A Response to Rita Montoya calling Community Members Racist

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The judgement on her pot - give me a break. The number of suburban moms who are medicated on prescription drugs, high AF on their own pot stash or constantly buzzed with who knows what in their Stanley… get over yourselves.

Sounds like you speak from experience.

Yes. I am currently under the influence of all three right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey Wootton-looking for your reaction to the fact that the entire county is looking at major cuts including to some very significant positions as you continue to complain that they won't give you money to fix your smelly school. Feeling at all tone deaf or still DGAF about anyone else?

Was waiting for this comment. +1,094

It’s not a cut. It’s the council not giving mcps the 5% increase they asked for.

Why does mcps need an increase since enrollment is down as they claim?

Here’s a thought…maybe instead of firing all these teachers, mcps should solve its bloat?

It’s high time for mcps to be told NO

Their spending is out of control. Tayor promised transparency, accountability and much more. Many families are struggling right now and aren't getting raises. Its a great way to run people out of the county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey Wootton-looking for your reaction to the fact that the entire county is looking at major cuts including to some very significant positions as you continue to complain that they won't give you money to fix your smelly school. Feeling at all tone deaf or still DGAF about anyone else?

Was waiting for this comment. +1,094

It’s not a cut. It’s the council not giving mcps the 5% increase they asked for.

Why does mcps need an increase since enrollment is down as they claim?

Here’s a thought…maybe instead of firing all these teachers, mcps should solve its bloat?

It’s high time for mcps to be told NO

Their spending is out of control. Tayor promised transparency, accountability and much more. Many families are struggling right now and aren't getting raises. It's a great way to run people out of the county.

I wish the county council was empowered to go through MCPS' budget line by line. A lot of fat could be cut.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here is a thoughtful response to Rita Montoya's comment caught on a hot mic at the March 26th BOE meeting:

https://moderatelymoco.com/when-disagreement-becomes-racism/

Oh, ffs, a thoughtful response. Pure manipulation. Most MCPS high schools have plenty of Asisns, so this woman's precious little snowflakes will never experience "otherthness". And, judging by her current last name, they are only part-Asian.
She just doesnt want them going to school with the poors from G-burg, that's it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is a thoughtful response to Rita Montoya's comment caught on a hot mic at the March 26th BOE meeting:

https://moderatelymoco.com/when-disagreement-becomes-racism/

Oh, ffs, a thoughtful response. Pure manipulation. Most MCPS high schools have plenty of Asisns, so this woman's precious little snowflakes will never experience "otherthness". And, judging by her current last name, they are only part-Asian.
She just doesnt want them going to school with the poors from G-burg, that's it

Oh ffs, don't presume you know what someone else's cultural experience is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is a thoughtful response to Rita Montoya's comment caught on a hot mic at the March 26th BOE meeting:

https://moderatelymoco.com/when-disagreement-becomes-racism/

Oh, ffs, a thoughtful response. Pure manipulation. Most MCPS high schools have plenty of Asisns, so this woman's precious little snowflakes will never experience "otherthness". And, judging by her current last name, they are only part-Asian.
She just doesnt want them going to school with the poors from G-burg, that's it

By that logic, half black kids never get discriminated against right? Interesting take!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey Wootton-looking for your reaction to the fact that the entire county is looking at major cuts including to some very significant positions as you continue to complain that they won't give you money to fix your smelly school. Feeling at all tone deaf or still DGAF about anyone else?

Was waiting for this comment. +1,094

It’s not a cut. It’s the council not giving mcps the 5% increase they asked for.

Why does mcps need an increase since enrollment is down as they claim?

Here’s a thought…maybe instead of firing all these teachers, mcps should solve its bloat?

It’s high time for mcps to be told NO

Their spending is out of control. Tayor promised transparency, accountability and much more. Many families are struggling right now and aren't getting raises. It's a great way to run people out of the county.

I wish the county council was empowered to go through MCPS' budget line by line. A lot of fat could be cut.

They are empowered to do just that. They could ask for additional data on any line item if they so choose. They could watch all the BOE budget meetings and ask for more info.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey Wootton-looking for your reaction to the fact that the entire county is looking at major cuts including to some very significant positions as you continue to complain that they won't give you money to fix your smelly school. Feeling at all tone deaf or still DGAF about anyone else?

Was waiting for this comment. +1,094

It’s not a cut. It’s the council not giving mcps the 5% increase they asked for.

Why does mcps need an increase since enrollment is down as they claim?

Here’s a thought…maybe instead of firing all these teachers, mcps should solve its bloat?

It’s high time for mcps to be told NO

Their spending is out of control. Tayor promised transparency, accountability and much more. Many families are struggling right now and aren't getting raises. It's a great way to run people out of the county.

I wish the county council was empowered to go through MCPS' budget line by line. A lot of fat could be cut.

They are empowered to do just that. They could ask for additional data on any line item if they so choose. They could watch all the BOE budget meetings and ask for more info.

They are empowered to do just that just as BoE is theoretically empowered to provide oversight on mcps, yet here we are

[ModeratelyMoco]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is a thoughtful response to Rita Montoya's comment caught on a hot mic at the March 26th BOE meeting:

https://moderatelymoco.com/when-disagreement-becomes-racism/

why don't moderately moco and parents coalition just post as themselves when they start a new thread to try to drive traffic to their websites from DCUM?

Always funny when I search our name every once in a while and find people claiming certain posts or whatever are me

As someone else said right after, I always try to sign in and publish under the name if its me posting. We have a large following stuff gets around but we also accept more opinion submissions than any other news organization in the county so if anyone ever has something they want to submit for publication: [e-mail]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a blatant misrepresentation of what occurred and the author of this piece knows it. If you were watching that meeting, Mrs. Montoya spoke at great length about the current magnet system upholding systemic racism and frankly, seemed entirely disinterested in the boundary portion of the vote itself. When it came time for the vote, it was abundantly clear that Montoya was referencing the vote to uphold the current standard which historically has had minimal levels of participation from students who are not Asian or White. Please stop bullshitting and making this into something it is not, Ms. Sukhobok.

Thanks for weighing in Rita, but your hot mic comment stands for itself - that was a really honest moment for you.

Comments don’t stand for themselves, context always matters

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is a thoughtful response to Rita Montoya's comment caught on a hot mic at the March 26th BOE meeting:

https://moderatelymoco.com/when-disagreement-becomes-racism/

Oh, ffs, a thoughtful response. Pure manipulation. Most MCPS high schools have plenty of Asisns, so this woman's precious little snowflakes will never experience "otherthness". And, judging by her current last name, they are only part-Asian.
She just doesnt want them going to school with the poors from G-burg, that's it

By that logic, half black kids never get discriminated against right? Interesting take!

How about half Hispanic, or Hispanic people that are light skinned? Asians are seen as "other" more so than light skinned Hispanics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is a thoughtful response to Rita Montoya's comment caught on a hot mic at the March 26th BOE meeting:

https://moderatelymoco.com/when-disagreement-becomes-racism/

Oh, ffs, a thoughtful response. Pure manipulation. Most MCPS high schools have plenty of Asisns, so this woman's precious little snowflakes will never experience "otherthness". And, judging by her current last name, they are only part-Asian.
She just doesnt want them going to school with the poors from G-burg, that's it

By that logic, half black kids never get discriminated against right? Interesting take!

How about half Hispanic, or Hispanic people that are light skinned? Asians are seen as "other" more so than light skinned Hispanics.

Here is the thing about Rita. She is chair of the Committee on Special Populations on the Board of Education. But she "others" certain ethnic and racial groups. What is her agenda in this committee's work? She makes broad pronouncements about Asian and White people being racist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a blatant misrepresentation of what occurred and the author of this piece knows it. If you were watching that meeting, Mrs. Montoya spoke at great length about the current magnet system upholding systemic racism and frankly, seemed entirely disinterested in the boundary portion of the vote itself. When it came time for the vote, it was abundantly clear that Montoya was referencing the vote to uphold the current standard which historically has had minimal levels of participation from students who are not Asian or White. Please stop bullshitting and making this into something it is not, Ms. Sukhobok.

Thanks for weighing in Rita, but your hot mic comment stands for itself - that was a really honest moment for you.

Comments don’t stand for themselves, context always matters

The context is that she was saying Asian American parents are racist for not wanting to send their kids further away to Crown HS.

FWIW, I support H, but I don't support what Montoya said. I'll be voting against her next time. Racism has no place in MCPS, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a blatant misrepresentation of what occurred and the author of this piece knows it. If you were watching that meeting, Mrs. Montoya spoke at great length about the current magnet system upholding systemic racism and frankly, seemed entirely disinterested in the boundary portion of the vote itself. When it came time for the vote, it was abundantly clear that Montoya was referencing the vote to uphold the current standard which historically has had minimal levels of participation from students who are not Asian or White. Please stop bullshitting and making this into something it is not, Ms. Sukhobok.

Thanks for weighing in Rita, but your hot mic comment stands for itself - that was a really honest moment for you.

Comments don’t stand for themselves, context always matters

The context is that she was saying Asian American parents are racist for not wanting to send their kids further away to Crown HS.

FWIW, I support H, but I don't support what Montoya said. I'll be voting against her next time. Racism has no place in MCPS, right?

DP. Poor choice on her part to mutter that, but most clearly, given the context of the lead-up remarks and the ongoing inability of the save-Wootton community to articulate a rationale that benefitted all of MoCo rather than their community by itself (suggesting that Crown being holding or hybrid was good for Gaithersburg was laughable), she was saying they were racist for not wanting to have their children's school also draw from Gaithersburg.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a blatant misrepresentation of what occurred and the author of this piece knows it. If you were watching that meeting, Mrs. Montoya spoke at great length about the current magnet system upholding systemic racism and frankly, seemed entirely disinterested in the boundary portion of the vote itself. When it came time for the vote, it was abundantly clear that Montoya was referencing the vote to uphold the current standard which historically has had minimal levels of participation from students who are not Asian or White. Please stop bullshitting and making this into something it is not, Ms. Sukhobok.

Thanks for weighing in Rita, but your hot mic comment stands for itself - that was a really honest moment for you.

Comments don’t stand for themselves, context always matters

The context is that she was saying Asian American parents are racist for not wanting to send their kids further away to Crown HS.

FWIW, I support H, but I don't support what Montoya said. I'll be voting against her next time. Racism has no place in MCPS, right?

DP. Poor choice on her part to mutter that, but most clearly, given the context of the lead-up remarks and the ongoing inability of the save-Wootton community to articulate a rationale that benefitted all of MoCo rather than their community by itself (suggesting that Crown being holding or hybrid was good for Gaithersburg was laughable), she was saying they were racist for not wanting to have their children's school also draw from Gaithersburg.

Rita made an assumption perhaps, as do you, that Wootton parents don't want to send their students to school with students from Gaithersburg. Maybe they just want to preserve their neighborhood high school that is nearer to their homes, for their students to attend.