Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland: Feb. 2024: Board of Education Hires Outside Law Firm to Fight MD Open Meetings Act Complaint

Sunday, June 9, 2024

Feb. 2024: Board of Education Hires Outside Law Firm to Fight MD Open Meetings Act Complaint

2024.02.22 Letter to OMCB Responding to OMA Complaint No. 24-17 by Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland on Scribd

Here is the Montgomery County Board of Education's Legal Fees report for February 2024. Somewhere in this report is buried the thousands of dollars that the Board of Education spent on outside legal counsel to defend a defenseless violation of the Maryland Open Meetings Act.

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/D5WSZM72DE49/$file/Legal Fees Rpt 240229.pdf

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Formed in 2002, the Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland seeks to achieve the goals of coherent, content-rich curriculum standards; high expectations combined with timely remediation and acceleration; a wider range of educational options for parents and children; greater transparency and accountability; and meaningful community input.

E-mail: parentscoalitionmc AT outlook.com

What The Washington Post said about the Parents' Coalition

The coalition might be the best-known parent advocacy group in the region. Its members represent several constituencies, including parents of special education and gifted education students and fiscal watchdogs. The group's defining victory came this school year when the school system scaled back the fees charged to families for course materials.

Coalition leaders have drawn attention to the misuse of funds collected from students for activities, the broadcast of a commercial radio service on school buses and, with their "Weast Watch" blog, the travel habits of Weast and his lieutenants.

The Washington Post, June 4, 2009

Jerry Weast on the Parents' Coalition

"Along the way, you’ve had a challenging relationship with the Parents’ Coalition, the network of citizen activists who use the political process and other means to hold MCPS accountable.

The thing people accuse me of is listening, but not hearing. I hear, but I do not always agree. I am sorry that the world is faster than it was 10 years ago. I did not do that. [But] if we do not keep up, then our kids will be behind. We have to stop whining and get real."

Bethesda Magazine, March-April 2011

Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland

Sunday, June 9, 2024

Feb. 2024: Board of Education Hires Outside Law Firm to Fight MD Open Meetings Act Complaint

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