County Executive-Elect Marc Elrich has assembled a Transition Team of over 180 people. The list of the entire team is here, as reported by Josh Kurtz in Maryland Matters on Nov. 14th. The group met this past week (still don't know where, or when) and broke into smaller groups. These groups will be determining the future of the county and the incoming administration priorities. Yet we still have no idea what went on at the meeting, or who was involved in which discussions. There are no minutes, no notes, no report out, or who was involved. We do know, though, that paid county employees were at the meeting working as facilitators and moderators.
So much for transparency and #opengov hopes for this new administration.
Parents' Coalition has obtained the names of the team members and verified that the group that will be overseeing education is the, 'Thriving Youth and Families Outcome Team.' Discussions at the first meeting included focus on pre-K strategies and more oversight of MCPS and gaps.
Next meeting: Monday. We still don't know when or where. Shhh.
The members of the team (some affiliations listed, not all are included here. You can add your own!)
Jud Ashman (Mayor of Gaithersburg)
Mark Bergel (Founder, A Wider Circle)
Marielsa Bernard (Judge, Sixth Circuit Court Montgomery County)
Shruti Bhatnagar (Candidate, Montgomery County Council At-Large)
Gordon Brenne (Vice President, Montgomery County Taxpayers League)
Sharon Friedman
Maria Gomez (Mary's Center)
Ron Halber
Brigid Howe
Omege Jawonezi
Evelyn Kelly
Cara Lesser
Diane Lill
Ann Mazur
Lori Melman (Family Learning Solutions)
Sonia Mora (Latino Health Initiative, Montgomery County Dep't. of Health and Human Services)
Marice Morales (Delegate, D19)
Aryani Ong
Jill Ortman-Fouse (outgoing MCPS Board Member)
Grace Rivera
Brian Roberts
Neel Saxena
Laurie Anne Sayles (City Councilmember, City of Gaithersburg)
Maritza Solano (CASA, Director of Education)
Laura Stewart
Ananya Tadikonda
Crystal Townsend (President, Healthcare Initiative Foundation non-profit)
Chris Wilhelm
Art Williams
Maya Zegarra
A: "Did you hear the latest news? The Transition Team is over 180 members, greater than an army company!
ReplyDeleteB: "Well, a camel is a horse designed by a transition team."