By Adam Pagnucco. On Friday, Superintendent Thomas Taylor sent a message to MCPS employees about the county council’s passage of the FY27 budget. He characterizes it as “a mixed bag”…
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Taylor to Council: “Please Don’t Do This”
By Adam Pagnucco. As the county council ponders funding MCPS at tens of millions of dollars beneath its requested FY27 operating budget, Superintendent Thomas Taylor has issued a warning to…
By Adam Pagnucco. The raging fight over the future of Wootton High School has several dimensions: political, community-based, financial and even racial. One dimension is more technical than any of…
By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Marc Elrich, opining on management decisions under the purview of Superintendent Thomas Taylor, lashed out at MCPS’s decision to acquire more diesel buses last week….
Mink Won’t Back Down to Taylor
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, I reported on a letter sent by MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor to elected officials. The letter, which referred to federal immigration activities, stated in part,…
By Adam Pagnucco. In an unusual letter to the county’s elected officials, MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor is establishing some boundaries in how they visit schools and communicate with students and…
By Adam Pagnucco. On Friday, I published a column titled Kagan Criticizes “Really Bad Estimates” from MCPS, which transcribed Senator Cheryl Kagan’s public statement alleging that MCPS’s proposal to relocate…
By Adam Pagnucco. Taking a position on one of the biggest MCPS battles in the county right now, Superintendent Thomas Taylor has recommended moving Wootton High School out of its…
Political Awards, 2025
By Adam Pagnucco. 2025 is now over, and praise be to that! Now it’s time for our annual awards column. Story of the Year: Change at MCPS This isn’t just…
By Adam Pagnucco. In his capital budget briefing of the school board on Tuesday, Superintendent Thomas Taylor revealed that he wants to see a public-private partnership (P3) redevelop MCPS’s headquarters…
