MCPS nxt Boundary Analysis December 14 at White Oak Middle Oak,

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How did the meeting go?

Anyone?

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-preparing-for-legal-battle-over-countywide-boundary-analysis/

"On Monday afternoon, the Board of Education will meet in closed session to discuss “potential litigation related to the examination and analysis of school boundary data,” according to a notice posted on the school district website.

No lawsuits had been filed as of Saturday afternoon, but MCPS officials said they believe some community members will seek an injunction from a judge, which would legally prevent the boundary analysis to continue.

“We have gotten emails from people saying they’re going to file a lawsuit or injunction, so the board will meet to discuss potential arguments people would make and how we respond to that,” Derek Turner, an MCPS spokesman said on Saturday morning.

Turner did not say from whom the school district had received the emails and did not elaborate further.

Maryland’s open meetings law allows closed sessions to discuss pending or potential litigation to “prevent disclosure of the board’s legal position or strategy.”"

A lawsuit to prevent a board of education from paying a consultant for a study of school boundaries? Iamnotalawyer, but seriously?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How did the meeting go?

Anyone?

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-preparing-for-legal-battle-over-countywide-boundary-analysis/

"On Monday afternoon, the Board of Education will meet in closed session to discuss “potential litigation related to the examination and analysis of school boundary data,” according to a notice posted on the school district website.

No lawsuits had been filed as of Saturday afternoon, but MCPS officials said they believe some community members will seek an injunction from a judge, which would legally prevent the boundary analysis to continue.

“We have gotten emails from people saying they’re going to file a lawsuit or injunction, so the board will meet to discuss potential arguments people would make and how we respond to that,” Derek Turner, an MCPS spokesman said on Saturday morning.

Turner did not say from whom the school district had received the emails and did not elaborate further.

Maryland’s open meetings law allows closed sessions to discuss pending or potential litigation to “prevent disclosure of the board’s legal position or strategy.”"

A lawsuit to prevent a board of education from paying a consultant for a study of school boundaries? Iamnotalawyer, but seriously?

Wow. I am constantly shocked by the lengths rich people will go to prevent people from messing with their sht.

[Anonymous]

I am a teacher working my 2nd job in the evening so I also could not go. However, I would have behaved myself with the manners my parents taught me.

I guess these desperate rich folks at Julius West were never taught manners?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Oh no, so many tired racists of being called racist!

Look I get it. Your mind is made up. You think MoCo is segregated and THE ONLY solution is busing. My mind is not made up and I’d like to hear what others have to say. You calling them racists and/or segregationists silences some people, just as those who booed or heckled at the meeting silenced people. Both are power plays and not helpful if you want a solution people will buy into.

They need to be silenced. I am tired of white people privilege and narrative. I am tired of African Americans being told to get over it and it is their fault they are still poor and uneducated and can't afford a place in a better school. Same goes for Hispanic population. It is more their country than white peoples! None of the "get over narrative" has a spec of truth in it! Imagine if in 1600 you arrived here and you were shackled for the next 450 years? Even when you got your "freedom" white people would not provide buses for AA kids and did provide for white kids. Imagine schools teaching you(as recent California standard tried to put in) that only those AAs who didn't observe the societal norms of racial behavior got lunched! Oh, if only they obeyed, they would be fine! Now, imagine the whole society that has put negative images of AA males who are dangerous and women who speak their mind are called hysterical? Imagine walking into a store, and someone following you the whole time? Even though you earn more than the guard at the store? Racists need to shut up or get educated. AA people only got a chance to walk, to walk a few decades ago due to persistent racism in this country. And I am not even AA! So, quite frankly, white people in the U.S. need to start acknowledging that even those that claim are enlightened propagate racism and are racist. You are all in favor of no racism as long as your witness is not touched.

Silenced? Wow.

Then the African American parents who spoke at the meeting? Watch the video before you stick your foot in your mouth again.

Are you sure they are African American? They could be recent African diaspora. There is a difference. Of course, the only thing you do when you see difference is to run away.

What the h? No, it is not more their country. Not even close.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh no, so many tired racists of being called racist!

Look I get it. Your mind is made up. You think MoCo is segregated and THE ONLY solution is busing. My mind is not made up and I’d like to hear what others have to say. You calling them racists and/or segregationists silences some people, just as those who booed or heckled at the meeting silenced people. Both are power plays and not helpful if you want a solution people will buy into.

Nobody is calling ALL opponents racists and segregationists. But the fact is: some of the opponents are espousing racist and segregationist beliefs. And calling them racists/segregationists sure doesn't seem to be silencing them. I wish it did, but it doesn't.

Yet you keep trying, over and over and over again.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How did the meeting go?

Anyone?

Heard it was a snooze fest. Not as many involved parents in that area.

They were probably working their second or third job. Many people do that just to get a roof over their kids' heads and some food on the table Look up the working poor and even homeless in America. It is a huge issue. Why don't you research it a bit instead of shopping at Westfield?

Shocking when people with no education and qualifications for unskilled labor choose to live in one of the most expensive areas in the country. That's how it works. Presumably they thought it was worth it when they moved here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How did the meeting go?

Anyone?

Heard it was a snooze fest. Not as many involved parents in that area.

They were probably working their second or third job. Many people do that just to get a roof over their kids' heads and some food on the table Look up the working poor and even homeless in America. It is a huge issue. Why don't you research it a bit instead of shopping at Westfield?

Shocking when people with no education and qualifications for unskilled labor choose to live in one of the most expensive areas in the country. That's how it works. Presumably they thought it was worth it when they moved here.

Another uneducated white person, that thinks she drank from the well of knowledge. How quaint!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How did the meeting go?

Anyone?

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-preparing-for-legal-battle-over-countywide-boundary-analysis/

"On Monday afternoon, the Board of Education will meet in closed session to discuss “potential litigation related to the examination and analysis of school boundary data,” according to a notice posted on the school district website.

No lawsuits had been filed as of Saturday afternoon, but MCPS officials said they believe some community members will seek an injunction from a judge, which would legally prevent the boundary analysis to continue.

“We have gotten emails from people saying they’re going to file a lawsuit or injunction, so the board will meet to discuss potential arguments people would make and how we respond to that,” Derek Turner, an MCPS spokesman said on Saturday morning.

Turner did not say from whom the school district had received the emails and did not elaborate further.

Maryland’s open meetings law allows closed sessions to discuss pending or potential litigation to “prevent disclosure of the board’s legal position or strategy.”"

A lawsuit to prevent a board of education from paying a consultant for a study of school boundaries? Iamnotalawyer, but seriously?

If the BOE doesn’t follow the process for public notice and comment, if they use closed meetings inappropriately, if they use a tool that is based on racial quotas, etc they are not following our constitution. We may want diversity, but we don’t get to steamroll it into being, nor do we get to trample the rule of law to get there.

Not a racist segregationist, and also don’t want to see what this new Supreme Court would do with a school integration case. That’s the unintended consequence I’m afraid of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How did the meeting go?

Anyone?

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-preparing-for-legal-battle-over-countywide-boundary-analysis/

"On Monday afternoon, the Board of Education will meet in closed session to discuss “potential litigation related to the examination and analysis of school boundary data,” according to a notice posted on the school district website.

No lawsuits had been filed as of Saturday afternoon, but MCPS officials said they believe some community members will seek an injunction from a judge, which would legally prevent the boundary analysis to continue.

“We have gotten emails from people saying they’re going to file a lawsuit or injunction, so the board will meet to discuss potential arguments people would make and how we respond to that,” Derek Turner, an MCPS spokesman said on Saturday morning.

Turner did not say from whom the school district had received the emails and did not elaborate further.

Maryland’s open meetings law allows closed sessions to discuss pending or potential litigation to “prevent disclosure of the board’s legal position or strategy.”"

A lawsuit to prevent a board of education from paying a consultant for a study of school boundaries? Iamnotalawyer, but seriously?

If the BOE doesn’t follow the process for public notice and comment, if they use closed meetings inappropriately, if they use a tool that is based on racial quotas, etc they are not following our constitution. We may want diversity, but we don’t get to steamroll it into being, nor do we get to trample the rule of law to get there.

Not a racist segregationist, and also don’t want to see what this new Supreme Court would do with a school integration case. That’s the unintended consequence I’m afraid of.

What does any of that have to do with the boundary analysis?

[Anonymous]

It’s all part of an overall plan to diversify, along with the new transfer policy. Which they are also steamrolling through.

[Anonymous]

Look, perhaps it’s for the best for a court to examine and give an answer on legal parameters. Like another PP (not on this thread), I’m concerned they are creating a new “other” based on poverty (and/or proxy for race).

Want diversity but also believe in the rule of law.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look, perhaps it’s for the best for a court to examine and give an answer on legal parameters. Like another PP (not on this thread), I’m concerned they are creating a new “other” based on poverty (and/or proxy for race).

Want diversity but also believe in the rule of law.

Which parts of the school board

1. issuing a request for proposals for an analysis of boundaries
2. receiving proposals
3. awarding a contract

do you want the court to examine, and on what basis?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look, perhaps it’s for the best for a court to examine and give an answer on legal parameters. Like another PP (not on this thread), I’m concerned they are creating a new “other” based on poverty (and/or proxy for race).

Want diversity but also believe in the rule of law.

Which parts of the school board

1. issuing a request for proposals for an analysis of boundaries
2. receiving proposals
3. awarding a contract

do you want the court to examine, and on what basis?

Does it have to do with inclusion of diversity as a factor? Was done without public comment and very little notice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How did the meeting go?

Anyone?

Heard it was a snooze fest. Not as many involved parents in that area.

"Involved" in what? Booing, heckling, and jeering?

People at the White Oak MS meeting apparently behaved like responsible adults, which is more than can be said for the people at the Julius West MS meeting.

They did not heckle presenter. Someone heckled parents who opposed the study.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From what I am hearing, the BOE is looking at the impact of bussing kids from Woodmoor over to White Oak MS.

But then wouldn’t this make Eastern MS (where Woodmoor is currently districted to) even higher FARMS?