Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland: Shane Robinson

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Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Smith and Durso to brief at House Delegates Secret Friday Morning Meeting Shh!

This Friday at 9 am Superintendent Smith and Board of Ed President Mike Durso will be briefing "our" House delegates in Annapolis. But don't tell anyone! The meetings are secret. No video, no streaming, no minutes. Just discussion and votes on legislation. You don't need to know about this, nothing to see, just move along. But...just in case you're interested, here's the agenda. If you can attend and video the meeting please let us know!

And the rest of the agenda is here:

Thursday, February 1, 2018

Shh! Leggett to Brief County House Delegation Tomorrow Morning on MCPS Budget Cuts

Tomorrow morning (Friday) County Executive Ike Leggett will brief our county House delegates at their secret Friday morning meeting. No video, no streaming, no minutes. Because that's how we roll in Montgomery County. Here's the link to the agenda. The house delegation will also be voting on a number of bills. But you don't need to know about those either. They are listed below, just in case you're curious. Shh!

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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