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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][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How about Silvestre? She looks bored and unconcerned about most issues. Can't imagine why she is running for county council because she doesn't care enough to meaningfully participate in the BOE.

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Silvestre does come off as incredibly cold and distant.[/quote]

Gosh--who wouldn't want to be a BOE member and have MCPS parents write mean things about your personality while you slave away for $25K a year. /s[/quote]

Silvestre is free to join us in lobbying for the BOE to be a full-time position with much better compensation. But as you know, elected officials tend to be subject to scrutiny by the public on their demeanor in public. It's part of the job.

If she didn't want that spotlight, she shouldn't be running for public office.[/quote]

They don't need to be full time positions.  Board positions are not and its a state decision.  Even if they were better compensated, it would still be the same.  Silvestre is getting paid via the county for MC and there is no way she's workign 40 hours at MC given her BOE duties.  She failed our kids.[/quote]

I disagree. Oversight of a school system this size is not in any way a part-time position. We've tried that model for years and look at what it's gotten us.

You know the old saying about doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results....[/quote]

They don't provide oversight.  They just listen to MCPS nonsense and agree.  They don't even read or investigate anything.  We don't need to take funds meant for the school to pay for them.  The state determines the stipend, and they agreed to it.  Paying more isn't going to lead to a better MCPS.  They created this mess.  MCPS is failing unders their leadership.  You want to financially reward them?[/quote]

I don’t understand. I 100% agree that the BOE does not currently provide oversight. Hence why I’m advocating better compensation and full-time status to incentivize them to commit to the role they are structurally obligated to fulfill.

If you don’t want to pay them more and make the job full-time, what’s your idea to get the BOE to fulfill its oversight responsibilities?[/quote]

Paying them more isn't going to give a better outcome.  You need to fire those not performing or who have conflicts of interest.[/quote]

Paying board members more would attract more talented candidates interested in FT jobs, which could have a better outcome.[/quote]

No, it wouldn't.  And, its up to the state not county.  There is no accountability for the board.  The county council is supposed to be the oversight and they do nothing.[/quote]

Maryland courts literally just fined the BOE $500,000 because it has oversight responsibilities and failed to exercise them competently in the Engler case. Structurally and legally, oversight is the BOE’s responsibility. MSDE has the ability to discipline the BOE, but they do nothing.[/quote]

+1. Penny wise, pound foolish. We taxpayers are paying out millions in lawsuits for things that the BoE is supposedly responsible for while paying the BoE members 25k a year.  [/quote]

They should pay the fines out of pocket.  BOE members are  not paid, they get a stipend.[/quote]

Are you a bot or just extremely dim? No one would be a BoE member if they were required to take that kind of personal liability for a 25k a year stipend job.   You get what you pay for. [/quote]

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