MCPS nxt Boundary Analysis December 14 at White Oak Middle Oak,

[Anonymous]

From what I am hearing, the BOE is looking at the impact of bussing kids from Woodmoor over to White Oak MS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From what I am hearing, the BOE is looking at the impact of bussing kids from Woodmoor over to White Oak MS.

Where are you “hearing” this other than paranoid ranting?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really want to join the facebook group just to see what is being said, but don't want to be associated with this nonsense. Dilemma, dilemma.

I accepted an invitation because I want/need (work related) to see what people think about what’s going on. I don’t want to be associated with a lot of the opinions there either, so I mostly stay quiet unless correcting an obvious lie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are those passionate, honor-bound parents from that Facebook group going to come to White Oak MS and try to ruin that meeting, too?

Who knows. I'm considering going to try to be a voice of reason, but I also don't want to become a target of theirs.

Better they target you (presumably a full grown adult) than letting them target more teens and young adults.

[Anonymous]

Before coming down too hard on the parents who have the courage to speak up, you might want to Google the consultant and what they are doing in Brooklyn and Queens before attending. Parents (who want to simply provide comments) aren’t racist segregationists there either.

Is anyone other than me curious about why an architectural firm is doing the consulting? Aren’t there educational policy consultants out there who could do this (spoiler alert: yes, there are).

[Anonymous]

Look, tbh, I’m a fence sitter on all of this. Not sure what I think, but willing to listen and learn.

But I am rapidly losing confidence in the process, the goals of the survey, and the consultant selected. I wish they would take a pause and involve some educational Ph.D’s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Before coming down too hard on the parents who have the courage to speak up, you might want to Google the consultant and what they are doing in Brooklyn and Queens before attending. Parents (who want to simply provide comments) aren’t racist segregationists there either.

Is anyone other than me curious about why an architectural firm is doing the consulting? Aren’t there educational policy consultants out there who could do this (spoiler alert: yes, there are).

It's not an architectural firm. It's a firm that does multiple things, including architecture. You yourself refer to their work in New York.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From what I am hearing, the BOE is looking at the impact of bussing kids from Woodmoor over to White Oak MS.

Where are you “hearing” this other than paranoid ranting?

Administration. They are expecting FARMS to push toward 70% in the next 3-5 years if nothing is done. They say that their only recourse is to look South where the money is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Before coming down too hard on the parents who have the courage to speak up, you might want to Google the consultant and what they are doing in Brooklyn and Queens before attending. Parents (who want to simply provide comments) aren’t racist segregationists there either.

Is anyone other than me curious about why an architectural firm is doing the consulting? Aren’t there educational policy consultants out there who could do this (spoiler alert: yes, there are).

Courage to speak up is not the same as booing and heckling, and just being downright rude. Some folks attend the meeting to get more information because that's the purpose of the meeting.. informational.... not listen to parents behaving badly. There is a time and place for parental comment.

I'm betting when Obama gave his state of the union address and that R yelled, "You lie", you thought that was rude, right? I sure did. Not that different.

And as a PP noted, that firm does more than just architecture.

Also, many educational policy consultants also do believe in diversity, but I'm sure if MCPS brought those guys in, you'd complain about that, too.

Bottom line: you don't want to be rezoned even though there are several schools that are way over capacity and need to be rezoned. You're defending your bad behavior because you don't want to move, not because you think MCPS is hiding something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look, tbh, I’m a fence sitter on all of this. Not sure what I think, but willing to listen and learn.

But I am rapidly losing confidence in the process, the goals of the survey, and the consultant selected. I wish they would take a pause and involve some educational Ph.D’s.

You're rapidly losing confidence in the process? I'm rapidly losing confidence in some of the parents in MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Before coming down too hard on the parents who have the courage to speak up, you might want to Google the consultant and what they are doing in Brooklyn and Queens before attending. Parents (who want to simply provide comments) aren’t racist segregationists there either.

Is anyone other than me curious about why an architectural firm is doing the consulting? Aren’t there educational policy consultants out there who could do this (spoiler alert: yes, there are).

Courage to speak up is not the same as booing and heckling, and just being downright rude. Some folks attend the meeting to get more information because that's the purpose of the meeting.. informational.... not listen to parents behaving badly. There is a time and place for parental comment.

I'm betting when Obama gave his state of the union address and that R yelled, "You lie", you thought that was rude, right? I sure did. Not that different.

And as a PP noted, that firm does more than just architecture.

Also, many educational policy consultants also do believe in diversity, but I'm sure if MCPS brought those guys in, you'd complain about that, too.

Bottom line: you don't want to be rezoned even though there are several schools that are way over capacity and need to be rezoned. You're defending your bad behavior because you don't want to move, not because you think MCPS is hiding something.

No, I’d actually like to see a proposal that balances choice and boundary changes, that is collaborative and inclusive of ALL opinions, and helps meet the county’s goal of reducing emissions by 80%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Before coming down too hard on the parents who have the courage to speak up, you might want to Google the consultant and what they are doing in Brooklyn and Queens before attending. Parents (who want to simply provide comments) aren’t racist segregationists there either.

Is anyone other than me curious about why an architectural firm is doing the consulting? Aren’t there educational policy consultants out there who could do this (spoiler alert: yes, there are).

Courage to speak up is not the same as booing and heckling, and just being downright rude. Some folks attend the meeting to get more information because that's the purpose of the meeting.. informational.... not listen to parents behaving badly. There is a time and place for parental comment.

I'm betting when Obama gave his state of the union address and that R yelled, "You lie", you thought that was rude, right? I sure did. Not that different.

And as a PP noted, that firm does more than just architecture.

Also, many educational policy consultants also do believe in diversity, but I'm sure if MCPS brought those guys in, you'd complain about that, too.

Bottom line: you don't want to be rezoned even though there are several schools that are way over capacity and need to be rezoned. You're defending your bad behavior because you don't want to move, not because you think MCPS is hiding something.

No, I’d actually like to see a proposal that balances choice and boundary changes, that is collaborative and inclusive of ALL opinions, and helps meet the county’s goal of reducing emissions by 80%.

That can't happen without a boundary analysis.

[Anonymous]

And one more thing, I’d like to know that the kids in need are getting better services now.

[Anonymous]

I agree this can’t happen without a boundary analysis. I am still troubled by the process and the suggestion that there will be recommendations made by this consultant.

I think their tool could be cool but I don’t think it gives all the answers. Every cluster here is unique and special in its own way. The shape of each cluster is irregular and imperfect and the high school is not directly in the center. There are usually reasons for that - some maybe not so good. But pure data is never going to give us the right answers. We need the touch of experts in this field - educators.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Before coming down too hard on the parents who have the courage to speak up, you might want to Google the consultant and what they are doing in Brooklyn and Queens before attending. Parents (who want to simply provide comments) aren’t racist segregationists there either.

Is anyone other than me curious about why an architectural firm is doing the consulting? Aren’t there educational policy consultants out there who could do this (spoiler alert: yes, there are).

Wait, you think there aren’t racist segregationists in Brooklyn and Queens?