Dasgupta, SunilGraham, LaChaundraCooper, Tracey2025-06-052025-06-052025-04-11Dasgupta, Sunil, host. Interview with LaChaundra Graham, and Tracey Cooper. “Will Montgomery County’s Only Charter School Open in Time?,” I Hate Politics Podcast. April 11, 2025. https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ZOuBRhoJ2kzOVaZYNOG2w.http://hdl.handle.net/11603/38702The Mecca Business Learning Institute is Montgomery County, Maryland,’s second officially-approved public charter school project and expected to open its doors for the Fall 2025 school year. The school is reporting strong interest from families but as of a few weeks ago the school building was not ready, staff had not been hired, negotiations with the teachers and staff unions incomplete, and finances overly dependent on the county disbursements. Montgomery has long resisted public charter schools even as Washington DC, Prince George’s County, and Baltimore have embraced the idea. Sunil Dasgupta talked with founders LaChaundra Graham and Tracey Cooper about their model and the prospects for opening on time for the next school year. Music by Washington art-pop rock band Catscan! School Website: https://www.mbli-md.org/18 pagesen-USThis item is likely protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. Unless on a Creative Commons license, for uses protected by Copyright Law, contact the copyright holder or the author.I Hate PoliticsText