Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I will vote for her. BOE is a disaster and a different voice will be beneficial. I don’t care if she's MAGA or not. This is not about the orange guy but about a bunch of lunatics destroying mcps and being voted again and again.
mmm'k. Diaz isn't going to fix this though. Sometimes people are so divisive that no one will work with or take them seriously. This is Diaz's problem, she lost credibility as being able to be anything other than a MAGA crazycat and no one on the board, current or future, will want to be seen working with her.
Taylor isn’t working with anyone on the Board.
He doesn't have to as the county council and BOE are too weak to stand up to him and they just agree and go along with it despite how much he and central office (he's not alone in this and they need to clean house) harm MCPS, the county, staff and students.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have seen lots of online commentary on her being crazy and MAGA during the pandemic. I did not have kids in schools then so don't know all the background. But her responses on the various candidate questionnaires I have seen for this election all seem reasonable, relatively measured, and most importantly (to me) much more specific on actual changes that would increase the rigor and accountability of MCPS. She also cites evidence more than the other candidates. I disagree with her on Mahmoud vs. Taylor but even her responses on that topic don't seem particularly extreme.
I really don't like the idea of voting for a MAGA candidate but also feel like ultimately I should be voting based on the candidates' stated views, and hers seem pretty good and at least very clear whereas all the other candidates seem to respond entirely in vague platitudes, which makes me think they'll just roll with whatever the superintendent and MCEA want rather than providing actual oversight and differing views. What am I missing?
She has toned down her rhetoric since her last run for the BOE. You should know that she was fired from MCPS for refusing to adhere to vaccination requirements for CoVid. She refused to wear a mask. And rather than do these things, she simply did not show up to teach, leaving administrators scrambling to cover her classes.
If you think this behavior is well-reasoned, by all means, vote for her.
based on reports from her coworkers at Gaithersburg HS, she wasn't even showing up or building her own curriculum before the pandemic. There's plenty of threads out there about this. But how is she able to spend so much time on social media and pandering to any group that will listen to her, while she's apparently running her own virtual school?? What curriculum is she teaching there and who has enrolled in that school?
Some of her colleagues have also reported that she made racist comments about the black and brown kids at GHS (e.g., calling them ghetto). This, to me, is disqualifying, full stop, but especially problematic on a school board where the job is to represent all kids even when the wealthiest voices do their best to drown out everyone else.
Anonymous wrote:I have seen lots of online commentary on her being crazy and MAGA during the pandemic. I did not have kids in schools then so don't know all the background. But her responses on the various candidate questionnaires I have seen for this election all seem reasonable, relatively measured, and most importantly (to me) much more specific on actual changes that would increase the rigor and accountability of MCPS. She also cites evidence more than the other candidates. I disagree with her on Mahmoud vs. Taylor but even her responses on that topic don't seem particularly extreme.
I really don't like the idea of voting for a MAGA candidate but also feel like ultimately I should be voting based on the candidates' stated views, and hers seem pretty good and at least very clear whereas all the other candidates seem to respond entirely in vague platitudes, which makes me think they'll just roll with whatever the superintendent and MCEA want rather than providing actual oversight and differing views. What am I missing?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have seen lots of online commentary on her being crazy and MAGA during the pandemic. I did not have kids in schools then so don't know all the background. But her responses on the various candidate questionnaires I have seen for this election all seem reasonable, relatively measured, and most importantly (to me) much more specific on actual changes that would increase the rigor and accountability of MCPS. She also cites evidence more than the other candidates. I disagree with her on Mahmoud vs. Taylor but even her responses on that topic don't seem particularly extreme.
I really don't like the idea of voting for a MAGA candidate but also feel like ultimately I should be voting based on the candidates' stated views, and hers seem pretty good and at least very clear whereas all the other candidates seem to respond entirely in vague platitudes, which makes me think they'll just roll with whatever the superintendent and MCEA want rather than providing actual oversight and differing views. What am I missing?
She has toned down her rhetoric since her last run for the BOE. You should know that she was fired from MCPS for refusing to adhere to vaccination requirements for CoVid. She refused to wear a mask. And rather than do these things, she simply did not show up to teach, leaving administrators scrambling to cover her classes.
If you think this behavior is well-reasoned, by all means, vote for her.
based on reports from her coworkers at Gaithersburg HS, she wasn't even showing up or building her own curriculum before the pandemic. There's plenty of threads out there about this. But how is she able to spend so much time on social media and pandering to any group that will listen to her, while she's apparently running her own virtual school?? What curriculum is she teaching there and who has enrolled in that school?
Some of her colleagues have also reported that she made racist comments about the black and brown kids at GHS (e.g., calling them ghetto). This, to me, is disqualifying, full stop, but especially problematic on a school board where the job is to represent all kids even when the wealthiest voices do their best to drown out everyone else.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have seen lots of online commentary on her being crazy and MAGA during the pandemic. I did not have kids in schools then so don't know all the background. But her responses on the various candidate questionnaires I have seen for this election all seem reasonable, relatively measured, and most importantly (to me) much more specific on actual changes that would increase the rigor and accountability of MCPS. She also cites evidence more than the other candidates. I disagree with her on Mahmoud vs. Taylor but even her responses on that topic don't seem particularly extreme.
I really don't like the idea of voting for a MAGA candidate but also feel like ultimately I should be voting based on the candidates' stated views, and hers seem pretty good and at least very clear whereas all the other candidates seem to respond entirely in vague platitudes, which makes me think they'll just roll with whatever the superintendent and MCEA want rather than providing actual oversight and differing views. What am I missing?
She has toned down her rhetoric since her last run for the BOE. You should know that she was fired from MCPS for refusing to adhere to vaccination requirements for CoVid. She refused to wear a mask. And rather than do these things, she simply did not show up to teach, leaving administrators scrambling to cover her classes.
If you think this behavior is well-reasoned, by all means, vote for her.
based on reports from her coworkers at Gaithersburg HS, she wasn't even showing up or building her own curriculum before the pandemic. There's plenty of threads out there about this. But how is she able to spend so much time on social media and pandering to any group that will listen to her, while she's apparently running her own virtual school?? What curriculum is she teaching there and who has enrolled in that school?
Anonymous wrote:An endorsement for Wylea Chase, that also notes Omar Lazo as a credible candidate, from Washington Jewish Week: “Wylea Chase is widely regarded as an experienced education leader with strong cross-community ties, including work with Jewish organizations on antisemitism. Omar Lazo offers a different perspective and is also viewed as a credible candidate. As between the two, Wylea Chase is the more experienced candidate and has earned our endorsement.”
Omar Lazo has a long list of endorsements on his website.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I will vote for her. BOE is a disaster and a different voice will be beneficial. I don’t care if she's MAGA or not. This is not about the orange guy but about a bunch of lunatics destroying mcps and being voted again and again.
mmm'k. Diaz isn't going to fix this though. Sometimes people are so divisive that no one will work with or take them seriously. This is Diaz's problem, she lost credibility as being able to be anything other than a MAGA crazycat and no one on the board, current or future, will want to be seen working with her.
Taylor isn’t working with anyone on the Board.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I will vote for her. BOE is a disaster and a different voice will be beneficial. I don’t care if she's MAGA or not. This is not about the orange guy but about a bunch of lunatics destroying mcps and being voted again and again.
mmm'k. Diaz isn't going to fix this though. Sometimes people are so divisive that no one will work with or take them seriously. This is Diaz's problem, she lost credibility as being able to be anything other than a MAGA crazycat and no one on the board, current or future, will want to be seen working with her.
Taylor isn’t working with anyone on the Board.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I will vote for her. BOE is a disaster and a different voice will be beneficial. I don’t care if she's MAGA or not. This is not about the orange guy but about a bunch of lunatics destroying mcps and being voted again and again.
mmm'k. Diaz isn't going to fix this though. Sometimes people are so divisive that no one will work with or take them seriously. This is Diaz's problem, she lost credibility as being able to be anything other than a MAGA crazycat and no one on the board, current or future, will want to be seen working with her.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have seen lots of online commentary on her being crazy and MAGA during the pandemic. I did not have kids in schools then so don't know all the background. But her responses on the various candidate questionnaires I have seen for this election all seem reasonable, relatively measured, and most importantly (to me) much more specific on actual changes that would increase the rigor and accountability of MCPS. She also cites evidence more than the other candidates. I disagree with her on Mahmoud vs. Taylor but even her responses on that topic don't seem particularly extreme.
I really don't like the idea of voting for a MAGA candidate but also feel like ultimately I should be voting based on the candidates' stated views, and hers seem pretty good and at least very clear whereas all the other candidates seem to respond entirely in vague platitudes, which makes me think they'll just roll with whatever the superintendent and MCEA want rather than providing actual oversight and differing views. What am I missing?
She has toned down her rhetoric since her last run for the BOE. You should know that she was fired from MCPS for refusing to adhere to vaccination requirements for CoVid. She refused to wear a mask. And rather than do these things, she simply did not show up to teach, leaving administrators scrambling to cover her classes.
If you think this behavior is well-reasoned, by all means, vote for her.
based on reports from her coworkers at Gaithersburg HS, she wasn't even showing up or building her own curriculum before the pandemic. There's plenty of threads out there about this. But how is she able to spend so much time on social media and pandering to any group that will listen to her, while she's apparently running her own virtual school?? What curriculum is she teaching there and who has enrolled in that school?
I think her virtual school is fake. All I see on her linked-in page is BMD Educational Consulting Services as a job. No website, no contact information for her consulting work. I think her job is to run for BOE every election cycle.
But it is something to put on her resume
Anonymous wrote:I will vote for her. BOE is a disaster and a different voice will be beneficial. I don’t care if she's MAGA or not. This is not about the orange guy but about a bunch of lunatics destroying mcps and being voted again and again.
Anonymous wrote:I will vote for her. BOE is a disaster and a different voice will be beneficial. I don’t care if she's MAGA or not. This is not about the orange guy but about a bunch of lunatics destroying mcps and being voted again and again.