Live, Via Twitter, It’s Mike Matthews At The Christina Board of Education Meeting!!!

Gonna try and live tweet the @ChristinaK12 board meeting. @ecpaige @ED_IN_DE @Apl_Jax — Mike Matthews (@RCEAPrez) January 14, 2015

Public comment starting @ChristinaK12 meeting.— Mike Matthews (@RCEAPrez) January 14, 2015

Staff member asks for @ED_IN_DE‘s autograph!! Wowsa, big guy! :-)— Mike Matthews (@RCEAPrez) January 14, 2015

Two public comments so far @ChristinaK12 board meeting related to School for the Deaf and other needs to hearing-impaired students.
— Mike Matthews (@RCEAPrez) January 14, 2015

Oh my. Looking at agenda @ChristinaK12 meeting — already a resolution to TABLE the MOUs! pic.twitter.com/LUG0papEcS
— Mike Matthews (@RCEAPrez) January 14, 2015

CEA president Mike Kempski says he appreciated process to negotiate first MOU and is hopeful future negotiations are as positive. — Mike Matthews (@RCEAPrez) January 14, 2015

No TRANSFORMATION model for Stubbs and Bancroft because they've already done Transformation. pic.twitter.com/tKzCkhwKxW

— Mike Matthews, NBCT (he/him/his) (@MikeMatthewsDE) January 14, 2015

However, @ED_IN_DE says @DEDeptofEd is lying re: transformation being used prior.

— Mike Matthews, NBCT (he/him/his) (@MikeMatthewsDE) January 14, 2015

School leader AND executive director proposed for Stubbs and Bancroft. Just school leader for Bayard. pic.twitter.com/U7FeVJ815V

— Mike Matthews, NBCT (he/him/his) (@MikeMatthewsDE) January 14, 2015

Board member @ecpaige says pleasing @DEDeptofEd is secondary to the teams who spent four months writing plans vs. six hours last Friday.

— Mike Matthews, NBCT (he/him/his) (@MikeMatthewsDE) January 14, 2015

RT @Apl_Jax: Um, the comprehensive review showed that our schools are running just fine. Stop blaming "low test scores" on the school.

— Mike Matthews, NBCT (he/him/his) (@MikeMatthewsDE) January 14, 2015

Board member @ED_IN_DE says he is not jumping off cliff tonight and voting for crappy @DEDeptofEd MOU. Says they need to fight.

— Mike Matthews, NBCT (he/him/his) (@MikeMatthewsDE) January 14, 2015

Board president says if board doesn't vote on an MOU tonight that schools may be taken.

— Mike Matthews, NBCT (he/him/his) (@MikeMatthewsDE) January 14, 2015

Oh yeah. Can't forget about this. #slowyourroll, @DEDeptofEd

— Mike Matthews, NBCT (he/him/his) (@MikeMatthewsDE) January 14, 2015

@ED_IN_DE calling out potential for district to be removed from budgetary authority of #PrioritySchools.

— Mike Matthews, NBCT (he/him/his) (@MikeMatthewsDE) January 14, 2015

So wait…THIS is what the @ChristinaK12 board negotiated with the morally bankrupt @DEDeptofEd? pic.twitter.com/ToKAJYovnG

— Mike Matthews, NBCT (he/him/his) (@MikeMatthewsDE) January 14, 2015

I can't believe @GovernorMarkell is allowing this to happen in OUR state. To OUR schools. To OUR kids. To OUR communities. Shameful.

— Mike Matthews, NBCT (he/him/his) (@MikeMatthewsDE) January 14, 2015

Board president says they should talk about school leaders in executive session. @ED_IN_DE disagrees.

— Mike Matthews, NBCT (he/him/his) (@MikeMatthewsDE) January 14, 2015

Interesting hearing the @ChristinaK12 board member who's been on board for 30 years talk about the achievement gap he oversaw for so long.

— Mike Matthews, NBCT (he/him/his) (@MikeMatthewsDE) January 14, 2015

What I really want to know is what happened during negotiations to so dramatically change the opinions of at least 2 board members.

— jax2816 (@Apl_Jax) January 14, 2015

I'm pretty sure DOE said the negotiations had to be done by close of business Friday. That excludes on-going discussions.

— jax2816 (@Apl_Jax) January 14, 2015

Fiduciary oversight is one of the key responsibilities of an elected official. Let's not read about us misspending $$ in TNJ.

— jax2816 (@Apl_Jax) January 14, 2015

Lots of back and forth among @ChristinaK12 board members surrounding negotiations with @DEDeptofEd.

— Mike Matthews, NBCT (he/him/his) (@MikeMatthewsDE) January 14, 2015

HOW CAN YOU NOT KNOW WHO SUGGESTED YOU GIVE UP YOUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY?

— jax2816 (@Apl_Jax) January 14, 2015

Board finishing discussion on the presentation. Should be moving into action items shortly.

— Mike Matthews, NBCT (he/him/his) (@MikeMatthewsDE) January 14, 2015

Wilm. Councilwoman Hanifa Shabazz calls into question whether board knows what they're voting on tonight. Schools are in her district.

— Mike Matthews, NBCT (he/him/his) (@MikeMatthewsDE) January 14, 2015

Councilwoman Shabazz says @DEDeptofEd works for US and we can't rush this just to meet their timelines. @GovernorMarkell

— Mike Matthews, NBCT (he/him/his) (@MikeMatthewsDE) January 14, 2015

@ED_IN_DE moves to table action items on MOUs. Cites Wilmington Education committee asking @GovernorMarkell … http://t.co/2e2HEQCxFr

— Mike Matthews, NBCT (he/him/his) (@MikeMatthewsDE) January 14, 2015

Meanwhile, I’m hearing Board member George Evans is really annoying the crowd and the rest of the board with remarks on how nobody is doing anything.

Another board member counters with the faulty logic of a test score as indicative of failing schools. "Label and punish"

— jax2816 (@Apl_Jax) January 14, 2015

Board member suggests tabling the action pending the report of Wilm Ed Adv group commissioned by Gov Markell

— jax2816 (@Apl_Jax) January 14, 2015

@Apl_Jax And he's the one who's been on the damn board for 35 — he oversaw that "achievement gap" he speaks of.

— Mike Matthews, NBCT (he/him/his) (@MikeMatthewsDE) January 14, 2015

@ED_IN_DE tells it like it is. There are too many moving parts to make a decision. He gives props to @DEDeptofEd for negotiating in gd faith

— Mike Matthews, NBCT (he/him/his) (@MikeMatthewsDE) January 14, 2015

@BryanTownsendDE shares with the Board that @DEDeptofEd will extend MOU agreement until their next board meeting.

— Mike Matthews, NBCT (he/him/his) (@MikeMatthewsDE) January 14, 2015

@RCEAPrez @Apl_Jax @ecpaige @ED_IN_DE Wish I was there, this live tweeting embed blogging while people are facebook msging me is hard work!

— Exceptional Delaware (@ExcptlDelaware) January 14, 2015

@ExcptlDelaware @RCEAPrez @ecpaige @ED_IN_DE SUCK IT UP 😉

— jax2816 (@Apl_Jax) January 14, 2015

Recap: @GovernorMarkell and @DEDeptofEd tell @ChristinaK12 board that they can wait until next board meeting to vote.

— Mike Matthews, NBCT (he/him/his) (@MikeMatthewsDE) January 14, 2015

@ED_IN_DE shows that he's a trailblazer and he's right. His motion to table was the right move. He and @GovernorMarkell could be BFFs!

— Mike Matthews, NBCT (he/him/his) (@MikeMatthewsDE) January 14, 2015

Can we all please stop being afraid of the Big Bad DOE?

— jax2816 (@Apl_Jax) January 14, 2015

@RCEAPrez @Apl_Jax @ecpaige @ED_IN_DE STOP TWEETING! I'm losing finger weight here!

— Exceptional Delaware (@ExcptlDelaware) January 14, 2015

Not gonna lie, folks…@BryanTownsendDE is absolutely my hero right now. Proud to be Christina.

— jax2816 (@Apl_Jax) January 14, 2015

@ExcptlDelaware @RCEAPrez @ecpaige @ED_IN_DE You didn't choose the blogger life; the blogger life chose you!

— jax2816 (@Apl_Jax) January 14, 2015

What am I not getting?!?? This should be a no-brainer. #tablethevote

— Elizabeth Paige (@ecpaige) January 14, 2015

The Christina Board voted to table the vote until the 1/27/15 meeting.  Everyone said yes except for board member George Evans.  What’s up with that?

And now the media weighs in! Avi Rocks!

BREAKING: Gov Markell's office says Christina can take extra time to negotiate priority schools MOU

— Avi Wolfman-Arent (@Avi_WA) January 14, 2015

Correct me if I'm wrong, but regardless of whether the vote is tonight or next week the plan doesn't start until next school year…

— jax2816 (@Apl_Jax) January 14, 2015

All done. Board voted to table voting on MOUs until January 27 meeting.

— Mike Matthews, NBCT (he/him/his) (@MikeMatthewsDE) January 14, 2015

And that folks, is what we call a wrap!