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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been totally unimpressed with Maura. She can't state her position clearly and she doesn't seem to understand how the SB works. I really wanted to like her, but even when asked directly about 4th comprehensive, she hedged. She talks about diversity with no specific action plan.

Monique O'Grady is 150% for Choice schools. Very welll spoken, but clearly stated that Choice schoools are the answer, the "safety valve" (in her words) for Capacity.

Even if you don't like Lander personally, he has actually stood for some important decisions. He was the ONLY SB member to vote AGAINST renewing Murphy's contract! He voted for neighborhood school at Stratford and tried hard to push for the Wilson/HB site to co-locate with more students, such as Montessori or Pre-K. He has been open to listening and has changed his mind when the facts support a better decision. And he shut down the BS accusations by the HB people that moving them to Wilson was racist. He is a strong supporter of neighborhood schools and has said he is in favor of a 4th comprehensive in the mid-term plan. He says we need 1300 seats short-term PLUS a 4th comprehensive.

With who we have on the ballot, if you favor neighborhood schools and a 4th comprehensive, you should vote for James.[/quote]

I posted previously about Maura and was unimpressed for the same reasons as you. She wasn't very articulate on anything except diversity, and even that seemed canned. TBH I feel like Lander gets a bad rap because as a black guy he's supposed to be for diversity as defined by us UMC white folks, but he appears to have different/nuanced views on the subject. I'm in favor of "diversity" in all of its various definitions, but I was also largely okay with what the SB did in terms of the high school options last fall. I share the contempt for the orange shirts and it may have been a good thing for the SB to stand up to them, but ultimately the worst option would have been moving more western pike units to Wakefield, and they did not do that. [/quote]

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