FCPS comprehensive boundary review

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Anonymous wrote:https://mvonthemove.com/fcps-engages-with-families-from-region-3-on-school-boundary-review/

12/9/24 Region 3 - Edison, West Potomac, Mount Vernon. 300 attendees. Far different than Reid 's orchestration for Region 5. Note Reid + Dunne sticking in a new program only available for West Potomac pyramid rather than changing boundaries. https://mvonthemove.com/bucknell-elementary-decides-to-add-montessori-program-option-after-all/

Am I reading this right in that both community reps come from Mt. Vernon and one of them no longer has kids in school??? Wowwwwww.

Each pyramid has two reps so it appears the Mt. Vernon HS pyramid reps were present at the Region 3 meeting and introduced themselves. That doesn't mean West Potomac and Edison don't have reps as well.

True, maybe they just weren’t at the meeting. But I’m still shocked that one and possibly both(!) no longer have kids in school. Between that and the committee slots for various groups … it’s not giving a high degree of confidence.

Is it possible that very few people from that pyramid volunteered?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:https://mvonthemove.com/fcps-engages-with-families-from-region-3-on-school-boundary-review/

12/9/24 Region 3 - Edison, West Potomac, Mount Vernon. 300 attendees. Far different than Reid 's orchestration for Region 5. Note Reid + Dunne sticking in a new program only available for West Potomac pyramid rather than changing boundaries. https://mvonthemove.com/bucknell-elementary-decides-to-add-montessori-program-option-after-all/

Am I reading this right in that both community reps come from Mt. Vernon and one of them no longer has kids in school??? Wowwwwww.

I think it’s appropriate for people without children in the system to take part. We pay taxes too - we should have a say too.

Community members are supposed to make up part of the BRAC but the 2 reps per pyramid were said to be parents/caregivers. They have a much bigger stake in this

What does BRAC stand for ? I know it as Base Realignment and Closure.

Boundary Reviews Add Chaos.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:https://mvonthemove.com/fcps-engages-with-families-from-region-3-on-school-boundary-review/

12/9/24 Region 3 - Edison, West Potomac, Mount Vernon. 300 attendees. Far different than Reid 's orchestration for Region 5. Note Reid + Dunne sticking in a new program only available for West Potomac pyramid rather than changing boundaries. https://mvonthemove.com/bucknell-elementary-decides-to-add-montessori-program-option-after-all/

Am I reading this right in that both community reps come from Mt. Vernon and one of them no longer has kids in school??? Wowwwwww.

I think it’s appropriate for people without children in the system to take part. We pay taxes too - we should have a say too.

Community members are supposed to make up part of the BRAC but the 2 reps per pyramid were said to be parents/caregivers. They have a much bigger stake in this

What does BRAC stand for ? I know it as Base Realignment and Closure.

Boundary review advisory committee, aka the thing they put together with 2 representatives from the public from each pyramid (likely 48 in total but could be a little more if TJ and the alternative schools are counted separately) + some secret number of people from various and secret “interest groups.” It’s been an adjustment for me not to just see Base Realignment and closure too, lol.

[Anonymous]

The Boundary Review Advisory Committee is a secret group purportedly randomly selected with non-public meetings where the members have to sign NDAs and we don’t even know what special interest groups were hand-picked and they made it a Superintendent’s advisory group which they claim doesn’t have to adhere to FOIA requirements and god knows what other requirements, and they’re going to be making recommendations to the superintendent who will then pass them along to the board.

And that is what counts as public engagement to this school board, whose members frequently proclaimed over the sitting and summer that the public would have significant input into the process. Pretty F’ing crazy how unaccountable they feel to any of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Boundary Review Advisory Committee is a secret group purportedly randomly selected with non-public meetings where the members have to sign NDAs and we don’t even know what special interest groups were hand-picked and they made it a Superintendent’s advisory group which they claim doesn’t have to adhere to FOIA requirements and god knows what other requirements, and they’re going to be making recommendations to the superintendent who will then pass them along to the board.

And that is what counts as public engagement to this school board, whose members frequently proclaimed over the sitting and summer that the public would have significant input into the process. Pretty F’ing crazy how unaccountable they feel to any of us.

Im confused. If it is secret, then how do people know about the reps who are from Mount Vernon?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The Boundary Review Advisory Committee is a secret group purportedly randomly selected with non-public meetings where the members have to sign NDAs and we don’t even know what special interest groups were hand-picked and they made it a Superintendent’s advisory group which they claim doesn’t have to adhere to FOIA requirements and god knows what other requirements, and they’re going to be making recommendations to the superintendent who will then pass them along to the board.

And that is what counts as public engagement to this school board, whose members frequently proclaimed over the sitting and summer that the public would have significant input into the process. Pretty F’ing crazy how unaccountable they feel to any of us.

Im confused. If it is secret, then how do people know about the reps who are from Mount Vernon?

https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/maps/2024-2026-boundary-review/superintendents-boundary-review-advisory-committee

Scroll down to the committee list: coming soon.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The Boundary Review Advisory Committee is a secret group purportedly randomly selected with non-public meetings where the members have to sign NDAs and we don’t even know what special interest groups were hand-picked and they made it a Superintendent’s advisory group which they claim doesn’t have to adhere to FOIA requirements and god knows what other requirements, and they’re going to be making recommendations to the superintendent who will then pass them along to the board.

And that is what counts as public engagement to this school board, whose members frequently proclaimed over the sitting and summer that the public would have significant input into the process. Pretty F’ing crazy how unaccountable they feel to any of us.

Im confused. If it is secret, then how do people know about the reps who are from Mount Vernon?

It was in the news article that someone posted upthread.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://mvonthemove.com/fcps-engages-with-families-from-region-3-on-school-boundary-review/

12/9/24 Region 3 - Edison, West Potomac, Mount Vernon. 300 attendees. Far different than Reid 's orchestration for Region 5. Note Reid + Dunne sticking in a new program only available for West Potomac pyramid rather than changing boundaries. https://mvonthemove.com/bucknell-elementary-decides-to-add-montessori-program-option-after-all/

Am I reading this right in that both community reps come from Mt. Vernon and one of them no longer has kids in school??? Wowwwwww.

I think it’s appropriate for people without children in the system to take part. We pay taxes too - we should have a say too.

Community members are supposed to make up part of the BRAC but the 2 reps per pyramid were said to be parents/caregivers. They have a much bigger stake in this

EXACTLY

The 2x pyramid were supposed to be people with kids in the system

Source?

How about every email from Reid. It says two parents/caregivers from each committee have been invited to join the BRAC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://mvonthemove.com/fcps-engages-with-families-from-region-3-on-school-boundary-review/

12/9/24 Region 3 - Edison, West Potomac, Mount Vernon. 300 attendees. Far different than Reid 's orchestration for Region 5. Note Reid + Dunne sticking in a new program only available for West Potomac pyramid rather than changing boundaries. https://mvonthemove.com/bucknell-elementary-decides-to-add-montessori-program-option-after-all/

Am I reading this right in that both community reps come from Mt. Vernon and one of them no longer has kids in school??? Wowwwwww.

I think it’s appropriate for people without children in the system to take part. We pay taxes too - we should have a say too.

Oh, interesting that there are non parents on this fcps thread.
Agree you should have a say, but the interests may be very skewed.

in what way would it be skewed?

Asking out of genuine curiosity - do you have any links to the school system? Teacher?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The Boundary Review Advisory Committee is a secret group purportedly randomly selected with non-public meetings where the members have to sign NDAs and we don’t even know what special interest groups were hand-picked and they made it a Superintendent’s advisory group which they claim doesn’t have to adhere to FOIA requirements and god knows what other requirements, and they’re going to be making recommendations to the superintendent who will then pass them along to the board.

And that is what counts as public engagement to this school board, whose members frequently proclaimed over the sitting and summer that the public would have significant input into the process. Pretty F’ing crazy how unaccountable they feel to any of us.

Im confused. If it is secret, then how do people know about the reps who are from Mount Vernon?

They were listed in this article https://mvonthemove.com/fcps-engages-with-families-from-region-3-on-school-boundary-review/

Also, the article suggests that one of the Mount Vernon reps does have children in FCPS.

“McCain told Mount Vernon On the MoVe she’s lived in Mount Vernon for 20 years and — ever since her oldest child started attending Walt Whitman Middle School — has been curious about how boundary decisions are made.”

The second rep no longer has children in FCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://mvonthemove.com/fcps-engages-with-families-from-region-3-on-school-boundary-review/

12/9/24 Region 3 - Edison, West Potomac, Mount Vernon. 300 attendees. Far different than Reid 's orchestration for Region 5. Note Reid + Dunne sticking in a new program only available for West Potomac pyramid rather than changing boundaries. https://mvonthemove.com/bucknell-elementary-decides-to-add-montessori-program-option-after-all/

Am I reading this right in that both community reps come from Mt. Vernon and one of them no longer has kids in school??? Wowwwwww.

I think it’s appropriate for people without children in the system to take part. We pay taxes too - we should have a say too.

Community members are supposed to make up part of the BRAC but the 2 reps per pyramid were said to be parents/caregivers. They have a much bigger stake in this

EXACTLY

The 2x pyramid were supposed to be people with kids in the system

Source?

How about every email from Reid. It says two parents/caregivers from each committee have been invited to join the BRAC.

The web page for the BRAC refers to two “parents/caregivers or community members” from each of the 24 pyramids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://mvonthemove.com/fcps-engages-with-families-from-region-3-on-school-boundary-review/

12/9/24 Region 3 - Edison, West Potomac, Mount Vernon. 300 attendees. Far different than Reid 's orchestration for Region 5. Note Reid + Dunne sticking in a new program only available for West Potomac pyramid rather than changing boundaries. https://mvonthemove.com/bucknell-elementary-decides-to-add-montessori-program-option-after-all/

Am I reading this right in that both community reps come from Mt. Vernon and one of them no longer has kids in school??? Wowwwwww.

I think it’s appropriate for people without children in the system to take part. We pay taxes too - we should have a say too.

Community members are supposed to make up part of the BRAC but the 2 reps per pyramid were said to be parents/caregivers. They have a much bigger stake in this

EXACTLY

The 2x pyramid were supposed to be people with kids in the system

Source?

How about every email from Reid. It says two parents/caregivers from each committee have been invited to join the BRAC.

The web page for the BRAC refers to two “parents/caregivers or community members” from each of the 24 pyramids.

All of the emails before the webpage have only said 2 parents/caregivers from each pyramid. So i guess they are doing whatever they want

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://mvonthemove.com/fcps-engages-with-families-from-region-3-on-school-boundary-review/

12/9/24 Region 3 - Edison, West Potomac, Mount Vernon. 300 attendees. Far different than Reid 's orchestration for Region 5. Note Reid + Dunne sticking in a new program only available for West Potomac pyramid rather than changing boundaries. https://mvonthemove.com/bucknell-elementary-decides-to-add-montessori-program-option-after-all/

Am I reading this right in that both community reps come from Mt. Vernon and one of them no longer has kids in school??? Wowwwwww.

I think it’s appropriate for people without children in the system to take part. We pay taxes too - we should have a say too.

Community members are supposed to make up part of the BRAC but the 2 reps per pyramid were said to be parents/caregivers. They have a much bigger stake in this

EXACTLY

The 2x pyramid were supposed to be people with kids in the system

Source?

How about every email from Reid. It says two parents/caregivers from each committee have been invited to join the BRAC.

The web page for the BRAC refers to two “parents/caregivers or community members” from each of the 24 pyramids.

All of the emails before the webpage have only said 2 parents/caregivers from each pyramid. So i guess they are doing whatever they want

So much for the public input. It’s pretty unfortunate for all of the county that they consider public input just an opportunity to tell us why changes are supposedly needed. Like when they showed us the study of the UAE college kids to justify boundary changes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Boundary Review Advisory Committee is a secret group purportedly randomly selected with non-public meetings where the members have to sign NDAs and we don’t even know what special interest groups were hand-picked and they made it a Superintendent’s advisory group which they claim doesn’t have to adhere to FOIA requirements and god knows what other requirements, and they’re going to be making recommendations to the superintendent who will then pass them along to the board.

And that is what counts as public engagement to this school board, whose members frequently proclaimed over the sitting and summer that the public would have significant input into the process. Pretty F’ing crazy how unaccountable they feel to any of us.

Im confused. If it is secret, then how do people know about the reps who are from Mount Vernon?

They were listed in this article https://mvonthemove.com/fcps-engages-with-families-from-region-3-on-school-boundary-review/

Also, the article suggests that one of the Mount Vernon reps does have children in FCPS.

“McCain told Mount Vernon On the MoVe she’s lived in Mount Vernon for 20 years and — ever since her oldest child started attending Walt Whitman Middle School — has been curious about how boundary decisions are made.”

The second rep no longer has children in FCPS.

That clearly sounds like a parent.

Good for her for keeping her role in the committee public.

[Anonymous]

Boundary Review Advisory Committee meetings should be open to the public. Democracy dies in the darkness.