School board - who to vote for

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do people think about Grace Rivera-Oven vs. Jay Guan?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/07/06/montgomery-county-school-board-election-candidates/

Based on the Post interview, restorative justice was mentioned 3 times:

Karla Silvestre - At-Large
Brenda Wolff - District 5
Grace Rivera Oven - District 1

Therefore, no Grace Rivera Oven for me

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What do people think about Grace Rivera-Oven vs. Jay Guan?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/07/06/montgomery-county-school-board-election-candidates/

Based on the Post interview, restorative justice was mentioned 3 times:

Karla Silvestre - At-Large
Brenda Wolff - District 5
Grace Rivera Oven - District 1

Therefore, no Grace Rivera Oven for me

Seriously? What she said was: "We need to invest in after-school programs, counselors, restorative justice practitioners and behavior specialists."

[Anonymous]

I sent in my ballot the other day. I read every post in this thread and gave it a lot of thought. I ended up voting straight Apple ballot. I have no incentive to follow their recommendations but felt they were actually the best choices.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Moderately MoCo put together a great ballot which makes recommendations for a bunch of races including BOE, vetting candidates who are not incumbents and not Apple ballot. Incumbents and Apple Ballot got us where we are. Time for a change.

Thank you. Just googled this - only read a few of the responses so far, but it is helpful.
https://moderatelymoco.com/moderately-moco-recommended-ballot-for-2022-primary-and-questionnaire-responses/

Thanks for this!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Moderately MoCo put together a great ballot which makes recommendations for a bunch of races including BOE, vetting candidates who are not incumbents and not Apple ballot. Incumbents and Apple Ballot got us where we are. Time for a change.

Thank you. Just googled this - only read a few of the responses so far, but it is helpful.
https://moderatelymoco.com/moderately-moco-recommended-ballot-for-2022-primary-and-questionnaire-responses/

Thanks for this!

Definitely helpful to rule out the crazies!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do people think about Grace Rivera-Oven vs. Jay Guan?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/07/06/montgomery-county-school-board-election-candidates/

Based on the Post interview, restorative justice was mentioned 3 times:

Karla Silvestre - At-Large
Brenda Wolff - District 5
Grace Rivera Oven - District 1

Therefore, no Grace Rivera Oven for me

When is the election?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What do people think about Grace Rivera-Oven vs. Jay Guan?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/07/06/montgomery-county-school-board-election-candidates/

Based on the Post interview, restorative justice was mentioned 3 times:

Karla Silvestre - At-Large
Brenda Wolff - District 5
Grace Rivera Oven - District 1

Therefore, no Grace Rivera Oven for me

When is the election?

Early voting has started in regional sites around the county. Main Election Day is 7/19.

Early voting sites: http://gis3.montgomerycountymd.gov/MCGEarlyVotingCenters/index.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I sent in my ballot the other day. I read every post in this thread and gave it a lot of thought. I ended up voting straight Apple ballot. I have no incentive to follow their recommendations but felt they were actually the best choices.

What did you do for the at large seat? They didn’t make any endorsements for that race.

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Anonymous wrote:No f'ing way will I ever vote for the incumbents this year - ESPECIALLY JOFTUS after that Kid Museum ESSER III covid money grant!!!!!!

Apple Ballot all the way.

Oh that's too bad. We love the kids museum! I voted for him too.

I mean, there's a difference between liking the Kid Museum and approving MCPS using Covid relief funds to gift a large no-bid contract to a board member's family member.

You know that MCPS has been contracting with the Kid Museum since something like 2017, right? Long before Joftus was on the board.

And you know, that they got a ton more money once he was on the board right??

If you were supposedly talking about the ESSER III grant, that was authorized prior to Joftus being appointed to the board.

Yep--see this from Sept re the funding decision:
https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/C6GJTZ4E2726/$file/Cont%20Apprv%20Bid%204403.1%20STEM%20Programs.pdf

He was appointed to fill the seat three months later, in December, after previous BoE member Pat O'Neill passed. This line of attack is slander, and stupid slander at that because it's so cleary bogus.

I don't know Joftus personally but he's supported by many people I respect. Here's an endorsement from Jamie Raskin:

"Scott is doing a great job for us on the Board of Education. We are benefiting from his work with school districts across the country and his significant insight as a professor of educational leadership. We're lucky to have him where he is using his expertise on behalf of our students and our schools."

Joftus thinks he has this wrapped up. I hate that type of arrogance. His campaigning is lazy. He can't keep his website up to date. He has almost no social media presence.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Moderately MoCo put together a great ballot which makes recommendations for a bunch of races including BOE, vetting candidates who are not incumbents and not Apple ballot. Incumbents and Apple Ballot got us where we are. Time for a change.

Thank you. Just googled this - only read a few of the responses so far, but it is helpful.
https://moderatelymoco.com/moderately-moco-recommended-ballot-for-2022-primary-and-questionnaire-responses/

Thanks for this!

These are the GOP picks for Moco?

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Anonymous wrote:No f'ing way will I ever vote for the incumbents this year - ESPECIALLY JOFTUS after that Kid Museum ESSER III covid money grant!!!!!!

Apple Ballot all the way.

Oh that's too bad. We love the kids museum! I voted for him too.

I mean, there's a difference between liking the Kid Museum and approving MCPS using Covid relief funds to gift a large no-bid contract to a board member's family member.

You know that MCPS has been contracting with the Kid Museum since something like 2017, right? Long before Joftus was on the board.

And you know, that they got a ton more money once he was on the board right??

If you were supposedly talking about the ESSER III grant, that was authorized prior to Joftus being appointed to the board.

Yep--see this from Sept re the funding decision:
https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/C6GJTZ4E2726/$file/Cont%20Apprv%20Bid%204403.1%20STEM%20Programs.pdf

He was appointed to fill the seat three months later, in December, after previous BoE member Pat O'Neill passed. This line of attack is slander, and stupid slander at that because it's so cleary bogus.

I don't know Joftus personally but he's supported by many people I respect. Here's an endorsement from Jamie Raskin:

"Scott is doing a great job for us on the Board of Education. We are benefiting from his work with school districts across the country and his significant insight as a professor of educational leadership. We're lucky to have him where he is using his expertise on behalf of our students and our schools."

Joftus thinks he has this wrapped up. I hate that type of arrogance. His campaigning is lazy. He can't keep his website up to date. He has almost no social media presence.

Strange, seems like a great guy to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I sent in my ballot the other day. I read every post in this thread and gave it a lot of thought. I ended up voting straight Apple ballot. I have no incentive to follow their recommendations but felt they were actually the best choices.

What did you do for the at large seat? They didn’t make any endorsements for that race.

If these guys are endorsing the slate, that's all I need to know. They're certifiable nutjobs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I sent in my ballot the other day. I read every post in this thread and gave it a lot of thought. I ended up voting straight Apple ballot. I have no incentive to follow their recommendations but felt they were actually the best choices.

I vote based on the candidate but this time the Apple ballot got it right.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I sent in my ballot the other day. I read every post in this thread and gave it a lot of thought. I ended up voting straight Apple ballot. I have no incentive to follow their recommendations but felt they were actually the best choices.

What did you do for the at large seat? They didn’t make any endorsements for that race.

If these guys are endorsing the slate, that's all I need to know. They're certifiable nutjobs.

No, the Apple Ballot didn't endorse any at-large candidates.

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Anonymous wrote:No f'ing way will I ever vote for the incumbents this year - ESPECIALLY JOFTUS after that Kid Museum ESSER III covid money grant!!!!!!

Apple Ballot all the way.

Oh that's too bad. We love the kids museum! I voted for him too.

I mean, there's a difference between liking the Kid Museum and approving MCPS using Covid relief funds to gift a large no-bid contract to a board member's family member.

You know that MCPS has been contracting with the Kid Museum since something like 2017, right? Long before Joftus was on the board.

And you know, that they got a ton more money once he was on the board right??

If you were supposedly talking about the ESSER III grant, that was authorized prior to Joftus being appointed to the board.

Yep--see this from Sept re the funding decision:
https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/C6GJTZ4E2726/$file/Cont%20Apprv%20Bid%204403.1%20STEM%20Programs.pdf

He was appointed to fill the seat three months later, in December, after previous BoE member Pat O'Neill passed. This line of attack is slander, and stupid slander at that because it's so cleary bogus.

I don't know Joftus personally but he's supported by many people I respect. Here's an endorsement from Jamie Raskin:

"Scott is doing a great job for us on the Board of Education. We are benefiting from his work with school districts across the country and his significant insight as a professor of educational leadership. We're lucky to have him where he is using his expertise on behalf of our students and our schools."

Joftus thinks he has this wrapped up. I hate that type of arrogance. His campaigning is lazy. He can't keep his website up to date. He has almost no social media presence.

How is that arrogant? An example of someone who already thinks they’ve wrapped this up is dawn. Instead of “if I’m elected…” statements she makes, “when I’m on the school board” ones. She contacts people already in office with “I look forward to working with you on the school board soon.” Delusional but that sums up Dawn in a word.