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My Democratic cousins in Kansas also talk about the need for diversity of opinion.      Republicans are the majority in Kansas  but they  try to completely shut out Democrats out of any decision making.

I agree it was crazy to elect an inexperienced rabble rouser like Donald Trump as President of the United States.   But that hardly compares to being one of eight members on the BOE.[/quote]

To go back to the PP's question: why on earth would "no experience/more chaos" be a plus?[/quote]

First of all, I don't know anyone who wants more chaos.       But I can argue to vote for a MCPS parent like Stephen Austin, even if he has no previous experience on the BOE.

Right now there is a large minority of parents who don't trust the BOE, who think that they try to make changes to policy outside of public monitoring, and that they are not transparent as to how they make their decisions.       Stephen Austin has spent a lot of time monitoring the policy and financial decisions of the BOE.     As a Board member he can help make the BOE more transparent, if needed.

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Sunil Dasgupta is also advocating for more transparency and open access. No one running for the at large seat is an incumbent, so being upset about what the current BoE is doing is irrelevant - all candidates are outsiders and don't have responsibility for current Board decisions.[/quote]

Nothing says "outsider" like an endorsement from the teacher's union![/quote]

Nothing says “outsider” like a guy like Steve Austin who, by his own admission, has NEVER done ANYTHING to improve MCPS schools. Never. Done. Anything.

Right now, I’d rather vote for a candidate who has put in the time and made an effort, instead of taking a leap with an uninformed, thin-skinned neophyte. Plus...Austin STILL hasn’t provided any evidence to back up his often repeated claim that he is “a finance guy.” A few years at Merrill during their implosion, a couple of years at a couple of hedge funds, a long, unexplained gap in his resume, and now a Lockeed Martin subsidiary. Just not enough info to go on to  hand over taxpayer money.  [/quote]

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