APS School Board Chair Drama

[Anonymous]

12 pages of back and forth arguments and no one seems to know the actual story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:12 pages of back and forth arguments and no one seems to know the actual story.

Many people have confirmed it's the actual story, there are just others who are trying very hard to deny it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been reading the updates in AEM too. So many capes are out.

I get that all of you like MK. I do too. The story is just so unbelievable though that I get why people are questioning it. It makes no sense. Why would those 3 people be doing it and to what end?

It was answered upthread. Mary dissents and asks questions. She did it on the career center project. That's not ok with those other 3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:12 pages of back and forth arguments and no one seems to know the actual story.

Many people have confirmed it's the actual story, there are just others who are trying very hard to deny it.

Or trying to blame MK.

[Anonymous]

It’s all true and then some

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow the CDT, DP and BZS peeps are sure throwing a tantrum. Guess they're mad their little plot got exposed. How embarrassing for them.

+1. Is this really over the career center? How petty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow the CDT, DP and BZS peeps are sure throwing a tantrum. Guess they're mad their little plot got exposed. How embarrassing for them.

+1. Is this really over the career center? How petty.

Yes and a difference of belief in how to be a good school board member. Mary wants to ask questions. She thinks it's ok for members to disagree. The others don't. If you don't fall in line and do what you're told, this is what happens. The community should be making a HUGE fuss about this. Or STFU forever when you wonder why the school board doesn't "do it's job," and "hold APS accountable." This is why, and Mary is trying to do just that. If you want her to keep doing that, speak up. If you like the status quo of a do-nothing board, then stay quiet I guess.

[Anonymous]

Where is APE in all of this? Why aren't they doing anything? This would actually be a good use for them and they know how to be loud. But crickets from them. They are WORTHLESS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow the CDT, DP and BZS peeps are sure throwing a tantrum. Guess they're mad their little plot got exposed. How embarrassing for them.

+1. Is this really over the career center? How petty.

Yes and a difference of belief in how to be a good school board member. Mary wants to ask questions. She thinks it's ok for members to disagree. The others don't. If you don't fall in line and do what you're told, this is what happens. The community should be making a HUGE fuss about this. Or STFU forever when you wonder why the school board doesn't "do it's job," and "hold APS accountable." This is why, and Mary is trying to do just that. If you want her to keep doing that, speak up. If you like the status quo of a do-nothing board, then stay quiet I guess.

+1 Her and MT have been the only ones doing that at the last meetings. Very disappointed in BZS. I had hopes that the three of them could really steer APS on right track. Hopeful Kathleen will be the third vote on the dream team. (MT trolls flame away but I think both her and Mary are very good and responsive.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow the CDT, DP and BZS peeps are sure throwing a tantrum. Guess they're mad their little plot got exposed. How embarrassing for them.

+1. Is this really over the career center? How petty.

Yes and a difference of belief in how to be a good school board member. Mary wants to ask questions. She thinks it's ok for members to disagree. The others don't. If you don't fall in line and do what you're told, this is what happens. The community should be making a HUGE fuss about this. Or STFU forever when you wonder why the school board doesn't "do it's job," and "hold APS accountable." This is why, and Mary is trying to do just that. If you want her to keep doing that, speak up. If you like the status quo of a do-nothing board, then stay quiet I guess.

A couple things: why does being chair even matter? It seems like a titular/honorary thing that’s surface only. You still just have one vote. I think it’s wrong to block anyone, and it seems petty AF, but also like it’s not important either in terms of how the board functions or acts. And lastly, it has ALWAYS bothered me that they expect to vote as a block. That’s back from when NVD ruled the SB with her iron fist and expected unanimity and called other members dumb on a hot mic. It’s wrong and anti democratic. You can disagree, in private, and in public. It’s a democracy, and it’s what we should expect from our elected leaders. This whole idea that if you’re in the party you can only vote a certain way that someone else has determined is really not very cool, and really subverts the idea of an elected board who represents the people. This has been true for the CB as well. It really doesn’t sit well with me, at all. And I’m a faithful D voter. I sat out the most recent SB caucus, because of “inside” stuff like this. It’s disgusting actually.

[Anonymous]

Makes you won’t to vote for the independent candidate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:12 pages of back and forth arguments and no one seems to know the actual story.

Many people have confirmed it's the actual story, there are just others who are trying very hard to deny it.

Whether they confirmed it or not, they still don't know (or aren't telling us) the actual story which is why they don't want her to become chair. No one is going to believe something because random people on the internet insist it is true without giving more details.

[Anonymous]

Ask them all directly. Do they approve Mary being chair? Does she want to be chair? If she wants to be & BS becomes chair, the answers are clear. It’s clearly MKs turn

[Anonymous]

First she has to put up with all the Covid ape Miranda election drama, now this backstabbing back room so called liberals giving her grief. What a grind

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow the CDT, DP and BZS peeps are sure throwing a tantrum. Guess they're mad their little plot got exposed. How embarrassing for them.

+1. Is this really over the career center? How petty.

Yes and a difference of belief in how to be a good school board member. Mary wants to ask questions. She thinks it's ok for members to disagree. The others don't. If you don't fall in line and do what you're told, this is what happens. The community should be making a HUGE fuss about this. Or STFU forever when you wonder why the school board doesn't "do it's job," and "hold APS accountable." This is why, and Mary is trying to do just that. If you want her to keep doing that, speak up. If you like the status quo of a do-nothing board, then stay quiet I guess.

A couple things: why does being chair even matter? It seems like a titular/honorary thing that’s surface only. You still just have one vote. I think it’s wrong to block anyone, and it seems petty AF, but also like it’s not important either in terms of how the board functions or acts. And lastly, it has ALWAYS bothered me that they expect to vote as a block. That’s back from when NVD ruled the SB with her iron fist and expected unanimity and called other members dumb on a hot mic. It’s wrong and anti democratic. You can disagree, in private, and in public. It’s a democracy, and it’s what we should expect from our elected leaders. This whole idea that if you’re in the party you can only vote a certain way that someone else has determined is really not very cool, and really subverts the idea of an elected board who represents the people. This has been true for the CB as well. It really doesn’t sit well with me, at all. And I’m a faithful D voter. I sat out the most recent SB caucus, because of “inside” stuff like this. It’s disgusting actually.

It matters a lot, the board chair sets the agenda. It's their opportunity to get their priorities addressed. So skipping over Mary is a big deal. It silences her.