MCPS Boundary Study Meeting Tonight (12/11) at Julius West @ 7pm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:[

Ohhh good lordy. Just like the Upcounty study followed by options presentation, recommendations and approval. This is going to get u-g-l-y. Winners and losers. Good luck yall.

No. Not just like it.

But yes, people will almost certainly get ugly about it. In fact, people are already getting ugly about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

im confused.. so they're going to come up with boundary options and MCPS will choose one (I assume that MCPS isn't paying this firm 500k for nothing)... and theny they'll have to rearrange everything for Woodward, and then rearrange everything for Crown again? Doesn't make sense.

No. They are not going to come up with boundary options. This is not a boundary study. (In MCPS, "boundary study" means "the thing you do preparatory to changing school boundaries.") This is a comprehensive data analysis. In order to actually change boundaries, there will have to be boundary studies (i..e., the thing you do preparatory to changing school boundaries).

There will certainly be a boundary study (i.e., the thing you do preparatory to changing school boundaries) for Woodward HS, before it opens. There will also certainly be a boundary study (i.e., the thing you do preparatory to changing school boundaries) for Crown HS, before it opens.

+1. I kind of wish MCPS had just called this whole thing the "Comprehensive Data Analysis" because that would be more accurate and would freak out fewer people (I hope).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

im confused.. so they're going to come up with boundary options and MCPS will choose one (I assume that MCPS isn't paying this firm 500k for nothing)... and theny they'll have to rearrange everything for Woodward, and then rearrange everything for Crown again? Doesn't make sense.

No. They are not going to come up with boundary options. This is not a boundary study. (In MCPS, "boundary study" means "the thing you do preparatory to changing school boundaries.") This is a comprehensive data analysis. In order to actually change boundaries, there will have to be boundary studies (i..e., the thing you do preparatory to changing school boundaries).

There will certainly be a boundary study (i.e., the thing you do preparatory to changing school boundaries) for Woodward HS, before it opens. There will also certainly be a boundary study (i.e., the thing you do preparatory to changing school boundaries) for Crown HS, before it opens.

Again, yes they are. Three options will be presented. That's the deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

im confused.. so they're going to come up with boundary options and MCPS will choose one (I assume that MCPS isn't paying this firm 500k for nothing)... and theny they'll have to rearrange everything for Woodward, and then rearrange everything for Crown again? Doesn't make sense.

No. They are not going to come up with boundary options. This is not a boundary study. (In MCPS, "boundary study" means "the thing you do preparatory to changing school boundaries.") This is a comprehensive data analysis. In order to actually change boundaries, there will have to be boundary studies (i..e., the thing you do preparatory to changing school boundaries).

There will certainly be a boundary study (i.e., the thing you do preparatory to changing school boundaries) for Woodward HS, before it opens. There will also certainly be a boundary study (i.e., the thing you do preparatory to changing school boundaries) for Crown HS, before it opens.

+1. I kind of wish MCPS had just called this whole thing the "Comprehensive Data Analysis" because that would be more accurate and would freak out fewer people (I hope).

Me too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

im confused.. so they're going to come up with boundary options and MCPS will choose one (I assume that MCPS isn't paying this firm 500k for nothing)... and theny they'll have to rearrange everything for Woodward, and then rearrange everything for Crown again? Doesn't make sense.

No. They are not going to come up with boundary options. This is not a boundary study. (In MCPS, "boundary study" means "the thing you do preparatory to changing school boundaries.") This is a comprehensive data analysis. In order to actually change boundaries, there will have to be boundary studies (i..e., the thing you do preparatory to changing school boundaries).

There will certainly be a boundary study (i.e., the thing you do preparatory to changing school boundaries) for Woodward HS, before it opens. There will also certainly be a boundary study (i.e., the thing you do preparatory to changing school boundaries) for Crown HS, before it opens.

Again, yes they are. Three options will be presented. That's the deal.

Link to the contract, please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

im confused.. so they're going to come up with boundary options and MCPS will choose one (I assume that MCPS isn't paying this firm 500k for nothing)... and theny they'll have to rearrange everything for Woodward, and then rearrange everything for Crown again? Doesn't make sense.

No. They are not going to come up with boundary options. This is not a boundary study. (In MCPS, "boundary study" means "the thing you do preparatory to changing school boundaries.") This is a comprehensive data analysis. In order to actually change boundaries, there will have to be boundary studies (i..e., the thing you do preparatory to changing school boundaries).

There will certainly be a boundary study (i.e., the thing you do preparatory to changing school boundaries) for Woodward HS, before it opens. There will also certainly be a boundary study (i.e., the thing you do preparatory to changing school boundaries) for Crown HS, before it opens.

+1. I kind of wish MCPS had just called this whole thing the "Comprehensive Data Analysis" because that would be more accurate and would freak out fewer people (I hope).

+2
This is not the boundary study you are looking for. That will be authorized at earliest next fall, to begin spring 2021, for possible implementation earlier fall 2022 (based on the normal timelines for boundary studies.) Meanwhile, I'm looking forward to the tool where you can experiment with changing the boundaries to see what happens. We will be able to start a game thread about finding the worst possible options. Should be fun!

[Anonymous]

At the meeting tonight, there's a poster on Students Not Assigned To Closest School -

ES: 37% of students in MCPS do not attend their closest school
MS: 45% of students in MCPS do not attend their closest school
HS: 38% of students in MCPS do not attend their closest school

That's CURRENTLY in MCPS.

Those are the boundaries that people want to maintain because they want "neighborhood schools."

[Anonymous]

And apparently it's an ugly, ugly meeting.

For shame.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At the meeting tonight, there's a poster on Students Not Assigned To Closest School -

ES: 37% of students in MCPS do not attend their closest school
MS: 45% of students in MCPS do not attend their closest school
HS: 38% of students in MCPS do not attend their closest school

That's CURRENTLY in MCPS.

Those are the boundaries that people want to maintain because they want "neighborhood schools."

My kids are not zoned for the closest school. Is MCPS planning to simply re-zone to the closest school? That would save them some money (my kid wouldn’t need to be bussed.) I could get behind that.

But that’s not the impression I get. They seem to want to bus kids even farther away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At the meeting tonight, there's a poster on Students Not Assigned To Closest School -

ES: 37% of students in MCPS do not attend their closest school
MS: 45% of students in MCPS do not attend their closest school
HS: 38% of students in MCPS do not attend their closest school

That's CURRENTLY in MCPS.

Those are the boundaries that people want to maintain because they want "neighborhood schools."

Those are students already assigned to schools based on diversity. Parents want to maintain the diversity that they already have. Good to hear parents support
diverse schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And apparently it's an ugly, ugly meeting.

For shame.

I would guess that is because MCPS and the BOE are so antagonistic and unpleasant towards parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And apparently it's an ugly, ugly meeting.

For shame.

I would guess that is because MCPS and the BOE are so antagonistic and unpleasant towards parents.

Are you one of the people being ugly at the meeting? Own your behavior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At the meeting tonight, there's a poster on Students Not Assigned To Closest School -

ES: 37% of students in MCPS do not attend their closest school
MS: 45% of students in MCPS do not attend their closest school
HS: 38% of students in MCPS do not attend their closest school

That's CURRENTLY in MCPS.

Those are the boundaries that people want to maintain because they want "neighborhood schools."

Those are students already assigned to schools based on diversity. Parents want to maintain the diversity that they already have. Good to hear parents support
diverse schools.

Huh. Because one of the things I have never, ever, not once, heard even ONE person say is, "I oppose the boundary analysis because I support school diversity."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At the meeting tonight, there's a poster on Students Not Assigned To Closest School -

ES: 37% of students in MCPS do not attend their closest school
MS: 45% of students in MCPS do not attend their closest school
HS: 38% of students in MCPS do not attend their closest school

That's CURRENTLY in MCPS.

Those are the boundaries that people want to maintain because they want "neighborhood schools."

My kids are not zoned for the closest school. Is MCPS planning to simply re-zone to the closest school? That would save them some money (my kid wouldn’t need to be bussed.) I could get behind that.

But that’s not the impression I get. They seem to want to bus kids even farther away.

That's the impression you get from DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And apparently it's an ugly, ugly meeting.

For shame.

I would guess that is because MCPS and the BOE are so antagonistic and unpleasant towards parents.

No, it's parents who want to make it into a hearing which it isn't. It is an information session.