Starr-Weast-Gallup Connection

It's a small world after all.


Gallup is a founding national partner of MCBRE's new business the 114th Partnership.

The 114th Partnership was formed to work closely with former MCPS Superintendent Jerry Weast's new business the Partnership for Deliberate Excellence.


MCPS' current Superintendent Joshua Starr is on the Board of Advisors of MCBRE.  The MCBRE Board of Advisors elects the MCBRE Board of Directors.* 


Superintendent Joshua Starr recently announced that he would be cancelling the MCPS administration of the McGraw Hill Terra Nova standardized test.


Starr announced that money saved by eliminating the Terra Nova tests would be used to purchase $300,000 in polling from Gallup.  


Superintendent Starr is apparently making a direct award of the $300,000 contract to Gallup without competitive bidding or a RFP.  Gallup was named as the recipient of these funds without mention of a competitive contract award process by the Board of Education. 


*The MCBRE Board of Advisors elects the MCBRE Board of Directors as detailed in the Harvard Case Study on MCBRE.  Buy the Harvard Case Study on MCBRE for $6.95 and learn all about how MCBRE runs and its history.