Background On Wednesday 3/15, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich released his budget which included an 8% overall increase in budget and 10% increase for MCPS. The cost to tax payers is being advertised as a “10 cents” increase but amounts to about a 10% increase in the tax rate fromContinue Reading
Last week I sat down to interview a really bright MCPS 9th grader who was introduced to me because they didn’t feel safe at their school and wanted to speak out about it. Our almost 2 hour long talk ranged over a vast array of topics but chief among themContinue Reading
Introduction This is the first part of a series looking at the intersection of MCPS and County Planning. Clarksburg Background This article that explains the issues showing in August 2021 the school was more than 200% of capacity. This Change.org petition was signed by over 1,000 people really shows theContinue Reading