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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honest question:  Who in the process does advocate for the interests of students, other than parents who are routinely denigrated as selfish troublemakers?  [/quote]

Parents. Specifically,

1. parents who are adult enough, and confident enough in the positions they're advocating, to not care that other people might call them mean names
2. parents who vote

Also, students, both in their own capacity and via the SMOB. (Note that student advocates are routinely denigrated, on DCUM, as ignorant, self-serving, and/or mindless.) [/quote]

Teachers. They may be more discreet about it but they are fighting daily for their students.

(Yes, every profession has a few rotten apples)[/quote]
I think PP meant at the bargaining table.  MCEA is for the teachers, MCPS BOE is for the system, but no one is for the students.  The parents sort of have MCCPTA but their advocacy ignores the upper and middle cohort of students because "they'll be fine."[/quote]

That's because the topic at the bargaining table is the contract between the employer (MCPS) and the employees (the teachers).[/quote]And if you can't see why parents need a seat at that table then you're part of the problem.  Example: Years ago, our son's teacher kept calling in sick week after week after week.  The school kept throwing subs in.  After 4 weeks of no learning, I called the principal to ask what the plan was and she said it was an HR matter.  So an issue between MCPS and a teacher directly affected the students.   I gathered up the PTA and we raised hell with the central office until they agreed to send in a permanent sub who was fantastic.  Another more general example is the number of days they're whittling away from the school calendar.[/quote]

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