BOE - who are people voting for?

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Anonymous wrote:Who are you voting for?

No one in this District!!!!

Disappointing candidates

Push for the County Council to make BOE full time senior professional pay and we might get someone competent who reflects family interests more broadly. Until then, expect a few single-issue folks, a few heavy partisans and maybe an independently wealthy socialite, each crusader-types in their own right.

But, then, the heavily partisan County Council are just fine with that, with little chance for the first, the second being closely aligned and the third being the ones who have them in their pocket, anyway.

The County Council can't do it. It would be members of the Montgomery County delegation to the General Assembly introducing legislation.

In a way, yes, but unless this has changed, it starts with the County Executive and County Council appointing folks to the compensation commission, and we know how such appointments work:

"MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COMPENSATION COMMISSION
In October 2018, the Montgomery County Board of Education Compensation Commission was created (Chapter 121, Acts of 2018).

Salaries of the County Board of Education are studied by the Commission, which reports to Montgomery County's General Assembly Delegation. Commission recommendations cover not only the appropriate compensation for Board members, but also whether the Board president should receive an additional stipend, and what scholarship amount to award the student Board member. After receiving the Commission's recommendations, the County's General Assembly Delegation may introduce legislation to change the salaries of Board members.

The Commission's first report is due September 1, 2019, and every four years thereafter.

Five Montgomery County residents are appointed to the Commission by the County Executive with County Council consent. The initial members must be appointed by January 1, 2019, and every four years thereafter."

That commission already issued a report that recommended the increase.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/pay-would-more-than-double-for-montgomery-county-md-school-board-members-under-proposal/2019/12/29/d2217334-233c-11ea-bed5-880264cc91a9_story.html

Interesting. I didn't realize this had been passed. What happens now since the commission passed this recommendation and nothing happened?

Perhaps the Montgomery County delegation wasn't solidly in favor of it and abandoned it, or it was pushed down the priority list during the pandemic?

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Anonymous wrote:Who are you voting for?

No one in this District!!!!

Disappointing candidates

Push for the County Council to make BOE full time senior professional pay and we might get someone competent who reflects family interests more broadly. Until then, expect a few single-issue folks, a few heavy partisans and maybe an independently wealthy socialite, each crusader-types in their own right.

But, then, the heavily partisan County Council are just fine with that, with little chance for the first, the second being closely aligned and the third being the ones who have them in their pocket, anyway.

The County Council can't do it. It would be members of the Montgomery County delegation to the General Assembly introducing legislation.

In a way, yes, but unless this has changed, it starts with the County Executive and County Council appointing folks to the compensation commission, and we know how such appointments work:

"MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COMPENSATION COMMISSION
In October 2018, the Montgomery County Board of Education Compensation Commission was created (Chapter 121, Acts of 2018).

Salaries of the County Board of Education are studied by the Commission, which reports to Montgomery County's General Assembly Delegation. Commission recommendations cover not only the appropriate compensation for Board members, but also whether the Board president should receive an additional stipend, and what scholarship amount to award the student Board member. After receiving the Commission's recommendations, the County's General Assembly Delegation may introduce legislation to change the salaries of Board members.

The Commission's first report is due September 1, 2019, and every four years thereafter.

Five Montgomery County residents are appointed to the Commission by the County Executive with County Council consent. The initial members must be appointed by January 1, 2019, and every four years thereafter."

That commission already issued a report that recommended the increase.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/pay-would-more-than-double-for-montgomery-county-md-school-board-members-under-proposal/2019/12/29/d2217334-233c-11ea-bed5-880264cc91a9_story.html

Interesting. I didn't realize this had been passed. What happens now since the commission passed this recommendation and nothing happened?

Perhaps the Montgomery County delegation wasn't solidly in favor of it and abandoned it, or it was pushed down the priority list during the pandemic?

Or realized that that 60k still isn't going to attract a lot of folks to what should be a full time plus job for a professional. Double that, and you *might* start to get more qualified folks in the pool. Look at what Council and higher end county staffers make.

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Anonymous wrote:Who are you voting for?

No one in this District!!!!

Disappointing candidates

Push for the County Council to make BOE full time senior professional pay and we might get someone competent who reflects family interests more broadly. Until then, expect a few single-issue folks, a few heavy partisans and maybe an independently wealthy socialite, each crusader-types in their own right.

But, then, the heavily partisan County Council are just fine with that, with little chance for the first, the second being closely aligned and the third being the ones who have them in their pocket, anyway.

The County Council can't do it. It would be members of the Montgomery County delegation to the General Assembly introducing legislation.

In a way, yes, but unless this has changed, it starts with the County Executive and County Council appointing folks to the compensation commission, and we know how such appointments work:

"MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COMPENSATION COMMISSION
In October 2018, the Montgomery County Board of Education Compensation Commission was created (Chapter 121, Acts of 2018).

Salaries of the County Board of Education are studied by the Commission, which reports to Montgomery County's General Assembly Delegation. Commission recommendations cover not only the appropriate compensation for Board members, but also whether the Board president should receive an additional stipend, and what scholarship amount to award the student Board member. After receiving the Commission's recommendations, the County's General Assembly Delegation may introduce legislation to change the salaries of Board members.

The Commission's first report is due September 1, 2019, and every four years thereafter.

Five Montgomery County residents are appointed to the Commission by the County Executive with County Council consent. The initial members must be appointed by January 1, 2019, and every four years thereafter."

That commission already issued a report that recommended the increase.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/pay-would-more-than-double-for-montgomery-county-md-school-board-members-under-proposal/2019/12/29/d2217334-233c-11ea-bed5-880264cc91a9_story.html

Interesting. I didn't realize this had been passed. What happens now since the commission passed this recommendation and nothing happened?

Perhaps the Montgomery County delegation wasn't solidly in favor of it and abandoned it, or it was pushed down the priority list during the pandemic?

Or realized that that 60k still isn't going to attract a lot of folks to what should be a full time plus job for a professional. Double that, and you *might* start to get more qualified folks in the pool. Look at what Council and higher end county staffers make.

True. $60k still isn't enough to attract better candidate pool than what we have today.

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+2 Apple

Voting blindly for the apple ballot is part of what got us into the mess we’re in.

But it's not blindly; I'm voting for Apple because they make the best picks.

No. They picked all the incumbents you’re yelling about on here as being feckless

Lynne Harris has never gotten the Apple Ballot endorsement. Shebra Evans and Rebecca Smondrowski did not get it the last time they ran, but they did the first time they ran.

I wonder why the MCEA doesn't like Lynne. She seems to check a lot of their typical boxes, and she was a former educator herself, no?

I think what you are seeing here is the disconnect between teachers (MCEA) and the Central Office. Apple Ballot is teachers, who genuinely want what is best for our kids, and who want decent working conditions for themselves.

While the CO has been a problem for a long time, those issues dramatically ramped up in the McKnight era. She created a new layer of senior management and filled those roles with personal cronies who were not qualified for their posts and whose first loyalty was to McKnight rather than to the system. The JB situation is a perfect example - the actual harassment spanned at least three superintendents, but the botched reporting, cover-up, and fraud all happened under McKnight.

I think Harris is perceived as being on the "side" of the CO rather than the "side" of teachers/administrators/kids.

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+2 Apple

Voting blindly for the apple ballot is part of what got us into the mess we’re in.

But it's not blindly; I'm voting for Apple because they make the best picks.

No. They picked all the incumbents you’re yelling about on here as being feckless

Lynne Harris has never gotten the Apple Ballot endorsement. Shebra Evans and Rebecca Smondrowski did not get it the last time they ran, but they did the first time they ran.

I wonder why the MCEA doesn't like Lynne. She seems to check a lot of their typical boxes, and she was a former educator herself, no?

I think what you are seeing here is the disconnect between teachers (MCEA) and the Central Office. Apple Ballot is teachers, who genuinely want what is best for our kids, and who want decent working conditions for themselves.

While the CO has been a problem for a long time, those issues dramatically ramped up in the McKnight era. She created a new layer of senior management and filled those roles with personal cronies who were not qualified for their posts and whose first loyalty was to McKnight rather than to the system. The JB situation is a perfect example - the actual harassment spanned at least three superintendents, but the botched reporting, cover-up, and fraud all happened under McKnight.

I think Harris is perceived as being on the "side" of the CO rather than the "side" of teachers/administrators/kids.

I believe it.

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Anonymous wrote:+1 Apple

+2 Apple

Voting blindly for the apple ballot is part of what got us into the mess we’re in.

But it's not blindly; I'm voting for Apple because they make the best picks.

No. They picked all the incumbents you’re yelling about on here as being feckless

Lynne Harris has never gotten the Apple Ballot endorsement. Shebra Evans and Rebecca Smondrowski did not get it the last time they ran, but they did the first time they ran.

I wonder why the MCEA doesn't like Lynne. She seems to check a lot of their typical boxes, and she was a former educator herself, no?

I think what you are seeing here is the disconnect between teachers (MCEA) and the Central Office. Apple Ballot is teachers, who genuinely want what is best for our kids, and who want decent working conditions for themselves.

While the CO has been a problem for a long time, those issues dramatically ramped up in the McKnight era. She created a new layer of senior management and filled those roles with personal cronies who were not qualified for their posts and whose first loyalty was to McKnight rather than to the system. The JB situation is a perfect example - the actual harassment spanned at least three superintendents, but the botched reporting, cover-up, and fraud all happened under McKnight.

I think Harris is perceived as being on the "side" of the CO rather than the "side" of teachers/administrators/kids.

Look, I get that senior CO leadership is agenda-driven, and that that isn't always best for students and families, especially broadly. I also really appreciate the care for students that the great majority of teachers demonstrate, the amazing effort they put in and the fact that teaching in the US, generally, and even in MoCo is an underpaid profession. Let's not confuse that with the differential union aims, though, which can present burdens to the system well beyond increased salary and can shelter members (a relatively small minority) who aren't putting in that student-focused effort.

I think Lynne had a pretty good view of the effect of all of that from her leadership of MCCPTA, if not from her own teaching experience. In that sense, I could see her on the side of CO, but not in a blanket sense, especially in relation to her peers on the BOE. I'd think MCEA would want someone a little easier to co-opt.

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Anonymous wrote:Who are you voting for?

No one in this District!!!!

Disappointing candidates

Push for the County Council to make BOE full time senior professional pay and we might get someone competent who reflects family interests more broadly. Until then, expect a few single-issue folks, a few heavy partisans and maybe an independently wealthy socialite, each crusader-types in their own right.

But, then, the heavily partisan County Council are just fine with that, with little chance for the first, the second being closely aligned and the third being the ones who have them in their pocket, anyway.

The County Council can't do it. It would be members of the Montgomery County delegation to the General Assembly introducing legislation.

In a way, yes, but unless this has changed, it starts with the County Executive and County Council appointing folks to the compensation commission, and we know how such appointments work:

"MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COMPENSATION COMMISSION
In October 2018, the Montgomery County Board of Education Compensation Commission was created (Chapter 121, Acts of 2018).

Salaries of the County Board of Education are studied by the Commission, which reports to Montgomery County's General Assembly Delegation. Commission recommendations cover not only the appropriate compensation for Board members, but also whether the Board president should receive an additional stipend, and what scholarship amount to award the student Board member. After receiving the Commission's recommendations, the County's General Assembly Delegation may introduce legislation to change the salaries of Board members.

The Commission's first report is due September 1, 2019, and every four years thereafter.

Five Montgomery County residents are appointed to the Commission by the County Executive with County Council consent. The initial members must be appointed by January 1, 2019, and every four years thereafter."

That commission already issued a report that recommended the increase.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/pay-would-more-than-double-for-montgomery-county-md-school-board-members-under-proposal/2019/12/29/d2217334-233c-11ea-bed5-880264cc91a9_story.html

Interesting. I didn't realize this had been passed. What happens now since the commission passed this recommendation and nothing happened?

Perhaps the Montgomery County delegation wasn't solidly in favor of it and abandoned it, or it was pushed down the priority list during the pandemic?

Or realized that that 60k still isn't going to attract a lot of folks to what should be a full time plus job for a professional. Double that, and you *might* start to get more qualified folks in the pool. Look at what Council and higher end county staffers make.

True. $60k still isn't enough to attract better candidate pool than what we have today.

It wouldn't make any difference.

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Anonymous wrote:Who are you voting for?

No one in this District!!!!

Disappointing candidates

Push for the County Council to make BOE full time senior professional pay and we might get someone competent who reflects family interests more broadly. Until then, expect a few single-issue folks, a few heavy partisans and maybe an independently wealthy socialite, each crusader-types in their own right.

But, then, the heavily partisan County Council are just fine with that, with little chance for the first, the second being closely aligned and the third being the ones who have them in their pocket, anyway.

The County Council can't do it. It would be members of the Montgomery County delegation to the General Assembly introducing legislation.

In a way, yes, but unless this has changed, it starts with the County Executive and County Council appointing folks to the compensation commission, and we know how such appointments work:

"MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COMPENSATION COMMISSION
In October 2018, the Montgomery County Board of Education Compensation Commission was created (Chapter 121, Acts of 2018).

Salaries of the County Board of Education are studied by the Commission, which reports to Montgomery County's General Assembly Delegation. Commission recommendations cover not only the appropriate compensation for Board members, but also whether the Board president should receive an additional stipend, and what scholarship amount to award the student Board member. After receiving the Commission's recommendations, the County's General Assembly Delegation may introduce legislation to change the salaries of Board members.

The Commission's first report is due September 1, 2019, and every four years thereafter.

Five Montgomery County residents are appointed to the Commission by the County Executive with County Council consent. The initial members must be appointed by January 1, 2019, and every four years thereafter."

That commission already issued a report that recommended the increase.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/pay-would-more-than-double-for-montgomery-county-md-school-board-members-under-proposal/2019/12/29/d2217334-233c-11ea-bed5-880264cc91a9_story.html

Typical that the Parents Coalition negged the suggestion. "What do we want? Oversight! How will we get it? Not with our tax dollars!"

Seems like all the far-right groups like the Parents Coalitions, Mom's for Liberty and "Moderately" Moco are out in force here.

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Anonymous wrote:Who are you voting for?

No one in this District!!!!

Disappointing candidates

Push for the County Council to make BOE full time senior professional pay and we might get someone competent who reflects family interests more broadly. Until then, expect a few single-issue folks, a few heavy partisans and maybe an independently wealthy socialite, each crusader-types in their own right.

But, then, the heavily partisan County Council are just fine with that, with little chance for the first, the second being closely aligned and the third being the ones who have them in their pocket, anyway.

The County Council can't do it. It would be members of the Montgomery County delegation to the General Assembly introducing legislation.

In a way, yes, but unless this has changed, it starts with the County Executive and County Council appointing folks to the compensation commission, and we know how such appointments work:

"MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COMPENSATION COMMISSION
In October 2018, the Montgomery County Board of Education Compensation Commission was created (Chapter 121, Acts of 2018).

Salaries of the County Board of Education are studied by the Commission, which reports to Montgomery County's General Assembly Delegation. Commission recommendations cover not only the appropriate compensation for Board members, but also whether the Board president should receive an additional stipend, and what scholarship amount to award the student Board member. After receiving the Commission's recommendations, the County's General Assembly Delegation may introduce legislation to change the salaries of Board members.

The Commission's first report is due September 1, 2019, and every four years thereafter.

Five Montgomery County residents are appointed to the Commission by the County Executive with County Council consent. The initial members must be appointed by January 1, 2019, and every four years thereafter."

That commission already issued a report that recommended the increase.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/pay-would-more-than-double-for-montgomery-county-md-school-board-members-under-proposal/2019/12/29/d2217334-233c-11ea-bed5-880264cc91a9_story.html

Typical that the Parents Coalition negged the suggestion. "What do we want? Oversight! How will we get it? Not with our tax dollars!"

Seems like all the far-right groups like the Parents Coalitions, Mom's for Liberty and "Moderately" Moco are out in force here.

Thank you

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Who are you voting for?

No one in this District!!!!

Disappointing candidates

Push for the County Council to make BOE full time senior professional pay and we might get someone competent who reflects family interests more broadly. Until then, expect a few single-issue folks, a few heavy partisans and maybe an independently wealthy socialite, each crusader-types in their own right.

But, then, the heavily partisan County Council are just fine with that, with little chance for the first, the second being closely aligned and the third being the ones who have them in their pocket, anyway.

The County Council can't do it. It would be members of the Montgomery County delegation to the General Assembly introducing legislation.

In a way, yes, but unless this has changed, it starts with the County Executive and County Council appointing folks to the compensation commission, and we know how such appointments work:

"MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COMPENSATION COMMISSION
In October 2018, the Montgomery County Board of Education Compensation Commission was created (Chapter 121, Acts of 2018).

Salaries of the County Board of Education are studied by the Commission, which reports to Montgomery County's General Assembly Delegation. Commission recommendations cover not only the appropriate compensation for Board members, but also whether the Board president should receive an additional stipend, and what scholarship amount to award the student Board member. After receiving the Commission's recommendations, the County's General Assembly Delegation may introduce legislation to change the salaries of Board members.

The Commission's first report is due September 1, 2019, and every four years thereafter.

Five Montgomery County residents are appointed to the Commission by the County Executive with County Council consent. The initial members must be appointed by January 1, 2019, and every four years thereafter."

That commission already issued a report that recommended the increase.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/pay-would-more-than-double-for-montgomery-county-md-school-board-members-under-proposal/2019/12/29/d2217334-233c-11ea-bed5-880264cc91a9_story.html

Interesting. I didn't realize this had been passed. What happens now since the commission passed this recommendation and nothing happened?

Perhaps the Montgomery County delegation wasn't solidly in favor of it and abandoned it, or it was pushed down the priority list during the pandemic?

Or realized that that 60k still isn't going to attract a lot of folks to what should be a full time plus job for a professional. Double that, and you *might* start to get more qualified folks in the pool. Look at what Council and higher end county staffers make.

So what if board members have other full time jobs? Can they do both effectively?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Who are you voting for?

No one in this District!!!!

Disappointing candidates

Push for the County Council to make BOE full time senior professional pay and we might get someone competent who reflects family interests more broadly. Until then, expect a few single-issue folks, a few heavy partisans and maybe an independently wealthy socialite, each crusader-types in their own right.

But, then, the heavily partisan County Council are just fine with that, with little chance for the first, the second being closely aligned and the third being the ones who have them in their pocket, anyway.

The County Council can't do it. It would be members of the Montgomery County delegation to the General Assembly introducing legislation.

In a way, yes, but unless this has changed, it starts with the County Executive and County Council appointing folks to the compensation commission, and we know how such appointments work:

"MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COMPENSATION COMMISSION
In October 2018, the Montgomery County Board of Education Compensation Commission was created (Chapter 121, Acts of 2018).

Salaries of the County Board of Education are studied by the Commission, which reports to Montgomery County's General Assembly Delegation. Commission recommendations cover not only the appropriate compensation for Board members, but also whether the Board president should receive an additional stipend, and what scholarship amount to award the student Board member. After receiving the Commission's recommendations, the County's General Assembly Delegation may introduce legislation to change the salaries of Board members.

The Commission's first report is due September 1, 2019, and every four years thereafter.

Five Montgomery County residents are appointed to the Commission by the County Executive with County Council consent. The initial members must be appointed by January 1, 2019, and every four years thereafter."

That commission already issued a report that recommended the increase.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/pay-would-more-than-double-for-montgomery-county-md-school-board-members-under-proposal/2019/12/29/d2217334-233c-11ea-bed5-880264cc91a9_story.html

Interesting. I didn't realize this had been passed. What happens now since the commission passed this recommendation and nothing happened?

Perhaps the Montgomery County delegation wasn't solidly in favor of it and abandoned it, or it was pushed down the priority list during the pandemic?

Or realized that that 60k still isn't going to attract a lot of folks to what should be a full time plus job for a professional. Double that, and you *might* start to get more qualified folks in the pool. Look at what Council and higher end county staffers make.

So what if board members have other full time jobs? Can they do both effectively?

They should be taking this as a full-time obligation (and their primary, if not only, job) if we expect effective oversight of a multi-billion-dollar enterprise with about 200,000 direct stakeholders among students and staff. How many highly-paid County Council personnel are there, including council members, themselves, who oversee a budget of similar size when the MCPS piece is removed? Do these council members keep a primary alternate job?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who are you voting for?

No one in this District!!!!

Disappointing candidates

Push for the County Council to make BOE full time senior professional pay and we might get someone competent who reflects family interests more broadly. Until then, expect a few single-issue folks, a few heavy partisans and maybe an independently wealthy socialite, each crusader-types in their own right.

But, then, the heavily partisan County Council are just fine with that, with little chance for the first, the second being closely aligned and the third being the ones who have them in their pocket, anyway.

The County Council can't do it. It would be members of the Montgomery County delegation to the General Assembly introducing legislation.

In a way, yes, but unless this has changed, it starts with the County Executive and County Council appointing folks to the compensation commission, and we know how such appointments work:

"MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COMPENSATION COMMISSION
In October 2018, the Montgomery County Board of Education Compensation Commission was created (Chapter 121, Acts of 2018).

Salaries of the County Board of Education are studied by the Commission, which reports to Montgomery County's General Assembly Delegation. Commission recommendations cover not only the appropriate compensation for Board members, but also whether the Board president should receive an additional stipend, and what scholarship amount to award the student Board member. After receiving the Commission's recommendations, the County's General Assembly Delegation may introduce legislation to change the salaries of Board members.

The Commission's first report is due September 1, 2019, and every four years thereafter.

Five Montgomery County residents are appointed to the Commission by the County Executive with County Council consent. The initial members must be appointed by January 1, 2019, and every four years thereafter."

That commission already issued a report that recommended the increase.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/pay-would-more-than-double-for-montgomery-county-md-school-board-members-under-proposal/2019/12/29/d2217334-233c-11ea-bed5-880264cc91a9_story.html

Interesting. I didn't realize this had been passed. What happens now since the commission passed this recommendation and nothing happened?

Perhaps the Montgomery County delegation wasn't solidly in favor of it and abandoned it, or it was pushed down the priority list during the pandemic?

Or realized that that 60k still isn't going to attract a lot of folks to what should be a full time plus job for a professional. Double that, and you *might* start to get more qualified folks in the pool. Look at what Council and higher end county staffers make.

So what if board members have other full time jobs? Can they do both effectively?

They should be taking this as a full-time obligation (and their primary, if not only, job) if we expect effective oversight of a multi-billion-dollar enterprise with about 200,000 direct stakeholders among students and staff. How many highly-paid County Council personnel are there, including council members, themselves, who oversee a budget of similar size when the MCPS piece is removed? Do these council members keep a primary alternate job?

Hidiyat is a full time airline pilot. I highly doubt he's willing to give that up (or cut back) so that he can play school board.

[Anonymous]

Of all the candidates, Hidayat has the most campaign money to spend:

https://www.mymcmedia.org/board-of-education-candidates-list-contributions-expenditures/

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Anonymous wrote:Who are you voting for?

No one in this District!!!!

Disappointing candidates

Push for the County Council to make BOE full time senior professional pay and we might get someone competent who reflects family interests more broadly. Until then, expect a few single-issue folks, a few heavy partisans and maybe an independently wealthy socialite, each crusader-types in their own right.

But, then, the heavily partisan County Council are just fine with that, with little chance for the first, the second being closely aligned and the third being the ones who have them in their pocket, anyway.

The County Council can't do it. It would be members of the Montgomery County delegation to the General Assembly introducing legislation.

In a way, yes, but unless this has changed, it starts with the County Executive and County Council appointing folks to the compensation commission, and we know how such appointments work:

"MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COMPENSATION COMMISSION
In October 2018, the Montgomery County Board of Education Compensation Commission was created (Chapter 121, Acts of 2018).

Salaries of the County Board of Education are studied by the Commission, which reports to Montgomery County's General Assembly Delegation. Commission recommendations cover not only the appropriate compensation for Board members, but also whether the Board president should receive an additional stipend, and what scholarship amount to award the student Board member. After receiving the Commission's recommendations, the County's General Assembly Delegation may introduce legislation to change the salaries of Board members.

The Commission's first report is due September 1, 2019, and every four years thereafter.

Five Montgomery County residents are appointed to the Commission by the County Executive with County Council consent. The initial members must be appointed by January 1, 2019, and every four years thereafter."

That commission already issued a report that recommended the increase.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/pay-would-more-than-double-for-montgomery-county-md-school-board-members-under-proposal/2019/12/29/d2217334-233c-11ea-bed5-880264cc91a9_story.html

Interesting. I didn't realize this had been passed. What happens now since the commission passed this recommendation and nothing happened?

Perhaps the Montgomery County delegation wasn't solidly in favor of it and abandoned it, or it was pushed down the priority list during the pandemic?

Or realized that that 60k still isn't going to attract a lot of folks to what should be a full time plus job for a professional. Double that, and you *might* start to get more qualified folks in the pool. Look at what Council and higher end county staffers make.

So what if board members have other full time jobs? Can they do both effectively?

They should be taking this as a full-time obligation (and their primary, if not only, job) if we expect effective oversight of a multi-billion-dollar enterprise with about 200,000 direct stakeholders among students and staff. How many highly-paid County Council personnel are there, including council members, themselves, who oversee a budget of similar size when the MCPS piece is removed? Do these council members keep a primary alternate job?

Hidiyat is a full time airline pilot. I highly doubt he's willing to give that up (or cut back) so that he can play school board.

Not that I was going to vote for Hidiyat anyway since his only platform goal appears to be to reinstate SROs, but his being a full-time pilot is a non-starter for me. He won't have time for the board.

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Anonymous wrote:Of all the candidates, Hidayat has the most campaign money to spend:

https://www.mymcmedia.org/board-of-education-candidates-list-contributions-expenditures/

He seems mostly focused on turning schools into kid prisons with little interest in education.