BOE - who are people voting for?

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Anonymous wrote:Candidates answering a question about the boundary study RFP:

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/10/22/general-election-school-board-questionnaire-boundary-review/

Thanks. Man, Montoya's answer sure shows that she is a lawyer, doesn't it?

Betweeen Montoya and Harris, who is the preferred candidate if you'd like to see high school and middle school boundaries changed as little as possible? I support redistricting to deal with overcrowding, but not to achieve some big realignment in FARMS and demographic distribution in the name of equity (as that would be more likely to lead to busing). The priority should be geographic proximity to a school, when possible.

Harris. I know people are anti-incumbent but Lynne is the only one who has been a teacher recently. She's also a lawyer and a nurse and is the only BOE member I see posting about being involved with student activities. She always asks the good questions at board meetings and will often vote on her own rather than just voting to go along. She's smart and a kind person from what I have seen. She deserves a second term. Not Shebra though.

+1. Harris is the right choice. Montoya would be lost I the woods on the BOE.

What a joke. The only person lost is Lynne.
Nonsense. The budget shortfall falls squarely on Lynne and her budget committed. Lynne is the biggest champion of electric buses, which has been a disaster. A vote for Lynne is a vote for fiscal irresponsibility. Instead of going schools, maybe she should spend her time reading contracts and budgets.

That's wild. You think the Apple Ballot candidates are going to be fiscally conservative? Cutting programs is unpopular with parents. Limiting pay increases is unpopular with MCEA. Stewart/Montoya/Zimmerman are the last people that you'd find reigning in spending. They're going to let MCPS admin do the dirty work.

So, you mean they will basically be the same as the current BOE members who failed us? Probably but I'm still willing to give them a chance given they are our only real option.

Things are never so bad that they can't get worse.

They are very bad now... things need to change the current BOE members are part of the problem, not solution.

That attitude is how you end up with bigger problems.

They are very bad now.

And yet, there are still plenty of opportunities for things to get worse.

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Does anyone have the link for the recording of Monday night’s candidate forum at WJ?

If not, anyone have any highlights to share?

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Anonymous wrote:Candidates answering a question about the boundary study RFP:

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/10/22/general-election-school-board-questionnaire-boundary-review/

Thanks. Man, Montoya's answer sure shows that she is a lawyer, doesn't it?

Betweeen Montoya and Harris, who is the preferred candidate if you'd like to see high school and middle school boundaries changed as little as possible? I support redistricting to deal with overcrowding, but not to achieve some big realignment in FARMS and demographic distribution in the name of equity (as that would be more likely to lead to busing). The priority should be geographic proximity to a school, when possible.

Harris. I know people are anti-incumbent but Lynne is the only one who has been a teacher recently. She's also a lawyer and a nurse and is the only BOE member I see posting about being involved with student activities. She always asks the good questions at board meetings and will often vote on her own rather than just voting to go along. She's smart and a kind person from what I have seen. She deserves a second term. Not Shebra though.

Saying she is a teacher, nurse and lawyer means she doesn't stick with anything for long. She is extremely nasty, deceitful. I'd rather see Evans reelected over her. Evans might be ok with diffent BOE members, but Harris needs to go. She's all for show.

If Harris is voted out, we at least have a shot with Stewart. I’d hate to not have a middle aged white pta-mom social justice warrior on the BOE.

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Anonymous wrote:Candidates answering a question about the boundary study RFP:

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/10/22/general-election-school-board-questionnaire-boundary-review/

Thanks. Man, Montoya's answer sure shows that she is a lawyer, doesn't it?

Betweeen Montoya and Harris, who is the preferred candidate if you'd like to see high school and middle school boundaries changed as little as possible? I support redistricting to deal with overcrowding, but not to achieve some big realignment in FARMS and demographic distribution in the name of equity (as that would be more likely to lead to busing). The priority should be geographic proximity to a school, when possible.

Harris. I know people are anti-incumbent but Lynne is the only one who has been a teacher recently. She's also a lawyer and a nurse and is the only BOE member I see posting about being involved with student activities. She always asks the good questions at board meetings and will often vote on her own rather than just voting to go along. She's smart and a kind person from what I have seen. She deserves a second term. Not Shebra though.

+1. Harris is the right choice. Montoya would be lost I the woods on the BOE.

What a joke. The only person lost is Lynne.
Nonsense. The budget shortfall falls squarely on Lynne and her budget committed. Lynne is the biggest champion of electric buses, which has been a disaster. A vote for Lynne is a vote for fiscal irresponsibility. Instead of going schools, maybe she should spend her time reading contracts and budgets.

That's wild. You think the Apple Ballot candidates are going to be fiscally conservative? Cutting programs is unpopular with parents. Limiting pay increases is unpopular with MCEA. Stewart/Montoya/Zimmerman are the last people that you'd find reigning in spending. They're going to let MCPS admin do the dirty work.

There’s a difference between reigning in spending versus financial ineptitude. Lynne exemplifies the latter. The facts are simple. MCPS has a budget shortfall because of a mistake. Lynne is in charge of the fiscal committee on the Board. And before you naysayers say that the central office staff is responsible for budgets, the board’s jobs, and in particular Lynne’s committee, is responsible for oversight of the staff’s product.

They wanted to get more money from the council. They clearly already knew what they were going to cut based on how quickly that went down. I wouldn't call that a "shortfall." Would you call it a "shortfall" when federal agencies submit budget requests that ultimately aren't fully funded by Congress?

The only true "shortfall" was with employee healthcare costs. Public institutions probably shouldn't self-insure. There's too much of a conflict of interest, since people are effectively deciding what themselves are going to have to pay. You can bet someone like Zimmerman isn't going to be pushing back on lowballing MCEA health insurance premiums.

Nonsense. Please be better informed.

“Montgomery Co. Public Schools loses out on $39M in funding due to a submission error”

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/education/mcps-wont-receive-39m-funding-submission-error/65-c7441ba6-23da-4e4c-a35b-471a7c82fce3

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Anonymous wrote:Candidates answering a question about the boundary study RFP:

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/10/22/general-election-school-board-questionnaire-boundary-review/

Thanks. Man, Montoya's answer sure shows that she is a lawyer, doesn't it?

Betweeen Montoya and Harris, who is the preferred candidate if you'd like to see high school and middle school boundaries changed as little as possible? I support redistricting to deal with overcrowding, but not to achieve some big realignment in FARMS and demographic distribution in the name of equity (as that would be more likely to lead to busing). The priority should be geographic proximity to a school, when possible.

Harris. I know people are anti-incumbent but Lynne is the only one who has been a teacher recently. She's also a lawyer and a nurse and is the only BOE member I see posting about being involved with student activities. She always asks the good questions at board meetings and will often vote on her own rather than just voting to go along. She's smart and a kind person from what I have seen. She deserves a second term. Not Shebra though.

+1. Harris is the right choice. Montoya would be lost I the woods on the BOE.

What a joke. The only person lost is Lynne.
Nonsense. The budget shortfall falls squarely on Lynne and her budget committed. Lynne is the biggest champion of electric buses, which has been a disaster. A vote for Lynne is a vote for fiscal irresponsibility. Instead of going schools, maybe she should spend her time reading contracts and budgets.

That's wild. You think the Apple Ballot candidates are going to be fiscally conservative? Cutting programs is unpopular with parents. Limiting pay increases is unpopular with MCEA. Stewart/Montoya/Zimmerman are the last people that you'd find reigning in spending. They're going to let MCPS admin do the dirty work.

There’s a difference between reigning in spending versus financial ineptitude. Lynne exemplifies the latter. The facts are simple. MCPS has a budget shortfall because of a mistake. Lynne is in charge of the fiscal committee on the Board. And before you naysayers say that the central office staff is responsible for budgets, the board’s jobs, and in particular Lynne’s committee, is responsible for oversight of the staff’s product.

DP but isn't Montoya the alternative to Harris? No thank you. She has zero experience and is not prepared to do anything to push back on MCPS.

As opposed to the person with so called experience who was in favor of the electric bus contract, proudly supported Biedermen, and is in charge of the budget committee that screwed up and missed out on $39 million. What a joke.

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Unfortunately no competent people wanted to run.

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Anonymous wrote:Candidates answering a question about the boundary study RFP:

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/10/22/general-election-school-board-questionnaire-boundary-review/

Thanks. Man, Montoya's answer sure shows that she is a lawyer, doesn't it?

Betweeen Montoya and Harris, who is the preferred candidate if you'd like to see high school and middle school boundaries changed as little as possible? I support redistricting to deal with overcrowding, but not to achieve some big realignment in FARMS and demographic distribution in the name of equity (as that would be more likely to lead to busing). The priority should be geographic proximity to a school, when possible.

Harris. I know people are anti-incumbent but Lynne is the only one who has been a teacher recently. She's also a lawyer and a nurse and is the only BOE member I see posting about being involved with student activities. She always asks the good questions at board meetings and will often vote on her own rather than just voting to go along. She's smart and a kind person from what I have seen. She deserves a second term. Not Shebra though.

+1. Harris is the right choice. Montoya would be lost I the woods on the BOE.

What a joke. The only person lost is Lynne.
Nonsense. The budget shortfall falls squarely on Lynne and her budget committed. Lynne is the biggest champion of electric buses, which has been a disaster. A vote for Lynne is a vote for fiscal irresponsibility. Instead of going schools, maybe she should spend her time reading contracts and budgets.

That's wild. You think the Apple Ballot candidates are going to be fiscally conservative? Cutting programs is unpopular with parents. Limiting pay increases is unpopular with MCEA. Stewart/Montoya/Zimmerman are the last people that you'd find reigning in spending. They're going to let MCPS admin do the dirty work.

There’s a difference between reigning in spending versus financial ineptitude. Lynne exemplifies the latter. The facts are simple. MCPS has a budget shortfall because of a mistake. Lynne is in charge of the fiscal committee on the Board. And before you naysayers say that the central office staff is responsible for budgets, the board’s jobs, and in particular Lynne’s committee, is responsible for oversight of the staff’s product.

They wanted to get more money from the council. They clearly already knew what they were going to cut based on how quickly that went down. I wouldn't call that a "shortfall." Would you call it a "shortfall" when federal agencies submit budget requests that ultimately aren't fully funded by Congress?

The only true "shortfall" was with employee healthcare costs. Public institutions probably shouldn't self-insure. There's too much of a conflict of interest, since people are effectively deciding what themselves are going to have to pay. You can bet someone like Zimmerman isn't going to be pushing back on lowballing MCEA health insurance premiums.

Nonsense. Please be better informed.

“Montgomery Co. Public Schools loses out on $39M in funding due to a submission error”

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/education/mcps-wont-receive-39m-funding-submission-error/65-c7441ba6-23da-4e4c-a35b-471a7c82fce3

What exactly do you think are the roles and responsibilities of BoE members? Do you think they include administrative and project management functions, like construction funding requests to the state?

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Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately no competent people wanted to run.

It's a terrible job that ultimately attracts the wrong people for the wrong reasons.

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Anonymous wrote:Candidates answering a question about the boundary study RFP:

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/10/22/general-election-school-board-questionnaire-boundary-review/

Thanks. Man, Montoya's answer sure shows that she is a lawyer, doesn't it?

Betweeen Montoya and Harris, who is the preferred candidate if you'd like to see high school and middle school boundaries changed as little as possible? I support redistricting to deal with overcrowding, but not to achieve some big realignment in FARMS and demographic distribution in the name of equity (as that would be more likely to lead to busing). The priority should be geographic proximity to a school, when possible.

Harris. I know people are anti-incumbent but Lynne is the only one who has been a teacher recently. She's also a lawyer and a nurse and is the only BOE member I see posting about being involved with student activities. She always asks the good questions at board meetings and will often vote on her own rather than just voting to go along. She's smart and a kind person from what I have seen. She deserves a second term. Not Shebra though.

+1. Harris is the right choice. Montoya would be lost I the woods on the BOE.

What a joke. The only person lost is Lynne.
Nonsense. The budget shortfall falls squarely on Lynne and her budget committed. Lynne is the biggest champion of electric buses, which has been a disaster. A vote for Lynne is a vote for fiscal irresponsibility. Instead of going schools, maybe she should spend her time reading contracts and budgets.

That's wild. You think the Apple Ballot candidates are going to be fiscally conservative? Cutting programs is unpopular with parents. Limiting pay increases is unpopular with MCEA. Stewart/Montoya/Zimmerman are the last people that you'd find reigning in spending. They're going to let MCPS admin do the dirty work.

There’s a difference between reigning in spending versus financial ineptitude. Lynne exemplifies the latter. The facts are simple. MCPS has a budget shortfall because of a mistake. Lynne is in charge of the fiscal committee on the Board. And before you naysayers say that the central office staff is responsible for budgets, the board’s jobs, and in particular Lynne’s committee, is responsible for oversight of the staff’s product.

They wanted to get more money from the council. They clearly already knew what they were going to cut based on how quickly that went down. I wouldn't call that a "shortfall." Would you call it a "shortfall" when federal agencies submit budget requests that ultimately aren't fully funded by Congress?

The only true "shortfall" was with employee healthcare costs. Public institutions probably shouldn't self-insure. There's too much of a conflict of interest, since people are effectively deciding what themselves are going to have to pay. You can bet someone like Zimmerman isn't going to be pushing back on lowballing MCEA health insurance premiums.

Nonsense. Please be better informed.

“Montgomery Co. Public Schools loses out on $39M in funding due to a submission error”

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/education/mcps-wont-receive-39m-funding-submission-error/65-c7441ba6-23da-4e4c-a35b-471a7c82fce3

What exactly do you think are the roles and responsibilities of BoE members? Do you think they include administrative and project management functions, like construction funding requests to the state?

A board has “oversight” responsibilities. You can’t say experience matters and in the same breath say that the board has no responsibilities. Put your conflictive dissonance in check.

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Anonymous wrote:Candidates answering a question about the boundary study RFP:

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/10/22/general-election-school-board-questionnaire-boundary-review/

Thanks. Man, Montoya's answer sure shows that she is a lawyer, doesn't it?

Betweeen Montoya and Harris, who is the preferred candidate if you'd like to see high school and middle school boundaries changed as little as possible? I support redistricting to deal with overcrowding, but not to achieve some big realignment in FARMS and demographic distribution in the name of equity (as that would be more likely to lead to busing). The priority should be geographic proximity to a school, when possible.

Harris. I know people are anti-incumbent but Lynne is the only one who has been a teacher recently. She's also a lawyer and a nurse and is the only BOE member I see posting about being involved with student activities. She always asks the good questions at board meetings and will often vote on her own rather than just voting to go along. She's smart and a kind person from what I have seen. She deserves a second term. Not Shebra though.

+1. Harris is the right choice. Montoya would be lost I the woods on the BOE.

What a joke. The only person lost is Lynne.
Nonsense. The budget shortfall falls squarely on Lynne and her budget committed. Lynne is the biggest champion of electric buses, which has been a disaster. A vote for Lynne is a vote for fiscal irresponsibility. Instead of going schools, maybe she should spend her time reading contracts and budgets.

That's wild. You think the Apple Ballot candidates are going to be fiscally conservative? Cutting programs is unpopular with parents. Limiting pay increases is unpopular with MCEA. Stewart/Montoya/Zimmerman are the last people that you'd find reigning in spending. They're going to let MCPS admin do the dirty work.

There’s a difference between reigning in spending versus financial ineptitude. Lynne exemplifies the latter. The facts are simple. MCPS has a budget shortfall because of a mistake. Lynne is in charge of the fiscal committee on the Board. And before you naysayers say that the central office staff is responsible for budgets, the board’s jobs, and in particular Lynne’s committee, is responsible for oversight of the staff’s product.

They wanted to get more money from the council. They clearly already knew what they were going to cut based on how quickly that went down. I wouldn't call that a "shortfall." Would you call it a "shortfall" when federal agencies submit budget requests that ultimately aren't fully funded by Congress?

The only true "shortfall" was with employee healthcare costs. Public institutions probably shouldn't self-insure. There's too much of a conflict of interest, since people are effectively deciding what themselves are going to have to pay. You can bet someone like Zimmerman isn't going to be pushing back on lowballing MCEA health insurance premiums.

Nonsense. Please be better informed.

“Montgomery Co. Public Schools loses out on $39M in funding due to a submission error”

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/education/mcps-wont-receive-39m-funding-submission-error/65-c7441ba6-23da-4e4c-a35b-471a7c82fce3

What exactly do you think are the roles and responsibilities of BoE members? Do you think they include administrative and project management functions, like construction funding requests to the state?

A board has “oversight” responsibilities. You can’t say experience matters and in the same breath say that the board has no responsibilities. Put your conflictive dissonance in check.

So, you think "oversight" means checking administrative paperwork created by MCPS staff before it goes out, including verifying the accuracy of the contents, estimates, calculations, etc.?

The reality is that there's no way for the Board to catch these kinds of errors before they happen. They can hold people accountable, both for the errors themselves and how they're handled, but that's done after.

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Anonymous wrote:Candidates answering a question about the boundary study RFP:

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/10/22/general-election-school-board-questionnaire-boundary-review/

Thanks. Man, Montoya's answer sure shows that she is a lawyer, doesn't it?

Betweeen Montoya and Harris, who is the preferred candidate if you'd like to see high school and middle school boundaries changed as little as possible? I support redistricting to deal with overcrowding, but not to achieve some big realignment in FARMS and demographic distribution in the name of equity (as that would be more likely to lead to busing). The priority should be geographic proximity to a school, when possible.

Harris. I know people are anti-incumbent but Lynne is the only one who has been a teacher recently. She's also a lawyer and a nurse and is the only BOE member I see posting about being involved with student activities. She always asks the good questions at board meetings and will often vote on her own rather than just voting to go along. She's smart and a kind person from what I have seen. She deserves a second term. Not Shebra though.

+1. Harris is the right choice. Montoya would be lost I the woods on the BOE.

What a joke. The only person lost is Lynne.
Nonsense. The budget shortfall falls squarely on Lynne and her budget committed. Lynne is the biggest champion of electric buses, which has been a disaster. A vote for Lynne is a vote for fiscal irresponsibility. Instead of going schools, maybe she should spend her time reading contracts and budgets.

That's wild. You think the Apple Ballot candidates are going to be fiscally conservative? Cutting programs is unpopular with parents. Limiting pay increases is unpopular with MCEA. Stewart/Montoya/Zimmerman are the last people that you'd find reigning in spending. They're going to let MCPS admin do the dirty work.

There’s a difference between reigning in spending versus financial ineptitude. Lynne exemplifies the latter. The facts are simple. MCPS has a budget shortfall because of a mistake. Lynne is in charge of the fiscal committee on the Board. And before you naysayers say that the central office staff is responsible for budgets, the board’s jobs, and in particular Lynne’s committee, is responsible for oversight of the staff’s product.

DP but isn't Montoya the alternative to Harris? No thank you. She has zero experience and is not prepared to do anything to push back on MCPS.

As opposed to the person with so called experience who was in favor of the electric bus contract, proudly supported Biedermen, and is in charge of the budget committee that screwed up and missed out on $39 million. What a joke.

Harris was as far away from being a Beidleman (not Biedermen) supporter as you can find. That $39 million will go in part to Crown HS, instead of Woodward HS. Implementing the budget falls in the staff's responsibility. Let's see how well Taylor does with managing the budget. We know that McKnight had a revolving door of top staff, creating administrative chaos.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have the link for the recording of Monday night’s candidate forum at WJ?

If not, anyone have any highlights to share?

Link to Monday night's candidate forum at WJ:

htps://youtu.be/Zy884oyam-k

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Anonymous wrote:Candidates answering a question about the boundary study RFP:

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/10/22/general-election-school-board-questionnaire-boundary-review/

Thanks. Man, Montoya's answer sure shows that she is a lawyer, doesn't it?

Betweeen Montoya and Harris, who is the preferred candidate if you'd like to see high school and middle school boundaries changed as little as possible? I support redistricting to deal with overcrowding, but not to achieve some big realignment in FARMS and demographic distribution in the name of equity (as that would be more likely to lead to busing). The priority should be geographic proximity to a school, when possible.

Harris. I know people are anti-incumbent but Lynne is the only one who has been a teacher recently. She's also a lawyer and a nurse and is the only BOE member I see posting about being involved with student activities. She always asks the good questions at board meetings and will often vote on her own rather than just voting to go along. She's smart and a kind person from what I have seen. She deserves a second term. Not Shebra though.

+1. Harris is the right choice. Montoya would be lost I the woods on the BOE.

What a joke. The only person lost is Lynne.
Nonsense. The budget shortfall falls squarely on Lynne and her budget committed. Lynne is the biggest champion of electric buses, which has been a disaster. A vote for Lynne is a vote for fiscal irresponsibility. Instead of going schools, maybe she should spend her time reading contracts and budgets.

That's wild. You think the Apple Ballot candidates are going to be fiscally conservative? Cutting programs is unpopular with parents. Limiting pay increases is unpopular with MCEA. Stewart/Montoya/Zimmerman are the last people that you'd find reigning in spending. They're going to let MCPS admin do the dirty work.

There’s a difference between reigning in spending versus financial ineptitude. Lynne exemplifies the latter. The facts are simple. MCPS has a budget shortfall because of a mistake. Lynne is in charge of the fiscal committee on the Board. And before you naysayers say that the central office staff is responsible for budgets, the board’s jobs, and in particular Lynne’s committee, is responsible for oversight of the staff’s product.

They wanted to get more money from the council. They clearly already knew what they were going to cut based on how quickly that went down. I wouldn't call that a "shortfall." Would you call it a "shortfall" when federal agencies submit budget requests that ultimately aren't fully funded by Congress?

The only true "shortfall" was with employee healthcare costs. Public institutions probably shouldn't self-insure. There's too much of a conflict of interest, since people are effectively deciding what themselves are going to have to pay. You can bet someone like Zimmerman isn't going to be pushing back on lowballing MCEA health insurance premiums.

Nonsense. Please be better informed.

“Montgomery Co. Public Schools loses out on $39M in funding due to a submission error”

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/education/mcps-wont-receive-39m-funding-submission-error/65-c7441ba6-23da-4e4c-a35b-471a7c82fce3

What exactly do you think are the roles and responsibilities of BoE members? Do you think they include administrative and project management functions, like construction funding requests to the state?

Yes
Knowing that hiring criminals leads to corrupt deals.

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Anonymous wrote:Candidates answering a question about the boundary study RFP:

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/10/22/general-election-school-board-questionnaire-boundary-review/

Thanks. Man, Montoya's answer sure shows that she is a lawyer, doesn't it?

Betweeen Montoya and Harris, who is the preferred candidate if you'd like to see high school and middle school boundaries changed as little as possible? I support redistricting to deal with overcrowding, but not to achieve some big realignment in FARMS and demographic distribution in the name of equity (as that would be more likely to lead to busing). The priority should be geographic proximity to a school, when possible.

Harris. I know people are anti-incumbent but Lynne is the only one who has been a teacher recently. She's also a lawyer and a nurse and is the only BOE member I see posting about being involved with student activities. She always asks the good questions at board meetings and will often vote on her own rather than just voting to go along. She's smart and a kind person from what I have seen. She deserves a second term. Not Shebra though.

+1. Harris is the right choice. Montoya would be lost I the woods on the BOE.

What a joke. The only person lost is Lynne.
Nonsense. The budget shortfall falls squarely on Lynne and her budget committed. Lynne is the biggest champion of electric buses, which has been a disaster. A vote for Lynne is a vote for fiscal irresponsibility. Instead of going schools, maybe she should spend her time reading contracts and budgets.

That's wild. You think the Apple Ballot candidates are going to be fiscally conservative? Cutting programs is unpopular with parents. Limiting pay increases is unpopular with MCEA. Stewart/Montoya/Zimmerman are the last people that you'd find reigning in spending. They're going to let MCPS admin do the dirty work.

There’s a difference between reigning in spending versus financial ineptitude. Lynne exemplifies the latter. The facts are simple. MCPS has a budget shortfall because of a mistake. Lynne is in charge of the fiscal committee on the Board. And before you naysayers say that the central office staff is responsible for budgets, the board’s jobs, and in particular Lynne’s committee, is responsible for oversight of the staff’s product.

DP but isn't Montoya the alternative to Harris? No thank you. She has zero experience and is not prepared to do anything to push back on MCPS.

As opposed to the person with so called experience who was in favor of the electric bus contract, proudly supported Biedermen, and is in charge of the budget committee that screwed up and missed out on $39 million. What a joke.

Why do you say proudly supported Beidleman? The entire board voted him for principal

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Anonymous wrote:Candidates answering a question about the boundary study RFP:

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/10/22/general-election-school-board-questionnaire-boundary-review/

Thanks. Man, Montoya's answer sure shows that she is a lawyer, doesn't it?

Betweeen Montoya and Harris, who is the preferred candidate if you'd like to see high school and middle school boundaries changed as little as possible? I support redistricting to deal with overcrowding, but not to achieve some big realignment in FARMS and demographic distribution in the name of equity (as that would be more likely to lead to busing). The priority should be geographic proximity to a school, when possible.

Harris. I know people are anti-incumbent but Lynne is the only one who has been a teacher recently. She's also a lawyer and a nurse and is the only BOE member I see posting about being involved with student activities. She always asks the good questions at board meetings and will often vote on her own rather than just voting to go along. She's smart and a kind person from what I have seen. She deserves a second term. Not Shebra though.

+1. Harris is the right choice. Montoya would be lost I the woods on the BOE.

What a joke. The only person lost is Lynne.
Nonsense. The budget shortfall falls squarely on Lynne and her budget committed. Lynne is the biggest champion of electric buses, which has been a disaster. A vote for Lynne is a vote for fiscal irresponsibility. Instead of going schools, maybe she should spend her time reading contracts and budgets.

That's wild. You think the Apple Ballot candidates are going to be fiscally conservative? Cutting programs is unpopular with parents. Limiting pay increases is unpopular with MCEA. Stewart/Montoya/Zimmerman are the last people that you'd find reigning in spending. They're going to let MCPS admin do the dirty work.

There’s a difference between reigning in spending versus financial ineptitude. Lynne exemplifies the latter. The facts are simple. MCPS has a budget shortfall because of a mistake. Lynne is in charge of the fiscal committee on the Board. And before you naysayers say that the central office staff is responsible for budgets, the board’s jobs, and in particular Lynne’s committee, is responsible for oversight of the staff’s product.

They wanted to get more money from the council. They clearly already knew what they were going to cut based on how quickly that went down. I wouldn't call that a "shortfall." Would you call it a "shortfall" when federal agencies submit budget requests that ultimately aren't fully funded by Congress?

The only true "shortfall" was with employee healthcare costs. Public institutions probably shouldn't self-insure. There's too much of a conflict of interest, since people are effectively deciding what themselves are going to have to pay. You can bet someone like Zimmerman isn't going to be pushing back on lowballing MCEA health insurance premiums.

Nonsense. Please be better informed.

“Montgomery Co. Public Schools loses out on $39M in funding due to a submission error”

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/education/mcps-wont-receive-39m-funding-submission-error/65-c7441ba6-23da-4e4c-a35b-471a7c82fce3

What exactly do you think are the roles and responsibilities of BoE members? Do you think they include administrative and project management functions, like construction funding requests to the state?

Yes
Knowing that hiring criminals leads to corrupt deals.

Then you don't understand the roles and responsibilities of the Board versus the Superintendent and MCPS staff.