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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These posts here are really out of touch. MoCo reelects these same members of the BoE year after year in landslide victories. It's clear the majority of us support them and their policies and just a few malcontents posting mostly disinformation to push their regressive agendas.[/quote]

If everyone could only vote for board members in their OWN districts (to weaken the Apple Ballot influence), it might not be such a "landslide"..  :idea:

I would be interested to see the in which districts the greatest number of ballots are cast, though.  I'm guessing there is some voting pocket out there that's hijacked the voting representation for the other districts?[/quote]

Because teachers only live in some school board districts but not in others? That seems like a problem.[/quote]

[b]Why would anyone want to weaken the Apple ballot? Most of us vote the Apple ballot because they are the best candidates. [/b][/quote]

Because behind the Apple Ballot is the Teacher's Union and they only care about the teachers. No one is looking out for students because the MCPS leadership and the Teacher's Union are in bed together. What organized group is really looking out for the students besides the local PTSAs?  [/quote]

Most us support teachers and it sounds resent public education, teachers, and unions.[/quote]

I very much support teachers too but as someone who is friends and whose family members are teachers, I know that the Union asks for some things that do more harm for students. Principals are no longer able to lead according to what's best for their students because they must constantly comply with MCPS central leadership and the Union.  [/quote]

In order to have happy students, you have to have happy teachers. In order to create positive environments for students, teachers needs (aka workers) need to be fulfilled. Whatever benefits teachers is benefitting students. What about this don't you understand? Take a management 101 course for chrissake. [/quote]

DP you clearly have no understanding of how MCEA or the BOE work. They basically demand that all available funds to increase the budget go to teacher's salary increases, and then demand that the County Council raise taxes to fund any service improvements. The County Council is often not able to do this ESPECIALLY DURING A PANDEMIC because they can't just tax rich people (not allowed with property taxes) and a lot of people lost their jobs or had to quit thanks to school closures. While of course we want well-compensated teachers, the salary scale and associated benefits is not meager by any stretch of the imagination, and most of the concerns we all hear from actual teachers are not about compensation, they are about working conditions. But when it comes to class size reductions for example, well that's not MCEA's concern.

I'm sorry you don't pay attention to how the MCPS budget works, but that is no reason to insult people who do.[/quote]

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