Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland

Isn't that interesting?   MCPS "tried" to get other vendors to bid. They really did. They mailed out solicitations to 56 vendo...

From the October 26, 2021, Montgomery County Board of Education Consent Agenda :  The 21st Century Community Learning Centers are funded by ...

Hey - what a minute!  Fieldturf bid $675,000 in Columbus, Ohio to convert a natural grass field to synthetic turf (includes base prep) and ...

County Council President Nancy Navarro leaked to the press that Superintendent Joshua Starr is going to ask for $10,000,000 more than is...

On September 11, 2012, Superintendent Joshua Starr brought a Revised Resolution before the Board of Education that asked the Board to appro...

Talk about an unfunded mandate.  Here's a new bill being introduced by Senator Douglas J. J. Peters and Delegate Jay Walker from Princ...

UPDATE:   MCPS "Story" Fails. Will Hans Riemer Re-Tweet?

Here is the video of the entire November 13, 2012 Montgomery County Council hearing and vote on the Appropriation request from MCPS to buy 2...

Our Montgomery County Board of Education says that they do not have to follow the procurement laws of the State of Maryland.  Now, that does...

A Director of Instructional Technology from North Carolina has sent us the rationale behind his district's ditching of Promethean Boards...

Look what's on the Consent Agenda for the October 9, 2012, Board of Education meeting! The BOE won't discuss this purchase, but we w...

The Parents' Coalition received the following comment.  Apparently, this person doesn't understand that we are MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUB...

On September 11, 2012, the Montgomery County Board of Education (BOE) spent over an hour discussing Superintendent Joshua Starr's plan t...

The Board of Education likes to spend money.  Details just get in the way.   At the May 8, 2012, Board of Education meeting the followi...

Maryland Funding Accountability & Transparency Montgomery County, Maryland Spending Disclosure website Montgomery County OFFICE OF P...

Baltimore County schools did not seek competitive bids for software contract - baltimoresun.com ..."It is rare for a school system ...

Why put a procurement out for bids when you know what you want?  And the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission (MNCPPC) s...

$37,544.64 to be exact. That appears to be the "volume discount" that MCPS was given when they purchased the Walter Johnson Hig...

Alexandria superintendent pays thousands to long-time friend This is the second in a three-part series about decisions made by Alexandri...

The Washington Post ran a front page story this morning on Interactive White Boards. Appears others are now questioning their value. The ...