Anonymous
11/10/2025 22:18
Subject: Maryland's State Board of Education report says MCPS electric bus deal is illegal
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — A new report from the Maryland State Board of Education has declared Montgomery County Public Schools’ (MCPS) $168 million electric school bus contract “illegal,” saying the district violated its own procurement rules when awarding the deal.
https://wjla.com/features/i-team/maryland-report-says-mcps-electric-bus-deal-is-illegal-montgomery-county-public-schools-parents-coalition-iteam
Will charges be brought against any current MCPS staff? That would be helpful.
Plz lord fire Essie McGuire please! She was deeply involved in this scandal and then now she is leading the regional program study which will purchase another big batch of school bus! Noooo!
Anonymous
11/10/2025 22:10
Subject: Maryland's State Board of Education report says MCPS electric bus deal is illegal
Anonymous wrote:MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — A new report from the Maryland State Board of Education has declared Montgomery County Public Schools’ (MCPS) $168 million electric school bus contract “illegal,” saying the district violated its own procurement rules when awarding the deal.
https://wjla.com/features/i-team/maryland-report-says-mcps-electric-bus-deal-is-illegal-montgomery-county-public-schools-parents-coalition-iteam
Will charges be brought against any current MCPS staff? That would be helpful.
Anonymous
11/10/2025 22:10
Subject: Maryland's State Board of Education report says MCPS electric bus deal is illegal
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why can't MCPS just be more competent?
Part of the problem is that Board of Education member are treated like part-time volunteers rather than have meaningful oversight...
The BOE's rubber stamp of all MCPS proposals would not change if they were full time (though I agree they should be).
Have you tried to do anything with your special powers to predict the future and opine that things will never change?
Essie McGuire is full-time. She was full-time when this contract came before the BOE. She is well paid.
She said she was very confident in this lease. She said it was an innovation. She said it can be checked by legal, budget and MCPS Dept of Transportation. She said she was very excited to bring this to the BOE.
Paying her a good salary to work full-time got MCPS in financial trouble.
You're confusing MCPS Central Office implementation with BOE oversight. Yes, MCPS Central Office staff are full-time and shouldn't have screwed up this contract. But expecting BOE oversight with part-time people paid $25k a year to do a full-time job is basically saying you don't value oversight of MCPS.
County council members are paid full-time salaries. No oversight there either.
Voters have oversight over the County Council.
Anonymous
11/10/2025 22:09
Subject: Maryland's State Board of Education report says MCPS electric bus deal is illegal
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why can't MCPS just be more competent?
Part of the problem is that Board of Education member are treated like part-time volunteers rather than have meaningful oversight...
The BOE's rubber stamp of all MCPS proposals would not change if they were full time (though I agree they should be).
Have you tried to do anything with your special powers to predict the future and opine that things will never change?
Essie McGuire is full-time. She was full-time when this contract came before the BOE. She is well paid.
She said she was very confident in this lease. She said it was an innovation. She said it can be checked by legal, budget and MCPS Dept of Transportation. She said she was very excited to bring this to the BOE.
Paying her a good salary to work full-time got MCPS in financial trouble.
You're confusing MCPS Central Office implementation with BOE oversight. Yes, MCPS Central Office staff are full-time and shouldn't have screwed up this contract. But expecting BOE oversight with part-time people paid $25k a year to do a full-time job is basically saying you don't value oversight of MCPS.
County council members are paid full-time salaries. No oversight there either.
Anonymous
11/10/2025 21:58
Subject: Maryland's State Board of Education report says MCPS electric bus deal is illegal
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why can't MCPS just be more competent?
Part of the problem is that Board of Education member are treated like part-time volunteers rather than have meaningful oversight...
The BOE's rubber stamp of all MCPS proposals would not change if they were full time (though I agree they should be).
Have you tried to do anything with your special powers to predict the future and opine that things will never change?
Essie McGuire is full-time. She was full-time when this contract came before the BOE. She is well paid.
She said she was very confident in this lease. She said it was an innovation. She said it can be checked by legal, budget and MCPS Dept of Transportation. She said she was very excited to bring this to the BOE.
Paying her a good salary to work full-time got MCPS in financial trouble.
You're confusing MCPS Central Office implementation with BOE oversight. Yes, MCPS Central Office staff are full-time and shouldn't have screwed up this contract. But expecting BOE oversight with part-time people paid $25k a year to do a full-time job is basically saying you don't value oversight of MCPS.