Super. Starr: Why are you paying $27,822 to Harvard?

Here's a budget question for Superintendent Starr. Today he said he wanted County Executive Ike Leggett to be talking to him about the MCPS budget in advance of public announcements.  Does Superintendent Starr want transparency in the County Executive's actions?

  

How about a little transparency in the MCPS budget?  Here's a charge that we find on the MCPS Funding and Transparency database.  This is a database that MCPS is required to maintain by a recent Maryland law.  Some Delegates opposed this law because they said that every check MCPS writes for over $25,000 was already discussed in open session by the BOE.  

Well, here's one we can't find in BOE minutes.  And, it's a new spending line item in this year's budget: $27,822 to Harvard College.

Easy question Superintendent Starr: What is this $27,822 for?  Does MCPS send students up to Harvard to prep for AP exams?  Is this fees to Harvard for administrator trips?  Is this club dues for Harvard alum?  Just tweet us the answer.

The President and Fellows of Harvard College  $ 27,822