Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Montgomery Co. Public Schools electric school bus vendor files lawsuit against competitor

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — 7News is learning more about a lawsuit filed on Nov. 21 by the electric school bus vendor hired by Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS).

HET MCPS. LLC along with HEF-P BALTIMORE CITY, LLC, and HEF-P MANASSAS. LLC filed the lawsuit against competitor AutoFlex Fleet and its owner Luis MacDonald.

The three plaintiffs are affiliated with Massachusetts-based Highland Electric Fleets...

...Janis Sartucci of the Parents’ Coalition of Montgomery County told 7News, “We have to respect the inspector general. We’ve got to have some oversight. We’ve got to have someone we trust to look at this contract and all the contracts the board of education enters into.”

Montgomery Co. Public Schools electric school bus vendor files lawsuit against competitor

Monday, December 2, 2024

FYI: "An individual who is subject to the authority of the county board may not be appointed to or serve on the county board."

As new Montgomery County Board of Education members are sworn in, will Maryland law be followed?

Md. Code, Educ. § 3-108

https://law.justia.com/codes/maryland/education/division-ii/title-3/subtitle-1/part-iii/section-3-114/

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Principles

Formed in 2002, the Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland seeks to achieve the goals of coherent, content-rich curriculum standards; high expectations combined with timely remediation and acceleration; a wider range of educational options for parents and children; greater transparency and accountability; and meaningful community input.

E-mail: parentscoalitionmc AT outlook.com

What The Washington Post said about the Parents' Coalition

The coalition might be the best-known parent advocacy group in the region. Its members represent several constituencies, including parents of special education and gifted education students and fiscal watchdogs. The group's defining victory came this school year when the school system scaled back the fees charged to families for course materials.

Coalition leaders have drawn attention to the misuse of funds collected from students for activities, the broadcast of a commercial radio service on school buses and, with their "Weast Watch" blog, the travel habits of Weast and his lieutenants.

The Washington Post, June 4, 2009

Jerry Weast on the Parents' Coalition

"Along the way, you’ve had a challenging relationship with the Parents’ Coalition, the network of citizen activists who use the political process and other means to hold MCPS accountable.

The thing people accuse me of is listening, but not hearing. I hear, but I do not always agree. I am sorry that the world is faster than it was 10 years ago. I did not do that. [But] if we do not keep up, then our kids will be behind. We have to stop whining and get real."

Bethesda Magazine, March-April 2011