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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Esther Wells always gives abit of a run down on twitter https://twitter.com/EstherLWells/status/1760793613632442379 [/quote]

Geez, Silvestre in the meeting asking for clarification on an acronym with which she should have been very familiar as a multi-year BOE member: CEP -Community Eligibility Provision, the non-pricing school meal service allocation mechanism for low-income area schools.[/quote]

Not that I think the BOE members did (or nearly ever do) a good job questioning MCPS to draw out important data/considerations/aims/etc. to help make decisions, but expecting familiarity with acronyms in this acronym-centric region would probably be more reasonable if we had a full-time BOE who were paid a reasonably professional salary to do so.[/quote]

I believe that the BOE was likely informed on the changes to free meals, including CEP. Posted elsewhere:

MCPS sent out a back-to-school email in August that included this:

Your Student’s Meals at School

Fifty-eight MCPS schools will operate under the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) starting this school year. Students enrolled at these CEP schools may receive breakfast and lunch at no cost regardless of household income. A list of the participating schools can be found here.

We encourage all families with students enrolled at non-CEP schools to complete a Free and Reduced-price Meals Application. All meals are free for students who qualify for the program.[/quote]

Sure.  And families were informed, too, I'd guess.  I wonder how many of those family members remembered that for which "CEP" stood.  Or MCPS teachers.  Maybe, just maybe, I'd give the average school administrator not directly involved in a CEP/Title I program a 50/50 shot of knowing the acronym.

The point was that it may not be reasonable to expect professional-level acumen across the entirety of an enterprise as large and complex as MCPS from folks whose compensation would only cover a couple of hours a week of professional-level work.[/quote]

Title 1 formula issues and terminology should be understood by BOE members. It's a big issue. If a board member doesn't have time to learn key issues, I understand that. I would support full-time pay for board members. But Silvestre, and others, knew what they were signing up for. Silvestre was so poorly prepared for the council hearing a couple of weeks back. Why did Silvestre run for board president if she cannot put in the time to carry this added responsibility?

She is a well-meaning person, and has capability, but I really hope she chooses not to run again. [/quote]

Well she has a totally separate full time job and two kids. You get what you pay for with those BOE salaries.[/quote]

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