Child at Eastern wears coat during day because it’s so cold

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Poolesville has broken bathrooms, no heat, broken windows with cardboard covering, leaking ceilings, mold and mildew. Cry me a river.

The board gives themselves raises an is paying a half million on a boundary study. Years ago they spent millions in the study for high schoolers going to school later.

Soon, they will complain the state doesn’t give them enough even though they are only 25% of the funds from the budget. The county and piggy back taxes SHOULD be paying for infrastructure and every year it doesn’t.

This.

How the board can give themselves raises is appalling. The way they spend, why would Hogan want to give them more when the county doesn’t give more, nor does it spend it correctly. And like another poster mentioned in another thread. Why so much upper administration. Why all these expensive outsourced independent studies? Outsource curriculum every 3 years. Change testing all the time, which means more training money spent. Don’t even get me started on the promethium boards. Why all the free parent seminars and TED talks. Why all the special optional programs that costs millions to run. I know Eastern is a magnet, but these programs are NOT a priority over keeping kids safe and wam in schools. I would love to see the financials and a complete audit of funds. How can such an expensive county with so much wealth and excessive taxes. A county with 180 private schools that keep at least another 20K of kids that pay taxes towards our school system, but don’t utilize the pubic school system. It is a joke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Poolesville has broken bathrooms, no heat, broken windows with cardboard covering, leaking ceilings, mold and mildew. Cry me a river.

The board gives themselves raises an is paying a half million on a boundary study. Years ago they spent millions in the study for high schoolers going to school later.

Soon, they will complain the state doesn’t give them enough even though they are only 25% of the funds from the budget. The county and piggy back taxes SHOULD be paying for infrastructure and every year it doesn’t.

This.

How the board can give themselves raises is appalling. The way they spend, why would Hogan want to give them more when the county doesn’t give more, nor does it spend it correctly. And like another poster mentioned in another thread. Why so much upper administration. Why all these expensive outsourced independent studies? Outsource curriculum every 3 years. Change testing all the time, which means more training money spent. Don’t even get me started on the promethium boards. Why all the free parent seminars and TED talks. Why all the special optional programs that costs millions to run. I know Eastern is a magnet, but these programs are NOT a priority over keeping kids safe and wam in schools. I would love to see the financials and a complete audit of funds. How can such an expensive county with so much wealth and excessive taxes. A county with 180 private schools that keep at least another 20K of kids that pay taxes towards our school system, but don’t utilize the pubic school system. It is a joke.

PP, Eastern is NOT a magnet. Eastern houses a magnet. It also houses a program for emotionally disabled students. And a program for ESOL students with little to no prior education, many of whom are also dealing with trauma experienced in their home countries. And then there are 600 or so neighborhood students from some of the county’s poorest households. The people complaining don’t just want a decent building for 300 gifted kids. Almost a thousand children are trying to learn in conditions that are downright unhealthy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Poolesville has broken bathrooms, no heat, broken windows with cardboard covering, leaking ceilings, mold and mildew. Cry me a river.

The board gives themselves raises an is paying a half million on a boundary study. Years ago they spent millions in the study for high schoolers going to school later.

Soon, they will complain the state doesn’t give them enough even though they are only 25% of the funds from the budget. The county and piggy back taxes SHOULD be paying for infrastructure and every year it doesn’t.

This.

How the board can give themselves raises is appalling. The way they spend, why would Hogan want to give them more when the county doesn’t give more, nor does it spend it correctly. And like another poster mentioned in another thread. Why so much upper administration. Why all these expensive outsourced independent studies? Outsource curriculum every 3 years. Change testing all the time, which means more training money spent. Don’t even get me started on the promethium boards. Why all the free parent seminars and TED talks. Why all the special optional programs that costs millions to run. I know Eastern is a magnet, but these programs are NOT a priority over keeping kids safe and wam in schools. I would love to see the financials and a complete audit of funds. How can such an expensive county with so much wealth and excessive taxes. A county with 180 private schools that keep at least another 20K of kids that pay taxes towards our school system, but don’t utilize the pubic school system. It is a joke.

PP, Eastern is NOT a magnet. Eastern houses a magnet. It also houses a program for emotionally disabled students. And a program for ESOL students with little to no prior education, many of whom are also dealing with trauma experienced in their home countries. And then there are 600 or so neighborhood students from some of the county’s poorest households. The people complaining don’t just want a decent building for 300 gifted kids. Almost a thousand children are trying to learn in conditions that are downright unhealthy.

The PP said nothing about it being just a magnet. She said she thinks magnets and other program costs over basic safety and infrastructure is not a good way to spend the budget. But she realizes Eastern has a magnet and people probably would veto what she says.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Poolesville has broken bathrooms, no heat, broken windows with cardboard covering, leaking ceilings, mold and mildew. Cry me a river.

The board gives themselves raises an is paying a half million on a boundary study. Years ago they spent millions in the study for high schoolers going to school later.

Soon, they will complain the state doesn’t give them enough even though they are only 25% of the funds from the budget. The county and piggy back taxes SHOULD be paying for infrastructure and every year it doesn’t.

This.

How the board can give themselves raises is appalling. The way they spend, why would Hogan want to give them more when the county doesn’t give more, nor does it spend it correctly. And like another poster mentioned in another thread. Why so much upper administration. Why all these expensive outsourced independent studies? Outsource curriculum every 3 years. Change testing all the time, which means more training money spent. Don’t even get me started on the promethium boards. Why all the free parent seminars and TED talks. Why all the special optional programs that costs millions to run. I know Eastern is a magnet, but these programs are NOT a priority over keeping kids safe and wam in schools. I would love to see the financials and a complete audit of funds. How can such an expensive county with so much wealth and excessive taxes. A county with 180 private schools that keep at least another 20K of kids that pay taxes towards our school system, but don’t utilize the pubic school system. It is a joke.

PP, Eastern is NOT a magnet. Eastern houses a magnet. It also houses a program for emotionally disabled students. And a program for ESOL students with little to no prior education, many of whom are also dealing with trauma experienced in their home countries. And then there are 600 or so neighborhood students from some of the county’s poorest households. The people complaining don’t just want a decent building for 300 gifted kids. Almost a thousand children are trying to learn in conditions that are downright unhealthy.

The PP said nothing about it being just a magnet. She said she thinks magnets and other program costs over basic safety and infrastructure is not a good way to spend the budget. But she realizes Eastern has a magnet and people probably would veto what she says.

Doesn’t she realize that those students are entitled under state law to an appropriate education? What does she think is so unnecessarily expensive about the 300 magnet students at Eastern? Zero attention would be paid to the building if the magnet was dismantled.

[Anonymous]

What are you talking about? No one deserves those programs. You are entitled a free public education. Nothing more. The programs are indeed stay. Administration to run them, offer tests, look over applications, tweak the programs, staff to train, appropriate staff to hire, bus system that costs a lot of money.

Your snowflake isn’t entitled to a magnet program and they have every right to remove them if they want. You are delusional if you think it is free or a right.

[Anonymous]

All the W school parents feel their schools should be updated numerous times and don't care other schools are falling down and no heat. Long johns and layers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Poolesville has broken bathrooms, no heat, broken windows with cardboard covering, leaking ceilings, mold and mildew. Cry me a river.

The board gives themselves raises an is paying a half million on a boundary study. Years ago they spent millions in the study for high schoolers going to school later.

Soon, they will complain the state doesn’t give them enough even though they are only 25% of the funds from the budget. The county and piggy back taxes SHOULD be paying for infrastructure and every year it doesn’t.

This.

How the board can give themselves raises is appalling. The way they spend, why would Hogan want to give them more when the county doesn’t give more, nor does it spend it correctly. And like another poster mentioned in another thread. Why so much upper administration. Why all these expensive outsourced independent studies? Outsource curriculum every 3 years. Change testing all the time, which means more training money spent. Don’t even get me started on the promethium boards. Why all the free parent seminars and TED talks. Why all the special optional programs that costs millions to run. I know Eastern is a magnet, but these programs are NOT a priority over keeping kids safe and wam in schools. I would love to see the financials and a complete audit of funds. How can such an expensive county with so much wealth and excessive taxes. A county with 180 private schools that keep at least another 20K of kids that pay taxes towards our school system, but don’t utilize the pubic school system. It is a joke.

PP, Eastern is NOT a magnet. Eastern houses a magnet. It also houses a program for emotionally disabled students. And a program for ESOL students with little to no prior education, many of whom are also dealing with trauma experienced in their home countries. And then there are 600 or so neighborhood students from some of the county’s poorest households. The people complaining don’t just want a decent building for 300 gifted kids. Almost a thousand children are trying to learn in conditions that are downright unhealthy.

The PP said nothing about it being just a magnet. She said she thinks magnets and other program costs over basic safety and infrastructure is not a good way to spend the budget. But she realizes Eastern has a magnet and people probably would veto what she says.

Doesn’t she realize that those students are entitled under state law to an appropriate education? What does she think is so unnecessarily expensive about the 300 magnet students at Eastern? Zero attention would be paid to the building if the magnet was dismantled.

Your child deserves a magnet program over my child going to school in cesspool with asbestos, mold, mildew, leaks, no sprinkler system, doors that are unable to lock, etc... everyday at Poolesville? I don’t think so! If heat was the only problem, it would be heaven. The problems started before the turn of the century. Families have asked for updated or new facilities for over a decade and we continue to get pushed back. Last I heard the 2023 promise is off the board now too. So yes, I have a big issue with how the county and board spends it’s money

https://www.google.com/amp/s/wjla.com/amp/features/7-on-your-side/poolesville-high-school-renovations-answers

https://www.google.com/amp/s/wjla.com/amp/news/local/some-parents-call-for-upgrades-to-poolesville-high-school-asserting-poor-conditions

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/maryland-schools-insider/post/poolesville-students-spotlight-outdated-high-school/2011/11/11/gIQAGpsvDN_blog.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Poolesville has broken bathrooms, no heat, broken windows with cardboard covering, leaking ceilings, mold and mildew. Cry me a river.

The board gives themselves raises an is paying a half million on a boundary study. Years ago they spent millions in the study for high schoolers going to school later.

Soon, they will complain the state doesn’t give them enough even though they are only 25% of the funds from the budget. The county and piggy back taxes SHOULD be paying for infrastructure and every year it doesn’t.

This.

How the board can give themselves raises is appalling. The way they spend, why would Hogan want to give them more when the county doesn’t give more, nor does it spend it correctly. And like another poster mentioned in another thread. Why so much upper administration. Why all these expensive outsourced independent studies? Outsource curriculum every 3 years. Change testing all the time, which means more training money spent. Don’t even get me started on the promethium boards. Why all the free parent seminars and TED talks. Why all the special optional programs that costs millions to run. I know Eastern is a magnet, but these programs are NOT a priority over keeping kids safe and wam in schools. I would love to see the financials and a complete audit of funds. How can such an expensive county with so much wealth and excessive taxes. A county with 180 private schools that keep at least another 20K of kids that pay taxes towards our school system, but don’t utilize the pubic school system. It is a joke.

PP, Eastern is NOT a magnet. Eastern houses a magnet. It also houses a program for emotionally disabled students. And a program for ESOL students with little to no prior education, many of whom are also dealing with trauma experienced in their home countries. And then there are 600 or so neighborhood students from some of the county’s poorest households. The people complaining don’t just want a decent building for 300 gifted kids. Almost a thousand children are trying to learn in conditions that are downright unhealthy.

The PP said nothing about it being just a magnet. She said she thinks magnets and other program costs over basic safety and infrastructure is not a good way to spend the budget. But she realizes Eastern has a magnet and people probably would veto what she says.

Doesn’t she realize that those students are entitled under state law to an appropriate education? What does she think is so unnecessarily expensive about the 300 magnet students at Eastern? Zero attention would be paid to the building if the magnet was dismantled.

It's not 300, it's only 100!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Poolesville has broken bathrooms, no heat, broken windows with cardboard covering, leaking ceilings, mold and mildew. Cry me a river.

The board gives themselves raises an is paying a half million on a boundary study. Years ago they spent millions in the study for high schoolers going to school later.

Soon, they will complain the state doesn’t give them enough even though they are only 25% of the funds from the budget. The county and piggy back taxes SHOULD be paying for infrastructure and every year it doesn’t.

This.

How the board can give themselves raises is appalling. The way they spend, why would Hogan want to give them more when the county doesn’t give more, nor does it spend it correctly. And like another poster mentioned in another thread. Why so much upper administration. Why all these expensive outsourced independent studies? Outsource curriculum every 3 years. Change testing all the time, which means more training money spent. Don’t even get me started on the promethium boards. Why all the free parent seminars and TED talks. Why all the special optional programs that costs millions to run. I know Eastern is a magnet, but these programs are NOT a priority over keeping kids safe and wam in schools. I would love to see the financials and a complete audit of funds. How can such an expensive county with so much wealth and excessive taxes. A county with 180 private schools that keep at least another 20K of kids that pay taxes towards our school system, but don’t utilize the pubic school system. It is a joke.

PP, Eastern is NOT a magnet. Eastern houses a magnet. It also houses a program for emotionally disabled students. And a program for ESOL students with little to no prior education, many of whom are also dealing with trauma experienced in their home countries. And then there are 600 or so neighborhood students from some of the county’s poorest households. The people complaining don’t just want a decent building for 300 gifted kids. Almost a thousand children are trying to learn in conditions that are downright unhealthy.

The PP said nothing about it being just a magnet. She said she thinks magnets and other program costs over basic safety and infrastructure is not a good way to spend the budget. But she realizes Eastern has a magnet and people probably would veto what she says.

Doesn’t she realize that those students are entitled under state law to an appropriate education? What does she think is so unnecessarily expensive about the 300 magnet students at Eastern? Zero attention would be paid to the building if the magnet was dismantled.

It's not 300, it's only 100!

If Easterm MS parents dont want the magnet program in their school, I am sure MCPS could find another MS to host it. I thought putting the magnet in the poor school is to boost scores in the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Poolesville has broken bathrooms, no heat, broken windows with cardboard covering, leaking ceilings, mold and mildew. Cry me a river.

The board gives themselves raises an is paying a half million on a boundary study. Years ago they spent millions in the study for high schoolers going to school later.

Soon, they will complain the state doesn’t give them enough even though they are only 25% of the funds from the budget. The county and piggy back taxes SHOULD be paying for infrastructure and every year it doesn’t.

This.

How the board can give themselves raises is appalling. The way they spend, why would Hogan want to give them more when the county doesn’t give more, nor does it spend it correctly. And like another poster mentioned in another thread. Why so much upper administration. Why all these expensive outsourced independent studies? Outsource curriculum every 3 years. Change testing all the time, which means more training money spent. Don’t even get me started on the promethium boards. Why all the free parent seminars and TED talks. Why all the special optional programs that costs millions to run. I know Eastern is a magnet, but these programs are NOT a priority over keeping kids safe and wam in schools. I would love to see the financials and a complete audit of funds. How can such an expensive county with so much wealth and excessive taxes. A county with 180 private schools that keep at least another 20K of kids that pay taxes towards our school system, but don’t utilize the pubic school system. It is a joke.

PP, Eastern is NOT a magnet. Eastern houses a magnet. It also houses a program for emotionally disabled students. And a program for ESOL students with little to no prior education, many of whom are also dealing with trauma experienced in their home countries. And then there are 600 or so neighborhood students from some of the county’s poorest households. The people complaining don’t just want a decent building for 300 gifted kids. Almost a thousand children are trying to learn in conditions that are downright unhealthy.

The PP said nothing about it being just a magnet. She said she thinks magnets and other program costs over basic safety and infrastructure is not a good way to spend the budget. But she realizes Eastern has a magnet and people probably would veto what she says.

Doesn’t she realize that those students are entitled under state law to an appropriate education? What does she think is so unnecessarily expensive about the 300 magnet students at Eastern? Zero attention would be paid to the building if the magnet was dismantled.

It's not 300, it's only 100!

100 in each grade.. 6th.. 7th.. 8th, right that makes 300 PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All the W school parents feel their schools should be updated numerous times and don't care other schools are falling down and no heat. Long johns and layers.

Oh, shut the F up already with this 'W' bullsh!t.
My kids don't attend a 'W' either and even those of us that aren't in a 'W' school district are sick and tired of your broken record envy.

People like you are OBSESSED with talking trash about the 'W's'... it has gotten so old and so boring for the rest of us.
Every day people like you try to find a reason to bring it up and you sound petty AF.

Guess what??
NOBODY CARES that you hate "them" so much, so stop bringing it up in every other post.

You and your long John's sound miserable.


OP, my kids are at Sherwood... you're preaching to the choir.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Poolesville has broken bathrooms, no heat, broken windows with cardboard covering, leaking ceilings, mold and mildew. Cry me a river.

The board gives themselves raises an is paying a half million on a boundary study. Years ago they spent millions in the study for high schoolers going to school later.

Soon, they will complain the state doesn’t give them enough even though they are only 25% of the funds from the budget. The county and piggy back taxes SHOULD be paying for infrastructure and every year it doesn’t.

The board can't give themselves raises. It has to go through the MD General Assembly.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/commission-to-consider-raises-for-board-of-education/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Poolesville has broken bathrooms, no heat, broken windows with cardboard covering, leaking ceilings, mold and mildew. Cry me a river.

The board gives themselves raises an is paying a half million on a boundary study. Years ago they spent millions in the study for high schoolers going to school later.

Soon, they will complain the state doesn’t give them enough even though they are only 25% of the funds from the budget. The county and piggy back taxes SHOULD be paying for infrastructure and every year it doesn’t.

This.

How the board can give themselves raises is appalling. The way they spend, why would Hogan want to give them more when the county doesn’t give more, nor does it spend it correctly. And like another poster mentioned in another thread. Why so much upper administration. Why all these expensive outsourced independent studies? Outsource curriculum every 3 years. Change testing all the time, which means more training money spent. Don’t even get me started on the promethium boards. Why all the free parent seminars and TED talks. Why all the special optional programs that costs millions to run. I know Eastern is a magnet, but these programs are NOT a priority over keeping kids safe and wam in schools. I would love to see the financials and a complete audit of funds. How can such an expensive county with so much wealth and excessive taxes. A county with 180 private schools that keep at least another 20K of kids that pay taxes towards our school system, but don’t utilize the pubic school system. It is a joke.

PP, Eastern is NOT a magnet. Eastern houses a magnet. It also houses a program for emotionally disabled students. And a program for ESOL students with little to no prior education, many of whom are also dealing with trauma experienced in their home countries. And then there are 600 or so neighborhood students from some of the county’s poorest households. The people complaining don’t just want a decent building for 300 gifted kids. Almost a thousand children are trying to learn in conditions that are downright unhealthy.

This - so much this. The parents from the wealthier parts of MoCo who have their child at the magnet are usually slightly appalled on first view because the facilities are so much less than the facilities at their neighborhood schools. They grin and bear it because the program is worth it. That said, ALL the kids, both neighborhood and otherwise, deserve to have facilities that are on par with the facilities in other parts of the county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are you talking about? No one deserves those programs. You are entitled a free public education. Nothing more. The programs are indeed stay. Administration to run them, offer tests, look over applications, tweak the programs, staff to train, appropriate staff to hire, bus system that costs a lot of money.

Your snowflake isn’t entitled to a magnet program and they have every right to remove them if they want. You are delusional if you think it is free or a right.

Troll. And unnecessarily mean. Wow. Just wow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are you talking about? No one deserves those programs. You are entitled a free public education. Nothing more. The programs are indeed stay. Administration to run them, offer tests, look over applications, tweak the programs, staff to train, appropriate staff to hire, bus system that costs a lot of money.

Your snowflake isn’t entitled to a magnet program and they have every right to remove them if they want. You are delusional if you think it is free or a right.

Troll. And unnecessarily mean. Wow. Just wow.

How is it a troll. Magnet are optional programs and based on lottery. It isn’t a right.

Waste of money in my opinion.