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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]Yes, he deserves a full term. I think he has a lot of knowledge and perspective about public school systems, and has a different kind of background than any of the other board members. [/quote]
So where is the evidence that he has applied any of that during his time on the Board?[/quote]

I think it's quite evident in many of his questions and comments at the board meetings. He regularly pushes for additional information to be shared, or conveyed in an improved way. I have never dealt with him personally, but other posters here have said he's been very responsive when they've contacted him with questions. I feel like Ms. Yang received the Apple Ballot endorsement mainly because she's a former MCPS staff member.[/quote]

He seems fine as long as you're fine with the status quo. Many feel we need to shake up the board and get some fresh blood.[/quote]

How would installing a former MCPS staff member "shake up the board"?[/quote]

If you think mcps staff are happy with the way things are going, you’re in for a big surprise. It’d be amazing to have someone who knows how bad it actually is on the board. [/quote]

Judy Docca and Lynne Harris are former MCPS employees, as were Jeanette Dixon and Mike Durso before them. How were they able to shake up the board?[/quote]

It is more of a shake down https://parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2022/09/breaking-another-237m-to-company-of.html?m=1
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Can someone explain to me in a mostly unbiased way why the kid museum needs millions of dollars from the public school system? In all seriousness. It has all kinds of wealthy private donors and what looks like a very detailed development campaign. My own kids went to camp there one summer and it cost $$$, and they have always (and continue to) charge a not-insignificant admission fee. I haven’t heard of numerous mcps schools getting to go there for field trips, which could certainly be a way the partnership could be justified. And of schools that wanted to have field trips, I have heard that the students would still have to pay a not-insignificant fee to them per child. Admittedly I have no idea what it costs to run a museum. But it seems to me that this museum is already well funded and well situated without mcps, not offering mcps students very much in the first place (field trips, stem programming, etc.), and skimming taxpayer funds away from the schools at a time that they are obviously needed. Maybe my perception is wrong. But what the heck? Make it make sense. I have two kids who are the perfect age to visit this museum and who are mcps students. If there are no plans for my children to have any connection, then what are we doing here? [/quote]

Our school takes the kids there at least one or more times each year. It's such a wonderful resource! [/quote]

Really? How much did you have to pay for the field trips?[/quote]

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