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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm tired of hearing about the need to get out and vote. We just voted, so we've got some new board members. Starr is someone I do not respect. He is arrogant and dismissive. I don't think you can fight city hall. MCPS does not view parents as stakeholders and they don't care if you leave the system. Truth be told, they are probably glad to see some discontent, hoping it will get some people out of the system. It is a giant bureaucracy run by Starr, who is a giant bureaucrat himself.[/quote]

Does not compute.   You don't think voting matters.    The BOE hired Starr.  They can fire him too.

Yes, we just voted for 3 BOE members.  2 of 3 three were incumbents.  The third person replaced a retiring incumbent.   We didn't get new members, we got 1 new member.  Both of the incumbents hired Starr, so we just re-affirmed their choice in Starr.  The names of the incumbents are Chris Barclay and Phill Kauffman.

One reason these same guys keep getting elected is that no-one cares.  People like you are 'tired' of elections.   The Post ran an article after the last election that quoted an elderly couple who said they were anti-union, but voted for an older white man who looked trustworthy.  They were surprised he was an apple ballot Union candidate.

Anyway, I know the union always wins, but I will be dammed if I am going to support them.  I completely support teachers, but I don't support the Union's  education policy issues or the 'parents/taxpayers don't matter' culture of this union.   The union should be one stakeholder voice among parents and taxpayers.  They should not be the only voice.

As Samuel Jackson said in his wonderful Obama ad "Wake the F*@# Up!".

You are part of the problem even though you seem to want change.[/quote]

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