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• The Rogue Superintendent, Part Four

  
  Maryland Politics Watch — Authority: 525
  The worsening relationship between MCPS Superintendent Jerry Weast and the County Council combined with Weast’s scheduled departure in 2011 calls into question the future of the school system. Let’s move beyond the politics and look at the facts on the ground. 1. In 1970, roughly 95% of Montgomery County ...
  1 day ago

• The Rogue Superintendent, Part Three

  
  Maryland Politics Watch — Authority: 525
  Is Council Member Valerie Ervin right when she says that MCPS Superintendent Jerry Weast is a rogue? Here’s what our informant network had to say. Spy #1: No, I do not agree. He is simply trying to look out for the school system, and keep it most viable and effective. They [the County Council] should not be ...
  2 days ago

• The Rogue Superintendent, Part Two

  
  Maryland Politics Watch — Authority: 525
  One reason why Montgomery County is struggling so much over its maintenance of effort (MOE) issue is the rocky relationship between the County Council and its “Rogue Superintendent,” Jerry Weast. Why does Weast attract so much resentment from Rockville? History will look back on Jerry Weast as a towering ...
  3 days ago

• The Rogue Superintendent, Part One

  
  Maryland Politics Watch — Authority: 525
  County Council Member Valerie Ervin, the Chair of the Council’s Education Committee, recently called MCPS leader Jerry Weast a “rogue superintendent.” That statement is a culmination of years of tension between the County Council and the school system that has been recently exacerbated by budget difficulties. ...
  4 days ago

• Lily Allen asks everyone to sell her music and keep the change

  
  The Daily Dust | UK News | Good News — Authority: 442
  Anti-Piracy artist now for piracy as long as they charge something for it. Lily, Lily, Lily… You may recall that previously she did an about turn to say that “piracy was bad” and she was right behind all the labels efforts to get a “three strikes and you’re barred from the internet” if you copied ...
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• Merchants’ Choice Payment Solutions Acquires Silverton Bank Portfolio of Agent Banks

  
  HomeATM — Authority: 491
  THE WOODLANDS, Texas-- PIN Payments News Blog --Merchants’ Choice Payment Solutions (MCPS), announced the acquisition of the portfolio of agent bank relationships from Silverton Bank in Atlanta, Georgia. “We are excited to have the opportunity to serve Silvertons agent banks and their merchant customers,” said ...
  3 weeks ago

• Weast Throws Council Under the Bus on School Funding Dispute

  
  Maryland Politics Watch — Authority: 525
  In a statement released to the media but not to County Council Members, MCPS Superintendent Jerry Weast puts the blame squarely on the council for the countys setback on school funding . Weast has long run an empire at MCPS, with an independent line to the Washington Posts editorial writers and a condescending ...
  3 weeks ago

• MoCo Threatens to Sue the State Over School Funding

  
  Maryland Politics Watch — Authority: 525
  An increasingly explosive dispute between Montgomery County and the state government over public school funding looks like it may be headed to court. This morning, the Post reported that Attorney General Doug Gansler had found the countys attempt to meet state requirements on school funding to be illegal. We ...
  4 weeks ago

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