I believe she is dead on about the school board, they are un-accountable to no one, they control millions of dollars from the system, and guess what the system keeps growing with little results.

Gary Thompson, Pasadena.

If anyone out there thinks the school board positions are not already political, I would ask that you consider the appointments are all done by one person....the Governor of our state. That's about as political as it gets.

This is why we have a school board that may be diverse in appearance but in their actions they are all on the same page. The school board members don't really represent the politically diverse Anne Arundel County population.

Who better to know what is best for the students and teachers within the school district in Anne Arundel County than the people of Anne Arundel county? Education Department figures show that the average private elementary school tuition in America is less than $2,500. The average tuition for all private schools, elementary and secondary, is $3,116, or less than half of the cost per pupil in the average public school, $6,857.

The issue is all about providing the best education for our local students. Why not let the citizens of Anne Arundel give it a try? Could we do any less than the existing structure?

My comment to Mrs Loudon's statements (1) my thoughts exactly on the school board! (2) every parent in America now realizes that schools/teachers are focused only on our standardized tests and not thoughtful curriculum (3) finally, how can our legislators stand idly by while our education systems turns to muck. Close down the Dept of Ed! Faith gets my vote here for sure.

Faith Loudon has a lot of public leadership experience & good ideas on many relevant topics. She deserves your vote this Nov. for U.S. House of Representatives for the Fourth Congressional District.

Charter schools and voucher systems do much better than the public schools where there is no choice. Blows my mind that the current Congresswoman, Donna Edwards voted AGAINST vouchers for Washington D.C. children….just like the POTUS. These two are trying to keep the blacks on the plantation with that vote.

Wow! A breath of fresh air! Someone who will apply a bit of good old common sense to the education problem and hopefully to the fiscal problems our nation is facing. I look forward to hearing more from this candidate.

The Department of Education educates NO ONE! It is merely another agency that
fails and taxpayer money is wasted. It needs to be dissolved.
As far as the Anne Arundel County Board of Education goes, they surely are not
interested in any input from parents unless it goes along with their views. One board member in particular comes to my mind, he is a relentless cheerleader for all the failing schools in AA County. Why do you think the "magnet " programs are in the
less desirable schools? It attracts the higher level students and their test scores boost the magnet school. It is shell game.
I am seeking someone who is honest and has a moral compass. I have met Faith Louden and I believe she is the person to best represent me and my family.

Don't worry Cynthia…that particular board member is off the board because of term limits. Hopefully his replacement will be more logical. But then, since O'Malley gets to pick, I wouldn't hold my breath.

We need a petition drive to get this on the ballot for an elected school board in Anne Arundel County. Last time this was tried we didn't have the online petitions available to us.

I am volunteering for the Faith Loudon Campaign because I believe she is spot on about education and the other issues, too. I homeschooled my children because I felt the school system was short changing them. Now they are both very successful college students.
I grew up in Ohio. There we not only elected our school boards, but, if the schools (or any other local government entity such as the police and fire departments)wanted increased funding, it was a ballot issue. They had to as the voters to approve the increase in taxes that would be required on property taxes to fund the issue.

Faith is spot on "No Child Left Behind" has become "No Child Gets Ahead". I would also like to comment on how much power the school board has that is until International Baccalaureat application and candidate and accreditation is applied for and finally IB Accreditation is given. From the application point, sovereignty of our HS schools and the feeder schools is given over to International Baccalaureate which is run by UNESCO out of Brussels. Yes, it actually states in the contract and the application, that IB curriculum must be followed above all Federal State and Local Mandates. Currently, Maryland is spending AT LEAST 12B to fund the IB programs. Nationwide it is over 338B. My guess is three times that because we only have visibility of the fully accredited schools. Though proponents say IB is a rigorous academic program, test scores are falling, acheivement goals have been ripped out of the curriculum (i.e. AA county took Algebra out of 6th Grade to promote MSA Test Scores.) This information is all verifiable on www.IBO.org IBs own website with the exception of the costs which are kept well hidden in the school budgets. I have personally spoken to AA county school employees who put the cost per school per years at 200+K per year per school. I also have power point presentation from former IB School Officials who stupidly gave up the power they so coveted to UNESCO and arm of the UN to which the United States supposedly does not belong too.

Correction on above comment 12Million not Billion.

Now that our legislature passed the bill giving the superintendent the ability to influence the lifting of our tax cap, we see this U.N. program coming into play. Not only is Agenda 21 hitting us on the programming aspect of school education but now also in the pocketbook by giving the state authority over the counties on their budgets.