Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland Formed in 2002
Montgomery County, Maryland
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Was it actually air conditioning or just ventilation to keep the air exchanges high? #COVIDisAirborne
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Police say they did nothing wrong? Let's ask what this child did that warranted arrest? Clearly a young adult with autism, is that a crime?
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Breaking: Another $2.37M to Company of Wife of BOE Member. No BOE Discussion. Not Duly Advertised. Not put out for Bids. @mocoboe @mcps parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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BREAKING on Beidleman Matter: @mocoboe @mcps Board of Education Hires Firm that Represented them in Vax Litigation & sat in Closed Session w/ them in 2021. Firm Already Paid $110,674 to REPRESENT BOE/MCPS. Not an Independent, Outside Investigative Firm. parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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@GovLarryHogan How will schools stay open when teachers are home sick? How many teachers are out sick with COVID-19 this week already?
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Montgomery County police arrested 13 teenagers for crimes involving carjacked or stolen vehicles. Five are students at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. @mcps @mocoboe parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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"improved HVAC systems in all buildings" PROVE IT!!!! Stop denying public information act requests for the data on indoor ventilation. Start by putting CO2 detectors in EVERY CLASSROOM. You have the $$$. Do it.
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Biden @POTUS Brings His Own Ventilation to @mcps Montgomery County, MD High School in Rockville, MD #COVIDisAirborne #CO2 parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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FYI: Vigna NEVER registered as a Sex Offender and Maryland State Department of Education NEVER listed him as having his teaching license pulled. So he's good to go back into working with children.
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McKnight has no idea where emails go at the end of a year after working in @mcps for 22 years.
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Where are Nancy Navarro and Mike Durso @mcps @mocoboe? Remember? On the payroll now to fostering positive relationships. Anyone seen them in action? Are they meeting with @MoCoCouncilMD this weekend?
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Breaking: MCPS Chief Safety Officer Ed Clarke Removed from Position. Parents' Coalition had Exposed Failure to Report as Required by Law @mcps @mocoboe @pcmc1 parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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BREAKING: MD Appellate Court Orders MoCo Board of Ed to Review $168M Electric School Bus Contract Award @mcps @mocoboe @KarlaSilves_BOE @JulieYangMoCo @Lynne4Students @ShebraEvans @GraceRiveraOven @brendawolff1 @RebeccaOnBoard parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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"If MCPS had tried their absolute hardest to come up with the very worst system possible for dealing with the current COVID situation, they could not have built this one. This one is infinitely worse. This mess is 100% MCPS’s responsibility." parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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@LauraStewartBoe you were given our questions well in advance. You have not answered them. Questions were about fraud, embezzlement, waste in @mcps @mocoboe electric school bus procurement. What's your excuse for not answering these questions? parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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Student in MD public high school wearing ankle monitor. Previous arrest was attempted murder. Now arrested for murder in new incident. Montgomery County has ____ students wearing ankle monitors attending public school for what level crimes? @mcps @mocoboe
"If someone is not fired by the end of the day, I don't know what to say."
@C4WBAL and @BryanNehman opened today's show venting about a teenager arrested Tuesday in connection with a homicide over the weekend in Columbia.
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The @MoCoCouncilMD is going to have to clean up their act FIRST before they can even pretend to have oversight over @mcps. Former @mcps top admin will run Council hearings on @mcps HR. #FAIL parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
I am deeply troubled by today's article in @MoCo360Media detailing allegations of workplace harassment and retaliation against an employee who was addressing sexual harassment cases for Montgomery County Public Schools (@MCPS):
montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgpo…
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This is the same school system that has been moving around known sexual predators/offenders for decades. No videos of those actions. When will anyone in Montgomery County stand up for children?
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Here's how Biden spoke at a local high school recently. He brought his own HVAC system and it was installed for the day outside the gym. #COVIDisAirborne parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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Meanwhile, where is the data on each school? All reporting has been shut down. Will COVID-19 + cases be kept secret from now on?
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Unsigned letter. No one in charge? Review will be done by...? What happened to the COVID-19 advisory group and their review? Next steps for that one too?
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Mom of murdered student files wrongful death suit against Montgomery County Public Schools @mcps @mocoboe parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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Why isn't the @MoCoCouncilMD putting witnesses today under oath? It's in County Code. You were elected to enforce and follow Code.
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6 adults added to a room where students are socially distancing. Governor shows he does not understand why there are only a few students in the classroom and they are seated far apart. #COVID19
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Yet you haven't focused on improving indoor ventilation in public schools. Zero focus on making indoor environments safe. How many of your grandchildren are in public schools?
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Breaking: "Transparent" Board of Education Cited for Three Violations of Open Meetings Act on One Day @mocoboe @mcps @KarlaSilves_BOE @ShebraEvans @RebeccaOnBoard @brendawolff1 @Lynne4Students @GraceRiveraOven @JulieYangMoCo
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If you understood statistics you would realize what this pandemic is doing to our health care system. It doesn't matter if you get COVID or not. If you need any healthcare services are impacted.
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Cash Strapped Board of Ed. Found $550,000 for No Bid - New Tech for their New Leased Office Space parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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COVID is surging in NY right now. Health care services are already being impacted, yet no masks when walking into a pharmacy? #COVIDisAirborne
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How would you know that? An IG report that is redacted gives no transparency and there is no accountability from a report.
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Why would you want that information? To discount her life based on some bias/prejudice? It's a pandemic. Which lives are you identifying as disposable?
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Well since @GovLarryHogan threw out his OWN Maryland Recovery Plan, everyone in the entire State is surprised. Listen to the press conference for his statement that HIS Plan is not being used.
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Board of Education Spends $782 Million a Year on Contracts They Never See. Many are No Bid, Some Don't Even Have Actual Written Contracts. @mocoboe @mcps parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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Not safe if you you haven't addressed indoor air quality/ventilation. parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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While @mocoboe is in recess to read Robert's Rules, exactly WHAT was the procedural error last week that is being corrected today? Resolution was voted on. Failed. Error was that it failed? @brendawolff1 @RebeccaOnBoard
@ShebraEvans @hanaolooney
@KarlaSilvestre6 @Lynne4Students
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"expectations and transparency" from @mcps @mocoboe ? LOL. Where is the link to the Funding Accountability and Transparency website that used to be on the @mcps home page? Gone. What would be consequence if @mcps @mocoboe don't meet your "expectations?" Another useless hearing?
Here is a link to my remarks and newsletter regarding the Montgomery County FY25 budget: content.govdelivery.com/acco…
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Springbrook HS closed on Wed 6/5 for continuing failure of air conditioning to function. Good thing @mocoboe got their new tech for their leased office space! Students don't need to be in school, right? parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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Q. What did @mocoboe's Retreat cost? Teachers don't need supplies, schools don't need HVAC repairs, students don't need supplies so the sky is the limit, right? Let's see the receipts for the spa retreat at the luxury hotel. @mcps @mocoboe parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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The windows on the back of the gym were removed for installation of this air handling system.
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Predictable: The Cover-Up Continues with a Former @mcps Assoc. Sup. Running Council Hearing on MCPS. @MoCoCouncilMD parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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County report reveals that highest paid MCPS employees tend to live outside of Montgomery County parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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Full time BOE members would be absolutely meaningless without oversight and accountability. Currently, MD law allows public schools to spend under the table on no bid massive purchases. Even the BOE has no clue what is going on and no way to monitor. 1/2
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Just to be clear, we emailed this information to EACH @mocoboe member so they can never say they never heard about additional allegations.***MORE VICTIMS Come Forward with Allegations of Abuse Concerning Former @mcps Cloverly Elem. Teacher John Vigna parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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***BREAKING: New Charges filed on former MCPS Cloverly Elementary School Teacher John Vigna parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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How serious is the @mcps @mocoboe budget situation if the Superintendent is away interviewing for another position now? Who is focusing on @mcps students at this crucial budget time?
The Montgomery County Board of Education President Karla Silvestre and Dr. Monique Felder, interim superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools issued the following statement on the FY 2025 Operating Budget: mcpsmd.info/3UXl3oh.
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What did Essie McGuire know and when did she know it? 5 years of sitting in on Closed Door @mocoboe meetings where HR issues were discussed. Why aren't you having her recuse herself from this hearing? parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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Then you need to work on your math skills too. Number of beds, number of staff available (not out sick) impact quality of care. Congrats on having a healthy family and never any emergencies. You won't understand any of this until it is too late.
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How many teachers, staff and students at private schools in Montgomery County have tested positive for COVID-19 this school year? Are you going to be transparent and put out the number? We know it's not zero. Tweet the number. Thanks.
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How did that Beidleman briefing go? Follow up to that? @mocoboe being "open" and "transparent" about what they are up to? Maybe not since they got hit with a Open Meetings Act violation. Bet you missed talking about that.
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At @mcps @mocoboe FY25 Operating Budget presentation last night, only students could ask questions. Only select people could attend, not open to the public as in the past. No press questions. No actual budget documents to review. Is this McKnight's definition of transparency?
Last night our student leaders were able to engage in a Q&A with @MCPS Superintendent Dr. McKnight and @mocoboe SMOB Mr. Saeed about the budget proposal.
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An @MCPS spokesperson did not answer questions about Navarro’s compensation or her start date. [Navarro already refusing to answer questions about her position.] @mocoboe parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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Now: Next Montgomery County Inspector General Report on MCPS Released. Repeat Issues Noted.parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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Windows were actually removed from the school for the installation of this temporary ventilation system. parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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Two @mocoboe members are virtual today at Board meeting. Home sick? @ShebraEvans @Lynne4Students but @mcps children will NOT have this option under your regime.
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Not. A. Single. Response. From. Any. @mocoboe member. @KarlaSilves_BOE
@JulieYangMoCo
@ShebraEvans
@brendawolff1
@Lynne4Students
@RebeccaOnBoard
@GraceRiveraOven And @SamitheSMOB says he comes for the food. What was lunch today in the Closed Session? Paid for from @mcps budget
Right now sobbing, begging, pleading @mcps parents, students and teachers sit before a blank, emotionless, unresponsive @mocoboe and in front of @ThomasTaylorEdD to beg (even on their knees) for the @mocoboe to keep their school open. BOE shut their school w/ only 3 weeks notice.
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Teacher’s Union Declares ‘No Confidence’ in MCPS Board, Leadership parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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But wait! There's more! The @mocoboe ended their public session by violating the MD Open Meeting Act and going into an unannounced, no agenda Closed Meeting. @mcps motto: What laws? parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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The moment when @mcps security steps between the Superintendent and the protesters. And then the BOE meeting went into recess. @mocoboe piped.video/watch?v=YpLWWMCE…
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@mocoboe meeting shuts down for 2nd time in one day. Mother stands up and says, "I wrote every single one of you about my son...and none of you responded." She appears to be supported by at least a dozen people in the audience. They stand in support piped.video/live/YpLWWMCEZ6U…
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No comment, no information from @mcps @mocoboe. And so it goes. Nothing changes, just more administrators to cover up and hide. 🚨🚨🚨 Superintendent McKnight hires Nancy Navarro as senior advisor for external affairs at MCPS moco360.media/2023/11/20/sup… via @MoCo360Media
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Breaking: Dec. 2, 2021 - Resolution to Change Calendar FAILS. BOE President Violates Robert's Rules of Order, Forces BOE Members to Keep Voting Until She Gets Desired Outcome. New Meeting Set for Dec. 7th. parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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The @mocoboe has delegated all this authority to one person. No, not the superintendent. One guy, Seth Adams in MCPS makes all these decisions, behind closed doors with no public notice or opportunity to comment, no accountability. His info Seth_P_Adams@mcpsmd.org 240-740-7700
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Thanks @mcps for letting everyone know it was Friday at 5 o'clock.
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The public already knows the answer to this question. $4M is what a Montgomery County jury already found for a student attacked by KNOWN assailants at @mcps @mocoboe Gaithersburg High School. Trial notes at this link: parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
If the kids return back to school as expected on Monday and something happens, would @MCPS be liable considering they know the potential danger is there?
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But allows harassment and bullying of @mcps students to continue.
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FYI Public: Just show up and comment on anything. You have absolutely no idea what the @mocoboe is spending @mcps $$$$$$ on, so just throw out any topic. Who knows? You might hit on something they are doing under the table. Good luck!
Public comment sign-up for the July 18 Board meeting is NOW open. Sign-ups will close on Monday, July 15, at 9:00am. The meeting agenda is available under “Upcoming Meetings” - ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/…. You can sign up here - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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"millions of dollars in wasteful spending"
Just another day in Montgomery County and the IG reports on @mcps @mocoboe Fraud, Waste, and Abuse of Education funding. Nothing to see here. parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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How was your day at the spa? @mocoboe @brendawolff1 @KarlaSilvestre6 @hanaolooney @RebeccaOnBoard @ShebraEvans @ScottJoftus @Lynne4Students Breaking: During Magruder HS Lockdown Board of Education was Hiding at College Park Luxury Hotel. @mcps @mocoboe parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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No @mocoboe member ever visited the Montgomery Virtual Academy to see the school in operation. They were invited, but did not show up. @KarlaSilves_BOE kept repeating that she was invited last night, but didn't explain why she didn't actually accept an invitation. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
It was striking that they were unwilling to visit the MVA, especially since they could have done so from home or met with MVA students directly—the easiest school visit possible. The MVA was virtually the best in MCPS.
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Paula Bienenfeld, Independent Candidate for Montgomery County, MD County Council District 4, to Challenge Rejected Petition in Court parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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@MC_Council_Katz Wow have you missed a lot. Rapes and sexual assaults of children IN @mcps @mocoboe schools by known or suspected sexual predators or aggressors, convictions, millions in settlements and jury verdicts. Where was the hearing and your statement on those atrocities?
CM Katz says the Interim Supt Felder has walked "into a hornet's nest" and that this is "one of the saddest moments" in the school system's history.
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Chair of County Council Education Committee Took $3,900 Campaign Donation from Firm McKnight Hired to Run "Independent" Investigation of Beidleman Allegations @mcps @mococouncil @mocoboe parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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Here's a tip for @KarlaSilves_BOE : Start READING @mocoboe contracts and STOP just signing away tens of millions without oversight. You are bankrupting @mcps and sending @mcps towards collapse.
Board Members are sharing their tips for a successful school year. Today is a great day to put Board President Karla Silvestre’s advice into practice. #MCPSForward
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Right now sobbing, begging, pleading @mcps parents, students and teachers sit before a blank, emotionless, unresponsive @mocoboe and in front of @ThomasTaylorEdD to beg (even on their knees) for the @mocoboe to keep their school open. BOE shut their school w/ only 3 weeks notice.
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And immediately recuse himself from any oversight over the MCPS Beidleman matter. @willjawando @KristinMink_ @albornoz_gabe
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TONIGHT: Board of Education Candidates' Forum Sept. 19th, 7pm parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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Let's be clear about what is taking place. A former @mcps top administrator has prepared the packet, written the questions and set up the @MoCoCouncilMD 's Tues. meeting concerning MCPS' COVID response. The former @mcps admin was in charge of the COVID response until few wks ago.
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Washington Post Buries @MCPS Embezzlement Story and Leaves out Details: Ex-Montgomery Co. schools transportation employee pleads guilty to theft scheme parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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FORMER MCPS MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER SENTENCED TO 50 YEARS IN PRISON Maxwell Bero, 31, of Point of Rocks, Md., was sentenced to 50 years in prison, with all but eight years suspended parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.…
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