Whitman Graduation Postponed

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:from 9am this morning to 6pm tonight due to the smoke. Great, there goes dinner reservations. Do these MCPS staff flunkies not realize that you can't simply change a dinner reservation at a Michelin-starred restaurant on the fly? Do they think we all celebrate our kids's graduations at Olive Garden and can just show up whenever we want? Why didn't MCPS have a back-up plan for this once-in-a-generation unique set of environmental circumstances that would have allowed them to move the ceremony inside and still have it this morning? Thanks, Monifa. Typical lack of preparedness from MCPS even until the bitter end.

Is this satire? Because if not, I get the disappointment, but this is next-level Karen-ism!!!!!!

Yes, it's satire. Everyone knows there aren't any Olive Gardens in Montgomery County.

Or Michelin-starred restaurants.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whitman—What? No gym or auditorium at the school?

Most aren't large enough to accomodate.

Students in gym, parents in auditorium. Done.
Remember, there was no graduation at the beginning of COVID. Just get this over with already.

and you think they could organize a large event like this in 24 hours with all the logistics figured out and setup complete, ALL while there is still classes going on in the school? Oh, you are thinking that they could set all this up in like less than 3 hours on the day of. Done. See? Easy peasy.

Also, the auditorium would still not be large enough to accommodate all attendees.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Whitman—What? No gym or auditorium at the school?

Most aren't large enough to accomodate.

Exactly. And reason #267 that the Whitman dome was the best school structure in MoCo, and should never have been torn down.

[Anonymous]

Is graduation at DAR? It was in my day.

[Anonymous]

3.14 hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whitman—What? No gym or auditorium at the school?

Most aren't large enough to accomodate.

Does anyone know how to lobby for a change to the CIP budget most effectively? We're in the Whitman cluster and my daughter is in 2nd grade now but I don't want to have to go through this horror when she's graduating and would like to start advocating for a bigger auditorium and gym at Whitman so that we can move events indoors if needed. Any thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whitman—What? No gym or auditorium at the school?

Most aren't large enough to accomodate.

Does anyone know how to lobby for a change to the CIP budget most effectively? We're in the Whitman cluster and my daughter is in 2nd grade now but I don't want to have to go through this horror when she's graduating and would like to start advocating for a bigger auditorium and gym at Whitman so that we can move events indoors if needed. Any thoughts?

The horror, the horror!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whitman—What? No gym or auditorium at the school?

Most aren't large enough to accomodate.

Does anyone know how to lobby for a change to the CIP budget most effectively? We're in the Whitman cluster and my daughter is in 2nd grade now but I don't want to have to go through this horror when she's graduating and would like to start advocating for a bigger auditorium and gym at Whitman so that we can move events indoors if needed. Any thoughts?

Can you and your daughter help set up today? The time for setup will drop from 3.14 to 3.10 hours. Thank you in advance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whitman—What? No gym or auditorium at the school?

Most aren't large enough to accomodate.

Does anyone know how to lobby for a change to the CIP budget most effectively? We're in the Whitman cluster and my daughter is in 2nd grade now but I don't want to have to go through this horror when she's graduating and would like to start advocating for a bigger auditorium and gym at Whitman so that we can move events indoors if needed. Any thoughts?

Can you and your daughter help set up today? The time for setup will drop from 3.14 to 3.10 hours. Thank you in advance.

Of course not - it's too dangerous for us to be outside right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whitman—What? No gym or auditorium at the school?

Most aren't large enough to accomodate.

Does anyone know how to lobby for a change to the CIP budget most effectively? We're in the Whitman cluster and my daughter is in 2nd grade now but I don't want to have to go through this horror when she's graduating and would like to start advocating for a bigger auditorium and gym at Whitman so that we can move events indoors if needed. Any thoughts?

here's a thought: the gym and auditorium shouldn't be expanded JUST to accommodate a few Bethesda pearl clutcher moms who don't want to have to change plans if another environmental event that MCPS cannot control occurs in 10 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whitman—What? No gym or auditorium at the school?

Most aren't large enough to accomodate.

Does anyone know how to lobby for a change to the CIP budget most effectively? We're in the Whitman cluster and my daughter is in 2nd grade now but I don't want to have to go through this horror when she's graduating and would like to start advocating for a bigger auditorium and gym at Whitman so that we can move events indoors if needed. Any thoughts?

Can you and your daughter help set up today? The time for setup will drop from 3.14 to 3.10 hours. Thank you in advance.

Of course not - it's too dangerous for us to be outside right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whitman—What? No gym or auditorium at the school?

Most aren't large enough to accomodate.

Does anyone know how to lobby for a change to the CIP budget most effectively? We're in the Whitman cluster and my daughter is in 2nd grade now but I don't want to have to go through this horror when she's graduating and would like to start advocating for a bigger auditorium and gym at Whitman so that we can move events indoors if needed. Any thoughts?

here's a thought: the gym and auditorium shouldn't be expanded JUST to accommodate a few Bethesda pearl clutcher moms who don't want to have to change plans if another environmental event that MCPS cannot control occurs in 10 years.

You clearly haven't had to go through the process of booking a reservation for 20 at minibar 10 years in advance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:from 9am this morning to 6pm tonight due to the smoke. Great, there goes dinner reservations. Do these MCPS staff flunkies not realize that you can't simply change a dinner reservation at a Michelin-starred restaurant on the fly? Do they think we all celebrate our kids's graduations at Olive Garden and can just show up whenever we want? Why didn't MCPS have a back-up plan for this once-in-a-generation unique set of environmental circumstances that would have allowed them to move the ceremony inside and still have it this morning? Thanks, Monifa. Typical lack of preparedness from MCPS even until the bitter end.

Haha, perfect. See you tonight at the Olive Garden OP!

[Anonymous]

Mmm, Olive Garden.gonna make pasta tonight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whitman—What? No gym or auditorium at the school?

Most aren't large enough to accomodate.

Does anyone know how to lobby for a change to the CIP budget most effectively? We're in the Whitman cluster and my daughter is in 2nd grade now but I don't want to have to go through this horror when she's graduating and would like to start advocating for a bigger auditorium and gym at Whitman so that we can move events indoors if needed. Any thoughts?

Can you and your daughter help set up today? The time for setup will drop from 3.14 to 3.10 hours. Thank you in advance.

Of course not - it's too dangerous for us to be outside right now.

Bless your heart.