MCPS
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Adventures in FOIA Requests: Part 1
Read more: Adventures in FOIA Requests: Part 1Part 1: The Relationship Between the MCPS, the Department of Homeland Security, and SMYAL In the fall of 2023, a concerned community member informed our Montgomery County chapter of Moms for Liberty that the Department of Homeland Security granted a D.C.-based non-profit over half a million dollars to work with children in Montgomery County, MD.…
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Leaked: Clarksburg HS Principal Emails on Walkout Protest
Read more: Leaked: Clarksburg HS Principal Emails on Walkout ProtestAs a petition circulates to reinstate MCPS staff placed on administrative leave for their comments related to Hammas, someone has shared with us emails by the Principal of Clarksburg High School. Clarksburg High School had a walk out on November 9th. In one e mail, the student member of the Board of Education thanked the…
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Reason #8 for School Vouchers: Discrimination, Exclusion, Impunity (DEI)
Read more: Reason #8 for School Vouchers: Discrimination, Exclusion, Impunity (DEI)Diversity, equality, and inclusivity (DEI) is one cornerstone of the progressive creed. The other cornerstone is hating people who don’t subscribe to the progressives’ version of DEI. We all saw this bigotry as far back as the 2018 local elections when progressives were castigating Nancy Floreen, a lifelong, loyal Democrat, for running a break-off campaign.…
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Reason #7 for School Vouchers—Balkanized Student Body
Read more: Reason #7 for School Vouchers—Balkanized Student BodyThere is no way MCPS can guarantee an equitable, safe, and success-oriented environment for all its students—some yes, not all.
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Where did MCPS White Students Go?
Read more: Where did MCPS White Students Go?Over the past 20 years there has been about a 40% decline in MCPS’ white student population.
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Teachers: Your Union Will Not Protect You
Read more: Teachers: Your Union Will Not Protect YouThe Montgomery County Education Association (pejoratively, the “teachers’ union”) should behave like any other union: protecting wages and maintaining working conditions on behalf of its members, all in return for the percentage it takes from each member’s salary. As part of the unfolding fallout from the Biedelman scandal, MCEA posted on its Facebook page a…
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These People are Failing at Their Jobs; Why Do They Still Have Them?
Read more: These People are Failing at Their Jobs; Why Do They Still Have Them?Here is the really big problem with politics: you can smell the bad odor, but you can’t tell where it comes from. We have a board of education and a teachers’ union whose current leadership is characterized by a) ongoing parent and student demonstrations b) bogus attendance counts c) verbal abuse d) alleged predatory cover-up…
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Reason #6 for School Vouchers—Predators and Their Victims
Read more: Reason #6 for School Vouchers—Predators and Their Victims(Lead image from the Washington Post, August 11, 2023.) A high-school math teacher was, by all accounts, a very good teacher, but his social skills were affected by a streak of anger. During one class a student misbehaved. The teacher reacted far out of proportion to the offense; he pushed the student against a wall.…
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Meet Fitzgerald Mofar: Candidate for Board of Education
Read more: Meet Fitzgerald Mofar: Candidate for Board of EducationWe love learning about new candidates, and we don’t mean the same names running for new positions. Fitzgerald Mofar is a true newcomer and has recently received official certification as a candidate for the MCPS Board of Education for the upcoming 2024 elections. We sat down and asked him a few questions to learn more…
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Reason #5 for School Vouchers—Mahmoud v. McKnight
Read more: Reason #5 for School Vouchers—Mahmoud v. McKnightFolks, it’s on rare occasions that I need to actually think before writing a blog post. Usually I only describe and transcribe the bizarre and dysfunctional events unfolding around us, such as the recent trial Tamer Mahmoud v. Monica B. McKnight. This was the landmark trial and ruling by Judge Deborah Boardman that denied the…