the hottest issues for years in Montgomery County. Enrollment in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) has been increasing by close to…
Ehrlich vs. O’Malley on School Construction
State political news has been dominated this week by the debate between Bob Ehrlich and Martin O’Malley on state education aid, a worthy topic on which we will have some…
Governor, Leave it Alone (Updated)
One month ago, I criticized Governor O’Malley for allocating $46.3 million for school construction in Montgomery County instead of the $55 million he promised our state delegation in the special…