Jawando forces Monteleone to admit they're cutting RJ coach stipend after trying to tapdance around it

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Anonymous wrote:Disagree with OP’s premise. Maybe you’re seeing what you want to see and hearing what you want to hear. You may not like that they’re not funding the position, but doesn’t seem like he’s obscuring anything. Separately, man those meetings must be boring. Three minutes was more than enough!

Again: If you watched the exchange, you can tell Jawando had done his homework and he was forcing Damon to admit on the record that the RJ Coaches for elementary were being cut and that even though Damon was targeting the remaining funds for the secondary level, that it would in fact NOT fund the RJ Coach stipends at ALL secondary schools and that some would go without.

If you can't see that, then your eyes and ears do not work.

The exchange, factually, went like this:

Q: Why are there cuts to RJ coaches?
A: Explanation
Q: How are you going to allocate the reduced amount?
A: We will give it to middle schools
Q: That means there is no money for elementary schools?
A: Yes, and explained why

Maybe you don't watch a lot of hearings like this? That was textbook.

To be clear, there can be real disagreements about the substantive decision being made here. But attacking the testimony and saying the man was evasive in talking about it just isn't true.

LOL Chris Cram, is that you? Or is this Damon or one of his acolytes?

You all at MCPS are so arrogant that you really believe you can spin any and everything in your favor.

What? Or maybe let’s not look for malice in every action. There are a lot of great things and great people still working for MCPS. Our children go here. I want them to succeed so I am watching too. But this is a ridiculous argument. It’s a budget meeting stating facts. The program should be cut based on the source of funds so it sounds like they are trying to keep this resource where it is needed most. End of story.

Jawando was asking what he was asking because he believes the cut in RJ resources is a mistake, which he literally says, "I just want to say that that is something that we shouldn't be doing. We should be trying to go in another direction." He specifically is doing so because he said the principal he spoke with said if there was one thing he could ask for, it'd be for his RJ Coach to be full-time and not stipended.

Again, Jawando did his homework and knew why he was asking what he was asking and why he wanted Damon to say what he made him say on the record. I'm sure the Julius West Principal gave Jawando all the details he needed to press Damon the way he did.

JWMS principal is mostly checked out. When my kids were there over 5 years, he was gone half of the year, almost every year.

My kids ES teachers for the past 2 years are out about half the year.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm no fan of Jawando. He touts public education, but his kids go to private/public charter schools. He's a public official who espouses to support black and brown families, however, he knowingly took financial donations from corporate donors who are bulldozing the Bethesda cemetary which contains the bones and bodies of slaves.

They are in private. He’s very financially comfortable and often cannot relate to the kids he proclaims to be helping. Want to do good, get more supports for kids behind, bring back tutoring, more help for sped and focus on behavior with real consequences and safety. Cut the waste out of mcps and bring back the basics.

I think Jawando is a typical DC political striver who will say what it takes to get to the next step...BUT the guy grew up in Quebec Terrace. He knows much more about the lives of Black and brown kids in this district than 99% of the folks who post on this board.

I just can't sign up for sniping at Black success - just because he "made good" does not mean he "cannot relate" to MCPS kids.

No, he clearly doesn’t and he’s biracial.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm no fan of Jawando. He touts public education, but his kids go to private/public charter schools. He's a public official who espouses to support black and brown families, however, he knowingly took financial donations from corporate donors who are bulldozing the Bethesda cemetary which contains the bones and bodies of slaves.

They are in private. He’s very financially comfortable and often cannot relate to the kids he proclaims to be helping. Want to do good, get more supports for kids behind, bring back tutoring, more help for sped and focus on behavior with real consequences and safety. Cut the waste out of mcps and bring back the basics.

I think Jawando is a typical DC political striver who will say what it takes to get to the next step...BUT the guy grew up in Quebec Terrace. He knows much more about the lives of Black and brown kids in this district than 99% of the folks who post on this board.

I just can't sign up for sniping at Black success - just because he "made good" does not mean he "cannot relate" to MCPS kids.

He has no clue what's going on today in the HS in MCPS. He should walk the halls, sit in the classrooms, and try to find an open bathroom in 3 minutes in between class with 1000+ kids in the halls.

He knows. He doesn’t care. It has no impact on him. His kids are young and in private.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm inclined to think that elementary is where RJ should be prioritized (we've had a lot of luck with it with issues with our second grader, but don't hear great stories from our friends with kids in middle and high school), but I agree that this just doesn't seem like evasion at all.

If kids have not learned to behave by ms or hs let’s be real.

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WE'RE PAYING FOR AN RJ COACH!?!?!?!?
This whole board needs to go.

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Anonymous wrote:WE'RE PAYING FOR AN RJ COACH!?!?!?!?
This whole board needs to go.

Do you live in Maryland?

https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/legislation/details/hb0725?ys=2019rs

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Anonymous wrote:WE'RE PAYING FOR AN RJ COACH!?!?!?!?
This whole board needs to go.

Elections are in 3 weeks....

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Anonymous wrote:WE'RE PAYING FOR AN RJ COACH!?!?!?!?
This whole board needs to go.

Elections are in 3 weeks....

Yes, vote out the incumbents by voting Apple ballot!

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Anonymous wrote:I'm no fan of Jawando. He touts public education, but his kids go to private/public charter schools. He's a public official who espouses to support black and brown families, however, he knowingly took financial donations from corporate donors who are bulldozing the Bethesda cemetary which contains the bones and bodies of slaves.

They are in private. He’s very financially comfortable and often cannot relate to the kids he proclaims to be helping. Want to do good, get more supports for kids behind, bring back tutoring, more help for sped and focus on behavior with real consequences and safety. Cut the waste out of mcps and bring back the basics.

I think Jawando is a typical DC political striver who will say what it takes to get to the next step...BUT the guy grew up in Quebec Terrace. He knows much more about the lives of Black and brown kids in this district than 99% of the folks who post on this board.

I just can't sign up for sniping at Black success - just because he "made good" does not mean he "cannot relate" to MCPS kids.

He has no clue what's going on today in the HS in MCPS. He should walk the halls, sit in the classrooms, and try to find an open bathroom in 3 minutes in between class with 1000+ kids in the halls.

He knows. He doesn’t care. It has no impact on him. His kids are young and in private.

Again, stop with the lies. Only one of his kids is in private school.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm no fan of Jawando. He touts public education, but his kids go to private/public charter schools. He's a public official who espouses to support black and brown families, however, he knowingly took financial donations from corporate donors who are bulldozing the Bethesda cemetary which contains the bones and bodies of slaves.

They are in private. He’s very financially comfortable and often cannot relate to the kids he proclaims to be helping. Want to do good, get more supports for kids behind, bring back tutoring, more help for sped and focus on behavior with real consequences and safety. Cut the waste out of mcps and bring back the basics.

I think Jawando is a typical DC political striver who will say what it takes to get to the next step...BUT the guy grew up in Quebec Terrace. He knows much more about the lives of Black and brown kids in this district than 99% of the folks who post on this board.

I just can't sign up for sniping at Black success - just because he "made good" does not mean he "cannot relate" to MCPS kids.

He has no clue what's going on today in the HS in MCPS. He should walk the halls, sit in the classrooms, and try to find an open bathroom in 3 minutes in between class with 1000+ kids in the halls.

He knows. He doesn’t care. It has no impact on him. His kids are young and in private.

Again, stop with the lies. Only one of his kids is in private school.

The school aged kids are in privates. It’s on his social media.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm no fan of Jawando. He touts public education, but his kids go to private/public charter schools. He's a public official who espouses to support black and brown families, however, he knowingly took financial donations from corporate donors who are bulldozing the Bethesda cemetary which contains the bones and bodies of slaves.

They are in private. He’s very financially comfortable and often cannot relate to the kids he proclaims to be helping. Want to do good, get more supports for kids behind, bring back tutoring, more help for sped and focus on behavior with real consequences and safety. Cut the waste out of mcps and bring back the basics.

I think Jawando is a typical DC political striver who will say what it takes to get to the next step...BUT the guy grew up in Quebec Terrace. He knows much more about the lives of Black and brown kids in this district than 99% of the folks who post on this board.

I just can't sign up for sniping at Black success - just because he "made good" does not mean he "cannot relate" to MCPS kids.

He has no clue what's going on today in the HS in MCPS. He should walk the halls, sit in the classrooms, and try to find an open bathroom in 3 minutes in between class with 1000+ kids in the halls.

He knows. He doesn’t care. It has no impact on him. His kids are young and in private.

Again, stop with the lies. Only one of his kids is in private school.

Private is super expensive like $40k/year per kid. I didn't realize councilmen were that well off.

The school aged kids are in privates. It’s on his social media.

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Private is super expensive like $40k/year per kid. I didn't realize councilmen were that well off.

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Anonymous wrote:Private is super expensive like $40k/year per kid. I didn't realize councilmen were that well off.

He's a lawyer and clearly has money as he has a very nice house, travels with his family all the time, and shows them living it up. Him trying to relate to others his is claiming to save is a bit of a joke. He's got four kids but all don't look school aged.

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Anonymous wrote:Private is super expensive like $40k/year per kid. I didn't realize councilmen were that well off.

He's a lawyer and clearly has money as he has a very nice house, travels with his family all the time, and shows them living it up. Him trying to relate to others his is claiming to save is a bit of a joke. He's got four kids but all don't look school aged.

His brother is the Governor Wes Moore.

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Watch from 19:00 - 26:00. I'm no Jawando fan but he successfully forced slippery Damon Monteleone to admit what he wasn't trying to admit.

Why are MCPS officials like this? Why do they lie and hide and pretend so much?

What bothers me about this exchange is that Jawando in his story about the Principal who loved RJ was clearly talking about the impact of a restorative justice specialist. The county has I think 8 of these specially trained people who draw a full salary and usually split time at schools that most need them. There are many stories of the good these specialists achieve. This is NOT THE SAME as the RJ coaches. RJ coaches are school staff members who are minimally trained and given a stipend to be a RJ coach in addition to their usual job. RJ specialists and RJ coaches are not the same. I wish this was made clear in their conversation. A case could be made for cutting RJ coaches — the stipend positions- but keeping or even adding more RJ specialists.