MCEA is deeply offended by the allegations made today in an unsigned editorial in the Washington Post. Like clockwork, the Post has once again attacked the Montgomery County teachers union days before a school board election in a last ditch effort to influence voters. The Post’s anti-union animus is longstanding and widely recognized. Their reliance on hearsay and anonymous sources does a disservice to their readers.
MCEA has worked closely with Ms. Rebecca Smondrowski in her role as a leader in the Montgomery County Council of PTAs. She has been a partner with MCEA on the Superintendent's Operating Budget Committee and we have worked together to develop budget recommendations that were supported by both MCCPTA and MCEA. The Post relies on unnamed "sources" to claim that MCEA has threatened elected officials to support other candidates in the upcoming Board of Education election in lieu of Ms. Smondrowski.
Ironically, the Post points out that Ms. Smondrowski has been endorsed by State Senator Jamin Raskin and State Delegate Ben Kramer. The Post fails to mention that each has been endorsed and supported by MCEA. Just this week, MCEA ran newspaper ads praising Raskin and Kramer – among others – for being “champions of education”. If MCEA were indeed “bullying” these politicians, lavishing praise on them is a funny way of doing it.
Montgomery County voters are lucky to have a number of qualified candidates in this year's Board of Education election. MCEA members chose to recommend support for Fred Evans, a former MCPS principal, and Jeanne Ellinport, a former White House staffer.
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