BOE Candidates for 2026 election

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Anonymous wrote:That will be a huge loss. Julie is the only good member of the BOE.

The fact that she's the best on the BOE says a lot about the BOE. I think Julie is going to have a hard time winning her council seat.

Why do you think this? People seem to respect her.

Julie is the only BoE person I’ve ever met. She takes the time to come to school meetings/events. I would vote for her on that basis because the rest of the BoE are invisible to me

Huh, weird. I've never met her... meanwhile see Laura Stewart at things constantly. Maybe Julie only cares about showing up in certain parts of the county, despite being BOE president?

Julie only shows up if it can help her county council campaign.

I’ve seen Laura, never Julie at DCC schools.

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Anonymous wrote:That will be a huge loss. Julie is the only good member of the BOE.

The fact that she's the best on the BOE says a lot about the BOE. I think Julie is going to have a hard time winning her council seat.

Why do you think this? People seem to respect her.

Julie is the only BoE person I’ve ever met. She takes the time to come to school meetings/events. I would vote for her on that basis because the rest of the BoE are invisible to me

Huh, weird. I've never met her... meanwhile see Laura Stewart at things constantly. Maybe Julie only cares about showing up in certain parts of the county, despite being BOE president?

Julie only shows up if it can help her county council campaign.

I’ve seen Laura, never Julie at DCC schools.

Laura frequents Kennedy, Wheaton and Blair quite a bit. She is from the DCC too, so that doesn't ring true.

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Anonymous wrote:That will be a huge loss. Julie is the only good member of the BOE.

The fact that she's the best on the BOE says a lot about the BOE. I think Julie is going to have a hard time winning her council seat.

Why do you think this? People seem to respect her.

Julie is the only BoE person I’ve ever met. She takes the time to come to school meetings/events. I would vote for her on that basis because the rest of the BoE are invisible to me

Huh, weird. I've never met her... meanwhile see Laura Stewart at things constantly. Maybe Julie only cares about showing up in certain parts of the county, despite being BOE president?

Julie only shows up if it can help her county council campaign.

I’ve seen Laura, never Julie at DCC schools.

Laura frequents Kennedy, Wheaton and Blair quite a bit. She is from the DCC too, so that doesn't ring true.

NM. I misread your post. You were saying Laura frequents DCC schools and not Julie. That is true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those in County Council District 1 who don't want to vote for Yang, Drew Morrison is another candidate running:

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2025/08/14/drew-morrison-announces-for-council-district-1/

Don't know anything about him, but I don't think Yang has the chops for County Council from what I've seen at BOE meetings, if I were in her district I'd be looking at the other candidates.

Montgomery Perspective leans RW

I would not take their choices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Omar Lazo is running for the at large seat:

http://www.omarlazo4boe.com/meetomar


Brett DiResta is running for the district 3 seat:

https://www.votediresta.com/


No other candidates have filed yet.

DiResta is a Republican. Absolutely no. He is endorsed by GOP nope nope nope.

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Anonymous wrote:Wylea Chase has now officially filed for the at large seat.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/11/19/black-and-brown-coalition-former-director-files-school-board/

Not loving that all of the candidates thus far are for the at-large seat. We need people running in Brenda and Julie's districts...

Agree. None so far have been very impressive

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Omar Lazo is running for the at large seat:

http://www.omarlazo4boe.com/meetomar


Brett DiResta is running for the district 3 seat:

https://www.votediresta.com/


No other candidates have filed yet.

DiResta is a Republican. Absolutely no. He is endorsed by GOP nope nope nope.

He has a hodge podge of work experience but none relevant.

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Anonymous wrote:That will be a huge loss. Julie is the only good member of the BOE.

The fact that she's the best on the BOE says a lot about the BOE. I think Julie is going to have a hard time winning her council seat.

Why do you think this? People seem to respect her.

Julie is the only BoE person I’ve ever met. She takes the time to come to school meetings/events. I would vote for her on that basis because the rest of the BoE are invisible to me

Huh, weird. I've never met her... meanwhile see Laura Stewart at things constantly. Maybe Julie only cares about showing up in certain parts of the county, despite being BOE president?

Julie only shows up if it can help her county council campaign.

I’ve seen Laura, never Julie at DCC schools.

Laura frequents Kennedy, Wheaton and Blair quite a bit. She is from the DCC too, so that doesn't ring true.

She’s at other schools too. Especially big events. Shes also more responsive to email. Julie never emails back. Not even an auto reply.

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Anonymous wrote:That will be a huge loss. Julie is the only good member of the BOE.

The fact that she's the best on the BOE says a lot about the BOE. I think Julie is going to have a hard time winning her council seat.

Why do you think this? People seem to respect her.

Julie is the only BoE person I’ve ever met. She takes the time to come to school meetings/events. I would vote for her on that basis because the rest of the BoE are invisible to me

Huh, weird. I've never met her... meanwhile see Laura Stewart at things constantly. Maybe Julie only cares about showing up in certain parts of the county, despite being BOE president?

Julie only shows up if it can help her county council campaign.

I’ve seen Laura, never Julie at DCC schools.

Laura frequents Kennedy, Wheaton and Blair quite a bit. She is from the DCC too, so that doesn't ring true.

She’s at other schools too. Especially big events. Shes also more responsive to email. Julie never emails back. Not even an auto reply.

I emailed Julie once when there was an issue at my kid’s school where central office was holding up approvals the school needed that was affecting staffing. I emailed late night, by early morning I had a response that she had already emailed high up person X to follow up, and 2 days later the central office approval came. I was impressed.

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Anonymous wrote:That will be a huge loss. Julie is the only good member of the BOE.

The fact that she's the best on the BOE says a lot about the BOE. I think Julie is going to have a hard time winning her council seat.

Why do you think this? People seem to respect her.

Julie is the only BoE person I’ve ever met. She takes the time to come to school meetings/events. I would vote for her on that basis because the rest of the BoE are invisible to me

Huh, weird. I've never met her... meanwhile see Laura Stewart at things constantly. Maybe Julie only cares about showing up in certain parts of the county, despite being BOE president?

Julie only shows up if it can help her county council campaign.

I’ve seen Laura, never Julie at DCC schools.

Laura frequents Kennedy, Wheaton and Blair quite a bit. She is from the DCC too, so that doesn't ring true.

She’s at other schools too. Especially big events. Shes also more responsive to email. Julie never emails back. Not even an auto reply.

I emailed Julie once when there was an issue at my kid’s school where central office was holding up approvals the school needed that was affecting staffing. I emailed late night, by early morning I had a response that she had already emailed high up person X to follow up, and 2 days later the central office approval came. I was impressed.

Which school? She only anwsers if its in her best interests. I've sent multiple emails and never once got a response.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Omar Lazo is running for the at large seat:

http://www.omarlazo4boe.com/meetomar


Brett DiResta is running for the district 3 seat:

https://www.votediresta.com/


No other candidates have filed yet.

DiResta is a Republican. Absolutely no. He is endorsed by GOP nope nope nope.

I’ll vote for him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Omar Lazo is running for the at large seat:

http://www.omarlazo4boe.com/meetomar


Brett DiResta is running for the district 3 seat:

https://www.votediresta.com/


No other candidates have filed yet.

DiResta is a Republican. Absolutely no. He is endorsed by GOP nope nope nope.

I’ll vote for him.

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Omar Lazo is running for the at large seat:

http://www.omarlazo4boe.com/meetomar


Brett DiResta is running for the district 3 seat:

https://www.votediresta.com/


No other candidates have filed yet.

DiResta is a Republican. Absolutely no. He is endorsed by GOP nope nope nope.

Don't think so. He's worked for Democrats including Tim Kaine, Ben Cardin, Jennifer Granholm, and Chuck Schumer.

https://montgomerycountymd.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=169&clip_id=18259&meta_id=203179

[Anonymous]

Grace Rivera-Oven filed for reelection today in district 1 and Sally McCarthy filed in district 3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Grace Rivera-Oven filed for reelection today in district 1 and Sally McCarthy filed in district 3.

Grace needs to go.