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The ‘Why’ Behind BOE Endorsements: Esther Wells
Read more: The ‘Why’ Behind BOE Endorsements: Esther WellsWe sat down with Esther Wells, who has been extremely active in the community as it relates to the Board of Education, to learn more about what informed her selections this year. You recently posted on X your selections for BOE, can you tell us how closely you have been following the election this year?…
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Board of Education Predictions
Read more: Board of Education PredictionsIt’s often said that the best predictor of future performance is past performance. What does that mean for the board of education? Apple ballot endorsed candidates have shown feckless, fearful, and obedient behavior in office. Time after time, member after member. From fear of making an independent decision during the pandemic to the whiplash of…
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Stewart, Harris & Zimmerman: White Opportunity Hoarders
Read more: Stewart, Harris & Zimmerman: White Opportunity HoardersOne of the leading concepts promoted by the woke left is opportunity hoarding. Opportunity hoarding is whenprivileged social groups control access to community resources and prevent underprivileged groups from utilizing important resources. Lynne Harris, Laura Stewart and Natalie Zimmerman are all white women running against women of color. Harris is running against Rita Montoya, Stewart…
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MCPS Says There is Still a “Critical Shortage” of Speech Pathologists in Discussion Between Longview Elementary Community / Parents, MCPS Office of Special Education
Read more: MCPS Says There is Still a “Critical Shortage” of Speech Pathologists in Discussion Between Longview Elementary Community / Parents, MCPS Office of Special EducationBack in April, 2023, the local NBC4 / Washington DC affiliate published an I-Team exclusive on the state of special education in area county schools. Overall, what the I-Team discovered was that the state of special education in and around Washington, DC was not in a good place for parents, students, or over-worked school staff…
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Lynn Harris wants to bus kids away from local schools
Read more: Lynn Harris wants to bus kids away from local schoolsThe elephant in the room that has not been discussed this Board of Education election season is MCPS upcoming mega boundary study. Starting in January MCPS will begin a boundary study which includes 19 high schools and 31 middle schools. This represents 2/3’s of the County’s high schools and their feeder middle schools. This is,…
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Laura Stewart Misses the Point of Campaigning
Read more: Laura Stewart Misses the Point of CampaigningThe board game Game of Life as we know it today was originally published in 1960. My edition at home is from the year ca. 2000, and it certainly shows its age in terms of social norms. Nevertheless, there is one square that is as germane today as it was in 1960: Run for Mayor,…
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Will Laura Stewart Legitimize You?
Read more: Will Laura Stewart Legitimize You?On September 19th at 7pm, the Montgomery County Tax League (MCTL) will be hosting a virtual forum for candidates of the Board of Education (register here). Teaming up with MCTL are several co-sponsors: 480 Club, Gaithersburg/Germantown Chamber of Commerce, Moderately MoCo, Parents Coalition of Montgomery County, and CleanSlate MoCo. I volunteered to represent and ask…
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How optimistic can we be for school reform with “Term Limits” Boss Stein?
Read more: How optimistic can we be for school reform with “Term Limits” Boss Stein?In a video clip appearing on Montgomery County Media, incoming president of the Montgomery County Education Association (teachers’ union) David Stein delineated his responsibilities. I need to be the public face of the union…I need to be the person who is talking to MCPS, overseeing our bargaining processes, talking to our members, supervising the staff…
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School Vouchers Are Already Here!
Read more: School Vouchers Are Already Here!I’ve written at least nine posts about the need for school vouchers, and I’m convinced that at some point they will become a reality—even in progressive Montgomery County where Superintendent Monifa McKnight and teachers’ union president Judith Martin very likely turned MCPS into a safe space for sexual predators. For our newer readers, here’s a…
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Parents, it’s time to declare our independence from union control of schools
Read more: Parents, it’s time to declare our independence from union control of schoolsIndependence requires courage, conviction, and a clear vision. In a letter to his wife on July 3, 1776, John Adams wrote: “Through all the gloom, I can see the rays of light and glory; I can see that the end is more than worth all the means, and that posterity will triumph.” Just as our…