By Adam Pagnucco. This is the most sweeping question I asked. Question: What is MCPS’s biggest problem and what would you do to fix it? Lynne Harris, At-Large (Incumbent): I…
Shebra Evans
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS’s $169 million electric bus contract has been marred by wasteful spending, litigation, poor performance and even criminality surrounding its original award. The school board has now…
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS grading policy has changed over time, prompting concerns from some teachers and parents. This question, which was suggested by a long-time reader, addresses one such policy…
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, I reported that a Super PAC funded by the state teachers union planned to spend $134,995 on MoCo’s school board races. At that time, I…
By Adam Pagnucco. Last month, I reported that MCPS was planning a massive school boundary review that will affect roughly three quarters of the district’s high schools and middle schools. …
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One introduced the premise of this series: the use of cast vote records to examine partisan differences in voting in the 2024 school board primary. Part…
By Adam Pagnucco. The Maryland State Education Association (MSEA), the parent union of most county teachers unions in Maryland, has funded a Super PAC to promote its candidates for school…
By Adam Pagnucco. In MCPS, high schools start at 7:45 AM and middle schools start at 8:15 AM. This has been the case since the 2015-16 school year, when the…
By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier this week, I posted a press release by District 4 school board challenger Laura Stewart touting her endorsements by a group of elected officials. Now, the…
Identity Politics in the School Board Race
By Adam Pagnucco. If a particular elected seat has a history of being represented by a person of a particular racial group, should it always be represented by a person…