11/20 BOE Board Business Meeting Thread

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And the previous slide was about kicking more and more kids out to Montgomery College for Dual Enrollment instead of increasing or maintaining rigor in the high schools.

Some kids want the option of earning an AA for free.

At some point, we have to realize that all we are doing is providing fewer years of education… hence college students who can’t do college work.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And Rita is getting spicy with Julie too

I don't think she has any friends on the board.

She’s not there to make friends; she’s there to bring transparency and accountability.

But they need five votes to pass anything. She won't be able to do anything unless she can convince her colleagues.

she’s there to bring transparency and accountability. not pursue pet project like Julie and Karla to get elected to their position.

OK, great. But she needs to figure out how to get four other members to agree with her in order to succeed.

[Anonymous]

Don't they have classes for kids below grade level? E.g. "Developmental Reading"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't they have classes for kids below grade level? E.g. "Developmental Reading"

They take those in addition to honors English at our school

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And Rita is getting spicy with Julie too

I don't think she has any friends on the board.

She’s not there to make friends; she’s there to bring transparency and accountability.

But they need five votes to pass anything. She won't be able to do anything unless she can convince her colleagues.

she’s there to bring transparency and accountability. not pursue pet project like Julie and Karla to get elected to their position.

OK, great. But she needs to figure out how to get four other members to agree with her in order to succeed.

maybe bringing transparency and accountability to the board is the actual measure of success rather than going along to get along and further wasting millions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And Rita is getting spicy with Julie too

I don't think she has any friends on the board.

She’s not there to make friends; she’s there to bring transparency and accountability.

But they need five votes to pass anything. She won't be able to do anything unless she can convince her colleagues.

she’s there to bring transparency and accountability. not pursue pet project like Julie and Karla to get elected to their position.

OK, great. But she needs to figure out how to get four other members to agree with her in order to succeed.

maybe bringing transparency and accountability to the board is the actual measure of success rather than going along to get along and further wasting millions.

Who said she should go along to get along? On the contrary, if she wants to effect real change, she needs to come up with persuasive tactics to win votes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And the previous slide was about kicking more and more kids out to Montgomery College for Dual Enrollment instead of increasing or maintaining rigor in the high schools.

Some of it is a state mandate but it’s also Karla’s job as the MCPS liaison.