Brenda Diaz

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I will vote for her. BOE is a disaster and a different voice will be beneficial. I don’t care if she's MAGA or not. This is not about the orange guy but about a bunch of lunatics destroying mcps and being voted again and again.

mmm'k. Diaz isn't going to fix this though. Sometimes people are so divisive that no one will work with or take them seriously. This is Diaz's problem, she lost credibility as being able to be anything other than a MAGA crazycat and no one on the board, current or future, will want to be seen working with her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I will vote for her. BOE is a disaster and a different voice will be beneficial. I don’t care if she's MAGA or not. This is not about the orange guy but about a bunch of lunatics destroying mcps and being voted again and again.

Well said. Anyone who won’t be an automatic woke leftist in this county is a win for me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have seen lots of online commentary on her being crazy and MAGA during the pandemic. I did not have kids in schools then so don't know all the background. But her responses on the various candidate questionnaires I have seen for this election all seem reasonable, relatively measured, and most importantly (to me) much more specific on actual changes that would increase the rigor and accountability of MCPS. She also cites evidence more than the other candidates. I disagree with her on Mahmoud vs. Taylor but even her responses on that topic don't seem particularly extreme.

I really don't like the idea of voting for a MAGA candidate but also feel like ultimately I should be voting based on the candidates' stated views, and hers seem pretty good and at least very clear whereas all the other candidates seem to respond entirely in vague platitudes, which makes me think they'll just roll with whatever the superintendent and MCEA want rather than providing actual oversight and differing views. What am I missing?

She has toned down her rhetoric since her last run for the BOE. You should know that she was fired from MCPS for refusing to adhere to vaccination requirements for CoVid. She refused to wear a mask. And rather than do these things, she simply did not show up to teach, leaving administrators scrambling to cover her classes.

If you think this behavior is well-reasoned, by all means, vote for her.

based on reports from her coworkers at Gaithersburg HS, she wasn't even showing up or building her own curriculum before the pandemic. There's plenty of threads out there about this. But how is she able to spend so much time on social media and pandering to any group that will listen to her, while she's apparently running her own virtual school?? What curriculum is she teaching there and who has enrolled in that school?

I think her virtual school is fake. All I see on her linked-in page is BMD Educational Consulting Services as a job. No website, no contact information for her consulting work. I think her job is to run for BOE every election cycle.

But it is something to put on her resume

Makes ya wonder who is funding her campaign? How does she have time and $ to spend all day posting on twitter and substacks and plant signs all over the county when she’s running a virtual school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I will vote for her. BOE is a disaster and a different voice will be beneficial. I don’t care if she's MAGA or not. This is not about the orange guy but about a bunch of lunatics destroying mcps and being voted again and again.

mmm'k. Diaz isn't going to fix this though. Sometimes people are so divisive that no one will work with or take them seriously. This is Diaz's problem, she lost credibility as being able to be anything other than a MAGA crazycat and no one on the board, current or future, will want to be seen working with her.

Taylor isn’t working with anyone on the Board.

[Anonymous]

An endorsement for Wylea Chase, that also notes Omar Lazo as a credible candidate, from Washington Jewish Week: “Wylea Chase is widely regarded as an experienced education leader with strong cross-community ties, including work with Jewish organizations on antisemitism. Omar Lazo offers a different perspective and is also viewed as a credible candidate. As between the two, Wylea Chase is the more experienced candidate and has earned our endorsement.”

Omar Lazo has a long list of endorsements on his website.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I will vote for her. BOE is a disaster and a different voice will be beneficial. I don’t care if she's MAGA or not. This is not about the orange guy but about a bunch of lunatics destroying mcps and being voted again and again.

mmm'k. Diaz isn't going to fix this though. Sometimes people are so divisive that no one will work with or take them seriously. This is Diaz's problem, she lost credibility as being able to be anything other than a MAGA crazycat and no one on the board, current or future, will want to be seen working with her.

Taylor isn’t working with anyone on the Board.

I wondered about this. He's the Marlboro Man.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I will vote for her. BOE is a disaster and a different voice will be beneficial. I don’t care if she's MAGA or not. This is not about the orange guy but about a bunch of lunatics destroying mcps and being voted again and again.

mmm'k. Diaz isn't going to fix this though. Sometimes people are so divisive that no one will work with or take them seriously. This is Diaz's problem, she lost credibility as being able to be anything other than a MAGA crazycat and no one on the board, current or future, will want to be seen working with her.

Taylor isn’t working with anyone on the Board.

He doesn't have to as the county council and BOE are too weak to stand up to him and they just agree and go along with it despite how much he and central office (he's not alone in this and they need to clean house) harm MCPS, the county, staff and students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:An endorsement for Wylea Chase, that also notes Omar Lazo as a credible candidate, from Washington Jewish Week: “Wylea Chase is widely regarded as an experienced education leader with strong cross-community ties, including work with Jewish organizations on antisemitism. Omar Lazo offers a different perspective and is also viewed as a credible candidate. As between the two, Wylea Chase is the more experienced candidate and has earned our endorsement.”

Omar Lazo has a long list of endorsements on his website.

Endorsements are for brainless people that cannot pick a candidate themselves and rely on others to tell what to vote for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have seen lots of online commentary on her being crazy and MAGA during the pandemic. I did not have kids in schools then so don't know all the background. But her responses on the various candidate questionnaires I have seen for this election all seem reasonable, relatively measured, and most importantly (to me) much more specific on actual changes that would increase the rigor and accountability of MCPS. She also cites evidence more than the other candidates. I disagree with her on Mahmoud vs. Taylor but even her responses on that topic don't seem particularly extreme.

I really don't like the idea of voting for a MAGA candidate but also feel like ultimately I should be voting based on the candidates' stated views, and hers seem pretty good and at least very clear whereas all the other candidates seem to respond entirely in vague platitudes, which makes me think they'll just roll with whatever the superintendent and MCEA want rather than providing actual oversight and differing views. What am I missing?

She has toned down her rhetoric since her last run for the BOE. You should know that she was fired from MCPS for refusing to adhere to vaccination requirements for CoVid. She refused to wear a mask. And rather than do these things, she simply did not show up to teach, leaving administrators scrambling to cover her classes.

If you think this behavior is well-reasoned, by all means, vote for her.

based on reports from her coworkers at Gaithersburg HS, she wasn't even showing up or building her own curriculum before the pandemic. There's plenty of threads out there about this. But how is she able to spend so much time on social media and pandering to any group that will listen to her, while she's apparently running her own virtual school?? What curriculum is she teaching there and who has enrolled in that school?

Some of her colleagues have also reported that she made racist comments about the black and brown kids at GHS (e.g., calling them ghetto). This, to me, is disqualifying, full stop, but especially problematic on a school board where the job is to represent all kids even when the wealthiest voices do their best to drown out everyone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have seen lots of online commentary on her being crazy and MAGA during the pandemic. I did not have kids in schools then so don't know all the background. But her responses on the various candidate questionnaires I have seen for this election all seem reasonable, relatively measured, and most importantly (to me) much more specific on actual changes that would increase the rigor and accountability of MCPS. She also cites evidence more than the other candidates. I disagree with her on Mahmoud vs. Taylor but even her responses on that topic don't seem particularly extreme.

I really don't like the idea of voting for a MAGA candidate but also feel like ultimately I should be voting based on the candidates' stated views, and hers seem pretty good and at least very clear whereas all the other candidates seem to respond entirely in vague platitudes, which makes me think they'll just roll with whatever the superintendent and MCEA want rather than providing actual oversight and differing views. What am I missing?

She has toned down her rhetoric since her last run for the BOE. You should know that she was fired from MCPS for refusing to adhere to vaccination requirements for CoVid. She refused to wear a mask. And rather than do these things, she simply did not show up to teach, leaving administrators scrambling to cover her classes.

If you think this behavior is well-reasoned, by all means, vote for her.

based on reports from her coworkers at Gaithersburg HS, she wasn't even showing up or building her own curriculum before the pandemic. There's plenty of threads out there about this. But how is she able to spend so much time on social media and pandering to any group that will listen to her, while she's apparently running her own virtual school?? What curriculum is she teaching there and who has enrolled in that school?

Some of her colleagues have also reported that she made racist comments about the black and brown kids at GHS (e.g., calling them ghetto). This, to me, is disqualifying, full stop, but especially problematic on a school board where the job is to represent all kids even when the wealthiest voices do their best to drown out everyone else.

You may be right in certain characterization of the populations predominant among those in attendance at meetings or offering public testimony. However, if you have followed the BOE, themselves, what they focus on and what MCPS brings to the presentation table, you'd never think that to be the case. Except, of course, in that they never talk about the actual effect of their policies/plans when it comes to how that plays out with local school principal autonomy and the very dissimilar student populations across the county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have seen lots of online commentary on her being crazy and MAGA during the pandemic. I did not have kids in schools then so don't know all the background. But her responses on the various candidate questionnaires I have seen for this election all seem reasonable, relatively measured, and most importantly (to me) much more specific on actual changes that would increase the rigor and accountability of MCPS. She also cites evidence more than the other candidates. I disagree with her on Mahmoud vs. Taylor but even her responses on that topic don't seem particularly extreme.

I really don't like the idea of voting for a MAGA candidate but also feel like ultimately I should be voting based on the candidates' stated views, and hers seem pretty good and at least very clear whereas all the other candidates seem to respond entirely in vague platitudes, which makes me think they'll just roll with whatever the superintendent and MCEA want rather than providing actual oversight and differing views. What am I missing?

She's MAGA = cult of stupidity. Her social media is full of absolute propaganda. It's literally horrifying.

Now let's talk other issues. Ms Diaz was a teacher at MCPS. She was let go because she did not show up for work. She claims this was only about her not showing up during covid as she was protesting mask mandates. Well that is not entirely true she did not show up for her previous teaching position many times. Parents were not happy with her teaching whether it was at Gaithersburg or her previous position. She wasted taxpayer funds over and over again not to mention left kids unattended.

Next the Heritage Foundation Curriculum no one in their right mind with brain cells besides Ms Diaz wants that curriculum in a school system where the goal is to go to college for all kids.

Next ties to MomsforLiberty she was endorsed by them and. the GOP in her first run. She went and spoke at their events and used their terminology still does. Who votes for someone who promotes a literal hate group?????

She has a horrifying social media presence as well and is not qualified to be on any position involving young minds

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have seen lots of online commentary on her being crazy and MAGA during the pandemic. I did not have kids in schools then so don't know all the background. But her responses on the various candidate questionnaires I have seen for this election all seem reasonable, relatively measured, and most importantly (to me) much more specific on actual changes that would increase the rigor and accountability of MCPS. She also cites evidence more than the other candidates. I disagree with her on Mahmoud vs. Taylor but even her responses on that topic don't seem particularly extreme.

I really don't like the idea of voting for a MAGA candidate but also feel like ultimately I should be voting based on the candidates' stated views, and hers seem pretty good and at least very clear whereas all the other candidates seem to respond entirely in vague platitudes, which makes me think they'll just roll with whatever the superintendent and MCEA want rather than providing actual oversight and differing views. What am I missing?

She has toned down her rhetoric since her last run for the BOE. You should know that she was fired from MCPS for refusing to adhere to vaccination requirements for CoVid. She refused to wear a mask. And rather than do these things, she simply did not show up to teach, leaving administrators scrambling to cover her classes.

If you think this behavior is well-reasoned, by all means, vote for her.

based on reports from her coworkers at Gaithersburg HS, she wasn't even showing up or building her own curriculum before the pandemic. There's plenty of threads out there about this. But how is she able to spend so much time on social media and pandering to any group that will listen to her, while she's apparently running her own virtual school?? What curriculum is she teaching there and who has enrolled in that school?

Some of her colleagues have also reported that she made racist comments about the black and brown kids at GHS (e.g., calling them ghetto). This, to me, is disqualifying, full stop, but especially problematic on a school board where the job is to represent all kids even when the wealthiest voices do their best to drown out everyone else.

+1

[Anonymous]

I went to a forum the first time she ran. Diaz presents terribly word salad is what I would describe as her speaking. She can not fully defend her positions with out heading into RW misinformation and lies. Her defense of The Heritage Foundations Curriculum was ridiculous at best.

Diaz is a book banning anti vax (yes even more than covid vaccines), ignorant, racist and down right loves Stephen Millers of this world. She promotes RFK Jr's lies on her X account. If that doesn't deter you bless your heart you are a racist POS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I will vote for her. BOE is a disaster and a different voice will be beneficial. I don’t care if she's MAGA or not. This is not about the orange guy but about a bunch of lunatics destroying mcps and being voted again and again.

mmm'k. Diaz isn't going to fix this though. Sometimes people are so divisive that no one will work with or take them seriously. This is Diaz's problem, she lost credibility as being able to be anything other than a MAGA crazycat and no one on the board, current or future, will want to be seen working with her.

Taylor isn’t working with anyone on the Board.

He doesn't have to as the county council and BOE are too weak to stand up to him and they just agree and go along with it despite how much he and central office (he's not alone in this and they need to clean house) harm MCPS, the county, staff and students.

The county council and exec are not too weak. I think they had their fill of Taylor's manipulative maneuvers this year, and they are ready for him next year. The problem with Taylor is that he either doesn't value longterm relationships, or he thinks he can do whatever he wants and get away with it.

[Anonymous]

Diaz presented an many Moms4liberty forums in 2022 and 2023. She does not live in reality. Please do not vote for her she is mentally ill.

I had a niece who was in her class before she was at Gaithersburg HS. My SIL fought the school system to have my niece removed from her class because she hardly ever showed up to work. It was an awful experience. She watched videos on her phone and did not teach.