Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland: Gwendolyn Love Kimbrough

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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Video: Board of Education Candidates Forum - February 2016

Presented by the Montgomery County League of Women Voters

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Wednesday, April 6, 2016

April 11, 2016 At-Large Board of Education Debate

Announcing:
2016 At-Large Board of Education Debates Sponsored by GOCA

April 11, 2016
6:30 PM
Buffington (re-max) Bldg
3300 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd
Community Center Room

Debate starts at 7 PM and concluding at 8 PM

The Greater Olney Civic Association will be hosting a 2016 Montgomery County Board of Education (BOE) debate, in an effort by GOCA to be a better advocate for the education of the children of the greater Olney area.

The At-Large Candidates are:
Jeanette Dixon, Mike Ibañez, Sebastian Johnson, Gwendolyn Love Kimbrough, and the incumbent Phil Kauffman.

Please send any feedback including potential topics you would like to see addressed via the www.GOCA.org/contact-us page.

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Principles

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