Please reassure me that MCPS teachers aren't this radicalized

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Anonymous wrote:The "Everyone is welcome" signs do not mean Everyone.

Conservatives, republicans, Trump people, blue collar folks, traditional Christians and those from flyover country are not included in "Everyone".

Well, waddya know - "Everyone" does not include those who think "Only some are welcome."

Jokes aside, this is BS - this is the county that kept electing Connie Morella year after year while voting for Dems in other races.

She has been out of office for close to 15 years, she would never win now in MC with a Republican tag. Please...

I agree - but the claim that republicans are not welcome here is crazy. Electoral history would indicate that this area has always been more moderate than what people like the previous poster claim. Nancy floreen, running to the right of Marc Elrich, will probably be the next county executive. Connie Morella used to win even as the rest of the Reps were going crazy with clinton impeachment, etc., and finally had to be gerrymandered out. Ike Leggett has no problem vetoing a minimum wage increase...

Connie Morella was not gerrymandered out. Connie Morella lost her seat because she voted for Newt Gingrich for speaker and because she couldn’t articulate a single reason for being a Republican other than “I believe in the two party system.” (Which you can obviously do while being a Democrat as well). If she had been willing to run with an I next to her name and caucus with the Dems she probably would have stayed in office.

This is truth. In addition, Democrats finally focused their attention on running a strong candidate against her.

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Anonymous wrote:We are transplants coming from Midwest. Mostly apolitical middle 'flyover' America (but a bluish leaning state)...

School systems were much smaller but fairly good. Nowhere near the resources of MCPS but smaller so not necessarily needing such resources. Overall MCPS schools seem pretty good but we've noticed a Democrat leaning favoritism in the schools we've been (IE going to the Library and seeing President Books displayed... all Dems with the lone Republican being Teddy Roosevelt). No real biggie as most schools tend towards the Left side of the political spectrum. Kind of a given.

Maryland is a bit of a conundrum for us, MoCo seems very Liberal (Baltimore too) I.E. neighbors have 'hate has no home here' signs, impeach trump placards, the many language welcome sign, yet the state elected a Republican Governor. Except for a few days before elections, back home you would never see lawn placards.

Anyway the point of all this is... there is definitely a partisan vibe here even though it seems a blue state open minded enough to elect a 'red' governor. Then I read this:

http://www.startribune.com/rosemount-educator-on-leave-after-tweeting-kill-kavanaugh/495903561/

(essentially a School teacher from mild mannered Minnesota tweeting assassination recommendations. A school teacher!.)

My impression of MCPS is despite its bias towards the Dems, everyone seems pretty amiable and reasonable.

Please reassure me we don't have teachers like this here... because if this can happen in Minnesota... (close to my home and we don't see any of the partisanship displayed on the streets as we see here) could such be here within MCPS? We want my children to be exposed to all kinds of peoples, beliefs, and political view points... but not radical view points... so whats your feelings regarding MCPS? Does everyone get a fair shake or are the children taught to hate (right or left)?

One of my daughters teachers consistently engages the class in anti-trump dialogue. The books that show up on reading lists always have a progressive/SJW message. I'm not sure it's as bad as the right-wing bias in some southern states, but it's honestly pretty bad.

And yesterday, my middle schooler was listing several teachers she knows to be pro-Trump. How does she know? They make it clear to students at school.