$2M no bid contract to Joftus wife? BOE to approve on 9/8

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Anonymous wrote:What??? This money could go to paying teachers better so that they can be more motivated to actually teach, and not sadistically bully kids. This is absolutely ridiculous!

$2MM across 14K teachers is less than $150 a teacher. I don't think that's gonna move the needle much.

Good point. Do the worst math possible to make it look like no money when in fact, this same amount of money could put another full time science teacher in every single high school.

Exactly. Why the nepotism ?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What??? This money could go to paying teachers better so that they can be more motivated to actually teach, and not sadistically bully kids. This is absolutely ridiculous!

$2MM across 14K teachers is less than $150 a teacher. I don't think that's gonna move the needle much.

Good point. Do the worst math possible to make it look like no money when in fact, this same amount of money could put another full time science teacher in every single high school.

Exactly. Why the nepotism ?

There's no nepotism. It was in process before Joftus joined the BoE. He's recused himself from any action involving the Kid Museum.

[Anonymous]

The question to ask is who is in Twinbrook LLC? The ~5m profit would go to them, if I read the papers correctly.

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Not to keep this thread going but I’m going to keep this thread going to say this is really a hookup place for well connected former MCPS staff and family. For instance if you read the bios the marketing director is the wife of a former superintendent. It’s just classic, sloppy procurement decisions from a place that takes too much money for the service they provide (only half of their third graders read at grade level before COVID)

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And after COVID of course it’s likely worse!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The question to ask is who is in Twinbrook LLC? The ~5m profit would go to them, if I read the papers correctly.

Here: https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_md/W06835607

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The question to ask is who is in Twinbrook LLC? The ~5m profit would go to them, if I read the papers correctly.

Here: https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_md/W06835607

yes, that deal fell through some time ago.

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Anonymous wrote:The question to ask is who is in Twinbrook LLC? The ~5m profit would go to them, if I read the papers correctly.

Here: https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_md/W06835607

yes, that deal fell through some time ago.

But the County Council gave them $2M in rent money anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:Good job to whoever was bringing light to this situation. It’s obvious from the social media pr team / boosters dispatched by the board that there is some significant nepotism and corruption going on. Sadly, nothing will change.

More likely Julie Yang/MCEA's social media PR team

I don’t know much about Julie Yang, but as a voter, I will check her out.

Doesn’t matter to me how or why the information has come out. Voters deserve to know the facts and then make decisions for themselves.

Absolutely. Although a lot of this thread is not exactly what would qualify as "facts."

according to Joftus and Starr. But facts as defined by the truth. Fixed it for you.

Nice try, but no. This thread is a whole lot of opinions and accusations, along with a smattering of possibly-tangentially-relevant facts, which are evidence of nothing like what is being alleged.

I'm still interested to hear which other places in Montgomery County are similar to the Kid Museum, that could provide STEM activities for elementary and middle school students in a large space. Are there any? I'm honestly curious.

Not to my knowledge but why does MCPS need to fund this? Kid Museum was deemed too expensive at my kid's school. The reality is very few MCPS students will get to take advantage of this. Not a great ROI for MCPS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good job to whoever was bringing light to this situation. It’s obvious from the social media pr team / boosters dispatched by the board that there is some significant nepotism and corruption going on. Sadly, nothing will change.

More likely Julie Yang/MCEA's social media PR team

I don’t know much about Julie Yang, but as a voter, I will check her out.

Doesn’t matter to me how or why the information has come out. Voters deserve to know the facts and then make decisions for themselves.

Absolutely. Although a lot of this thread is not exactly what would qualify as "facts."

according to Joftus and Starr. But facts as defined by the truth. Fixed it for you.

Nice try, but no. This thread is a whole lot of opinions and accusations, along with a smattering of possibly-tangentially-relevant facts, which are evidence of nothing like what is being alleged.

I'm still interested to hear which other places in Montgomery County are similar to the Kid Museum, that could provide STEM activities for elementary and middle school students in a large space. Are there any? I'm honestly curious.

Not to my knowledge but why does MCPS need to fund this? Kid Museum was deemed too expensive at my kid's school. The reality is very few MCPS students will get to take advantage of this. Not a great ROI for MCPS.

For the money they are getting it should be free to mcps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What??? This money could go to paying teachers better so that they can be more motivated to actually teach, and not sadistically bully kids. This is absolutely ridiculous!

$2MM across 14K teachers is less than $150 a teacher. I don't think that's gonna move the needle much.

Good point. Do the worst math possible to make it look like no money when in fact, this same amount of money could put another full time science teacher in every single high school.

Exactly. Why the nepotism ?

There's no nepotism. It was in process before Joftus joined the BoE. He's recused himself from any action involving the Kid Museum.

Agree! He disclosed his conflicts when taking this job and has also recused himself from any action involving them. The thing is, there are a couple of unhinged right-wing nutjobs who keep posting about this. They want to make this look like corruption to further their political agendas. This is just another example of the Benghazi treatmnent.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good job to whoever was bringing light to this situation. It’s obvious from the social media pr team / boosters dispatched by the board that there is some significant nepotism and corruption going on. Sadly, nothing will change.

More likely Julie Yang/MCEA's social media PR team

I don’t know much about Julie Yang, but as a voter, I will check her out.

Doesn’t matter to me how or why the information has come out. Voters deserve to know the facts and then make decisions for themselves.

Absolutely. Although a lot of this thread is not exactly what would qualify as "facts."

according to Joftus and Starr. But facts as defined by the truth. Fixed it for you.

Nice try, but no. This thread is a whole lot of opinions and accusations, along with a smattering of possibly-tangentially-relevant facts, which are evidence of nothing like what is being alleged.

I'm still interested to hear which other places in Montgomery County are similar to the Kid Museum, that could provide STEM activities for elementary and middle school students in a large space. Are there any? I'm honestly curious.

Not to my knowledge but why does MCPS need to fund this? Kid Museum was deemed too expensive at my kid's school. The reality is very few MCPS students will get to take advantage of this. Not a great ROI for MCPS.

For the money they are getting it should be free to mcps.

Our school has gone for free!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good job to whoever was bringing light to this situation. It’s obvious from the social media pr team / boosters dispatched by the board that there is some significant nepotism and corruption going on. Sadly, nothing will change.

More likely Julie Yang/MCEA's social media PR team

I don’t know much about Julie Yang, but as a voter, I will check her out.

Doesn’t matter to me how or why the information has come out. Voters deserve to know the facts and then make decisions for themselves.

Absolutely. Although a lot of this thread is not exactly what would qualify as "facts."

according to Joftus and Starr. But facts as defined by the truth. Fixed it for you.

Nice try, but no. This thread is a whole lot of opinions and accusations, along with a smattering of possibly-tangentially-relevant facts, which are evidence of nothing like what is being alleged.

I'm still interested to hear which other places in Montgomery County are similar to the Kid Museum, that could provide STEM activities for elementary and middle school students in a large space. Are there any? I'm honestly curious.

Not to my knowledge but why does MCPS need to fund this? Kid Museum was deemed too expensive at my kid's school. The reality is very few MCPS students will get to take advantage of this. Not a great ROI for MCPS.

For the money they are getting it should be free to mcps.

Wait? On top of the grant, individual schools have to pay for services?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What??? This money could go to paying teachers better so that they can be more motivated to actually teach, and not sadistically bully kids. This is absolutely ridiculous!

$2MM across 14K teachers is less than $150 a teacher. I don't think that's gonna move the needle much.

Good point. Do the worst math possible to make it look like no money when in fact, this same amount of money could put another full time science teacher in every single high school.

Exactly. Why the nepotism ?

There's no nepotism. It was in process before Joftus joined the BoE. He's recused himself from any action involving the Kid Museum.

Agree! He disclosed his conflicts when taking this job and has also recused himself from any action involving them. The thing is, there are a couple of unhinged right-wing nutjobs who keep posting about this. They want to make this look like corruption to further their political agendas. This is just another example of the Benghazi treatmnent.

What wing are you? Joftus never disclosed his conflicts (multiple) of interest until after he was appointed and sworn in. How did Joftus recuse himself from any action that involved the MCPS science curriculum? He didn't. He voted on the spending of ESSER funds (to KID Museum) and on the Operating Budget (including KID Museum). If he is going to be on the Board of Education it's impossible for him to recuse himself from all curriculum votes, unless he just wants to be a seat warmer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What??? This money could go to paying teachers better so that they can be more motivated to actually teach, and not sadistically bully kids. This is absolutely ridiculous!

$2MM across 14K teachers is less than $150 a teacher. I don't think that's gonna move the needle much.

Good point. Do the worst math possible to make it look like no money when in fact, this same amount of money could put another full time science teacher in every single high school.

Exactly. Why the nepotism ?

There's no nepotism. It was in process before Joftus joined the BoE. He's recused himself from any action involving the Kid Museum.

Agree! He disclosed his conflicts when taking this job and has also recused himself from any action involving them. The thing is, there are a couple of unhinged right-wing nutjobs who keep posting about this. They want to make this look like corruption to further their political agendas. This is just another example of the Benghazi treatmnent.

What wing are you? Joftus never disclosed his conflicts (multiple) of interest until after he was appointed and sworn in. How did Joftus recuse himself from any action that involved the MCPS science curriculum? He didn't. He voted on the spending of ESSER funds (to KID Museum) and on the Operating Budget (including KID Museum). If he is going to be on the Board of Education it's impossible for him to recuse himself from all curriculum votes, unless he just wants to be a seat warmer.

Quite an accusation. How do you know he didn't disclose "his conflicts (multiple) of interest until after he was appointed and sworn in"? And what are these "multiple" conflicts?