The Citizen Advisory Committee was created by the state four decades ago to provide a mechanism by which parents and citizens could advise the Board of Education on policies and programs. Over the years, the CAC has played instrumental roles on important topics such as revising the middle school class schedule and enclosing open-space classrooms.
Most recently, the importance of parental advocacy was demonstrated as the Annapolis Education Commission successfully lobbied for maintaining the basic, advanced and honors tracks for incoming Annapolis...
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CAC - 2011-06-12 13:39:26
It seems if you were truly interested in the students of AACPS and all of their needs you would be seeking to redesign the CAC so it better represents the entire county as well as using other avenues which are meant to advocate-such as the PTA..
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where have you been? - 2011-06-12 13:29:11
So I have to wonder where have you been Ms Conti for these past few years? why is it that until you were elected you had NEVER attended a county-wide CAC meeting.
Just seems odd that now you want to help us poor parents advocate through the CAC. No thanks I can advocate without you and your agenda.
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CAC - 2011-06-12 11:28:28
What Ms. Conti does not seem to understand is that the CAC is not an organization but an advisory board to the Board of Education. it is not a parent group but can only advise the board on issues. She seems to be using this platform for her own political reasons and not to benefit the school system. According to the policy as it is written now the CAC is an arm of the board of education so they are not independent organization.
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CAC - 2011-06-11 17:05:34
Joanna Conti's use of the Countywide CAC to build a political base to launch attacks against the County Executive is inappropriate, as is her newer tactic of badmouthing the Board of Education. We can all admire Ms. Conti's intelligence, hard work, and ambition. But turning the Countywide CAC into the Joanna Conti booster organization is not a solid foundation on which to make the case before the Board of Education for strengthening the Countywide CAC on behalf of the kids and parents of Anne Arundel County.
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