Senator Kagan on Wootton: "I am not supporting the City of Rockville's proposal"
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Anonymous
| Pretty damning words today from State Senator Cheryl Kagan. Looks like the last scrap of hope for the Save Wootton crowd just went out the window. |
Anonymous
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Where’d she post that?
I think the City’s proposal, which is really just piggybacking on Gaithersburg mayor Jud Ashman’s proposal, of using the school as a hybrid school for Wootton and local students is ridiculous. |
Anonymous
It was during a live YouTube stream earlier today. Recording here: https://www.youtube.com/live/RagKQcyRUCg?si=f8QscLqx2aCM7nZZ&t=927 |
Anonymous
LOL. Way to skip over what she said about Superintendent Taylor! Talk about damning. |
Anonymous
Are you taking about the part where she says the decision is up to the Superintendent and BOE, the experts in the matter? There was another part where she said it was rude and strange to call her out as a chest-thumping politician. But she didn't let that get in the way of her integrity to know where she is not an expert and defer authority to the proper officials. |
Anonymous
She said she didn’t know what the proposal was. But the OP is desperate to put Taylor’s spin on her statement. She said a lot of critical things about him. |
Anonymous
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What is the City of Rockville's proposal?
Why does a Senator's support matter for a local decision? |
Anonymous
I watched the whole thing. Certainly she took issue with the comments Taylor made about her personally. But is the issue really about Taylor the person? I don't think that is the most important issue. Because to me the most important point is that she was explicitly clear multiple times that she does not take any side here. She is not an opponent of Option H. |
Anonymous
It doesn't matter. Senators have no say in it. |
Anonymous
She was clear the legislature funds a significant amount of MCPS. |
Anonymous
But they have no say in how boundaries are drawn, and she has no clue what's going on. This is a local matter. |
Anonymous
State senators don't have a direct say, as they are not elected to the school board. But they do have an indirect say since they literally write the laws that govern the formation and obligations of MCPS, which is in fact a local entity of the state of Maryland and not the county. Sen. Kagan can make life more difficult for MCPS and Taylor if he pisses her off enough. |
Anonymous
This has to be Essie. This reeks of her narrow, dig-in-your-heels attitude. You fail to understand the landscape if you're limiting the impact and influence of the politics that shape MCPS to just the school board and superintendent. |
Anonymous
Quite honest I think Option H is a done deal. So far no public figures except Rockville City openly oppose the plan.
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Anonymous
The Rockville proposal is that Crown is a holding school as MCPS rebuilds Wootton and Magruder. So, option H is basically in place for the first 5 years (Wootton temporarily moves into Crown, Wootton gets rebuilt). Then Wootton moves back to the current location, Magruder kids come in and the local Crown kids stay in Crown. Magruder gets rebuilt and then a boundary study is done to move a permanent student body into Crown. It's acceding to the reality that Wootton's building is in such poor repair with no funding to fix it that the kids will need to be in Crown by 2027 and trying to tie MCPS' hands to make it a temporary move. I'm doubtful it'll be considered because MCPS will want the flexibility of moving Wootton and then seeing the budgetary and enrollment landscape before making a decision. |