BOE - who are people voting for?

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Anonymous wrote:Lynn Harris is part of the problem and the current disfunction. She needs to go. I think if there was a different mix on the board and different president Evans would be ok but she will not stand up for anything and goes along with the others. So, she needs to go.

Stewart and Zimmerman aren't going to stand up for anything, either. They'll keep their mouths shut unless their overlords tell them it’s ok to speak up.

Stewart is a joke of a candidate.

MCEA took advantage of anger at the incompetence of BOE incumbents that they previously endorsed to endorse challengers who will be obviously worse than the incumbents. It’s Hobson’s choice.

She’d be great if the job was all about preparing written responses to league of women voter questionnaires or giving prewritten speeches like she did when she was a PTA advocate. The fact that she struggles to string sentences together that make sense during the live candidate forums has me worried about her effectiveness. She seems like a much more simple minded Lynne Harris.

Laura Stewart's public speaking skills are truly painful to sit through.

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Anonymous wrote:Lynn Harris is part of the problem and the current disfunction. She needs to go. I think if there was a different mix on the board and different president Evans would be ok but she will not stand up for anything and goes along with the others. So, she needs to go.

Stewart and Zimmerman aren't going to stand up for anything, either. They'll keep their mouths shut unless their overlords tell them it’s ok to speak up.

Stewart is a joke of a candidate.

MCEA took advantage of anger at the incompetence of BOE incumbents that they previously endorsed to endorse challengers who will be obviously worse than the incumbents. It’s Hobson’s choice.

She’d be great if the job was all about preparing written responses to league of women voter questionnaires or giving prewritten speeches like she did when she was a PTA advocate. The fact that she struggles to string sentences together that make sense during the live candidate forums has me worried about her effectiveness. She seems like a much more simple minded Lynne Harris.

Laura Stewart's public speaking skills are truly painful to sit through.

No that is tin foil hat Diaz .

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Great article digging into Diaz's past history with MCPS: https://moco360.media/2024/10/22/brenda-diaz-left-mcps/

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Anonymous wrote:Lynn Harris is part of the problem and the current disfunction. She needs to go. I think if there was a different mix on the board and different president Evans would be ok but she will not stand up for anything and goes along with the others. So, she needs to go.

Stewart and Zimmerman aren't going to stand up for anything, either. They'll keep their mouths shut unless their overlords tell them it’s ok to speak up.

Stewart is a joke of a candidate.

MCEA took advantage of anger at the incompetence of BOE incumbents that they previously endorsed to endorse challengers who will be obviously worse than the incumbents. It’s Hobson’s choice.

She’d be great if the job was all about preparing written responses to league of women voter questionnaires or giving prewritten speeches like she did when she was a PTA advocate. The fact that she struggles to string sentences together that make sense during the live candidate forums has me worried about her effectiveness. She seems like a much more simple minded Lynne Harris.

Laura Stewart's public speaking skills are truly painful to sit through.

I don’t care if someone cannot speak well. I care they do their job well. Not everyone can public speak. We don’t need charisma we need action.

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Anonymous wrote:Great article digging into Diaz's past history with MCPS: https://moco360.media/2024/10/22/brenda-diaz-left-mcps/

That was helpful.

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Anonymous wrote:Great article digging into Diaz's past history with MCPS: https://moco360.media/2024/10/22/brenda-diaz-left-mcps/

That was helpful.

Helpful in proving she's crazycakes.

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Anonymous wrote:Great article digging into Diaz's past history with MCPS: https://moco360.media/2024/10/22/brenda-diaz-left-mcps/

That was helpful.

She compared vaccine mandates to Jim Crow. Yikes.

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The Bible said she can't cover her face? Sorry no thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:Lynn Harris is part of the problem and the current disfunction. She needs to go. I think if there was a different mix on the board and different president Evans would be ok but she will not stand up for anything and goes along with the others. So, she needs to go.

Stewart and Zimmerman aren't going to stand up for anything, either. They'll keep their mouths shut unless their overlords tell them it’s ok to speak up.

Stewart is a joke of a candidate.

MCEA took advantage of anger at the incompetence of BOE incumbents that they previously endorsed to endorse challengers who will be obviously worse than the incumbents. It’s Hobson’s choice.

Worse than incumbents that gave a massive payout to the Superintendent that promoted a serial sexual harasser? At a minimum, the newcomers will know they'll get fired if they pull that BS again.

Zimmerman isn't going to stay long anyway.

Any Board would have settled with McKnight, paying at least the early termination clause of the contract. Though, I don't understand why they paid *more* than the early termination clause.

That's what I was referring to when I said "massive payout". It screams hush money.

Zimmerman's opponent is crazy. Whatever am I unt of time Zimmerman plans to stay, is better than having Brenda Diaz in office for any amount of time.

Crazy people ultimately don't do anything. At worst, Diaz will be a distraction. But there's also a chance she'll be willing to ask hard questions of central admin, which board members have never been willing to do during open session.

Zimmerman, unfortunately, can do much, much worse. I absolutely expect her to push for everything on MCEA's wish list, including more half-days and expanding virtual days (e.g., snow days) as much as is allowed by state law. That will be a disaster, particularly for the kids with special needs that would miss out on services those days.

This is nonsense. One board member who has crazy ideas can derail the entire board. You don’t put people on the board knowing they are Moms for Liberty shills (unless of course you are a Moms for Liberty shill).

One board member can't pass any crazy ideas.

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Anonymous wrote:Lynn Harris is part of the problem and the current disfunction. She needs to go. I think if there was a different mix on the board and different president Evans would be ok but she will not stand up for anything and goes along with the others. So, she needs to go.

Stewart and Zimmerman aren't going to stand up for anything, either. They'll keep their mouths shut unless their overlords tell them it’s ok to speak up.

Stewart is a joke of a candidate.

MCEA took advantage of anger at the incompetence of BOE incumbents that they previously endorsed to endorse challengers who will be obviously worse than the incumbents. It’s Hobson’s choice.

Worse than incumbents that gave a massive payout to the Superintendent that promoted a serial sexual harasser? At a minimum, the newcomers will know they'll get fired if they pull that BS again.

Zimmerman isn't going to stay long anyway.

Any Board would have settled with McKnight, paying at least the early termination clause of the contract. Though, I don't understand why they paid *more* than the early termination clause.

That's what I was referring to when I said "massive payout". It screams hush money.

Zimmerman's opponent is crazy. Whatever am I unt of time Zimmerman plans to stay, is better than having Brenda Diaz in office for any amount of time.

Crazy people ultimately don't do anything. At worst, Diaz will be a distraction. But there's also a chance she'll be willing to ask hard questions of central admin, which board members have never been willing to do during open session.

Zimmerman, unfortunately, can do much, much worse. I absolutely expect her to push for everything on MCEA's wish list, including more half-days and expanding virtual days (e.g., snow days) as much as is allowed by state law. That will be a disaster, particularly for the kids with special needs that would miss out on services those days.

This is nonsense. One board member who has crazy ideas can derail the entire board. You don’t put people on the board knowing they are Moms for Liberty shills (unless of course you are a Moms for Liberty shill).

One board member can't pass any crazy ideas.

Why on earth would you hire someone who will not just propose ideas that are crazy, hateful and harmful?

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Anonymous wrote:Lynn Harris is part of the problem and the current disfunction. She needs to go. I think if there was a different mix on the board and different president Evans would be ok but she will not stand up for anything and goes along with the others. So, she needs to go.

Stewart and Zimmerman aren't going to stand up for anything, either. They'll keep their mouths shut unless their overlords tell them it’s ok to speak up.

Stewart is a joke of a candidate.

MCEA took advantage of anger at the incompetence of BOE incumbents that they previously endorsed to endorse challengers who will be obviously worse than the incumbents. It’s Hobson’s choice.

Worse than incumbents that gave a massive payout to the Superintendent that promoted a serial sexual harasser? At a minimum, the newcomers will know they'll get fired if they pull that BS again.

Zimmerman isn't going to stay long anyway.

Any Board would have settled with McKnight, paying at least the early termination clause of the contract. Though, I don't understand why they paid *more* than the early termination clause.

That's what I was referring to when I said "massive payout". It screams hush money.

Zimmerman's opponent is crazy. Whatever am I unt of time Zimmerman plans to stay, is better than having Brenda Diaz in office for any amount of time.

Crazy people ultimately don't do anything. At worst, Diaz will be a distraction. But there's also a chance she'll be willing to ask hard questions of central admin, which board members have never been willing to do during open session.

Zimmerman, unfortunately, can do much, much worse. I absolutely expect her to push for everything on MCEA's wish list, including more half-days and expanding virtual days (e.g., snow days) as much as is allowed by state law. That will be a disaster, particularly for the kids with special needs that would miss out on services those days.

This is nonsense. One board member who has crazy ideas can derail the entire board. You don’t put people on the board knowing they are Moms for Liberty shills (unless of course you are a Moms for Liberty shill).

One board member can't pass any crazy ideas.

Why on earth would you hire someone who will not just propose ideas that are crazy, hateful and harmful?

We've been left with a choice between someone who might *say* bad ideas, and someone who might *enact* bad policies.

Both are bad, but when forced to choose, I'll go with the former. Zimmerman is too much of a threat to kids, particularly if other MCEA candidates get on the board.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lynn Harris is part of the problem and the current disfunction. She needs to go. I think if there was a different mix on the board and different president Evans would be ok but she will not stand up for anything and goes along with the others. So, she needs to go.

Stewart and Zimmerman aren't going to stand up for anything, either. They'll keep their mouths shut unless their overlords tell them it’s ok to speak up.

Stewart is a joke of a candidate.

MCEA took advantage of anger at the incompetence of BOE incumbents that they previously endorsed to endorse challengers who will be obviously worse than the incumbents. It’s Hobson’s choice.

Worse than incumbents that gave a massive payout to the Superintendent that promoted a serial sexual harasser? At a minimum, the newcomers will know they'll get fired if they pull that BS again.

Zimmerman isn't going to stay long anyway.

Any Board would have settled with McKnight, paying at least the early termination clause of the contract. Though, I don't understand why they paid *more* than the early termination clause.

That's what I was referring to when I said "massive payout". It screams hush money.

Zimmerman's opponent is crazy. Whatever am I unt of time Zimmerman plans to stay, is better than having Brenda Diaz in office for any amount of time.

Crazy people ultimately don't do anything. At worst, Diaz will be a distraction. But there's also a chance she'll be willing to ask hard questions of central admin, which board members have never been willing to do during open session.

Zimmerman, unfortunately, can do much, much worse. I absolutely expect her to push for everything on MCEA's wish list, including more half-days and expanding virtual days (e.g., snow days) as much as is allowed by state law. That will be a disaster, particularly for the kids with special needs that would miss out on services those days.

This is nonsense. One board member who has crazy ideas can derail the entire board. You don’t put people on the board knowing they are Moms for Liberty shills (unless of course you are a Moms for Liberty shill).

One board member can't pass any crazy ideas.

Why on earth would you hire someone who will not just propose ideas that are crazy, hateful and harmful?

We've been left with a choice between someone who might *say* bad ideas, and someone who might *enact* bad policies.

Both are bad, but when forced to choose, I'll go with the former. Zimmerman is too much of a threat to kids, particularly if other MCEA candidates get on the board.

Yeah you and I have different values

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Anonymous wrote:Lynn Harris is part of the problem and the current disfunction. She needs to go. I think if there was a different mix on the board and different president Evans would be ok but she will not stand up for anything and goes along with the others. So, she needs to go.

Stewart and Zimmerman aren't going to stand up for anything, either. They'll keep their mouths shut unless their overlords tell them it’s ok to speak up.

Stewart is a joke of a candidate.

MCEA took advantage of anger at the incompetence of BOE incumbents that they previously endorsed to endorse challengers who will be obviously worse than the incumbents. It’s Hobson’s choice.

Worse than incumbents that gave a massive payout to the Superintendent that promoted a serial sexual harasser? At a minimum, the newcomers will know they'll get fired if they pull that BS again.

Zimmerman isn't going to stay long anyway.

Any Board would have settled with McKnight, paying at least the early termination clause of the contract. Though, I don't understand why they paid *more* than the early termination clause.

That's what I was referring to when I said "massive payout". It screams hush money.

Zimmerman's opponent is crazy. Whatever am I unt of time Zimmerman plans to stay, is better than having Brenda Diaz in office for any amount of time.

Crazy people ultimately don't do anything. At worst, Diaz will be a distraction. But there's also a chance she'll be willing to ask hard questions of central admin, which board members have never been willing to do during open session.

Zimmerman, unfortunately, can do much, much worse. I absolutely expect her to push for everything on MCEA's wish list, including more half-days and expanding virtual days (e.g., snow days) as much as is allowed by state law. That will be a disaster, particularly for the kids with special needs that would miss out on services those days.

This is nonsense. One board member who has crazy ideas can derail the entire board. You don’t put people on the board knowing they are Moms for Liberty shills (unless of course you are a Moms for Liberty shill).

One board member can't pass any crazy ideas.

Why on earth would you hire someone who will not just propose ideas that are crazy, hateful and harmful?

We've been left with a choice between someone who might *say* bad ideas, and someone who might *enact* bad policies.

Both are bad, but when forced to choose, I'll go with the former. Zimmerman is too much of a threat to kids, particularly if other MCEA candidates get on the board.

Yeah you and I have different values

Are you really more concerned about bad talk than bad policies? The latter has a direct impact on schools and kids.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lynn Harris is part of the problem and the current disfunction. She needs to go. I think if there was a different mix on the board and different president Evans would be ok but she will not stand up for anything and goes along with the others. So, she needs to go.

Stewart and Zimmerman aren't going to stand up for anything, either. They'll keep their mouths shut unless their overlords tell them it’s ok to speak up.

Stewart is a joke of a candidate.

MCEA took advantage of anger at the incompetence of BOE incumbents that they previously endorsed to endorse challengers who will be obviously worse than the incumbents. It’s Hobson’s choice.

She’d be great if the job was all about preparing written responses to league of women voter questionnaires or giving prewritten speeches like she did when she was a PTA advocate. The fact that she struggles to string sentences together that make sense during the live candidate forums has me worried about her effectiveness. She seems like a much more simple minded Lynne Harris.

Laura Stewart's public speaking skills are truly painful to sit through.

I don’t care if someone cannot speak well. I care they do their job well. Not everyone can public speak. We don’t need charisma we need action.

If she is lacking in oral persuasion skills, or the ability to quickly articulate positions without written materials, they can’t do the job.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lynn Harris is part of the problem and the current disfunction. She needs to go. I think if there was a different mix on the board and different president Evans would be ok but she will not stand up for anything and goes along with the others. So, she needs to go.

Stewart and Zimmerman aren't going to stand up for anything, either. They'll keep their mouths shut unless their overlords tell them it’s ok to speak up.

Stewart is a joke of a candidate.

MCEA took advantage of anger at the incompetence of BOE incumbents that they previously endorsed to endorse challengers who will be obviously worse than the incumbents. It’s Hobson’s choice.

Worse than incumbents that gave a massive payout to the Superintendent that promoted a serial sexual harasser? At a minimum, the newcomers will know they'll get fired if they pull that BS again.

Zimmerman isn't going to stay long anyway.

Any Board would have settled with McKnight, paying at least the early termination clause of the contract. Though, I don't understand why they paid *more* than the early termination clause.

That's what I was referring to when I said "massive payout". It screams hush money.

Zimmerman's opponent is crazy. Whatever am I unt of time Zimmerman plans to stay, is better than having Brenda Diaz in office for any amount of time.

Crazy people ultimately don't do anything. At worst, Diaz will be a distraction. But there's also a chance she'll be willing to ask hard questions of central admin, which board members have never been willing to do during open session.

Zimmerman, unfortunately, can do much, much worse. I absolutely expect her to push for everything on MCEA's wish list, including more half-days and expanding virtual days (e.g., snow days) as much as is allowed by state law. That will be a disaster, particularly for the kids with special needs that would miss out on services those days.

This is nonsense. One board member who has crazy ideas can derail the entire board. You don’t put people on the board knowing they are Moms for Liberty shills (unless of course you are a Moms for Liberty shill).

One board member can't pass any crazy ideas.

Why on earth would you hire someone who will not just propose ideas that are crazy, hateful and harmful?

We've been left with a choice between someone who might *say* bad ideas, and someone who might *enact* bad policies.

Both are bad, but when forced to choose, I'll go with the former. Zimmerman is too much of a threat to kids, particularly if other MCEA candidates get on the board.

This is a stupid argument. They are both one vote on the board. If you think Zimmerman is a “threat” then so is Diaz.