Note that Ms. Crawford has been described by the Carroll County news as a MCPS employee who "supervises" the MCPS Student Member of the Board. Is it appropriate for a MCPS Board of Education member to be supervised by a MCPS employee?
...Fourth, Karen Crawford, Montgomery County Department of Education's Coordinator of Student Affairs, was present at the SGA meeting and gave a lecture to the student body. She talked enthusiastically to the students about what Montgomery County is doing with their SGA; they have the vote and they also have student representation on every committee in the Dept of Ed, according to Ms Crawford. She gave the students advice on how to proceed on pushing the voting issue: letter writing (they did), show up en mass to the Board of Ed (they did), lobby their parents (they are). She was lobbying them. Ms Crawford also attended this week's Board of Ed meeting and advocated for their vote, as did another advisor from Montgomery County. Why are adults from outside of this county, with less than conservative outlooks, coaching our students and then expecting them to be viewed as having "informed student opinion"? This is influence, plain and simple, and an adult agenda...
You don't know what she does because, simply, you have not attended any meetings that she has supervised with Tim, such as MCR-SGA Executive Board meetings. Thus you are uninformed of her position as merely supervisor, with no ulterior agenda except the students' best interests, which Tim and many other students in and out of SGA all share. QED
ReplyDeleteThe above was a blog post from Carroll County, and a link to a Carroll County news article that referred to Ms. Crawford's postion with MCPS.
ReplyDeleteIt is improper for a Board of Education member to be "supervised" by an employee that they are, by law, to oversee.
Why don't the students have their own best interest? If they are true student leaders, they should be "leading" without adult supervision.
Aside from the ethical considerations, how is this position justified in a budget year when classroom teacher positions are threatened?