Boundary study (2025 )

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Anonymous wrote:I think if the county focuses so much on DEI, it’s a big mistake. If you want to drive more people to vote for Trump like candidates, this is a sure fire way to do it.

I agree. Did we not learn anything from the last election?

I thought they were doing this because new schools are opening and they need to figure out how to best redraw boundaries to fill that school and ease overcrowding at others.

Haven’t heard anyone from MCPS talk about DEI’s role in this process. There’s a policy in place that governs boundaries and that doesn’t say that DEI is the focus either. What am I missing?

In the meeting last night they said that the number one guiding principle for making decisions is DEI.

Who said that? I was there and didn’t hear anything like this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think if the county focuses so much on DEI, it’s a big mistake. If you want to drive more people to vote for Trump like candidates, this is a sure fire way to do it.

I agree. Did we not learn anything from the last election?

I thought they were doing this because new schools are opening and they need to figure out how to best redraw boundaries to fill that school and ease overcrowding at others.

Haven’t heard anyone from MCPS talk about DEI’s role in this process. There’s a policy in place that governs boundaries and that doesn’t say that DEI is the focus either. What am I missing?

In the meeting last night they said that the number one guiding principle for making decisions is DEI.

That's not accurate. They listed four factors: demographic characteristics of student population (which is what you all are calling "DEI;" geography (includes walk zones, traffic patterns, etc.); stability of school assignments over time (number of affected students who already went through boundary changes and whether projected enrollment will allow for the new boundaries to stay in effect for a long time), and facility utilization. I took a picture of that slide, so these four factors come straight from their presentation. During the Q&A someone asked if these factors were weighted differently and the answer was that the four factors are treated equally.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In both cases, it seems like school boundaries will get odd, in that there are elementary/middle schools that are very close to both Crown and Woodward that might shift.

They will keep the current boundaries for ES/MS, but the entire ES/MS may get zoned for a different HS.

Wrong. They are looking at MS boundaries AND they will look at split articulation for ES. So your ES won't change. It's entirely possible that ES students will then move on to 2 different MS and 2 different HS depending on where they live.

But not for all MS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think if the county focuses so much on DEI, it’s a big mistake. If you want to drive more people to vote for Trump like candidates, this is a sure fire way to do it.

I agree. Did we not learn anything from the last election?

I thought they were doing this because new schools are opening and they need to figure out how to best redraw boundaries to fill that school and ease overcrowding at others.

Haven’t heard anyone from MCPS talk about DEI’s role in this process. There’s a policy in place that governs boundaries and that doesn’t say that DEI is the focus either. What am I missing?

In the meeting last night they said that the number one guiding principle for making decisions is DEI.

That's not accurate. They listed four factors: demographic characteristics of student population (which is what you all are calling "DEI;" geography (includes walk zones, traffic patterns, etc.); stability of school assignments over time (number of affected students who already went through boundary changes and whether projected enrollment will allow for the new boundaries to stay in effect for a long time), and facility utilization. I took a picture of that slide, so these four factors come straight from their presentation. During the Q&A someone asked if these factors were weighted differently and the answer was that the four factors are treated equally.

There was a survey you could take to rank your priorities. But whether they actually take those results into account I don't know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think if the county focuses so much on DEI, it’s a big mistake. If you want to drive more people to vote for Trump like candidates, this is a sure fire way to do it.

I agree. Did we not learn anything from the last election?

I thought they were doing this because new schools are opening and they need to figure out how to best redraw boundaries to fill that school and ease overcrowding at others.

Haven’t heard anyone from MCPS talk about DEI’s role in this process. There’s a policy in place that governs boundaries and that doesn’t say that DEI is the focus either. What am I missing?

In the meeting last night they said that the number one guiding principle for making decisions is DEI.

That's not accurate. They listed four factors: demographic characteristics of student population (which is what you all are calling "DEI;" geography (includes walk zones, traffic patterns, etc.); stability of school assignments over time (number of affected students who already went through boundary changes and whether projected enrollment will allow for the new boundaries to stay in effect for a long time), and facility utilization. I took a picture of that slide, so these four factors come straight from their presentation. During the Q&A someone asked if these factors were weighted differently and the answer was that the four factors are treated equally.

There was a survey you could take to rank your priorities. But whether they actually take those results into account I don't know.

Did they ever report the survey results?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think if the county focuses so much on DEI, it’s a big mistake. If you want to drive more people to vote for Trump like candidates, this is a sure fire way to do it.

I agree. Did we not learn anything from the last election?

I thought they were doing this because new schools are opening and they need to figure out how to best redraw boundaries to fill that school and ease overcrowding at others.

Haven’t heard anyone from MCPS talk about DEI’s role in this process. There’s a policy in place that governs boundaries and that doesn’t say that DEI is the focus either. What am I missing?

In the meeting last night they said that the number one guiding principle for making decisions is DEI.

That's not accurate. They listed four factors: demographic characteristics of student population (which is what you all are calling "DEI;" geography (includes walk zones, traffic patterns, etc.); stability of school assignments over time (number of affected students who already went through boundary changes and whether projected enrollment will allow for the new boundaries to stay in effect for a long time), and facility utilization. I took a picture of that slide, so these four factors come straight from their presentation. During the Q&A someone asked if these factors were weighted differently and the answer was that the four factors are treated equally.

There was a survey you could take to rank your priorities. But whether they actually take those results into account I don't know.

Did they ever report the survey results?

MCPS should especially strive to release those results so we can see how the community feels about the 4 factors

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You guys are clueless. This entire process is a dog and pony show. MCPS will do whatever they want, say they spoke to the community, what parents actually want however, is actually irrelevant to their process

This. This. This.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You guys are clueless. This entire process is a dog and pony show. MCPS will do whatever they want, say they spoke to the community, what parents actually want however, is actually irrelevant to their process

This. This. This.

This, just going through the process to depower the inevitable lawsuits

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think if the county focuses so much on DEI, it’s a big mistake. If you want to drive more people to vote for Trump like candidates, this is a sure fire way to do it.

I agree. Did we not learn anything from the last election?

I thought they were doing this because new schools are opening and they need to figure out how to best redraw boundaries to fill that school and ease overcrowding at others.

Haven’t heard anyone from MCPS talk about DEI’s role in this process. There’s a policy in place that governs boundaries and that doesn’t say that DEI is the focus either. What am I missing?

In the meeting last night they said that the number one guiding principle for making decisions is DEI.

What I'm asking is the why - has community input suggested this should be the number one priority? And if not, should we be lobbying now for more community input?

They did not say that. PP is spreading disinformation. There have always been four criteria, and we can look at any number of boundary studies in recent years to see that "DEI" was not prioritized. Don't fall for their shenanigans!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think if the county focuses so much on DEI, it’s a big mistake. If you want to drive more people to vote for Trump like candidates, this is a sure fire way to do it.

I agree. Did we not learn anything from the last election?

I thought they were doing this because new schools are opening and they need to figure out how to best redraw boundaries to fill that school and ease overcrowding at others.

Haven’t heard anyone from MCPS talk about DEI’s role in this process. There’s a policy in place that governs boundaries and that doesn’t say that DEI is the focus either. What am I missing?

In the meeting last night they said that the number one guiding principle for making decisions is DEI.

That's not accurate. They listed four factors: demographic characteristics of student population (which is what you all are calling "DEI;" geography (includes walk zones, traffic patterns, etc.); stability of school assignments over time (number of affected students who already went through boundary changes and whether projected enrollment will allow for the new boundaries to stay in effect for a long time), and facility utilization. I took a picture of that slide, so these four factors come straight from their presentation. During the Q&A someone asked if these factors were weighted differently and the answer was that the four factors are treated equally.

There was a survey you could take to rank your priorities. But whether they actually take those results into account I don't know.

Did they ever report the survey results?

Especially how many actually took the survey and submitted results. Out of 160k students, how many households knew about a survey and completed one?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You guys are clueless. This entire process is a dog and pony show. MCPS will do whatever they want, say they spoke to the community, what parents actually want however, is actually irrelevant to their process

This. This. This.

This, just going through the process to depower the inevitable lawsuits

Spending money on consultants that talk talk, don't live in community (isn't the company based in Philly?), yet don't engage the families with kids in middle schools - group who will be most impacted by changes in '27.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think if the county focuses so much on DEI, it’s a big mistake. If you want to drive more people to vote for Trump like candidates, this is a sure fire way to do it.

I agree. Did we not learn anything from the last election?

I thought they were doing this because new schools are opening and they need to figure out how to best redraw boundaries to fill that school and ease overcrowding at others.

Haven’t heard anyone from MCPS talk about DEI’s role in this process. There’s a policy in place that governs boundaries and that doesn’t say that DEI is the focus either. What am I missing?

In the meeting last night they said that the number one guiding principle for making decisions is DEI.

That's not accurate. They listed four factors: demographic characteristics of student population (which is what you all are calling "DEI;" geography (includes walk zones, traffic patterns, etc.); stability of school assignments over time (number of affected students who already went through boundary changes and whether projected enrollment will allow for the new boundaries to stay in effect for a long time), and facility utilization. I took a picture of that slide, so these four factors come straight from their presentation. During the Q&A someone asked if these factors were weighted differently and the answer was that the four factors are treated equally.

There was a survey you could take to rank your priorities. But whether they actually take those results into account I don't know.

Did they ever report the survey results?

MCPS should especially strive to release those results so we can see how the community feels about the 4 factors

There are no survey results to report because they survey just launched yesterday and will be available until April 9, I believe. They will be conducting 3 surveys over the course of the boundary study, according to yesterday's presentation.

[Anonymous]

MCPS will do what they want with this. They’ll pretend to care about the communities opinion but they already have an agenda, and will plan to see it through. That is how MCPS has always operated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think if the county focuses so much on DEI, it’s a big mistake. If you want to drive more people to vote for Trump like candidates, this is a sure fire way to do it.

I agree. Did we not learn anything from the last election?

I thought they were doing this because new schools are opening and they need to figure out how to best redraw boundaries to fill that school and ease overcrowding at others.

Haven’t heard anyone from MCPS talk about DEI’s role in this process. There’s a policy in place that governs boundaries and that doesn’t say that DEI is the focus either. What am I missing?

In the meeting last night they said that the number one guiding principle for making decisions is DEI.

That's not accurate. They listed four factors: demographic characteristics of student population (which is what you all are calling "DEI;" geography (includes walk zones, traffic patterns, etc.); stability of school assignments over time (number of affected students who already went through boundary changes and whether projected enrollment will allow for the new boundaries to stay in effect for a long time), and facility utilization. I took a picture of that slide, so these four factors come straight from their presentation. During the Q&A someone asked if these factors were weighted differently and the answer was that the four factors are treated equally.

There was a survey you could take to rank your priorities. But whether they actually take those results into account I don't know.

Did they ever report the survey results?

MCPS should especially strive to release those results so we can see how the community feels about the 4 factors

There are no survey results to report because they survey just launched yesterday and will be available until April 9, I believe. They will be conducting 3 surveys over the course of the boundary study, according to yesterday's presentation.

How do I access the survey? No one sent it to me, it’s not on the boundary study website and it seems like it’s only available for 6 days more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think if the county focuses so much on DEI, it’s a big mistake. If you want to drive more people to vote for Trump like candidates, this is a sure fire way to do it.

I agree. Did we not learn anything from the last election?

I thought they were doing this because new schools are opening and they need to figure out how to best redraw boundaries to fill that school and ease overcrowding at others.

Haven’t heard anyone from MCPS talk about DEI’s role in this process. There’s a policy in place that governs boundaries and that doesn’t say that DEI is the focus either. What am I missing?

In the meeting last night they said that the number one guiding principle for making decisions is DEI.

What I'm asking is the why - has community input suggested this should be the number one priority? And if not, should we be lobbying now for more community input?

They did not say that. PP is spreading disinformation. There have always been four criteria, and we can look at any number of boundary studies in recent years to see that "DEI" was not prioritized. Don't fall for their shenanigans!

Oh please. It is definitely going to be all about DEI. Everyone knows that.