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…
Sexual Harassment
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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. …
School Board Apologizes
By Adam Pagnucco. This morning, the school board released the comments of Board of Education President Karla Silvestre about MCPS’s recent sexual harassment and promotion…
By Adam Pagnucco. Citing a section of county code that I have never seen put to use before, two council members – Dawn Luedtke and…
We Deserve Better Than This
By Adam Pagnucco. On August 11, 2023, the Washington Post broke one of the biggest scandals in MCPS history: the fact that Principal Joel Beidleman…