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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And this is the kind of discussion which turns a lot of talented people against running for BOE. Who wants to be subject to so much public criticism for negligible compensation?[/quote]

Its a board position a few times a week.  Its not a full-time job.  Karla works at MC, which is why they funnel so much money to it.  Real question is how much work does she actually do at MC if 2-3 days a week she's doing BOE stuff.[/quote]

They did a study (trying to convince the state legislature to allow them to be paid more) and they work 40+ hours a week most weeks.  And honestly there are a lot of things they aren't doing that they should do on top of that too, like requesting and reading relevant materials in-depth in advance of meetings to be able to ask the right questions and conduct real oversight.[/quote]

They have staff to do a lot of tasks.  If they are working 40 hours at the BOE, how is someone like Silvestre working 40 hours at MC?[/quote]

What staff?  They have few, and had almost none a couple of years ago.  Nothing even close to the staff afforded to the County Council.

Not sure about Silvestre.  Maybe hire a PI to find out?

J/K -- I imagine she can't spend as much time as that which the study that Evans championed suggested.  That was one of her bright moments, sadly on the way out.  As for the thought that it isn't a [i]real[/i] job, MoCo (and DCUM) has to decide:

Does it want to have appropriately informed (time to review/investigate/visit/engage/discuss/etc.) oversight from those with reasonable analytical ability (skill set that might command fairly high compensation in an alternate occupation) who might fairly represent the electorate (not only those who might be independently wealthy enough to forego pay)?  =&gt;  Set compensation at a professional level.

Does it want low BOE compensation?  =&gt;  Accept inadequate representative oversight of the school system.

Or (most likely) does it want both?  =&gt;  Continue complaining without getting results.[/quote]

Yup! You perfectly summed up the stakes and the choices here. By not offering competitive pay, we are stating that we want and expect a board that incapable of providing meaningful oversight over the superintendent and the school system.[/quote]

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