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'I'm Sorry': MD Councilwoman Issues Apology For Comment On Muslim Families During Meeting 'I'm Sorry': MD Councilwoman Issues Apology For Comment On Muslim Families During Meeting
'I'm Sorry': MD Councilwoman Issues Apology For Comment On Muslim Families During Meeting An elected official in Maryland is backtracking after making insensitive and inflammatory comments about Muslim families during a recent Board of Education Meeting. Earlier this month, a heated conversation came to a head when Montgomery County Councilmember Kristin Mink was a guest speaker during a discussion about parents being permitted to opt their children out of certain LGBTQ+ inclusive curriculum. During that meeting, things went awry for Mink, who reportedly made a comment lumping Muslim families in with white supremacists and “outright bigots.” “Over the past several months, Musl…
Maryland Teachers Rally Over 'Recruitment Failures,' Purported Educator Shortage Maryland Teachers Rally Over 'Recruitment Failures,' Purported Educator Shortage
Maryland Teachers Rally Over 'Recruitment Failures,' Purported Educator Shortage Maryland educators and school boards are at odds amid a national teacher shortage after claims that teachers hired through third-party contractors will receive significantly higher wages, officials say. The Anne Arundel Public Schools (AACPS) Board of Education has fired back in a statement against the claims made by the Teachers Association of Anne Arundel County (TAAAC), claiming that the union holds their own interests higher than those of students. "TAAAC’s social media campaign opposing a staffing agency contract to help put caring, capable, qualified, certificated, and consistently pr…