Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up

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Anonymous wrote:People need to be realistic about the potential increases to property taxes due to increases in the budget. MCPS already has a huge budget with increases coming for compensation and benefits. Are they planning to spend that on buses instead? It’s just not realistic to view and consider these options without a price rage attached to them.

Just like Congress does (or is supposed to do).

Our property taxes have gone up so much in the time we’ve lived here. It’s too much honestly.

*range not rage

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People need to be realistic about the potential increases to property taxes due to increases in the budget. MCPS already has a huge budget with increases coming for compensation and benefits. Are they planning to spend that on buses instead? It’s just not realistic to view and consider these options without a price rage attached to them.

Just like Congress does (or is supposed to do).

Our property taxes have gone up so much in the time we’ve lived here. It’s too much honestly.

*range not rage

Or if they are planning to make this “revenue neutral”, how will they do that? By making layoffs or other cuts? We really need the whole picture.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People need to be realistic about the potential increases to property taxes due to increases in the budget. MCPS already has a huge budget with increases coming for compensation and benefits. Are they planning to spend that on buses instead? It’s just not realistic to view and consider these options without a price rage attached to them.

Just like Congress does (or is supposed to do).

Our property taxes have gone up so much in the time we’ve lived here. It’s too much honestly.

Understood. Back to cuts mostly for the current high-flying schools, then.

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Anonymous wrote:Rosemary Hills illustrates the naive cruelty of option 3. Rosemary Hills already goes to a “good” school in BCC, but option 3 sends them 10 minutes further to Whitman. To what end?

If the answer is “to raise the FARMS rate at Whitman,” that’s sort of missing the forrest for the trees.

They should necessarily raise farms and remove it from other schools as those schools loose extra funding.

They should do this by punishing the very kids this should purportedly help?

They aren’t helping kids by bussing them across town. Instead strengthen their schools. Give our kids the same opportunities as yours.

Yes, those specific kids already go to BCC and get the desired same opportunities. Why send them 10 minutes farther? Who is that helping?

And the rest of the student population? If DCUM is leaning heavily into "no bussing" and "it's unjust to subject higher-poverty populations to long bus rides" then DCUM needs to get behind making enormously differential funding per stident available so that those same opportunities are offered to all. Only 3 at Northwood interested in AP Econ? A teacher for that would need to be funded if one is funded for the 25 interested at WJ -- as we know, virtual and MC don't provide a similar enough experience.

And that might mean even higher class sizes at Whitman.

And/or higher taxes.

Or the populations can be evened out, but that generally means...bussing.

Pick your poison.

You’re creating a false choice by speaking for the people you’re purportedly trying to help and also making a weird hierarchy of their needs.

In my personal hierarchy (yours may vary), having a safe local school that isp a part of my community is priority #1. Access to AP Econ is maybe priority #250?

To this day, I get a warm feeling whenever I drive by my high school. Do I remember AP Econ? Nope, I remember endless afternoons with my friends on the outdoor basketball court. Afternoons that wouldn’t have been possible if I had to take the bus 45 minutes away.

Do those Northwood kids value AP Econ enough to ride the bus everyday from Wheaton to Whitman and give up those long afternoons? Maybe! But maybe not? I don’t know and neither do you.

If they do, then by all means, let’s pay for it.

That’s why the county sent out this survey.

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Anonymous wrote:Rosemary Hills illustrates the naive cruelty of option 3. Rosemary Hills already goes to a “good” school in BCC, but option 3 sends them 10 minutes further to Whitman. To what end?

If the answer is “to raise the FARMS rate at Whitman,” that’s sort of missing the forrest for the trees.

They should necessarily raise farms and remove it from other schools as those schools loose extra funding.

They should do this by punishing the very kids this should purportedly help?

They aren’t helping kids by bussing them across town. Instead strengthen their schools. Give our kids the same opportunities as yours.

Yes, those specific kids already go to BCC and get the desired same opportunities. Why send them 10 minutes farther? Who is that helping?

And the rest of the student population? If DCUM is leaning heavily into "no bussing" and "it's unjust to subject higher-poverty populations to long bus rides" then DCUM needs to get behind making enormously differential funding per stident available so that those same opportunities are offered to all. Only 3 at Northwood interested in AP Econ? A teacher for that would need to be funded if one is funded for the 25 interested at WJ -- as we know, virtual and MC don't provide a similar enough experience.

And that might mean even higher class sizes at Whitman.

And/or higher taxes.

Or the populations can be evened out, but that generally means...bussing.

Pick your poison.

You’re creating a false choice by speaking for the people you’re purportedly trying to help and also making a weird hierarchy of their needs.

In my personal hierarchy (yours may vary), having a safe local school that isp a part of my community is priority #1. Access to AP Econ is maybe priority #250?

To this day, I get a warm feeling whenever I drive by my high school. Do I remember AP Econ? Nope, I remember endless afternoons with my friends on the outdoor basketball court. Afternoons that wouldn’t have been possible if I had to take the bus 45 minutes away.

Do those Northwood kids value AP Econ enough to ride the bus everyday from Wheaton to Whitman and give up those long afternoons? Maybe! But maybe not? I don’t know and neither do you.

If they do, then by all means, let’s pay for it.

That’s why the county sent out this survey.

Do you understand you cannot simply switch schools for a class? And, if you can, please let us know how. We asked and were refused. Mine would gladly ride the bus or we'd drive them. Or, better, how about offering those classes in these kids schools so all kids have equal access.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People need to be realistic about the potential increases to property taxes due to increases in the budget. MCPS already has a huge budget with increases coming for compensation and benefits. Are they planning to spend that on buses instead? It’s just not realistic to view and consider these options without a price rage attached to them.

Just like Congress does (or is supposed to do).

Our property taxes have gone up so much in the time we’ve lived here. It’s too much honestly.

Understood. Back to cuts mostly for the current high-flying schools, then.

There's not much to cut back at some of our schools. The facilities are falling apart. We don't have advanced classes, many clubs and limited sports.

[Anonymous]

I am happy to pay county taxes. We should all support schools, pubic safety, roads etc. Its the fact that taxes keep going up and the output does not improve, that I find upsetting.

I hope MCPS is taking a hard look at scaling back because the number of families choosing public schools is declining.

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Anonymous wrote:Rosemary Hills illustrates the naive cruelty of option 3. Rosemary Hills already goes to a “good” school in BCC, but option 3 sends them 10 minutes further to Whitman. To what end?

If the answer is “to raise the FARMS rate at Whitman,” that’s sort of missing the forrest for the trees.

They should necessarily raise farms and remove it from other schools as those schools loose extra funding.

They should do this by punishing the very kids this should purportedly help?

They aren’t helping kids by bussing them across town. Instead strengthen their schools. Give our kids the same opportunities as yours.

Yes, those specific kids already go to BCC and get the desired same opportunities. Why send them 10 minutes farther? Who is that helping?

And the rest of the student population? If DCUM is leaning heavily into "no bussing" and "it's unjust to subject higher-poverty populations to long bus rides" then DCUM needs to get behind making enormously differential funding per stident available so that those same opportunities are offered to all. Only 3 at Northwood interested in AP Econ? A teacher for that would need to be funded if one is funded for the 25 interested at WJ -- as we know, virtual and MC don't provide a similar enough experience.

And that might mean even higher class sizes at Whitman.

And/or higher taxes.

Or the populations can be evened out, but that generally means...bussing.

Pick your poison.

You’re creating a false choice by speaking for the people you’re purportedly trying to help and also making a weird hierarchy of their needs.

In my personal hierarchy (yours may vary), having a safe local school that isp a part of my community is priority #1. Access to AP Econ is maybe priority #250?

To this day, I get a warm feeling whenever I drive by my high school. Do I remember AP Econ? Nope, I remember endless afternoons with my friends on the outdoor basketball court. Afternoons that wouldn’t have been possible if I had to take the bus 45 minutes away.

Do those Northwood kids value AP Econ enough to ride the bus everyday from Wheaton to Whitman and give up those long afternoons? Maybe! But maybe not? I don’t know and neither do you.

If they do, then by all means, let’s pay for it.

That’s why the county sent out this survey.

Do you understand you cannot simply switch schools for a class? And, if you can, please let us know how. We asked and were refused. Mine would gladly ride the bus or we'd drive them. Or, better, how about offering those classes in these kids schools so all kids have equal access.

Yes, I do understand. My point is I personally would not want to switch schools for a class and I doubt many kids do either. I respect and support if your opinion is different.

2 questions:
1. Isn’t that the point of the DCC?
2. What’s your school and what class aren’t you getting?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Rosemary Hills illustrates the naive cruelty of option 3. Rosemary Hills already goes to a “good” school in BCC, but option 3 sends them 10 minutes further to Whitman. To what end?

If the answer is “to raise the FARMS rate at Whitman,” that’s sort of missing the forrest for the trees.

They should necessarily raise farms and remove it from other schools as those schools loose extra funding.

They should do this by punishing the very kids this should purportedly help?

They aren’t helping kids by bussing them across town. Instead strengthen their schools. Give our kids the same opportunities as yours.

Yes, those specific kids already go to BCC and get the desired same opportunities. Why send them 10 minutes farther? Who is that helping?

And the rest of the student population? If DCUM is leaning heavily into "no bussing" and "it's unjust to subject higher-poverty populations to long bus rides" then DCUM needs to get behind making enormously differential funding per stident available so that those same opportunities are offered to all. Only 3 at Northwood interested in AP Econ? A teacher for that would need to be funded if one is funded for the 25 interested at WJ -- as we know, virtual and MC don't provide a similar enough experience.

And that might mean even higher class sizes at Whitman.

And/or higher taxes.

Or the populations can be evened out, but that generally means...bussing.

Pick your poison.

You’re creating a false choice by speaking for the people you’re purportedly trying to help and also making a weird hierarchy of their needs.

In my personal hierarchy (yours may vary), having a safe local school that isp a part of my community is priority #1. Access to AP Econ is maybe priority #250?

To this day, I get a warm feeling whenever I drive by my high school. Do I remember AP Econ? Nope, I remember endless afternoons with my friends on the outdoor basketball court. Afternoons that wouldn’t have been possible if I had to take the bus 45 minutes away.

Do those Northwood kids value AP Econ enough to ride the bus everyday from Wheaton to Whitman and give up those long afternoons? Maybe! But maybe not? I don’t know and neither do you.

If they do, then by all means, let’s pay for it.

That’s why the county sent out this survey.

Do you understand you cannot simply switch schools for a class? And, if you can, please let us know how. We asked and were refused. Mine would gladly ride the bus or we'd drive them. Or, better, how about offering those classes in these kids schools so all kids have equal access.

You can request a COSA for a specialized class not available at your home school. That’s what we were told when we asked about a heritage language not available in our home school but available at another school.

[Anonymous]

I’m really sick of all this back and forth and speculating. In the end you will be told what to do and what the final decision is. You will really have no say so sit back and relax. I am happy I did not overspend for a house in the WK cluster now. All school will now be the same and equitable.

[Anonymous]

Has anyone gone to the virtual office hours?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m really sick of all this back and forth and speculating. In the end you will be told what to do and what the final decision is. You will really have no say so sit back and relax. I am happy I did not overspend for a house in the WK cluster now. All school will now be the same and equitable.

You are welcome to not use your voice in a matter pertaining to your children, but I and many others won’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m really sick of all this back and forth and speculating. In the end you will be told what to do and what the final decision is. You will really have no say so sit back and relax. I am happy I did not overspend for a house in the WK cluster now. All school will now be the same and equitable.

Lol

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Anonymous wrote:I’m really sick of all this back and forth and speculating. In the end you will be told what to do and what the final decision is. You will really have no say so sit back and relax. I am happy I did not overspend for a house in the WK cluster now. All school will now be the same and equitable.

Lol

Jeez, trolling used to be more subtle.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m really sick of all this back and forth and speculating. In the end you will be told what to do and what the final decision is. You will really have no say so sit back and relax. I am happy I did not overspend for a house in the WK cluster now. All school will now be the same and equitable.

You are welcome to not use your voice in a matter pertaining to your children, but I and many others won’t.

*will!!!