Montoya is not fit for office

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Anonymous wrote:I don't like the behaviors you described, but I am more concerned about the BOE being incompetent and refusing to ask tough questions of the Superintendent. Ultimately I think this stems from their low stipends and lack of independent staff. I'll happily vote for alternative candidates that aren't hateful, especially if they support more physical books and learning with pencil and paper. But honestly I don't think much will change until the BOE has more resources to provide actual oversight of the Superintendent.

More money would not help. She works for Mcps.

I have never seen or heard that Montoya works for MCPS. Where are you getting this from?

She gets paid a small salary and excellent benefits from MCPS.


She has unreflected racial beliefs and that is a problem for an elected leader. I heard her hot mic comments last night. She appears bigoted against Asian American communities in my opinion. She does not know history.

+1 Nothing else is there to see.

Can you say more? I get people don’t like being called racist, but what did she say that shows she is bigoted against Asian people?

She gave information on the demographics of the current magnets and said a vote to preserve them was racist, not because she thinks there should be fewer Asians at them but because she thinks there should be more seats overall so that more kids have access. Totally fair to be skeptical that will work, but I am not understanding the overwhelming response that she was being racist.

Anyone not agreeing with her becomes a racist then. People suport and oppose many things without ever thinking about race.

Vote to oppose faulty and rushed implementation is not really vote to exclude any race from getting admission. Drawing that conclusion seems absurd to me. She is a bigot for calling any group supporting or opposing an action of BOE. I am not an Asian, but I can see that as well.

If you think her issue if with "anyone not agreeing with her" then it doesn't sound like you think she is biased against Asians.

Since you seems to be speaking for Montaya, please share why she will call opposting any vote as racist? NO one really makes that kind of absurd connection. People opposemany BOE ideas for lots of reasons. Calling others racist because they oppose something shows person sees everything from race angle and not capable to see outside of that.

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It was disgraceful to be honest. Trump speaks that way.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't like the behaviors you described, but I am more concerned about the BOE being incompetent and refusing to ask tough questions of the Superintendent. Ultimately I think this stems from their low stipends and lack of independent staff. I'll happily vote for alternative candidates that aren't hateful, especially if they support more physical books and learning with pencil and paper. But honestly I don't think much will change until the BOE has more resources to provide actual oversight of the Superintendent.

More money would not help. She works for Mcps.

I have never seen or heard that Montoya works for MCPS. Where are you getting this from?

She gets paid a small salary and excellent benefits from MCPS.


She has unreflected racial beliefs and that is a problem for an elected leader. I heard her hot mic comments last night. She appears bigoted against Asian American communities in my opinion. She does not know history.

+1 Nothing else is there to see.

Can you say more? I get people don’t like being called racist, but what did she say that shows she is bigoted against Asian people?

She gave information on the demographics of the current magnets and said a vote to preserve them was racist, not because she thinks there should be fewer Asians at them but because she thinks there should be more seats overall so that more kids have access. Totally fair to be skeptical that will work, but I am not understanding the overwhelming response that she was being racist.

Anyone not agreeing with her becomes a racist then. People suport and oppose many things without ever thinking about race.

Vote to oppose faulty and rushed implementation is not really vote to exclude any race from getting admission. Drawing that conclusion seems absurd to me. She is a bigot for calling any group supporting or opposing an action of BOE. I am not an Asian, but I can see that as well.

If you think her issue if with "anyone not agreeing with her" then it doesn't sound like you think she is biased against Asians.

Since you seems to be speaking for Montaya, please share why she will call opposting any vote as racist? NO one really makes that kind of absurd connection. People opposemany BOE ideas for lots of reasons. Calling others racist because they oppose something shows person sees everything from race angle and not capable to see outside of that.

Any other examples? This one obviously had strong racial undertones, particular from the most vocal opponents.

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Anonymous wrote:It is best to get out of ANY job when you become spiteful and resentful

That's just who these parents are. It's their identities, not their jobs. Couldn't you hear them during the meeting?

people are much calmer when they feel there is sound leadership in place

i.e., people who agree with them.

It was a near-unanimous vote, with only the board member most geographically and culturally associated with the protestors voting against it.

To be fair..pretty much all of their votes are unanimous. MCPS BOE is all for show. MCPS just does what they want. This Montoya fits in well with the CO culture of calling everyone a racist who doesn't agree with their plan. There will be someone else who will sue them again like the former BCC teacher did. They truly believe they answer to no one. They have NO idea what true equity looks like and refuse to listen to teachers who actually understand students needs. I am former certified STEM teacher who left MCPS - I would have loved to teach higher level courses, but I will NOT at MCPS ever again.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't like the behaviors you described, but I am more concerned about the BOE being incompetent and refusing to ask tough questions of the Superintendent. Ultimately I think this stems from their low stipends and lack of independent staff. I'll happily vote for alternative candidates that aren't hateful, especially if they support more physical books and learning with pencil and paper. But honestly I don't think much will change until the BOE has more resources to provide actual oversight of the Superintendent.

More money would not help. She works for Mcps.

I have never seen or heard that Montoya works for MCPS. Where are you getting this from?

She gets paid a small salary and excellent benefits from MCPS.


She has unreflected racial beliefs and that is a problem for an elected leader. I heard her hot mic comments last night. She appears bigoted against Asian American communities in my opinion. She does not know history.

+1 Nothing else is there to see.

Can you say more? I get people don’t like being called racist, but what did she say that shows she is bigoted against Asian people?

She gave information on the demographics of the current magnets and said a vote to preserve them was racist, not because she thinks there should be fewer Asians at them but because she thinks there should be more seats overall so that more kids have access. Totally fair to be skeptical that will work, but I am not understanding the overwhelming response that she was being racist.

I think the argument is that it is racist to send rich white and asian kids to school with hispanic kids.

Her kids are in NCC, and pipeline to BCC.. her kids will go to school with the rich kids... she has no clue whats going on down the road from her.

She has older kids in special programs outside the cluster and has a weird vendetta against B-CC. She seems to really hate it. Yes, lots of rich kids at B-CC, but also lots of lower-income families as well. I bet the kids in the program her kids go to are rich, too, because that’s who’s sending their kids to those programs. And it’ll continue to be like that with the regional model.

It's interesting to me that BOE members who protest against what they perceive to be elitism have/had their children in some of these programs: Laura Stewart's son is a graduate of RM IB and Karla Silvestre's children were in Spanish Immersion programs and the IB program at BCC. I assume that Montoya's children are in language immersion programs.

Let's see what Taylor and his minions in the BOE do with the language immersion programs. My guess is these programs will be cut in one way or another -- of course, after the BOE's children have finished them.

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Montoya's election in the first place was an out-of-nowhere challenge to a board of education member weakened by having been part of the unanimous vote that put McKnight in the superintendency. Montoya was ultimately successful, but she is someone whose entire involvement in the education system was comprised of a partial year as PTA president at NCC ES. She was hated at that school.

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Anonymous wrote:Montoya's election in the first place was an out-of-nowhere challenge to a board of education member weakened by having been part of the unanimous vote that put McKnight in the superintendency. Montoya was ultimately successful, but she is someone whose entire involvement in the education system was comprised of a partial year as PTA president at NCC ES. She was hated at that school.

She was the best of bad choices.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't like the behaviors you described, but I am more concerned about the BOE being incompetent and refusing to ask tough questions of the Superintendent. Ultimately I think this stems from their low stipends and lack of independent staff. I'll happily vote for alternative candidates that aren't hateful, especially if they support more physical books and learning with pencil and paper. But honestly I don't think much will change until the BOE has more resources to provide actual oversight of the Superintendent.

More money would not help. She works for Mcps.

I have never seen or heard that Montoya works for MCPS. Where are you getting this from?

She gets paid a small salary and excellent benefits from MCPS.


She has unreflected racial beliefs and that is a problem for an elected leader. I heard her hot mic comments last night. She appears bigoted against Asian American communities in my opinion. She does not know history.

+1 Nothing else is there to see.

Can you say more? I get people don’t like being called racist, but what did she say that shows she is bigoted against Asian people?

She gave information on the demographics of the current magnets and said a vote to preserve them was racist, not because she thinks there should be fewer Asians at them but because she thinks there should be more seats overall so that more kids have access. Totally fair to be skeptical that will work, but I am not understanding the overwhelming response that she was being racist.

I think the argument is that it is racist to send rich white and asian kids to school with hispanic kids.

Her kids are in NCC, and pipeline to BCC.. her kids will go to school with the rich kids... she has no clue whats going on down the road from her.

She has older kids in special programs outside the cluster and has a weird vendetta against B-CC. She seems to really hate it. Yes, lots of rich kids at B-CC, but also lots of lower-income families as well. I bet the kids in the program her kids go to are rich, too, because that’s who’s sending their kids to those programs. And it’ll continue to be like that with the regional model.

It's interesting to me that BOE members who protest against what they perceive to be elitism have/had their children in some of these programs: Laura Stewart's son is a graduate of RM IB and Karla Silvestre's children were in Spanish Immersion programs and the IB program at BCC. I assume that Montoya's children are in language immersion programs.

Let's see what Taylor and his minions in the BOE do with the language immersion programs. My guess is these programs will be cut in one way or another -- of course, after the BOE's children have finished them.

I thought Stewart was Einstein.

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Anonymous wrote:Montoya's election in the first place was an out-of-nowhere challenge to a board of education member weakened by having been part of the unanimous vote that put McKnight in the superintendency. Montoya was ultimately successful, but she is someone whose entire involvement in the education system was comprised of a partial year as PTA president at NCC ES. She was hated at that school.

She was the best of bad choices.

We shall see, said the wise man. Come Fall 2027, we'll see how Taylor's grand regional program plans collapse into academic and logistical chaos. Montoya and everyone else who voted for the broad changes enacted last week may wish they had not rubber-stamped Taylor's decision. This is the biggest rubber-stamp I have every seen a BOE make.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't like the behaviors you described, but I am more concerned about the BOE being incompetent and refusing to ask tough questions of the Superintendent. Ultimately I think this stems from their low stipends and lack of independent staff. I'll happily vote for alternative candidates that aren't hateful, especially if they support more physical books and learning with pencil and paper. But honestly I don't think much will change until the BOE has more resources to provide actual oversight of the Superintendent.

More money would not help. She works for Mcps.

I have never seen or heard that Montoya works for MCPS. Where are you getting this from?

She gets paid a small salary and excellent benefits from MCPS.


She has unreflected racial beliefs and that is a problem for an elected leader. I heard her hot mic comments last night. She appears bigoted against Asian American communities in my opinion. She does not know history.

+1 Nothing else is there to see.

Can you say more? I get people don’t like being called racist, but what did she say that shows she is bigoted against Asian people?

She gave information on the demographics of the current magnets and said a vote to preserve them was racist, not because she thinks there should be fewer Asians at them but because she thinks there should be more seats overall so that more kids have access. Totally fair to be skeptical that will work, but I am not understanding the overwhelming response that she was being racist.

I think the argument is that it is racist to send rich white and asian kids to school with hispanic kids.

Her kids are in NCC, and pipeline to BCC.. her kids will go to school with the rich kids... she has no clue whats going on down the road from her.

She has older kids in special programs outside the cluster and has a weird vendetta against B-CC. She seems to really hate it. Yes, lots of rich kids at B-CC, but also lots of lower-income families as well. I bet the kids in the program her kids go to are rich, too, because that’s who’s sending their kids to those programs. And it’ll continue to be like that with the regional model.

It's interesting to me that BOE members who protest against what they perceive to be elitism have/had their children in some of these programs: Laura Stewart's son is a graduate of RM IB and Karla Silvestre's children were in Spanish Immersion programs and the IB program at BCC. I assume that Montoya's children are in language immersion programs.

Let's see what Taylor and his minions in the BOE do with the language immersion programs. My guess is these programs will be cut in one way or another -- of course, after the BOE's children have finished them.

I thought Stewart was Einstein.

Her son went to RMIB.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't like the behaviors you described, but I am more concerned about the BOE being incompetent and refusing to ask tough questions of the Superintendent. Ultimately I think this stems from their low stipends and lack of independent staff. I'll happily vote for alternative candidates that aren't hateful, especially if they support more physical books and learning with pencil and paper. But honestly I don't think much will change until the BOE has more resources to provide actual oversight of the Superintendent.

More money would not help. She works for Mcps.

I have never seen or heard that Montoya works for MCPS. Where are you getting this from?

She gets paid a small salary and excellent benefits from MCPS.


She has unreflected racial beliefs and that is a problem for an elected leader. I heard her hot mic comments last night. She appears bigoted against Asian American communities in my opinion. She does not know history.

+1 Nothing else is there to see.

Can you say more? I get people don’t like being called racist, but what did she say that shows she is bigoted against Asian people?

She gave information on the demographics of the current magnets and said a vote to preserve them was racist, not because she thinks there should be fewer Asians at them but because she thinks there should be more seats overall so that more kids have access. Totally fair to be skeptical that will work, but I am not understanding the overwhelming response that she was being racist.

I think the argument is that it is racist to send rich white and asian kids to school with hispanic kids.

Her kids are in NCC, and pipeline to BCC.. her kids will go to school with the rich kids... she has no clue whats going on down the road from her.

She has older kids in special programs outside the cluster and has a weird vendetta against B-CC. She seems to really hate it. Yes, lots of rich kids at B-CC, but also lots of lower-income families as well. I bet the kids in the program her kids go to are rich, too, because that’s who’s sending their kids to those programs. And it’ll continue to be like that with the regional model.

It's interesting to me that BOE members who protest against what they perceive to be elitism have/had their children in some of these programs: Laura Stewart's son is a graduate of RM IB and Karla Silvestre's children were in Spanish Immersion programs and the IB program at BCC. I assume that Montoya's children are in language immersion programs.

Let's see what Taylor and his minions in the BOE do with the language immersion programs. My guess is these programs will be cut in one way or another -- of course, after the BOE's children have finished them.

I thought Stewart was Einstein.

Her son went to RMIB.

She has two kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Her rhetoric towards constituents is unhinged, unprofessional and divisive. She owes the community an apology and the promise that she will do better.

2:05:00- “You can tell them to shut up” speaking about constituents.

Then later she talks about the ugly words thrown towards her. Ha!

2:06:20 “ So I want to be clear to this community and to all of my colleagues that a vote against this model is a vote to perpetuate the racist access to these programs that has been going on for some time.”

No. This is such a lazy and harmful comment. I haven’t met a person in opposition to increased access to these programs. You could have pushed this out a year or two to ensure the execution doesn’t further harm students in lower social economic areas. Framing in this way is reckless!

2:29:23 “That’s the racism” in response to those audience members who applauded Julie Yang’s vote against.

Just gross and shortsighted.

Let’s vote this person out.

so you don't like someone shining a mirror on you?

DP

Montoya talked about racist access to certain magnet programs. How will the regional program model change this? If she had looked at data for DCC programs that serve DCC students they are also disprortionately White despite being located in majority Black and Hispanic schools. What about the regional program model will be more racially equitable? How has Montoya worked to advance racial equity in the regional program model and what data has she demanded to ensure this? Yesterday she approved two boundary recommendations that increase racial segregation. The new WJ boundaries will make WJ 48% White. A mile away, Woodward HS will be 27% White. Quince Orchard HS and Northwest HS currently have very similar racial and socioeconomic demographics, but with the boundary changes Northwest will have double the FARMS rate of Quince Orchard. Montoya voted for this.

These programs were designed in charter to be the carrot to draw into white and upper SES kids to black and brown schools. To have them work and then go look at the white people in the program designed to import them is a special kind of delusional.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Her rhetoric towards constituents is unhinged, unprofessional and divisive. She owes the community an apology and the promise that she will do better.

2:05:00- “You can tell them to shut up” speaking about constituents.

Then later she talks about the ugly words thrown towards her. Ha!

2:06:20 “ So I want to be clear to this community and to all of my colleagues that a vote against this model is a vote to perpetuate the racist access to these programs that has been going on for some time.”

No. This is such a lazy and harmful comment. I haven’t met a person in opposition to increased access to these programs. You could have pushed this out a year or two to ensure the execution doesn’t further harm students in lower social economic areas. Framing in this way is reckless!

2:29:23 “That’s the racism” in response to those audience members who applauded Julie Yang’s vote against.

Just gross and shortsighted.

Let’s vote this person out.

so you don't like someone shining a mirror on you?

DP

Montoya talked about racist access to certain magnet programs. How will the regional program model change this? If she had looked at data for DCC programs that serve DCC students they are also disprortionately White despite being located in majority Black and Hispanic schools. What about the regional program model will be more racially equitable? How has Montoya worked to advance racial equity in the regional program model and what data has she demanded to ensure this? Yesterday she approved two boundary recommendations that increase racial segregation. The new WJ boundaries will make WJ 48% White. A mile away, Woodward HS will be 27% White. Quince Orchard HS and Northwest HS currently have very similar racial and socioeconomic demographics, but with the boundary changes Northwest will have double the FARMS rate of Quince Orchard. Montoya voted for this.

These programs were designed in charter to be the carrot to draw into white and upper SES kids to black and brown schools. To have them work and then go look at the white people in the program designed to import them is a special kind of delusional.

And now they are creating programs that will do the opposite - draw the white and upper SES kids that are zoned for Black and Brown schools to the wealthier schools. But people who are against that are racist. Gmafb

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Her rhetoric towards constituents is unhinged, unprofessional and divisive. She owes the community an apology and the promise that she will do better.

2:05:00- “You can tell them to shut up” speaking about constituents.

Then later she talks about the ugly words thrown towards her. Ha!

2:06:20 “ So I want to be clear to this community and to all of my colleagues that a vote against this model is a vote to perpetuate the racist access to these programs that has been going on for some time.”

No. This is such a lazy and harmful comment. I haven’t met a person in opposition to increased access to these programs. You could have pushed this out a year or two to ensure the execution doesn’t further harm students in lower social economic areas. Framing in this way is reckless!

2:29:23 “That’s the racism” in response to those audience members who applauded Julie Yang’s vote against.

Just gross and shortsighted.

Let’s vote this person out.

so you don't like someone shining a mirror on you?

DP

Montoya talked about racist access to certain magnet programs. How will the regional program model change this? If she had looked at data for DCC programs that serve DCC students they are also disprortionately White despite being located in majority Black and Hispanic schools. What about the regional program model will be more racially equitable? How has Montoya worked to advance racial equity in the regional program model and what data has she demanded to ensure this? Yesterday she approved two boundary recommendations that increase racial segregation. The new WJ boundaries will make WJ 48% White. A mile away, Woodward HS will be 27% White. Quince Orchard HS and Northwest HS currently have very similar racial and socioeconomic demographics, but with the boundary changes Northwest will have double the FARMS rate of Quince Orchard. Montoya voted for this.

These programs were designed in charter to be the carrot to draw into white and upper SES kids to black and brown schools. To have them work and then go look at the white people in the program designed to import them is a special kind of delusional.

And now they are creating programs that will do the opposite - draw the white and upper SES kids that are zoned for Black and Brown schools to the wealthier schools. But people who are against that are racist. Gmafb

I think the thought is there will be a little bit of access in all the clusters and even the lower performing clusters will have their own programs and not have to compete county wide thus increasing inclusion and participation. What you will really lose is a couple east county schools fallacy that they were the drawn. Blair thinks it’s something as the king of the DCC, I suspect it’s more upset about going from top dog to the worst school in its cluster even though it isn’t really changing other than a few hundred Potomac and Bethesda kids taking a bus there. The backlash is more perception based than actual course availability

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Her rhetoric towards constituents is unhinged, unprofessional and divisive. She owes the community an apology and the promise that she will do better.

2:05:00- “You can tell them to shut up” speaking about constituents.

Then later she talks about the ugly words thrown towards her. Ha!

2:06:20 “ So I want to be clear to this community and to all of my colleagues that a vote against this model is a vote to perpetuate the racist access to these programs that has been going on for some time.”

No. This is such a lazy and harmful comment. I haven’t met a person in opposition to increased access to these programs. You could have pushed this out a year or two to ensure the execution doesn’t further harm students in lower social economic areas. Framing in this way is reckless!

2:29:23 “That’s the racism” in response to those audience members who applauded Julie Yang’s vote against.

Just gross and shortsighted.

Let’s vote this person out.

so you don't like someone shining a mirror on you?

DP

Montoya talked about racist access to certain magnet programs. How will the regional program model change this? If she had looked at data for DCC programs that serve DCC students they are also disprortionately White despite being located in majority Black and Hispanic schools. What about the regional program model will be more racially equitable? How has Montoya worked to advance racial equity in the regional program model and what data has she demanded to ensure this? Yesterday she approved two boundary recommendations that increase racial segregation. The new WJ boundaries will make WJ 48% White. A mile away, Woodward HS will be 27% White. Quince Orchard HS and Northwest HS currently have very similar racial and socioeconomic demographics, but with the boundary changes Northwest will have double the FARMS rate of Quince Orchard. Montoya voted for this.

These programs were designed in charter to be the carrot to draw into white and upper SES kids to black and brown schools. To have them work and then go look at the white people in the program designed to import them is a special kind of delusional.

And now they are creating programs that will do the opposite - draw the white and upper SES kids that are zoned for Black and Brown schools to the wealthier schools. But people who are against that are racist. Gmafb

I think the thought is there will be a little bit of access in all the clusters and even the lower performing clusters will have their own programs and not have to compete county wide thus increasing inclusion and participation. What you will really lose is a couple east county schools fallacy that they were the drawn. Blair thinks it’s something as the king of the DCC, I suspect it’s more upset about going from top dog to the worst school in its cluster even though it isn’t really changing other than a few hundred Potomac and Bethesda kids taking a bus there. The backlash is more perception based than actual course availability

The DCC hurt Kennedy and Northwood. School choice is inherently problematic and inequitable. and now they will be drawing 100s of wealthy students to BCC and Whitman. Why is this necessary?