A few elecgtions ago, I gave via ActBlue to a campaign that would give to candidates for all house and senate races nationwide where there was a chance flipping to D. I think I gave $500, so varios candidates got liek $20 each. Never again. I was then listed as a donor for each of these candidates, and now I get text spam for all these races, like some random candidate running in some district in Oklahoma and so on. |
It is not a meeting tonight. It is Cultural night for students to showcase their heritage. It is not an event for PTA business or Councilmembers to speak. |
I feel even better about my support for Rita Montoya, now that I know the so-called "Parents Coalition" opposes her! Thank you to JS for her consistently bad takes. |
Are you kidding me?!?! Do you have any idea what PTAs do[/u]? This is [i]exactly the kind of thing a PTA would be involved with planning/funding/operating, and very much a thing where a PTA president might speak, along with a principal and any visiting dignitaries. It's only unusual in that there's more than one council member showing up (one is lucky to get, maybe a 25% chance, two is pretty unusual, and I'm not sure five ever show up at once to this kind of thing). |
“Really convenient happenstance” = shady Definitely not what MCPS needs right now. |
Support for Medical Cannabis businesses is a key reason to put someone on the Board of Education. |
The number of Council members probably has more to do with the fact that it's an election year than with Montoya. Think about it - if the Parent's Coalition hadn't written about this, no one except NCC parents would even know that a bunch of Council members were going to be at a cultural event at the school. It's only because those folks (folk) published about it that we all know. With that said, getting 5 sitting Council members at what is supposed to be a "eat food and watch cultural dancing" event is WEIRD and I'd be pretty pissed as a parent if I came to International Night hoping to eat tteokbokki and see some circle dancing and instead got subjected to FIVE speeches. My guess? They invited the whole council and then were surprised when a bunch of folks said yes. |
And so, like I said, earlier up thread, I would like to see this picked up by more than just one publication, so that the veracity can be verified, no offense, but by more than just anonymous DCUM poster,. If it really is a nothing burger, and this bylaw has been misinterpreted, then I would like to know via verified and trusted source. |
I don't begrudge your wanting verification. At the same time, the PC post yesterday that brought this whole thing up cited two bylaws excerpts and, per the past posts about the difference between MCCPTA and local school PTAs, appears to have drawn inappropriate conclusions from them. I would want verification there, too, before giving any credence to the stones thereby cast. |
What conclusion was drawn? |
DP. I remember a "Parents Coalition" post accusing MCPS of hating the US because of something Olympics something artificial turf something something. I wonder if it's still up.... Oh yes, here it is. " Guest Post: MCPS supports the French Olympic team! Yes you read that right! By buying its turf at full price through a noncompetitive process, the MCPS [Montgomery County Public School] is supporting the French Olympic team as it competes against our American athletes." https://parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2012/08/guest-post-mcps-supports-french-olympic.html |
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No that would be Mandel. And by the way no social media is scrubbed. All can be found on reddit. |
A guest post from 2012 has what to do with Councilmembers grandstanding during an elementary school Cultural Heritage night? |