Parents raise transparency concerns over MCPS boundary study process

ROCKVILLE, Md. (7News) — Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Superintendent Dr. Thomas Taylor has stressed the importance of transparency, but a parent-teacher representative said the boundary study process is not achieving that.

Brigid Howe, President of the Montgomery County Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (MCCPTA), testified before the school board about the problems in June.

She revealed that members of a community committee formed to improve communication and community engagement for the boundary study are required to sign Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs).

"I think that when we're talking about work that has to do with a taxpayer-funded entity, a public system, and that is, using data that should not be kept secret; that a non-disclosure agreement is constraining and it makes it difficult for the commitee members to engage in the way that they should for true transparency," Howe told 7News about the problems she thinks are caused...

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