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Anonymous
Speak for yourself. I am ok with some boundary changes, elimination of AAP centers and nixing of IB programs, all in order to cut those expenses, and hopefully increase teacher pay. |
Anonymous
Have you looked at ann itemized the budget to see if eliminating AAP centers, getting rid of IB programs and doing boundary changes will generate enough money to increase teacher pay? Because I find that statement incredibly naive. |
Anonymous
You sound like the Union rep (treasurer, I think) that spoke in front of the school board last summer. She was wearing a union t shirt and talked a little about the union contract, then said she supported the boundary changes. With that three minute speech, I went from supporting the teachers’ union to being opposed to it. The downward spiral that this will cause with potential vouchers depriving these teachers of compensation is foreseeable, and the fact that the treasurer couldn’t see that made me question the judgment of the union. It was a self inflicted wound, imho. |
Anonymous
| Two minutes, not three. And no faces shown now when speaking, either. |
Anonymous
Sure, though the union shirt had the name of the union or unions on the back. Really felt like an endorsement of the boundary changes by the union. She was an officer, spoke on union business, then pivoted to discussing boundary changes. Super unforced error. |
Anonymous
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Solution to saving money and making schools more efficient is pretty simple.
Get rid of IB, vast majority don’t want it and FCPS sucks at delivering the program. Get rid of AAP centers, let’s face it AAP is what general education classes were a decade ago. Group kids in their home schools and offer a viable curriculum. With everyone at home schools do the math (it is elementary school level math) on if 6-8 middle school works or would require too much to be spent on modifying middle schools. If you live within two miles of a school walk there, it will help the kids burn off some excess energy and get in shape. More money for teacher salaries and good curriculum. Most pressing problems solved, you can now all enjoy your weekends. |
Anonymous
Sounds like a classic quid pro quo - we’ll support your boundary changes if you find a way to give us a raise. |
Anonymous
Just wait until they have to move staff. FTA may not be so happy. |
Anonymous
That is because you haven’t actually seen the budget and have no clue how much it takes to raise salaries. The changes you describe won’t cover it. Do some research before you start spouting off. |
Anonymous
False. People have said they approve of the boundary review and have given reasons. But you dismiss them as school board shills and continue to reiterate your gross generalizations that no wants them, that people want “changes for thee, but not for me…” It’s troubling. Please find another hobby. |
Anonymous
Speak for yourself. There are very young families like mine that are in the early stages of family planning or already have infants and young toddlers. We wholeheartedly support boundary changes if it means our kids will have a chance to attend from a wider selection of better schools all across the area. Specifically, I emphasize we are young because have been entirely left behind by the real estate situation. It does not seem fair that many of my generation will not be able to afford the same quality of life those just a few years ahead of us were able to. I hear it at my federal office water cooler talk every time there's a newsworthy housing or interest rate surge - that there's absolutely no way they could afford to buy a house now in the pyramid they bought if they had not bought before the 2020 surge started it all. So yes, some of us would rather see a normalization occur across the county that lets young families afford good schools without giving up everything. It may be that there are other ways FCPS can achieve that, but boundaries is one part of the toolset. |
Anonymous
Tell us you haven’t looked at any of the notes from the community feedback sessions without telling us. Overwhelming opposition in our county to boundary changes. Overwhelming. |
Anonymous
I see, so you want to bring others down to your level so you can take from them. Icky. |
Anonymous
DP. What boundary changes do you favor and how would they affect your kids? It’s very easy to say you favor boundary changes when they involve other people’s kids or shortchanging other schools after your own schools have already been favored with nice renovations and expansions. I would much rather see them come up with a new renovation queue that prioritizes adding seats where they are needed, rather than continuing to add hundreds of seats to schools that don’t need them, simply because they were in a renovation queue developed over 15 years ago. The county-wide study is basically an admission that their facilities planning has sucked for years and now they are going to shuffle kids around to cover up their own incompetence. |
Anonymous
The waste associated with running the nation’s largest bus fleet, overspending on poor curriculums and unwanted programs such as IB is considerable. Will the savings amount to a 7% raise for teachers, no. Go further and cut the administrative bloat at Gatehouse and more more will be available for students and front line teachers. Could have saved $500K on the money being wasted on the boundary consultant. Look I get the strategy, rile up the masses with the boundary study and do what ever you want anyway is a strategy that has worked over and over at FCPS. But the times they are a changing. |