Montoya is not fit for office

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Anonymous wrote:None of them are fit for office as they rubber stamp everything Central office decides. Yang only stood up because of reelection.

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montoya is hypocritical and grating but that's just icing on the cake of the entire board's incompetence

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Anonymous wrote:She is unfit for office and she needs to resign

They all do, not just Montoya. They have time and time again failed our kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree or disagree on policy, Montoya’s conduct cannot and must not be tolerated.

Coming from someone who voted for her.

Anyone know if her colleagues at the BOE or Dr. Taylor himself have weighed in? Would love for them to explain whether or not they agree with this behavior.

I don't see anything wrong with her conduct. She was accurately calling out bad behavior- in this case, the clearly and wildly inappropriate behavior by the people represented in the audience during the Board meeting.

No doubt the other board members saw and heard that same behavior, both during this particular board meeting and at the earlier meetings. And I bet they all have emails demonstrating it, too.

Just so we’re talking about the same conduct—calling anyone who disagrees with you racist is ok?

I was at the board meeting and did not see anyone engaging in any behavior or conduct that was racist.

She didn't and doesn't call "anyone who disagrees with" her racist. She called the highly vocal, and poorly behaving, group of people represented at the meeting racist. Accurately.

PP: I’m genuinely trying to ask you a real question because this gets at the core of why so many people—regardless of their opinions on the outcome of the vote—are upset about Montoya’s conduct.

You are saying she didn’t call people racist for disagreeing with her. She called out specific group.

The thing is I was at the meeting, she literally said “that’s the racism” to people who cheered on Julie as she voted no. How is that calling out specific people for specific actions? She just called out anyone who cheered for Julie.

This includes calling out me as racist even though I was there to stand against the regional program. I cheered for Julie because I think the regional program is a real step back for equity, and all of a sudden I’m a racist?

Just as it is with MAGA rallies, you should be prepared to be called racist if you associate yourself with racist. Even if you truly believe your own motives are different than the others.

So this is basically proving my whole point. I, a person of color, show up to the BoE vote because I, like BoE, want more equity in programs. I agree with their intention. I disagree with how we get there.

So are you saying I should not have shown up at all? It’s my fault for showing up, because by doing so, I’m automatically a racist?

Are you suggesting people of color can't be racist?

If you associate with racists, even through sharing a side with them, then it becomes incumbent upon you to call of their bad behavior if you don't want the same things applied to you.

Of course people of color can be racist.
Montoya is a great example.
She is racist against Asians.
Her animus toward Asians is so evident, she is practically seething with hate.

[Anonymous]

Not a Montoya fan-I think she thinks she has the market on equity and everyone else is beneath her but I can't say I blame her for this comment. Voting no and doing nothing is certainly not the answer. That resolution was so watered down it did absolutely nothing except pave the way to ultimately establish a better system than the definitely inadequate one we have now. There was really no reason to vote against it being built. The control ultimately comes in the form of ensuring it is built well.

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Anonymous wrote:Not a Montoya fan-I think she thinks she has the market on equity and everyone else is beneath her but I can't say I blame her for this comment. Voting no and doing nothing is certainly not the answer. That resolution was so watered down it did absolutely nothing except pave the way to ultimately establish a better system than the definitely inadequate one we have now. There was really no reason to vote against it being built. The control ultimately comes in the form of ensuring it is built well.

Are you saying you can't blame her for calling people racist for opposing the regional model? I'm curious where that comes from. The concerns I have heard and personally have about the regional model are not about wanting to deny access to something, more about the fact that it breaks what is available instead of building it.

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Montoya only has this job because people were tired of how Lynne Harris spoke to students, parents, and teachers who testified at BOE meetings. And here she is... more of the same.

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Anonymous wrote:Montoya only has this job because people were tired of how Lynne Harris spoke to students, parents, and teachers who testified at BOE meetings. And here she is... more of the same.

I think Harris was OK - she was hard-working and knowledgeable. I'm not sure that Montoya is either. But Harris got taken down with the toxic McKnight drama. McKnight never should have been hired and Lynne and Shebra Evans paid a price for that.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't like the behaviors you described, but I am more concerned about the BOE being incompetent and refusing to ask tough questions of the Superintendent. Ultimately I think this stems from their low stipends and lack of independent staff. I'll happily vote for alternative candidates that aren't hateful, especially if they support more physical books and learning with pencil and paper. But honestly I don't think much will change until the BOE has more resources to provide actual oversight of the Superintendent.

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While I DO think Montoya can be unprofessional and her conduct unbecoming, I'm far more concerned about the BOE being an impotent, useless entity that fails at its core mission.

They’re not impotent and useless. You just don’t understand what they have to do. You’ve never been in their shoes.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't like the behaviors you described, but I am more concerned about the BOE being incompetent and refusing to ask tough questions of the Superintendent. Ultimately I think this stems from their low stipends and lack of independent staff. I'll happily vote for alternative candidates that aren't hateful, especially if they support more physical books and learning with pencil and paper. But honestly I don't think much will change until the BOE has more resources to provide actual oversight of the Superintendent.

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While I DO think Montoya can be unprofessional and her conduct unbecoming, I'm far more concerned about the BOE being an impotent, useless entity that fails at its core mission.

They’re not impotent and useless. You just don’t understand what they have to do. You’ve never been in their shoes.

Nobody understands why the boundary study and the regional model are inextricably linked because neither the Superintendent nor the BOE have provided a reasonable explanation for that claim.

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MCPS folks can whine about how horrible parents are but until they understand that they have lort the trust of the community and need to gain it back, nothing will change. For years outcomes have been getting worse..what are they doing to change that? The regional model isn't it. Zimmerman's comments notwithstanding it doesn't seem that MCPS fundamentally cares what parents think or is interested in listening to them. The impression they give off is "how dare you have an opinion ,you don't know anything." I do know too many families need to pay $$$ to tutors to teach their kids to read.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't like the behaviors you described, but I am more concerned about the BOE being incompetent and refusing to ask tough questions of the Superintendent. Ultimately I think this stems from their low stipends and lack of independent staff. I'll happily vote for alternative candidates that aren't hateful, especially if they support more physical books and learning with pencil and paper. But honestly I don't think much will change until the BOE has more resources to provide actual oversight of the Superintendent.

More money would not help. She works for Mcps.

I have never seen or heard that Montoya works for MCPS. Where are you getting this from?

She gets paid a small salary and excellent benefits from MCPS.


She has unreflected racial beliefs and that is a problem for an elected leader. I heard her hot mic comments last night. She appears bigoted against Asian American communities in my opinion. She does not know history.

+1 Nothing else is there to see.

Can you say more? I get people don’t like being called racist, but what did she say that shows she is bigoted against Asian people?

She gave information on the demographics of the current magnets and said a vote to preserve them was racist, not because she thinks there should be fewer Asians at them but because she thinks there should be more seats overall so that more kids have access. Totally fair to be skeptical that will work, but I am not understanding the overwhelming response that she was being racist.

I think the argument is that it is racist to send rich white and asian kids to school with hispanic kids.

Her kids are in NCC, and pipeline to BCC.. her kids will go to school with the rich kids... she has no clue whats going on down the road from her.

She has older kids in special programs outside the cluster and has a weird vendetta against B-CC. She seems to really hate it. Yes, lots of rich kids at B-CC, but also lots of lower-income families as well. I bet the kids in the program her kids go to are rich, too, because that’s who’s sending their kids to those programs. And it’ll continue to be like that with the regional model.

What's interesting is that she has declared to parents that she will never send her kids to Silver Creek, which is a diverse school. She just seems to be a pretty bitter person.

Does she ever give a reason? We’ve had a great experience at Silver Creek. Active, diverse community, great teachers, great administrators.

No, she's just very anti-Silver Creek. And I too have heard good things from others.

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MoCo is racist for not letting poor kids go to the W’s, now MoCo is racist for opening up the W’s to poor kids.

MoCo is racist for having neighborhood schools in minority areas that don’t have white kids, MoCo proceeds to ship in hundreds and then MoCo is racist for having too white kids in their reverse bussing programs.

Is there an outcome that isn’t racist, maybe that one involves realizing that schools are a reflection of population and a system can only do so much

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Anonymous wrote:MoCo is racist for not letting poor kids go to the W’s, now MoCo is racist for opening up the W’s to poor kids.

MoCo is racist for having neighborhood schools in minority areas that don’t have white kids, MoCo proceeds to ship in hundreds and then MoCo is racist for having too white kids in their reverse bussing programs.

Is there an outcome that isn’t racist, maybe that one involves realizing that schools are a reflection of population and a system can only do so much

I noticed you didn't actually quote anybody because all these statements you claim contradict one another came from different people and different times. You need to get a thicker skin if you truly can't handle the fact that different people have different opinions.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't like the behaviors you described, but I am more concerned about the BOE being incompetent and refusing to ask tough questions of the Superintendent. Ultimately I think this stems from their low stipends and lack of independent staff. I'll happily vote for alternative candidates that aren't hateful, especially if they support more physical books and learning with pencil and paper. But honestly I don't think much will change until the BOE has more resources to provide actual oversight of the Superintendent.

More money would not help. She works for Mcps.

I have never seen or heard that Montoya works for MCPS. Where are you getting this from?

She gets paid a small salary and excellent benefits from MCPS.


She has unreflected racial beliefs and that is a problem for an elected leader. I heard her hot mic comments last night. She appears bigoted against Asian American communities in my opinion. She does not know history.

+1 Nothing else is there to see.

Can you say more? I get people don’t like being called racist, but what did she say that shows she is bigoted against Asian people?

She gave information on the demographics of the current magnets and said a vote to preserve them was racist, not because she thinks there should be fewer Asians at them but because she thinks there should be more seats overall so that more kids have access. Totally fair to be skeptical that will work, but I am not understanding the overwhelming response that she was being racist.

I think the argument is that it is racist to send rich white and asian kids to school with hispanic kids.

Her kids are in NCC, and pipeline to BCC.. her kids will go to school with the rich kids... she has no clue whats going on down the road from her.

She has older kids in special programs outside the cluster and has a weird vendetta against B-CC. She seems to really hate it. Yes, lots of rich kids at B-CC, but also lots of lower-income families as well. I bet the kids in the program her kids go to are rich, too, because that’s who’s sending their kids to those programs. And it’ll continue to be like that with the regional model.

It's interesting to me that BOE members who protest against what they perceive to be elitism have/had their children in some of these programs: Laura Stewart's son is a graduate of RM IB and Karla Silvestre's children were in Spanish Immersion programs and the IB program at BCC. I assume that Montoya's children are in language immersion programs.

Let's see what Taylor and his minions in the BOE do with the language immersion programs. My guess is these programs will be cut in one way or another -- of course, after the BOE's children have finished them.

I think Montoya's kids are at NCC and Loiederman

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Anonymous wrote:Not a Montoya fan-I think she thinks she has the market on equity and everyone else is beneath her but I can't say I blame her for this comment. Voting no and doing nothing is certainly not the answer. That resolution was so watered down it did absolutely nothing except pave the way to ultimately establish a better system than the definitely inadequate one we have now. There was really no reason to vote against it being built. The control ultimately comes in the form of ensuring it is built well.

Are you saying you can't blame her for calling people racist for opposing the regional model? I'm curious where that comes from. The concerns I have heard and personally have about the regional model are not about wanting to deny access to something, more about the fact that it breaks what is available instead of building it.

I live in Damascus/Clarksburg area so I don't claim to know anything about the DCC and I don't really understand why it needed to be dismantled in order to move forward with the regional program when it seems as though the new regions will function similarly to that model. All that to say, when we have so few programs in such far away places (for some of us), it allows those with more means or flexibility to more readily access them. That is why I understood Montoya's take that voting to not take on this project that would expand access felt limiting, or, in her word, racist.