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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]Agree or disagree on policy, Montoya’s conduct cannot and must not be tolerated.

Coming from someone who voted for her.

Anyone know if her colleagues at the BOE or Dr. Taylor himself have weighed in? Would love for them to explain whether or not they agree with this behavior.[/quote]

I don't see anything wrong with her conduct. She was accurately calling out bad behavior- in this case, the clearly and wildly inappropriate behavior by the people represented in the audience during the Board meeting.

No doubt the other board members saw and heard that same behavior, both during this particular board meeting and at the earlier meetings. And I bet they all have emails demonstrating it, too.[/quote]

Just so we’re talking about the same conduct—calling anyone who disagrees with you racist is ok?

I was at the board meeting and did not see anyone engaging in any behavior or conduct that was racist. [/quote]

She didn't and doesn't call "anyone who disagrees with" her racist. She called the highly vocal, and poorly behaving, group of people represented at the meeting racist. Accurately.[/quote]

PP: I’m genuinely trying to ask you a real question because this gets at the core of why so many people—regardless of their opinions on the outcome of the vote—are upset about Montoya’s conduct.

You are saying she didn’t call people racist for disagreeing with her. She called out specific group.

The thing is I was at the meeting, she literally said “that’s the racism” to people who cheered on Julie as she voted no. How is that calling out specific people for specific actions? She just called out anyone who cheered for Julie.

This includes calling out me as racist even though I was there to stand against the regional program. I cheered for Julie because I think the regional program is a real step back for equity, and all of a sudden I’m a racist?[/quote]

Just as it is with MAGA rallies, you should be prepared to be called racist if you associate yourself with racist. Even if you truly believe your own motives are different than the others.[/quote]

So this is basically proving my whole point. I, a person of color, show up to the BoE vote because I, like BoE, want more equity in programs. I agree with their intention. I disagree with how we get there.

So are you saying I should not have shown up at all? It’s my fault for showing up, because by doing so, I’m automatically a racist? [/quote]

Are you suggesting people of color can't be racist?

If you associate with racists, even through sharing a side with them, then it becomes incumbent upon you to call of their bad behavior if you don't want the same things applied to you.[/quote]
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By that definition every single person who has an opinion on boundaries or regional programs and shared that opinion is racist because the Superintendent's recommendations are absolutely racist. Montoya and her colleagues have some serious self reflection to do given how self righteous they were about their brave votes to allocate zero resources to address the horrifically bad proficiency rates among BIPOC students.[/quote]

BIPOC students would likely be best served by the school district expending resources on core curriculum that is externally developed and evaluated, per Maryland State Dept of Education rules, instead of the patchwork of curriculum that we have now across the board. Take a look at that refrigerator curriculum and you tell me if BIPOC students would be better served by quality curriculum or by the dozens and dozens of regional high school programs for which teachers will not have time to be trained and for which we will use homemade curriculum. We have wasted a year of resources and time on regional high school programs. But hey, according to Montoya and her colleagues, these regional programs will be equitable.[/quote]

The bigger issue with the regional program is distance and transportation.  Even if they provide a bus, often with activities and sports, the bus doesn't work and parents don't have transportation or cannot get the kids after school/evenings.  Same reason why some of us turned down spots in the DCC.  DCC to Whitman is not an easy commute.[/quote]

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