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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]If the BOE managed the money properly there would be enough to fund all the things MCPS cut and pay the lower paid workers a more reasonable salary and be fully staffed.  Paying the BOE more isn't going to fix the problem and have them do a better job.  Nice thought though.  And, $100 for someone on minimum wage can be a lot.[/quote]

You presume that better BOE members attracted by reasonable compensation and working on the matter full time would not result in more effective management.  I disagree.

While I agree that $100 is not nothing, I would expect more than that to be available as a result of the more effective management.[/quote]

The Superintendent is the one who manages it and he got a huge raise over the former Superintendent.  Board Members are a volunteer position that come with a stipend.  Central office is doing the spending and primary mismanagement, but ultimately they approve it all... so, they all need to be replaced.  Central office staff generally get paid very well.[/quote]

Are you agreeing with me?  Nothing you mention, here, is a support for an argument to oppose attracting more competent BOE candidates and the expectation of full-time/professional levels of effort with commemsurate compensation.[/quote]

I agree with you we need to replace all the current board members BUT I don't agree that they should get anything more than the stipend as its a volunteer job.   Most boards are volunteer jobs, as is this one.  If they cannot afford it on the stipend, don't run for the position.   Until we get a new board and a superintendent who ca do whats best for our kids, its only going to continue to decline.[/quote]

So the current board should be replaced...by a bunch of folks who likely won't bring anything better to the table or have any more time to address the need than the current board because there isn't adequate compensation.  Sure seems like a logically sound approach to getting folks who can do what is best for our kids  :roll:

And if you're hoping that it would be all independently wealthy socialite types instead of the other three options, eapecially ideologues, please look at the results of the past several elections.  Those candidates typically don't work any longer with the county's voting population.  There aren't even district-voted seats -- only requirements to live in a district -- the whole county votes on each seat.

You state that most boards are volunteer jobs as though that is some immutable characteristic of a BOE and there's just nothing to be done about it.  This not quite correct, as a county BOE member is a MD state [i]employee[/i], and the fatalism, there, ignores that which [i]can[/i] be done, which is to have the county council resurrect the compensation commission to make the appropriate recommendation to the state legislature for enactment of increased compensation for the MoCo BOE.[/quote]

A new board cannot be any worse than what we have now and the state clearly has guidelines in terms of compensation.  THey choose to do this.  No one is forcing them to.  [b]If you have a paid board, it would be a conflict of interest as they would be employees of MCPS.[/b]  Even if we paid the current board $500K each, they still would do a lousy job and continue to make poor choices.  Its basically a popularity contest for BOE members and 100% political.  And, its not a full time position if you look at the handbook.  [/quote]

No, they would have the same status they currently have, but be paid a higher salary. That would encourage better candidates to run for the board seats.[/quote]

Board members get stipends, not salary.  If you made it a full time job, you'd have to pay benefits which would make them employees.[/quote]

But as has been pointed out to you already, they are employees of MSDE, not Montgomery County.[/quote]

And (from the same MD law section covering the MoCo BOE) "An elected member is entitled to health insurance and to other fringe benefits regularly provided to employees of the board of education under the same terms and conditions extended to other employees of the board of education."  I believe that's the state BOE employee benefits that are in play, there.  Still, relatively comprehensive benefits.

And the amount paid isn't termed a stipend.  It's termed "compensation."  A set yearly salary as opposed to an hourly wage.[/quote]

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