Anonymous wrote:I'm a little horrified that Diaz got 30% of the early votes. Of course most people vote on Election Day, and those votes haven't yet been counted.

https://results.elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/primary_results/gen_results_2026_by_county_16.html

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a little horrified that Diaz got 30% of the early votes. Of course most people vote on Election Day, and those votes haven't yet been counted.

https://results.elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/primary_results/gen_results_2026_by_county_16.html

She's voicing a number of valid policy positions of general concern, is smart and articulate. If I hadn't known her backstory, which is not evident on her campaign page, I might have voted for her.

She will get obliterated in the general election

All that Lazo has to do is quote Diaz's own words from her blog:

Currently, leftist ideologies are deeply embedded within our school system, limiting freedom of thought and expression. BLM and LGBTQ+ flags adorn classrooms and hallways. Critical race theory is at the center of Social Studies education, from elementary to high school. These ideas are presented as the only course of righteous action for the rising political activists our schools aim to create. We risk entrenching our children in unnecessary future turmoil when we frame the trends of our time as the only just causes. When “all the things” that are good can only come from the Left, what happens to anyone who believes differently? Where do those children and their families fit in our schools and our communities?

https://brilliantresilience.substack.com/p/protecting-our-childrens-innocence

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a little horrified that Diaz got 30% of the early votes. Of course most people vote on Election Day, and those votes haven't yet been counted.

https://results.elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/primary_results/gen_results_2026_by_county_16.html

She's voicing a number of valid policy positions of general concern, is smart and articulate. If I hadn't known her backstory, which is not evident on her campaign page, I might have voted for her.

She will get obliterated in the general election

All that Lazo has to do is quote Diaz's own words from her blog:

Currently, leftist ideologies are deeply embedded within our school system, limiting freedom of thought and expression. BLM and LGBTQ+ flags adorn classrooms and hallways. Critical race theory is at the center of Social Studies education, from elementary to high school. These ideas are presented as the only course of righteous action for the rising political activists our schools aim to create. We risk entrenching our children in unnecessary future turmoil when we frame the trends of our time as the only just causes. When “all the things” that are good can only come from the Left, what happens to anyone who believes differently? Where do those children and their families fit in our schools and our communities?

https://brilliantresilience.substack.com/p/protecting-our-childrens-innocence

Oh please Diaz is a Moms For Liberty, anti vax, ignorant, horrible human.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a little horrified that Diaz got 30% of the early votes. Of course most people vote on Election Day, and those votes haven't yet been counted.

https://results.elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/primary_results/gen_results_2026_by_county_16.html

She's voicing a number of valid policy positions of general concern, is smart and articulate. If I hadn't known her backstory, which is not evident on her campaign page, I might have voted for her.

She will get obliterated in the general election

All that Lazo has to do is quote Diaz's own words from her blog:

Currently, leftist ideologies are deeply embedded within our school system, limiting freedom of thought and expression. BLM and LGBTQ+ flags adorn classrooms and hallways. Critical race theory is at the center of Social Studies education, from elementary to high school. These ideas are presented as the only course of righteous action for the rising political activists our schools aim to create. We risk entrenching our children in unnecessary future turmoil when we frame the trends of our time as the only just causes. When “all the things” that are good can only come from the Left, what happens to anyone who believes differently? Where do those children and their families fit in our schools and our communities?

https://brilliantresilience.substack.com/p/protecting-our-childrens-innocence

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a little horrified that Diaz got 30% of the early votes. Of course most people vote on Election Day, and those votes haven't yet been counted.

https://results.elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/primary_results/gen_results_2026_by_county_16.html

She's voicing a number of valid policy positions of general concern, is smart and articulate. If I hadn't known her backstory, which is not evident on her campaign page, I might have voted for her.

Currently, leftist ideologies are deeply embedded within our school system, limiting freedom of thought and expression. BLM and LGBTQ+ flags adorn classrooms and hallways. Critical race theory is at the center of Social Studies education, from elementary to high school. These ideas are presented as the only course of righteous action for the rising political activists our schools aim to create. We risk entrenching our children in unnecessary future turmoil when we frame the trends of our time as the only just causes. When “all the things” that are good can only come from the Left, what happens to anyone who believes differently? Where do those children and their families fit in our schools and our communities?

Anonymous wrote:I'm a little horrified that Diaz got 30% of the early votes. Of course most people vote on Election Day, and those votes haven't yet been counted.

https://results.elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/primary_results/gen_results_2026_by_county_16.html

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Anonymous wrote:Neither Lazo nor Chase has given reliable indication that they meaningfully would move to improve academics. Comments about better engagement over boundaries have been low-hanging fruit, populist at the moment, but with no solid promises behind them.

With those two, we get only the same thing as we've gotten from MCPS for twenty-plus years, trying to stem a tide of lower average performance with band-aids that lower standards for everyone while playing hide the ball with information when they are supposed to engage with the community. Then MCPS claims that as a win for not failing as many on those low standards as might have been the case if expectations hadn't been decimated. And trumpets its hollow, performative engagements, very much to plan.

And still MCPS results have gone downhill, even against those lower standards. They have more challenging populations, now, but are unwilling to reconsider this approach that has proven a failure, just doubling down on it at every turn, with the BOE going along every single time.

Get whichever of them, Chase or Lazo, advances to have to show more backbone in getting our kids excellent educations by demanding higher standards from the school system, and then demanding the resources from the county to do that equitably. And real bite with respect to those community engagement failures.

There's no chance of that kind of thing happening if we end up with both do-nothing candidates from the establishment as the two left on the ballot in November. There is a chance if they have to face Diaz.

Good points, all.

Chase seems to have nothing concrete to say. What exactly has she accomplished in her decades of educational advocacy work (anything?) and what does she plan to do other than speak in platitudes? Unclear. Lazo seems better, but experience with community college board less relevant than experience in the trenches as an educator. Diaz seems the sharpest of the three, but I understand the concerns. Right now torn between Lazo and Diaz.

https://patch.com/maryland/rockville/boe-candidate-brenda-diaz-aims-give-mcps-parents-real-seat-table

Thanks for posting the patch.com interview. Can't say I disagree with much Diaz has to say here. I also agree the BOE needs both balance and a different perspective.

All true, but it's also true that she's anti-vax and anti-mask (and tried to use the bible to justify the latter).
https://bethesdamagazine.com/2024/10/22/brenda-diaz-left-mcps/


I was close to voting for her, but can't based on this. Not thrilled with the options, will hope for the best with Lazo.

I don’t know if that’s true, but what if she doesn’t like vaccines? So what? My body my choice, right? Right?

Anonymous wrote:No, I remembered her form last time. Voted for someone else.

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Anonymous wrote:Neither Lazo nor Chase has given reliable indication that they meaningfully would move to improve academics. Comments about better engagement over boundaries have been low-hanging fruit, populist at the moment, but with no solid promises behind them.

With those two, we get only the same thing as we've gotten from MCPS for twenty-plus years, trying to stem a tide of lower average performance with band-aids that lower standards for everyone while playing hide the ball with information when they are supposed to engage with the community. Then MCPS claims that as a win for not failing as many on those low standards as might have been the case if expectations hadn't been decimated. And trumpets its hollow, performative engagements, very much to plan.

And still MCPS results have gone downhill, even against those lower standards. They have more challenging populations, now, but are unwilling to reconsider this approach that has proven a failure, just doubling down on it at every turn, with the BOE going along every single time.

Get whichever of them, Chase or Lazo, advances to have to show more backbone in getting our kids excellent educations by demanding higher standards from the school system, and then demanding the resources from the county to do that equitably. And real bite with respect to those community engagement failures.

There's no chance of that kind of thing happening if we end up with both do-nothing candidates from the establishment as the two left on the ballot in November. There is a chance if they have to face Diaz.

Good points, all.

Chase seems to have nothing concrete to say. What exactly has she accomplished in her decades of educational advocacy work (anything?) and what does she plan to do other than speak in platitudes? Unclear. Lazo seems better, but experience with community college board less relevant than experience in the trenches as an educator. Diaz seems the sharpest of the three, but I understand the concerns. Right now torn between Lazo and Diaz.

https://patch.com/maryland/rockville/boe-candidate-brenda-diaz-aims-give-mcps-parents-real-seat-table

Thanks for posting the patch.com interview. Can't say I disagree with much Diaz has to say here. I also agree the BOE needs both balance and a different perspective.

All true, but it's also true that she's anti-vax and anti-mask (and tried to use the bible to justify the latter).
https://bethesdamagazine.com/2024/10/22/brenda-diaz-left-mcps/


I was close to voting for her, but can't based on this. Not thrilled with the options, will hope for the best with Lazo.

I don’t know if that’s true, but what if she doesn’t like vaccines? So what? My body my choice, right? Right?

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Anonymous wrote:Neither Lazo nor Chase has given reliable indication that they meaningfully would move to improve academics. Comments about better engagement over boundaries have been low-hanging fruit, populist at the moment, but with no solid promises behind them.

With those two, we get only the same thing as we've gotten from MCPS for twenty-plus years, trying to stem a tide of lower average performance with band-aids that lower standards for everyone while playing hide the ball with information when they are supposed to engage with the community. Then MCPS claims that as a win for not failing as many on those low standards as might have been the case if expectations hadn't been decimated. And trumpets its hollow, performative engagements, very much to plan.

And still MCPS results have gone downhill, even against those lower standards. They have more challenging populations, now, but are unwilling to reconsider this approach that has proven a failure, just doubling down on it at every turn, with the BOE going along every single time.

Get whichever of them, Chase or Lazo, advances to have to show more backbone in getting our kids excellent educations by demanding higher standards from the school system, and then demanding the resources from the county to do that equitably. And real bite with respect to those community engagement failures.

There's no chance of that kind of thing happening if we end up with both do-nothing candidates from the establishment as the two left on the ballot in November. There is a chance if they have to face Diaz.

Good points, all.

Chase seems to have nothing concrete to say. What exactly has she accomplished in her decades of educational advocacy work (anything?) and what does she plan to do other than speak in platitudes? Unclear. Lazo seems better, but experience with community college board less relevant than experience in the trenches as an educator. Diaz seems the sharpest of the three, but I understand the concerns. Right now torn between Lazo and Diaz.

https://patch.com/maryland/rockville/boe-candidate-brenda-diaz-aims-give-mcps-parents-real-seat-table

Thanks for posting the patch.com interview. Can't say I disagree with much Diaz has to say here. I also agree the BOE needs both balance and a different perspective.

All true, but it's also true that she's anti-vax and anti-mask (and tried to use the bible to justify the latter).
https://bethesdamagazine.com/2024/10/22/brenda-diaz-left-mcps/


I was close to voting for her, but can't based on this. Not thrilled with the options, will hope for the best with Lazo.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Neither Lazo nor Chase has given reliable indication that they meaningfully would move to improve academics. Comments about better engagement over boundaries have been low-hanging fruit, populist at the moment, but with no solid promises behind them.

With those two, we get only the same thing as we've gotten from MCPS for twenty-plus years, trying to stem a tide of lower average performance with band-aids that lower standards for everyone while playing hide the ball with information when they are supposed to engage with the community. Then MCPS claims that as a win for not failing as many on those low standards as might have been the case if expectations hadn't been decimated. And trumpets its hollow, performative engagements, very much to plan.

And still MCPS results have gone downhill, even against those lower standards. They have more challenging populations, now, but are unwilling to reconsider this approach that has proven a failure, just doubling down on it at every turn, with the BOE going along every single time.

Get whichever of them, Chase or Lazo, advances to have to show more backbone in getting our kids excellent educations by demanding higher standards from the school system, and then demanding the resources from the county to do that equitably. And real bite with respect to those community engagement failures.

There's no chance of that kind of thing happening if we end up with both do-nothing candidates from the establishment as the two left on the ballot in November. There is a chance if they have to face Diaz.

Good points, all.

Chase seems to have nothing concrete to say. What exactly has she accomplished in her decades of educational advocacy work (anything?) and what does she plan to do other than speak in platitudes? Unclear. Lazo seems better, but experience with community college board less relevant than experience in the trenches as an educator. Diaz seems the sharpest of the three, but I understand the concerns. Right now torn between Lazo and Diaz.

https://patch.com/maryland/rockville/boe-candidate-brenda-diaz-aims-give-mcps-parents-real-seat-table

Thanks for posting the patch.com interview. Can't say I disagree with much Diaz has to say here. I also agree the BOE needs both balance and a different perspective.

All true, but it's also true that she's anti-vax and anti-mask (and tried to use the bible to justify the latter).
https://bethesdamagazine.com/2024/10/22/brenda-diaz-left-mcps/


I was close to voting for her, but can't based on this. Not thrilled with the options, will hope for the best with Lazo.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Neither Lazo nor Chase has given reliable indication that they meaningfully would move to improve academics. Comments about better engagement over boundaries have been low-hanging fruit, populist at the moment, but with no solid promises behind them.

With those two, we get only the same thing as we've gotten from MCPS for twenty-plus years, trying to stem a tide of lower average performance with band-aids that lower standards for everyone while playing hide the ball with information when they are supposed to engage with the community. Then MCPS claims that as a win for not failing as many on those low standards as might have been the case if expectations hadn't been decimated. And trumpets its hollow, performative engagements, very much to plan.

And still MCPS results have gone downhill, even against those lower standards. They have more challenging populations, now, but are unwilling to reconsider this approach that has proven a failure, just doubling down on it at every turn, with the BOE going along every single time.

Get whichever of them, Chase or Lazo, advances to have to show more backbone in getting our kids excellent educations by demanding higher standards from the school system, and then demanding the resources from the county to do that equitably. And real bite with respect to those community engagement failures.

There's no chance of that kind of thing happening if we end up with both do-nothing candidates from the establishment as the two left on the ballot in November. There is a chance if they have to face Diaz.

Good points, all.

Chase seems to have nothing concrete to say. What exactly has she accomplished in her decades of educational advocacy work (anything?) and what does she plan to do other than speak in platitudes? Unclear. Lazo seems better, but experience with community college board less relevant than experience in the trenches as an educator. Diaz seems the sharpest of the three, but I understand the concerns. Right now torn between Lazo and Diaz.

https://patch.com/maryland/rockville/boe-candidate-brenda-diaz-aims-give-mcps-parents-real-seat-table

Thanks for posting the patch.com interview. Can't say I disagree with much Diaz has to say here. I also agree the BOE needs both balance and a different perspective.