Senator Kagan on Wootton: "I am not supporting the City of Rockville's proposal"

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Anonymous wrote:What is the City of Rockville's proposal?

Why does a Senator's support matter for a local decision?

It doesn't matter. Senators have no say in it.

She was clear the legislature funds a significant amount of MCPS.

But they have no say in how boundaries are drawn, and she has no clue what's going on. This is a local matter.

This has to be Essie. This reeks of her narrow, dig-in-your-heels attitude. You fail to understand the landscape if you're limiting the impact and influence of the politics that shape MCPS to just the school board and superintendent.

? No. I'm a parent. Why do some posters assume that all parents are against H, and only MCPS is for H? You live in a bubble. Sorry to burst it.

I know there are parents for and against H.

It was the narrowing of influence and impact, and insisting WHO had decision making power that reeked of Essie, who routinely dismisses and rejects anyone other than MCPS influencing and impacting the system's decision making.

And frankly, I don't see why a parent would be focused on that. So either you're Essie or another staffer who wants to insist in MCPS supremacy, over community or other stakeholder feedback.

Kagan is entitled to her opinion and to propose and lobby for laws in Legislature, but she'd still have to convince half the Legislature to get in the middle of very local disagreement that doesn't have a significant impact on state budget or state issues.

Kagan can also request a State audit of MCPS.

Oops

I'm the PP parent. That's fine, but a senator still doesn't have the power or right to involve themselves in a local school boundary decision. She said as much in her video.

You people are grasping at straws.

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Anonymous wrote:What is the City of Rockville's proposal?

Why does a Senator's support matter for a local decision?

It doesn't matter. Senators have no say in it.

She was clear the legislature funds a significant amount of MCPS.

But they have no say in how boundaries are drawn, and she has no clue what's going on. This is a local matter.

This has to be Essie. This reeks of her narrow, dig-in-your-heels attitude. You fail to understand the landscape if you're limiting the impact and influence of the politics that shape MCPS to just the school board and superintendent.

? No. I'm a parent. Why do some posters assume that all parents are against H, and only MCPS is for H? You live in a bubble. Sorry to burst it.

I know there are parents for and against H.

It was the narrowing of influence and impact, and insisting WHO had decision making power that reeked of Essie, who routinely dismisses and rejects anyone other than MCPS influencing and impacting the system's decision making.

And frankly, I don't see why a parent would be focused on that. So either you're Essie or another staffer who wants to insist in MCPS supremacy, over community or other stakeholder feedback.

Kagan is entitled to her opinion and to propose and lobby for laws in Legislature, but she'd still have to convince half the Legislature to get in the middle of very local disagreement that doesn't have a significant impact on state budget or state issues.

Kagan can also request a State audit of MCPS.

Oops

I hope she does. Is your post supposed to scare someone?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the City of Rockville's proposal?

Why does a Senator's support matter for a local decision?

It doesn't matter. Senators have no say in it.

She was clear the legislature funds a significant amount of MCPS.

But they have no say in how boundaries are drawn, and she has no clue what's going on. This is a local matter.

This has to be Essie. This reeks of her narrow, dig-in-your-heels attitude. You fail to understand the landscape if you're limiting the impact and influence of the politics that shape MCPS to just the school board and superintendent.

? No. I'm a parent. Why do some posters assume that all parents are against H, and only MCPS is for H? You live in a bubble. Sorry to burst it.

I know there are parents for and against H.

It was the narrowing of influence and impact, and insisting WHO had decision making power that reeked of Essie, who routinely dismisses and rejects anyone other than MCPS influencing and impacting the system's decision making.

And frankly, I don't see why a parent would be focused on that. So either you're Essie or another staffer who wants to insist in MCPS supremacy, over community or other stakeholder feedback.

MCPS admin pretending to be parent. Essie remembers when Roland used that trick, but remember he got caught!

I don't even know who is Essie is. You people are truly living in a bubble. I live in the RM cluster in Rockville.

You didn’t know that the world revolves around the Wootton whiners? They think that every decision is made on purpose just to force them to have a fire sale on their million dollar homes that they bought for $500k 20 years ago.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the City of Rockville's proposal?

Why does a Senator's support matter for a local decision?

It doesn't matter. Senators have no say in it.

She was clear the legislature funds a significant amount of MCPS.

But they have no say in how boundaries are drawn, and she has no clue what's going on. This is a local matter.

This has to be Essie. This reeks of her narrow, dig-in-your-heels attitude. You fail to understand the landscape if you're limiting the impact and influence of the politics that shape MCPS to just the school board and superintendent.

? No. I'm a parent. Why do some posters assume that all parents are against H, and only MCPS is for H? You live in a bubble. Sorry to burst it.

I know there are parents for and against H.

It was the narrowing of influence and impact, and insisting WHO had decision making power that reeked of Essie, who routinely dismisses and rejects anyone other than MCPS influencing and impacting the system's decision making.

And frankly, I don't see why a parent would be focused on that. So either you're Essie or another staffer who wants to insist in MCPS supremacy, over community or other stakeholder feedback.

MCPS admin pretending to be parent. Essie remembers when Roland used that trick, but remember he got caught!

I don't even know who is Essie is. You people are truly living in a bubble. I live in the RM cluster in Rockville.

Then you pay zero attention to MCPS. Essie is Taylor’s #1 liar in chief.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the City of Rockville's proposal?

Why does a Senator's support matter for a local decision?

It doesn't matter. Senators have no say in it.

She was clear the legislature funds a significant amount of MCPS.

But they have no say in how boundaries are drawn, and she has no clue what's going on. This is a local matter.

This has to be Essie. This reeks of her narrow, dig-in-your-heels attitude. You fail to understand the landscape if you're limiting the impact and influence of the politics that shape MCPS to just the school board and superintendent.

? No. I'm a parent. Why do some posters assume that all parents are against H, and only MCPS is for H? You live in a bubble. Sorry to burst it.

I know there are parents for and against H.

It was the narrowing of influence and impact, and insisting WHO had decision making power that reeked of Essie, who routinely dismisses and rejects anyone other than MCPS influencing and impacting the system's decision making.

And frankly, I don't see why a parent would be focused on that. So either you're Essie or another staffer who wants to insist in MCPS supremacy, over community or other stakeholder feedback.

MCPS admin pretending to be parent. Essie remembers when Roland used that trick, but remember he got caught!

I don't even know who is Essie is. You people are truly living in a bubble. I live in the RM cluster in Rockville.

Then you pay zero attention to MCPS. Essie is Taylor’s #1 liar in chief.

You might want to step back and take a breath. I'm not the PP, but I have been an involved parent in MCPS for over 15 years. I pay attention. And the first time I heard of this Essie person is on this thread.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the City of Rockville's proposal?

Why does a Senator's support matter for a local decision?

It doesn't matter. Senators have no say in it.

She was clear the legislature funds a significant amount of MCPS.

But they have no say in how boundaries are drawn, and she has no clue what's going on. This is a local matter.

This has to be Essie. This reeks of her narrow, dig-in-your-heels attitude. You fail to understand the landscape if you're limiting the impact and influence of the politics that shape MCPS to just the school board and superintendent.

? No. I'm a parent. Why do some posters assume that all parents are against H, and only MCPS is for H? You live in a bubble. Sorry to burst it.

I know there are parents for and against H.

It was the narrowing of influence and impact, and insisting WHO had decision making power that reeked of Essie, who routinely dismisses and rejects anyone other than MCPS influencing and impacting the system's decision making.

And frankly, I don't see why a parent would be focused on that. So either you're Essie or another staffer who wants to insist in MCPS supremacy, over community or other stakeholder feedback.

what? As I said, I'm a parent, and I live in the real world. A senator does not have the decision making power regarding school boundaries. I did not say that parents or the community don't have the right to provide feedback.

This is freakin' ridiculous, to expect a senator, that should be dealing with national and state wide issues, to influence a school boundary.

I think you are not able to think straight.

1) No one claimed she had direct decision making power on school boundaries.

2) Just because she doesn't have direct decision making power on boundaries, doesn't mean she can't chime in, especially if her constituents are unhappy with the process, since as a member of the state legislature, she writes the laws that govern public school systems in Maryland

3) You're trying to nail her for sticking her nose in the MCPS boundary conversation, but you claim she should be dealing with "national" issues, when she's a state senator. Her purview is limited to state level only, so maybe you shouldn't be the one clarifying roles and responsibilities.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the City of Rockville's proposal?

Why does a Senator's support matter for a local decision?

It doesn't matter. Senators have no say in it.

She was clear the legislature funds a significant amount of MCPS.

But they have no say in how boundaries are drawn, and she has no clue what's going on. This is a local matter.

This has to be Essie. This reeks of her narrow, dig-in-your-heels attitude. You fail to understand the landscape if you're limiting the impact and influence of the politics that shape MCPS to just the school board and superintendent.

? No. I'm a parent. Why do some posters assume that all parents are against H, and only MCPS is for H? You live in a bubble. Sorry to burst it.

I know there are parents for and against H.

It was the narrowing of influence and impact, and insisting WHO had decision making power that reeked of Essie, who routinely dismisses and rejects anyone other than MCPS influencing and impacting the system's decision making.

And frankly, I don't see why a parent would be focused on that. So either you're Essie or another staffer who wants to insist in MCPS supremacy, over community or other stakeholder feedback.

MCPS admin pretending to be parent. Essie remembers when Roland used that trick, but remember he got caught!

I don't even know who is Essie is. You people are truly living in a bubble. I live in the RM cluster in Rockville.

Then you pay zero attention to MCPS. Essie is Taylor’s #1 liar in chief.

You might want to step back and take a breath. I'm not the PP, but I have been an involved parent in MCPS for over 15 years. I pay attention. And the first time I heard of this Essie person is on this thread.

LOL but never heard of chief of staff = not paying attention

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the City of Rockville's proposal?

Why does a Senator's support matter for a local decision?

It doesn't matter. Senators have no say in it.

She was clear the legislature funds a significant amount of MCPS.

But they have no say in how boundaries are drawn, and she has no clue what's going on. This is a local matter.

This has to be Essie. This reeks of her narrow, dig-in-your-heels attitude. You fail to understand the landscape if you're limiting the impact and influence of the politics that shape MCPS to just the school board and superintendent.

? No. I'm a parent. Why do some posters assume that all parents are against H, and only MCPS is for H? You live in a bubble. Sorry to burst it.

I know there are parents for and against H.

It was the narrowing of influence and impact, and insisting WHO had decision making power that reeked of Essie, who routinely dismisses and rejects anyone other than MCPS influencing and impacting the system's decision making.

And frankly, I don't see why a parent would be focused on that. So either you're Essie or another staffer who wants to insist in MCPS supremacy, over community or other stakeholder feedback.

what? As I said, I'm a parent, and I live in the real world. A senator does not have the decision making power regarding school boundaries. I did not say that parents or the community don't have the right to provide feedback.

This is freakin' ridiculous, to expect a senator, that should be dealing with national and state wide issues, to influence a school boundary.

I think you are not able to think straight.

1) No one claimed she had direct decision making power on school boundaries.

2) Just because she doesn't have direct decision making power on boundaries, doesn't mean she can't chime in, especially if her constituents are unhappy with the process, since as a member of the state legislature, she writes the laws that govern public school systems in Maryland

3) You're trying to nail her for sticking her nose in the MCPS boundary conversation, but you claim she should be dealing with "national" issues, when she's a state senator. Her purview is limited to state level only, so maybe you shouldn't be the one clarifying roles and responsibilities.

RE #3: Kagan actually does sit on a few national committees and councils. She deals in national issues.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the City of Rockville's proposal?

Why does a Senator's support matter for a local decision?

It doesn't matter. Senators have no say in it.

She was clear the legislature funds a significant amount of MCPS.

But they have no say in how boundaries are drawn, and she has no clue what's going on. This is a local matter.

This has to be Essie. This reeks of her narrow, dig-in-your-heels attitude. You fail to understand the landscape if you're limiting the impact and influence of the politics that shape MCPS to just the school board and superintendent.

? No. I'm a parent. Why do some posters assume that all parents are against H, and only MCPS is for H? You live in a bubble. Sorry to burst it.

I know there are parents for and against H.

It was the narrowing of influence and impact, and insisting WHO had decision making power that reeked of Essie, who routinely dismisses and rejects anyone other than MCPS influencing and impacting the system's decision making.

And frankly, I don't see why a parent would be focused on that. So either you're Essie or another staffer who wants to insist in MCPS supremacy, over community or other stakeholder feedback.

MCPS admin pretending to be parent. Essie remembers when Roland used that trick, but remember he got caught!

I don't even know who is Essie is. You people are truly living in a bubble. I live in the RM cluster in Rockville.

Then you pay zero attention to MCPS. Essie is Taylor’s #1 liar in chief.

You might want to step back and take a breath. I'm not the PP, but I have been an involved parent in MCPS for over 15 years. I pay attention. And the first time I heard of this Essie person is on this thread.

LOL but never heard of chief of staff = not paying attention

Name the Chief of staff for any of your senators or representatives without looking it up. I dare you. How about your county council member? Your state senator?

You are absurd.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the City of Rockville's proposal?

Why does a Senator's support matter for a local decision?

It doesn't matter. Senators have no say in it.

She was clear the legislature funds a significant amount of MCPS.

But they have no say in how boundaries are drawn, and she has no clue what's going on. This is a local matter.

This has to be Essie. This reeks of her narrow, dig-in-your-heels attitude. You fail to understand the landscape if you're limiting the impact and influence of the politics that shape MCPS to just the school board and superintendent.

? No. I'm a parent. Why do some posters assume that all parents are against H, and only MCPS is for H? You live in a bubble. Sorry to burst it.

I know there are parents for and against H.

It was the narrowing of influence and impact, and insisting WHO had decision making power that reeked of Essie, who routinely dismisses and rejects anyone other than MCPS influencing and impacting the system's decision making.

And frankly, I don't see why a parent would be focused on that. So either you're Essie or another staffer who wants to insist in MCPS supremacy, over community or other stakeholder feedback.

MCPS admin pretending to be parent. Essie remembers when Roland used that trick, but remember he got caught!

I don't even know who is Essie is. You people are truly living in a bubble. I live in the RM cluster in Rockville.

Then you pay zero attention to MCPS. Essie is Taylor’s #1 liar in chief.

You might want to step back and take a breath. I'm not the PP, but I have been an involved parent in MCPS for over 15 years. I pay attention. And the first time I heard of this Essie person is on this thread.

LOL but never heard of chief of staff = not paying attention

Name the Chief of staff for any of your senators or representatives without looking it up. I dare you. How about your county council member? Your state senator?

You are absurd.

They don’t send their chief of staff to sit in public meetings for them so they can hide. Taylor does. He sends Essie McGuire to Council meetings so he doesn’t have to show up and be accountable for his actions. They don’t have their chief of staff answer questions at board meetings. They speak for themselves. Taylor hides behind McGuire at board meetings. If you have been at all involved in MCPS you would know all this.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the City of Rockville's proposal?

Why does a Senator's support matter for a local decision?

It doesn't matter. Senators have no say in it.

She was clear the legislature funds a significant amount of MCPS.

But they have no say in how boundaries are drawn, and she has no clue what's going on. This is a local matter.

This has to be Essie. This reeks of her narrow, dig-in-your-heels attitude. You fail to understand the landscape if you're limiting the impact and influence of the politics that shape MCPS to just the school board and superintendent.

? No. I'm a parent. Why do some posters assume that all parents are against H, and only MCPS is for H? You live in a bubble. Sorry to burst it.

I know there are parents for and against H.

It was the narrowing of influence and impact, and insisting WHO had decision making power that reeked of Essie, who routinely dismisses and rejects anyone other than MCPS influencing and impacting the system's decision making.

And frankly, I don't see why a parent would be focused on that. So either you're Essie or another staffer who wants to insist in MCPS supremacy, over community or other stakeholder feedback.

MCPS admin pretending to be parent. Essie remembers when Roland used that trick, but remember he got caught!

I don't even know who is Essie is. You people are truly living in a bubble. I live in the RM cluster in Rockville.

Then you pay zero attention to MCPS. Essie is Taylor’s #1 liar in chief.

You might want to step back and take a breath. I'm not the PP, but I have been an involved parent in MCPS for over 15 years. I pay attention. And the first time I heard of this Essie person is on this thread.

LOL but never heard of chief of staff = not paying attention

Name the Chief of staff for any of your senators or representatives without looking it up. I dare you. How about your county council member? Your state senator?

You are absurd.

They don’t send their chief of staff to sit in public meetings for them so they can hide. Taylor does. He sends Essie McGuire to Council meetings so he doesn’t have to show up and be accountable for his actions. They don’t have their chief of staff answer questions at board meetings. They speak for themselves. Taylor hides behind McGuire at board meetings. If you have been at all involved in MCPS you would know all this.

They split up things to cover many bases. See also: Madaleno vis-a-vis Elrich. State reps, whether senators or delegates, have nothing close to nearly as full a plate, and their attention to optional activity is highly variable, especially if not in a high leadership position.

Kagan's vice-chairmanship of EEE might barely qualify, and we really don't know how much she leans on her own staff for public interaction. But that is almost beside the point, where the Madaleno comparator is sufficient.

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Anonymous wrote:What is the City of Rockville's proposal?

Why does a Senator's support matter for a local decision?

The Rockville proposal is that Crown is a holding school as MCPS rebuilds Wootton and Magruder.

So, option H is basically in place for the first 5 years (Wootton temporarily moves into Crown, Wootton gets rebuilt).

Then Wootton moves back to the current location, Magruder kids come in and the local Crown kids stay in Crown. Magruder gets rebuilt and then a boundary study is done to move a permanent student body into Crown.

It's acceding to the reality that Wootton's building is in such poor repair with no funding to fix it that the kids will need to be in Crown by 2027 and trying to tie MCPS' hands to make it a temporary move.

I'm doubtful it'll be considered because MCPS will want the flexibility of moving Wootton and then seeing the budgetary and enrollment landscape before making a decision.

It's not JUST that it function as a holding school, which is an worth debating and certainly has precedent since MCPS just did that with Woodward and Northwood.

They're proposing a HYBRID solution where it is part-holding school and part-local school. Which to my knowledge, has never been done and sounds like a logistical nightmare.

Diff perspective. While dual status (both holding and permanent school) might sound complex, I don't think it will be more complex than what MCPS is proposing to do with the six-region model, which is gonna be awful.

In some ways a dual status could be modeled after something like the current magnet HSs that bus both local students and the students from outside the boundary who get imported in. But it will be a lot simpler because in any given year, the students outside the boundary are from only one cluster anyway, and not cross county/regions.

The proponents of the "Rockville alternative" don't seem to grasp how much more disruptive it would be for the Crown-local students in their hybrid scenario.

Constantly part of another school? Inability to build community? Discontinuity of teachers/admins/sports/extracurriculars?

Not a thought as to how these and other aspects might be greater injustices than being told one will have a brand new facility a couple of miles away, with the walk-zone injustice of the proximate facility being used for other communities being equal in either case. But the idea of jumping Magruder in the line doesn't seem to phase them

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the City of Rockville's proposal?

Why does a Senator's support matter for a local decision?

The Rockville proposal is that Crown is a holding school as MCPS rebuilds Wootton and Magruder.

So, option H is basically in place for the first 5 years (Wootton temporarily moves into Crown, Wootton gets rebuilt).

Then Wootton moves back to the current location, Magruder kids come in and the local Crown kids stay in Crown. Magruder gets rebuilt and then a boundary study is done to move a permanent student body into Crown.

It's acceding to the reality that Wootton's building is in such poor repair with no funding to fix it that the kids will need to be in Crown by 2027 and trying to tie MCPS' hands to make it a temporary move.

I'm doubtful it'll be considered because MCPS will want the flexibility of moving Wootton and then seeing the budgetary and enrollment landscape before making a decision.

It's not JUST that it function as a holding school, which is an worth debating and certainly has precedent since MCPS just did that with Woodward and Northwood.

They're proposing a HYBRID solution where it is part-holding school and part-local school. Which to my knowledge, has never been done and sounds like a logistical nightmare.

Diff perspective. While dual status (both holding and permanent school) might sound complex, I don't think it will be more complex than what MCPS is proposing to do with the six-region model, which is gonna be awful.

In some ways a dual status could be modeled after something like the current magnet HSs that bus both local students and the students from outside the boundary who get imported in. But it will be a lot simpler because in any given year, the students outside the boundary are from only one cluster anyway, and not cross county/regions.

The proponents of the "Rockville alternative" don't seem to grasp how much more disruptive it would be for the Crown-local students in their hybrid scenario.

Constantly part of another school? Inability to build community? Discontinuity of teachers/admins/sports/extracurriculars?

Not a thought as to how these and other aspects might be greater injustices than being told one will have a brand new facility a couple of miles away, with the walk-zone injustice of the proximate facility being used for other communities being equal in either case. But the idea of jumping Magruder in the line doesn't seem to phase them

How do you know what parents are thinking.
Sounds like a prejudice.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the City of Rockville's proposal?

Why does a Senator's support matter for a local decision?

The Rockville proposal is that Crown is a holding school as MCPS rebuilds Wootton and Magruder.

So, option H is basically in place for the first 5 years (Wootton temporarily moves into Crown, Wootton gets rebuilt).

Then Wootton moves back to the current location, Magruder kids come in and the local Crown kids stay in Crown. Magruder gets rebuilt and then a boundary study is done to move a permanent student body into Crown.

It's acceding to the reality that Wootton's building is in such poor repair with no funding to fix it that the kids will need to be in Crown by 2027 and trying to tie MCPS' hands to make it a temporary move.

I'm doubtful it'll be considered because MCPS will want the flexibility of moving Wootton and then seeing the budgetary and enrollment landscape before making a decision.

It's not JUST that it function as a holding school, which is an worth debating and certainly has precedent since MCPS just did that with Woodward and Northwood.

They're proposing a HYBRID solution where it is part-holding school and part-local school. Which to my knowledge, has never been done and sounds like a logistical nightmare.

Diff perspective. While dual status (both holding and permanent school) might sound complex, I don't think it will be more complex than what MCPS is proposing to do with the six-region model, which is gonna be awful.

In some ways a dual status could be modeled after something like the current magnet HSs that bus both local students and the students from outside the boundary who get imported in. But it will be a lot simpler because in any given year, the students outside the boundary are from only one cluster anyway, and not cross county/regions.

The proponents of the "Rockville alternative" don't seem to grasp how much more disruptive it would be for the Crown-local students in their hybrid scenario.

Constantly part of another school? Inability to build community? Discontinuity of teachers/admins/sports/extracurriculars?

Not a thought as to how these and other aspects might be greater injustices than being told one will have a brand new facility a couple of miles away, with the walk-zone injustice of the proximate facility being used for other communities being equal in either case. But the idea of jumping Magruder in the line doesn't seem to phase them

Bingo - total lack of empathy. And they show it constantly. Can you imagine if there was a proposal to keep the nearby elementary schools at WOOTTON while other schools came in and out every 2-3 years - exactly the scenario that they want for Crown? It's WOOTTON that would suffer. It would be world news

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Anonymous wrote:What is the City of Rockville's proposal?

Why does a Senator's support matter for a local decision?

It doesn't matter. Senators have no say in it.

She was clear the legislature funds a significant amount of MCPS.

But they have no say in how boundaries are drawn, and she has no clue what's going on. This is a local matter.

This has to be Essie. This reeks of her narrow, dig-in-your-heels attitude. You fail to understand the landscape if you're limiting the impact and influence of the politics that shape MCPS to just the school board and superintendent.

? No. I'm a parent. Why do some posters assume that all parents are against H, and only MCPS is for H? You live in a bubble. Sorry to burst it.

I know there are parents for and against H.

It was the narrowing of influence and impact, and insisting WHO had decision making power that reeked of Essie, who routinely dismisses and rejects anyone other than MCPS influencing and impacting the system's decision making.

And frankly, I don't see why a parent would be focused on that. So either you're Essie or another staffer who wants to insist in MCPS supremacy, over community or other stakeholder feedback.

MCPS admin pretending to be parent. Essie remembers when Roland used that trick, but remember he got caught!

I don't even know who is Essie is. You people are truly living in a bubble. I live in the RM cluster in Rockville.

Then you pay zero attention to MCPS. Essie is Taylor’s #1 liar in chief.

You might want to step back and take a breath. I'm not the PP, but I have been an involved parent in MCPS for over 15 years. I pay attention. And the first time I heard of this Essie person is on this thread.

LOL but never heard of chief of staff = not paying attention

Name the Chief of staff for any of your senators or representatives without looking it up. I dare you. How about your county council member? Your state senator?

You are absurd.

They don’t send their chief of staff to sit in public meetings for them so they can hide. Taylor does. He sends Essie McGuire to Council meetings so he doesn’t have to show up and be accountable for his actions. They don’t have their chief of staff answer questions at board meetings. They speak for themselves. Taylor hides behind McGuire at board meetings. If you have been at all involved in MCPS you would know all this.

They split up things to cover many bases. See also: Madaleno vis-a-vis Elrich. State reps, whether senators or delegates, have nothing close to nearly as full a plate, and their attention to optional activity is highly variable, especially if not in a high leadership position.

Kagan's vice-chairmanship of EEE might barely qualify, and we really don't know how much she leans on her own staff for public interaction. But that is almost beside the point, where the Madaleno comparator is sufficient.

No comparison at all. No one is paid anywhere close to what the MCPS is paid. The person is being paid to show up and be present and take responsibility for MCPS. Taylor is paid way too much to be hiding behind a social worker with zero educational background.