BOE - who are people voting for?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I voted for Stewart in part because she has a depth of CIP knowledge and advocacy no one else does, and I think that would be a big benefit during the next four years with Woodward and Crown coming and all the associated studies.

+1 Crown and Woodward school construction has faced delay after delay despite Laura Stewart’s advocacy to finish these projects asap. The BOE decided to build Woodward high school without an auditorium due to budget constraints, depriving those kids of resources that everyone else gets in MCPS, despite Laura Stewart’s advocacy to do the opposite. But I don’t worry too much about her track record of failed advocacy here. I’m sure once she’s on the BOE, she will start to be able to sway votes and persuade people to follow her ideas.

Laura Stewart is a great leader.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To answer the question directly, I am going to vote for Kim, Zimmerman, and Stewart.

My "split" vote (breaking from the progressive slate) is because I genuinely think the BoE has done a shockingly bad job at its oversight function, and that too many of them are more interested in protecting the reputation of MCPS than in representing the views of their constituents.

However, I'm not going to give the far right a foothold in Montgomery County, and I want folks who have the knowledge base to ask hard questions.

To me, a former public school administrator, a current teacher, and a long-time parent advocate are a team that could maybe get us some answers on questions of academics, discipline, and infrastructure, respectively.

But Kim has been pretty much invisible this campaign season. She has no shot at winning.

DP. Nobody has a shot at winning in the primary. I think it's a valid voting strategy to vote for who you want in the primary, and then choose from the remaining two choices in November. There are multiple valid voting strategies, and this is one of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To answer the question directly, I am going to vote for Kim, Zimmerman, and Stewart.

My "split" vote (breaking from the progressive slate) is because I genuinely think the BoE has done a shockingly bad job at its oversight function, and that too many of them are more interested in protecting the reputation of MCPS than in representing the views of their constituents.

However, I'm not going to give the far right a foothold in Montgomery County, and I want folks who have the knowledge base to ask hard questions.

To me, a former public school administrator, a current teacher, and a long-time parent advocate are a team that could maybe get us some answers on questions of academics, discipline, and infrastructure, respectively.

But Kim has been pretty much invisible this campaign season. She has no shot at winning.

I'm the PP, and I do wish she were doing more campaigning. However, I've been at a handful of events where other candidates have also been, as well as public spaces (farmer's market, for example). To be honest, at least one of them has spent each of those occasions talking to people who already have power. So, they are at a public event but spending their time talking to existing BoE members or County Councilmembers. Or they are at the farmer's market but they are talking to the Democratic Party leadership folks who stopped by.

Basically, I'm not impressed by campaigning when it takes the form of cultivating even more access to power rather than talking to potential voters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To answer the question directly, I am going to vote for Kim, Zimmerman, and Stewart.

My "split" vote (breaking from the progressive slate) is because I genuinely think the BoE has done a shockingly bad job at its oversight function, and that too many of them are more interested in protecting the reputation of MCPS than in representing the views of their constituents.

However, I'm not going to give the far right a foothold in Montgomery County, and I want folks who have the knowledge base to ask hard questions.

To me, a former public school administrator, a current teacher, and a long-time parent advocate are a team that could maybe get us some answers on questions of academics, discipline, and infrastructure, respectively.

But Kim has been pretty much invisible this campaign season. She has no shot at winning.

I'm the PP, and I do wish she were doing more campaigning. However, I've been at a handful of events where other candidates have also been, as well as public spaces (farmer's market, for example). To be honest, at least one of them has spent each of those occasions talking to people who already have power. So, they are at a public event but spending their time talking to existing BoE members or County Councilmembers. Or they are at the farmer's market but they are talking to the Democratic Party leadership folks who stopped by.

Basically, I'm not impressed by campaigning when it takes the form of cultivating even more access to power rather than talking to potential voters.

I generally agree, other than when it comes to Apple Ballot candidates. I like the idea of candidates being as close as possible to the teacher’s union and working while on the BOE to maintain that endorsement. It’s the one part of the establishment that should be propped up and catered to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To answer the question directly, I am going to vote for Kim, Zimmerman, and Stewart.

My "split" vote (breaking from the progressive slate) is because I genuinely think the BoE has done a shockingly bad job at its oversight function, and that too many of them are more interested in protecting the reputation of MCPS than in representing the views of their constituents.

However, I'm not going to give the far right a foothold in Montgomery County, and I want folks who have the knowledge base to ask hard questions.

To me, a former public school administrator, a current teacher, and a long-time parent advocate are a team that could maybe get us some answers on questions of academics, discipline, and infrastructure, respectively.

But Kim has been pretty much invisible this campaign season. She has no shot at winning.

I'm the PP, and I do wish she were doing more campaigning. However, I've been at a handful of events where other candidates have also been, as well as public spaces (farmer's market, for example). To be honest, at least one of them has spent each of those occasions talking to people who already have power. So, they are at a public event but spending their time talking to existing BoE members or County Councilmembers. Or they are at the farmer's market but they are talking to the Democratic Party leadership folks who stopped by.

Basically, I'm not impressed by campaigning when it takes the form of cultivating even more access to power rather than talking to potential voters.

I generally agree, other than when it comes to Apple Ballot candidates. I like the idea of candidates being as close as possible to the teacher’s union and working while on the BOE to maintain that endorsement. It’s the one part of the establishment that should be propped up and catered to.

I don't know how you can sleep at night with the cognitive dissonance of knowing that the Apple Ballot endorsed 0 candidates who are on the BoE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To answer the question directly, I am going to vote for Kim, Zimmerman, and Stewart.

My "split" vote (breaking from the progressive slate) is because I genuinely think the BoE has done a shockingly bad job at its oversight function, and that too many of them are more interested in protecting the reputation of MCPS than in representing the views of their constituents.

However, I'm not going to give the far right a foothold in Montgomery County, and I want folks who have the knowledge base to ask hard questions.

To me, a former public school administrator, a current teacher, and a long-time parent advocate are a team that could maybe get us some answers on questions of academics, discipline, and infrastructure, respectively.

But Kim has been pretty much invisible this campaign season. She has no shot at winning.

I'm the PP, and I do wish she were doing more campaigning. However, I've been at a handful of events where other candidates have also been, as well as public spaces (farmer's market, for example). To be honest, at least one of them has spent each of those occasions talking to people who already have power. So, they are at a public event but spending their time talking to existing BoE members or County Councilmembers. Or they are at the farmer's market but they are talking to the Democratic Party leadership folks who stopped by.

Basically, I'm not impressed by campaigning when it takes the form of cultivating even more access to power rather than talking to potential voters.

I generally agree, other than when it comes to Apple Ballot candidates. I like the idea of candidates being as close as possible to the teacher’s union and working while on the BOE to maintain that endorsement. It’s the one part of the establishment that should be propped up and catered to.

I don't know how you can sleep at night with the cognitive dissonance of knowing that the Apple Ballot endorsed 0 candidates who are on the BoE.

I’m not sure what you mean. Clearly the incumbents on the board were no longer useful to the teacher’s union and the union believes that new blood will be better to do the bidding of union members. Not sure why that’s dissonant or confusing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I voted for Stewart in part because she has a depth of CIP knowledge and advocacy no one else does, and I think that would be a big benefit during the next four years with Woodward and Crown coming and all the associated studies.

+1 Crown and Woodward school construction has faced delay after delay despite Laura Stewart’s advocacy to finish these projects asap. The BOE decided to build Woodward high school without an auditorium due to budget constraints, depriving those kids of resources that everyone else gets in MCPS, despite Laura Stewart’s advocacy to do the opposite. But I don’t worry too much about her track record of failed advocacy here. I’m sure once she’s on the BOE, she will start to be able to sway votes and persuade people to follow her ideas.

Laura Stewart is a great leader.

Off a cliff?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To answer the question directly, I am going to vote for Kim, Zimmerman, and Stewart.

My "split" vote (breaking from the progressive slate) is because I genuinely think the BoE has done a shockingly bad job at its oversight function, and that too many of them are more interested in protecting the reputation of MCPS than in representing the views of their constituents.

However, I'm not going to give the far right a foothold in Montgomery County, and I want folks who have the knowledge base to ask hard questions.

To me, a former public school administrator, a current teacher, and a long-time parent advocate are a team that could maybe get us some answers on questions of academics, discipline, and infrastructure, respectively.

But Kim has been pretty much invisible this campaign season. She has no shot at winning.

If I’m not mistaken, she has been at every single community forum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To answer the question directly, I am going to vote for Kim, Zimmerman, and Stewart.

My "split" vote (breaking from the progressive slate) is because I genuinely think the BoE has done a shockingly bad job at its oversight function, and that too many of them are more interested in protecting the reputation of MCPS than in representing the views of their constituents.

However, I'm not going to give the far right a foothold in Montgomery County, and I want folks who have the knowledge base to ask hard questions.

To me, a former public school administrator, a current teacher, and a long-time parent advocate are a team that could maybe get us some answers on questions of academics, discipline, and infrastructure, respectively.

But Kim has been pretty much invisible this campaign season. She has no shot at winning.

I'm the PP, and I do wish she were doing more campaigning. However, I've been at a handful of events where other candidates have also been, as well as public spaces (farmer's market, for example). To be honest, at least one of them has spent each of those occasions talking to people who already have power. So, they are at a public event but spending their time talking to existing BoE members or County Councilmembers. Or they are at the farmer's market but they are talking to the Democratic Party leadership folks who stopped by.

Basically, I'm not impressed by campaigning when it takes the form of cultivating even more access to power rather than talking to potential voters.

I generally agree, other than when it comes to Apple Ballot candidates. I like the idea of candidates being as close as possible to the teacher’s union and working while on the BOE to maintain that endorsement. It’s the one part of the establishment that should be propped up and catered to.

I don't know how you can sleep at night with the cognitive dissonance of knowing that the Apple Ballot endorsed 0 candidates who are on the BoE.

I’m not sure what you mean. Clearly the incumbents on the board were no longer useful to the teacher’s union and the union believes that new blood will be better to do the bidding of union members. Not sure why that’s dissonant or confusing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To answer the question directly, I am going to vote for Kim, Zimmerman, and Stewart.

My "split" vote (breaking from the progressive slate) is because I genuinely think the BoE has done a shockingly bad job at its oversight function, and that too many of them are more interested in protecting the reputation of MCPS than in representing the views of their constituents.

However, I'm not going to give the far right a foothold in Montgomery County, and I want folks who have the knowledge base to ask hard questions.

To me, a former public school administrator, a current teacher, and a long-time parent advocate are a team that could maybe get us some answers on questions of academics, discipline, and infrastructure, respectively.

But Kim has been pretty much invisible this campaign season. She has no shot at winning.

If I’m not mistaken, she has been at every single community forum.

She has not done any campaigning I've seen OUTSIDE of the community forums.

She has no social media, no website, nothing. That's not how you run a political campaign in 2024.

[Anonymous]

So much bias and misinformation here. Seriously either do your own research using credible sources or vote apple ballot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So much bias and misinformation here. Seriously either do your own research using credible sources or vote apple ballot.

+1 the Apple Ballot has previously endorsed much of the current BOE members in the past, and given the BOE’s track record of recent success, in particular the stellar service of past apple ballot candidates like Shebra Evans, the teacher’s union and Apple Ballot is clearly really good at picking the best and most effective candidates.

[Anonymous]

Kim has no chance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So much bias and misinformation here. Seriously either do your own research using credible sources or vote apple ballot.

+1 the Apple Ballot has previously endorsed much of the current BOE members in the past, and given the BOE’s track record of recent success, in particular the stellar service of past apple ballot candidates like Shebra Evans, the teacher’s union and Apple Ballot is clearly really good at picking the best and most effective candidates.

Are you still holding a grudge that the voters didn't elect Anjali Reed Phukan in 2016?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To answer the question directly, I am going to vote for Kim, Zimmerman, and Stewart.

My "split" vote (breaking from the progressive slate) is because I genuinely think the BoE has done a shockingly bad job at its oversight function, and that too many of them are more interested in protecting the reputation of MCPS than in representing the views of their constituents.

However, I'm not going to give the far right a foothold in Montgomery County, and I want folks who have the knowledge base to ask hard questions.

To me, a former public school administrator, a current teacher, and a long-time parent advocate are a team that could maybe get us some answers on questions of academics, discipline, and infrastructure, respectively.

But Kim has been pretty much invisible this campaign season. She has no shot at winning.

If I’m not mistaken, she has been at every single community forum.

She has not done any campaigning I've seen OUTSIDE of the community forums.

She has no social media, no website, nothing. That's not how you run a political campaign in 2024.

Then, you are correct. I would also say that Ricky doesn’t have a good campaign. I wanted to tweet or ask him a question, and I couldn’t find his social media presence either. Some of these candidates should have stepped up their game.