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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most boards are volunteer positions that get stipends.  The county council is not a board.  [/quote]

Soooo...you are in the "we shouldn't complain, because, after all, they are only a board, not full time or anything" camp?[/quote]

They have full time jobs and the county is paying one good money.  They knew it was basically a volunteer job and choose to do it.  Don’t like the pay, don’t go for it.  [/quote]

Soooo...you are in the "I don't want to pay for what I expect, but I'll keep complaining, anyway" camp?

Or, maybe, the "what I really want is for my idle, independently wealthy associates to be elected in numbers great enough to control the board, so I don't want to attract the competent opposition that might be drawn to run for BOE if reasonable compensation were to be in play for the time needed to do the job well" camp?[/quote]

Who is competent who would run if paid more?   Money is not the issue.  [/quote]

You don't think that among the million MoCo residents, we could find 7 smart, strong people who care about education and are willing to hold Central Office accountable to improving the school system for our kids?  Really?[/quote]

It’s an impossible position.  If we could, don’t you think we would have already?   [/quote]

No, because paying less than minimum wage for Board positions excludes the majority of the candidate pool right off the bat (and results in many of the people who do run having multiple jobs, meaning they don't have the time free to actually do the Board of Ed job right.)  The candidates we have gotten under the current system tell us almost nothing about what kinds of candidates we would get if the BOE positions were treated as important jobs in our county and paid accordingly, so that talented people in the county were able and willing to quit their regular jobs to take on a Board position.[/quote]

It’s not @ full time job and boards get a stipend, not pay.  [/quote]

We are aware it's not a full-time job currently. We are arguing it should be. Can you read?[/quote]

No, it shouldn't be.  [b]They are not working 40 hours a weeks and its a volunteer job with a stipend[/b].  We need to get rid of the current members up for election, as enough is enough with them ruining our kids education.[/quote]

The Board literally commissioned a study that proved that they were working 40 hours a week on average. Why are you allergic to evidence and facts?[/quote]

So, how does that really work if they are also working 40 hour a week jobs.  Lets be real.  They aren't if they are working other jobs.

The board commissioned a study that benefitted them that was all from their imput so its a bit bias and not a true independent study.  Another waste of MCPS money.
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You've never heard of people working two full-time jobs before? Is that news to you?

Anyway, my understanding is that most people who join the BOE doing so because they have part-time jobs, or flexible freelance work. Karla's is an exception as I don't know if MC designates her job as part-time or full-time. I imagine that easy to look up since it's public, but I haven't bothered to confirm that.

Brenda Wolff is a retired fed, so she definitely can work the BOE job 40 hours. And Laura is a self-proclaimed full-time volunteer. So she too can work the BOE job 40 hours a week.

Anyway, I appreciate your skepticism and maybe you're right. Maybe the board members are inflating their hours but I don't think they're inflating them that much.[/quote]

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