By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS is well-known to MoCo activists for its occasional reluctance to turn over documents. Even Montgomery County Council President Andrew Friedson has noted that county officials have…
Sexual Harassment
Did MCPS Settle with Beidleman?
By Adam Pagnucco. When the Washington Post reported on allegations of sexual harassment against former MCPS Principal Joel Beidleman last summer, the resulting scandal set off a firestorm and led…
Top Stories: February 2024
By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in February 2024, ranked by page views. 1. Is WAMU in Trouble? 2. New Proposed Interim Superintendent Has…
By Adam Pagnucco. Last October, we broke the news that an MCPS teacher was suing MCPS and former Principal Joel Beidleman for sexual discrimination. She filed as Jane Doe because…
Interrogation Redux, Part Three
By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, we transcribed an exchange between Council Member Kate Stewart and Board of Education President Karla Silvestre about accountability for MCPS administrators who were involved…
Interrogation Redux, Part Two
By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, we transcribed an exchange between Council Member Kate Stewart and Board of Education President Karla Silvestre about accountability for MCPS administrators who were involved…
Interrogation Redux, Part One
By Adam Pagnucco. Last Thursday, MCPS leaders appeared before a joint meeting of the county council’s education and audit committees to discuss the findings of a recent inspector general report…
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, the school board released a less redacted version of the Jackson Lewis report, which details the circumstances around the promotion of accused sexual harasser Principal…
By Adam Pagnucco. Minutes ago, the school board announced that it was releasing a less redacted version of a report by law firm Jackson Lewis on MCPS’s recent sexual harassment…
Questions for MCPS
By Adam Pagnucco. On September 28, the county council brought in then-Superintendent Monifa McKnight and Board of Education President Karla Silvestre for a public interrogation. I wrote about it at…