Montoya is not fit for office

[Anonymous]

Agree or disagree on policy, Montoya’s conduct cannot and must not be tolerated.

Coming from someone who voted for her.

Anyone know if her colleagues at the BOE or Dr. Taylor himself have weighed in? Would love for them to explain whether or not they agree with this behavior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree or disagree on policy, Montoya’s conduct cannot and must not be tolerated.

Coming from someone who voted for her.

Anyone know if her colleagues at the BOE or Dr. Taylor himself have weighed in? Would love for them to explain whether or not they agree with this behavior.

I don't see anything wrong with her conduct. She was accurately calling out bad behavior- in this case, the clearly and wildly inappropriate behavior by the people represented in the audience during the Board meeting.

No doubt the other board members saw and heard that same behavior, both during this particular board meeting and at the earlier meetings. And I bet they all have emails demonstrating it, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree or disagree on policy, Montoya’s conduct cannot and must not be tolerated.

Coming from someone who voted for her.

Anyone know if her colleagues at the BOE or Dr. Taylor himself have weighed in? Would love for them to explain whether or not they agree with this behavior.

I don't see anything wrong with her conduct. She was accurately calling out bad behavior- in this case, the clearly and wildly inappropriate behavior by the people represented in the audience during the Board meeting.

No doubt the other board members saw and heard that same behavior, both during this particular board meeting and at the earlier meetings. And I bet they all have emails demonstrating it, too.

Just so we’re talking about the same conduct—calling anyone who disagrees with you racist is ok?

I was at the board meeting and did not see anyone engaging in any behavior or conduct that was racist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree or disagree on policy, Montoya’s conduct cannot and must not be tolerated.

Coming from someone who voted for her.

Anyone know if her colleagues at the BOE or Dr. Taylor himself have weighed in? Would love for them to explain whether or not they agree with this behavior.

I don't see anything wrong with her conduct. She was accurately calling out bad behavior- in this case, the clearly and wildly inappropriate behavior by the people represented in the audience during the Board meeting.

No doubt the other board members saw and heard that same behavior, both during this particular board meeting and at the earlier meetings. And I bet they all have emails demonstrating it, too.

Just so we’re talking about the same conduct—calling anyone who disagrees with you racist is ok?

I was at the board meeting and did not see anyone engaging in any behavior or conduct that was racist.

She didn't and doesn't call "anyone who disagrees with" her racist. She called the highly vocal, and poorly behaving, group of people represented at the meeting racist. Accurately.

[Anonymous]

The problem is that Montoya herself has done nothing to promote racial equity wrt the boundary study or regional model. Both are deeply problematic from this perspective. There will be more racial segregation due to what Montoya voted for. So I don't think she has any right to call people racist when her vote is actually having the impact of perpetuating structural racism. The audience was being rude but the BOE members were also being rude and gaslighting about the process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree or disagree on policy, Montoya’s conduct cannot and must not be tolerated.

Coming from someone who voted for her.

Anyone know if her colleagues at the BOE or Dr. Taylor himself have weighed in? Would love for them to explain whether or not they agree with this behavior.

I don't see anything wrong with her conduct. She was accurately calling out bad behavior- in this case, the clearly and wildly inappropriate behavior by the people represented in the audience during the Board meeting.

No doubt the other board members saw and heard that same behavior, both during this particular board meeting and at the earlier meetings. And I bet they all have emails demonstrating it, too.

If you are going to say there is nothing wrong with calling everyone who disagrees with you a racist… then we have nothing to discuss.

We fundamentally just don’t agree on what the word racist means.

I mean even in this case, I’m disagreeing with you, does this make me a racist? Because according to Montoya, if you disagree with her, you are a racist.

As someone who grew up facing racism and still face racism every day as a person of color, I take exception to this word being thrown around so causally, and I don’t even particularly care about the issues the board was voting on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree or disagree on policy, Montoya’s conduct cannot and must not be tolerated.

Coming from someone who voted for her.

Anyone know if her colleagues at the BOE or Dr. Taylor himself have weighed in? Would love for them to explain whether or not they agree with this behavior.

I don't see anything wrong with her conduct. She was accurately calling out bad behavior- in this case, the clearly and wildly inappropriate behavior by the people represented in the audience during the Board meeting.

No doubt the other board members saw and heard that same behavior, both during this particular board meeting and at the earlier meetings. And I bet they all have emails demonstrating it, too.

Just so we’re talking about the same conduct—calling anyone who disagrees with you racist is ok?

I was at the board meeting and did not see anyone engaging in any behavior or conduct that was racist.

She didn't and doesn't call "anyone who disagrees with" her racist. She called the highly vocal, and poorly behaving, group of people represented at the meeting racist. Accurately.

What did this group of people do at the meeting that was racist? Tell me exactly what they said and did that was racist. Please—genuine question

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem is that Montoya herself has done nothing to promote racial equity wrt the boundary study or regional model. Both are deeply problematic from this perspective. There will be more racial segregation due to what Montoya voted for. So I don't think she has any right to call people racist when her vote is actually having the impact of perpetuating structural racism. The audience was being rude but the BOE members were also being rude and gaslighting about the process.

+1 exactly
Her and her high horse.
I want more equity, but this regional program isn’t it. It’s going to do the opposite. If only she would pull her head out of her a$$ instead of dismissing everyone who disagrees with her as racists, maybe she would actually understand why some people think the regional program will make disparities worse not better… but that would entail actually listening to opposing opinions, which we know Montoya isn’t capable of

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree or disagree on policy, Montoya’s conduct cannot and must not be tolerated.

Coming from someone who voted for her.

Anyone know if her colleagues at the BOE or Dr. Taylor himself have weighed in? Would love for them to explain whether or not they agree with this behavior.

I don't see anything wrong with her conduct. She was accurately calling out bad behavior- in this case, the clearly and wildly inappropriate behavior by the people represented in the audience during the Board meeting.

No doubt the other board members saw and heard that same behavior, both during this particular board meeting and at the earlier meetings. And I bet they all have emails demonstrating it, too.

If you are going to say there is nothing wrong with calling everyone who disagrees with you a racist… then we have nothing to discuss.

We fundamentally just don’t agree on what the word racist means.

I mean even in this case, I’m disagreeing with you, does this make me a racist? Because according to Montoya, if you disagree with her, you are a racist.

As someone who grew up facing racism and still face racism every day as a person of color, I take exception to this word being thrown around so causally, and I don’t even particularly care about the issues the board was voting on.

Well said!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree or disagree on policy, Montoya’s conduct cannot and must not be tolerated.

Coming from someone who voted for her.

Anyone know if her colleagues at the BOE or Dr. Taylor himself have weighed in? Would love for them to explain whether or not they agree with this behavior.

I don't see anything wrong with her conduct. She was accurately calling out bad behavior- in this case, the clearly and wildly inappropriate behavior by the people represented in the audience during the Board meeting.

No doubt the other board members saw and heard that same behavior, both during this particular board meeting and at the earlier meetings. And I bet they all have emails demonstrating it, too.

Just so we’re talking about the same conduct—calling anyone who disagrees with you racist is ok?

I was at the board meeting and did not see anyone engaging in any behavior or conduct that was racist.

She didn't and doesn't call "anyone who disagrees with" her racist. She called the highly vocal, and poorly behaving, group of people represented at the meeting racist. Accurately.

PP: I’m genuinely trying to ask you a real question because this gets at the core of why so many people—regardless of their opinions on the outcome of the vote—are upset about Montoya’s conduct.

You are saying she didn’t call people racist for disagreeing with her. She called out specific group.

The thing is I was at the meeting, she literally said “that’s the racism” to people who cheered on Julie as she voted no. How is that calling out specific people for specific actions? She just called out anyone who cheered for Julie.

This includes calling out me as racist even though I was there to stand against the regional program. I cheered for Julie because I think the regional program is a real step back for equity, and all of a sudden I’m a racist?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree or disagree on policy, Montoya’s conduct cannot and must not be tolerated.

Coming from someone who voted for her.

Anyone know if her colleagues at the BOE or Dr. Taylor himself have weighed in? Would love for them to explain whether or not they agree with this behavior.

I don't see anything wrong with her conduct. She was accurately calling out bad behavior- in this case, the clearly and wildly inappropriate behavior by the people represented in the audience during the Board meeting.

No doubt the other board members saw and heard that same behavior, both during this particular board meeting and at the earlier meetings. And I bet they all have emails demonstrating it, too.

If you are going to say there is nothing wrong with calling everyone who disagrees with you a racist… then we have nothing to discuss.

We fundamentally just don’t agree on what the word racist means.

I mean even in this case, I’m disagreeing with you, does this make me a racist? Because according to Montoya, if you disagree with her, you are a racist.

As someone who grew up facing racism and still face racism every day as a person of color, I take exception to this word being thrown around so causally, and I don’t even particularly care about the issues the board was voting on.

Again, she doesn't claim everyone who disagrees with her is racist. But a significant portion of the opposition was based on a fear of black and brown kids from Gaithersburg mixing with their kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree or disagree on policy, Montoya’s conduct cannot and must not be tolerated.

Coming from someone who voted for her.

Anyone know if her colleagues at the BOE or Dr. Taylor himself have weighed in? Would love for them to explain whether or not they agree with this behavior.

I don't see anything wrong with her conduct. She was accurately calling out bad behavior- in this case, the clearly and wildly inappropriate behavior by the people represented in the audience during the Board meeting.

No doubt the other board members saw and heard that same behavior, both during this particular board meeting and at the earlier meetings. And I bet they all have emails demonstrating it, too.

Just so we’re talking about the same conduct—calling anyone who disagrees with you racist is ok?

I was at the board meeting and did not see anyone engaging in any behavior or conduct that was racist.

She didn't and doesn't call "anyone who disagrees with" her racist. She called the highly vocal, and poorly behaving, group of people represented at the meeting racist. Accurately.

PP: I’m genuinely trying to ask you a real question because this gets at the core of why so many people—regardless of their opinions on the outcome of the vote—are upset about Montoya’s conduct.

You are saying she didn’t call people racist for disagreeing with her. She called out specific group.

The thing is I was at the meeting, she literally said “that’s the racism” to people who cheered on Julie as she voted no. How is that calling out specific people for specific actions? She just called out anyone who cheered for Julie.

This includes calling out me as racist even though I was there to stand against the regional program. I cheered for Julie because I think the regional program is a real step back for equity, and all of a sudden I’m a racist?

Just as it is with MAGA rallies, you should be prepared to be called racist if you associate yourself with racist. Even if you truly believe your own motives are different than the others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree or disagree on policy, Montoya’s conduct cannot and must not be tolerated.

Coming from someone who voted for her.

Anyone know if her colleagues at the BOE or Dr. Taylor himself have weighed in? Would love for them to explain whether or not they agree with this behavior.

I don't see anything wrong with her conduct. She was accurately calling out bad behavior- in this case, the clearly and wildly inappropriate behavior by the people represented in the audience during the Board meeting.

No doubt the other board members saw and heard that same behavior, both during this particular board meeting and at the earlier meetings. And I bet they all have emails demonstrating it, too.

If you are going to say there is nothing wrong with calling everyone who disagrees with you a racist… then we have nothing to discuss.

We fundamentally just don’t agree on what the word racist means.

I mean even in this case, I’m disagreeing with you, does this make me a racist? Because according to Montoya, if you disagree with her, you are a racist.

As someone who grew up facing racism and still face racism every day as a person of color, I take exception to this word being thrown around so causally, and I don’t even particularly care about the issues the board was voting on.

Again, she doesn't claim everyone who disagrees with her is racist. But a significant portion of the opposition was based on a fear of black and brown kids from Gaithersburg mixing with their kids.

Again you are misconstruing what happened. If she said, hey to all you folks cheering Julie’s no vote, if you are doing that because you fear mixing with black and brown kids, you are racist. I would not be upset. The problem is this literally not what happened.

Julie votes no.

People cheer.
People including me, a person of color in the audience, cheered because I genuinely think regional program will make things MORE not less equitable.
Rita: “that’s the racism”

Were you in the room?
Please explain to me how Rita called out specific behaviors of specific individuals when she decided to call anyone who cheered an example of racism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree or disagree on policy, Montoya’s conduct cannot and must not be tolerated.

Coming from someone who voted for her.

Anyone know if her colleagues at the BOE or Dr. Taylor himself have weighed in? Would love for them to explain whether or not they agree with this behavior.

I don't see anything wrong with her conduct. She was accurately calling out bad behavior- in this case, the clearly and wildly inappropriate behavior by the people represented in the audience during the Board meeting.

No doubt the other board members saw and heard that same behavior, both during this particular board meeting and at the earlier meetings. And I bet they all have emails demonstrating it, too.

Just so we’re talking about the same conduct—calling anyone who disagrees with you racist is ok?

I was at the board meeting and did not see anyone engaging in any behavior or conduct that was racist.

She didn't and doesn't call "anyone who disagrees with" her racist. She called the highly vocal, and poorly behaving, group of people represented at the meeting racist. Accurately.

PP: I’m genuinely trying to ask you a real question because this gets at the core of why so many people—regardless of their opinions on the outcome of the vote—are upset about Montoya’s conduct.

You are saying she didn’t call people racist for disagreeing with her. She called out specific group.

The thing is I was at the meeting, she literally said “that’s the racism” to people who cheered on Julie as she voted no. How is that calling out specific people for specific actions? She just called out anyone who cheered for Julie.

This includes calling out me as racist even though I was there to stand against the regional program. I cheered for Julie because I think the regional program is a real step back for equity, and all of a sudden I’m a racist?

Just as it is with MAGA rallies, you should be prepared to be called racist if you associate yourself with racist. Even if you truly believe your own motives are different than the others.

So this is basically proving my whole point. I, a person of color, show up to the BoE vote because I, like BoE, want more equity in programs. I agree with their intention. I disagree with how we get there.

So are you saying I should not have shown up at all? It’s my fault for showing up, because by doing so, I’m automatically a racist?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree or disagree on policy, Montoya’s conduct cannot and must not be tolerated.

Coming from someone who voted for her.

Anyone know if her colleagues at the BOE or Dr. Taylor himself have weighed in? Would love for them to explain whether or not they agree with this behavior.

I don't see anything wrong with her conduct. She was accurately calling out bad behavior- in this case, the clearly and wildly inappropriate behavior by the people represented in the audience during the Board meeting.

No doubt the other board members saw and heard that same behavior, both during this particular board meeting and at the earlier meetings. And I bet they all have emails demonstrating it, too.

If you are going to say there is nothing wrong with calling everyone who disagrees with you a racist… then we have nothing to discuss.

We fundamentally just don’t agree on what the word racist means.

I mean even in this case, I’m disagreeing with you, does this make me a racist? Because according to Montoya, if you disagree with her, you are a racist.

As someone who grew up facing racism and still face racism every day as a person of color, I take exception to this word being thrown around so causally, and I don’t even particularly care about the issues the board was voting on.

Again, she doesn't claim everyone who disagrees with her is racist. But a significant portion of the opposition was based on a fear of black and brown kids from Gaithersburg mixing with their kids.

She didn't specify what she thought was racist. She threw out some numbers about percentages of White and Asian kids at non DCC or NEC programs then said that's why we need to get rid of the DCC and NEC. It was not a coherent argument. She did nothing to further anti racism while approving boundaries that increase racial segregation and gave the Superintendent latitude to implement a regional program model that will allow the best motived and well resourced kids to leave majority Black and Brown schools for the wealthiest and whitest schools.