Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem is again is that the loudest voices will be heard and not the voices of parents who don’t speak English and the families that are receiving FARMS. Where is their voice. I work with these families and they too want their kids in better schools and not have poverty concentrated. What you are proposing with option 4 does not address this. Option 3 does and many of them are okay with bussing to get their kid to a better school and are okay with option 3. There is no reason the povery should be concentrated one part of the county. I plan to present my arguments to the board and represent these families who have been excluded for too long.

Problem? If they don't care to learn English that's there problem

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem is again is that the loudest voices will be heard and not the voices of parents who don’t speak English and the families that are receiving FARMS. Where is their voice. I work with these families and they too want their kids in better schools and not have poverty concentrated. What you are proposing with option 4 does not address this. Option 3 does and many of them are okay with bussing to get their kid to a better school and are okay with option 3. There is no reason the povery should be concentrated one part of the county. I plan to present my arguments to the board and represent these families who have been excluded for too long.

Problem? If they don't care to learn English that's there problem

Ironic. *Their

[Anonymous]

Not everyone can be a doctor, lawyer, or engineer. Let's push the smart and well resourced kids up so they can help the rest of society . That would be best use of tax dollars

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not everyone can be a doctor, lawyer, or engineer. Let's push the smart and well resourced kids up so they can help the rest of society . That would be best use of tax dollars

Saying the quiet part out loud

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not everyone can be a doctor, lawyer, or engineer. Let's push the smart and well resourced kids up so they can help the rest of society . That would be best use of tax dollars

Discrimination undermines capitalism and the free market. You just want the government to give you a leg up over other people. That is picking winners otherwise known as socialism.

[Anonymous]

Can you guys just take it to the politics or the general school forum?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not everyone can be a doctor, lawyer, or engineer. Let's push the smart and well resourced kids up so they can help the rest of society . That would be best use of tax dollars

Obvious troll is obvious

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem is again is that the loudest voices will be heard and not the voices of parents who don’t speak English and the families that are receiving FARMS. Where is their voice. I work with these families and they too want their kids in better schools and not have poverty concentrated. What you are proposing with option 4 does not address this. Option 3 does and many of them are okay with bussing to get their kid to a better school and are okay with option 3. There is no reason the povery should be concentrated one part of the county. I plan to present my arguments to the board and represent these families who have been excluded for too long.

How on Earth do you know whose voices are being heard? And why do you think that parents who don’t speak English or families receiving FARMS are a monolith who all want the same things you think they should want? MCPS bends over backwards to get feedback from as many families as possible in numerous languages. It’s like elections. Those who make a point to vote get to vote. Can’t force people to get involved or provide feedback, and all families are being given opportunities through numerous channels. It’s also possible some of these folks don’t have strong opinions and trust the school system to educate their kids in any school building.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem is again is that the loudest voices will be heard and not the voices of parents who don’t speak English and the families that are receiving FARMS. Where is their voice. I work with these families and they too want their kids in better schools and not have poverty concentrated. What you are proposing with option 4 does not address this. Option 3 does and many of them are okay with bussing to get their kid to a better school and are okay with option 3. There is no reason the povery should be concentrated one part of the county. I plan to present my arguments to the board and represent these families who have been excluded for too long.

How on Earth do you know whose voices are being heard? And why do you think that parents who don’t speak English or families receiving FARMS are a monolith who all want the same things you think they should want? MCPS bends over backwards to get feedback from as many families as possible in numerous languages. It’s like elections. Those who make a point to vote get to vote. Can’t force people to get involved or provide feedback, and all families are being given opportunities through numerous channels. It’s also possible some of these folks don’t have strong opinions and trust the school system to educate their kids in any school building.

Oh you mean online surveys that require internet access and competency and in person meetings that require transportation and time? It took me as a master's educated professional 30 minutes minimum to review the 4 options and generally understand their impacts on me and more broadly.

Saying "they probably just don't have strong opinions" is disgusting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why don’t we canvas the kids? You know, the people who will
Be most affected by this.

Because the kids are children (we don't allow them to make medical decisions, drink or vote, but you want their input for schools? No thank you)

Not to mention because the kids don't pay for schools with their tax dollars

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why don’t we canvas the kids? You know, the people who will
Be most affected by this.

Because the kids are children (we don't allow them to make medical decisions, drink or vote, but you want their input for schools? No thank you)

Not to mention because the kids don't pay for schools with their tax dollars

Really? You don't think children should be surveyed at all? Researchers disagree. IME the students know better than most, certainly than their parents, what goes on at school and what schools need.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem is again is that the loudest voices will be heard and not the voices of parents who don’t speak English and the families that are receiving FARMS. Where is their voice. I work with these families and they too want their kids in better schools and not have poverty concentrated. What you are proposing with option 4 does not address this. Option 3 does and many of them are okay with bussing to get their kid to a better school and are okay with option 3. There is no reason the povery should be concentrated one part of the county. I plan to present my arguments to the board and represent these families who have been excluded for too long.

How on Earth do you know whose voices are being heard? And why do you think that parents who don’t speak English or families receiving FARMS are a monolith who all want the same things you think they should want? MCPS bends over backwards to get feedback from as many families as possible in numerous languages. It’s like elections. Those who make a point to vote get to vote. Can’t force people to get involved or provide feedback, and all families are being given opportunities through numerous channels. It’s also possible some of these folks don’t have strong opinions and trust the school system to educate their kids in any school building.

Oh you mean online surveys that require internet access and competency and in person meetings that require transportation and time? It took me as a master's educated professional 30 minutes minimum to review the 4 options and generally understand their impacts on me and more broadly.

Saying "they probably just don't have strong opinions" is disgusting.

I didn’t say they probably don’t have strong opinions. I said it’s possible some don’t. There are also probably lots of non FARMS English speakers who also do not care enough to fill out the survey. Not everyone is obsessed with the outcome like you seem to be. Try to understand that other people may have bigger life issues before them and just want their kids to go to school in a safe place they trust. You think families with chronic absenteeism care deeply whether their kid goes to Whitman?

I think it’s disgusting that you assume these adults can’t possibly figure out how to function and are helpless and can’t determine their own priorities without your help from your super special masters degree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem is again is that the loudest voices will be heard and not the voices of parents who don’t speak English and the families that are receiving FARMS. Where is their voice. I work with these families and they too want their kids in better schools and not have poverty concentrated. What you are proposing with option 4 does not address this. Option 3 does and many of them are okay with bussing to get their kid to a better school and are okay with option 3. There is no reason the povery should be concentrated one part of the county. I plan to present my arguments to the board and represent these families who have been excluded for too long.

How on Earth do you know whose voices are being heard? And why do you think that parents who don’t speak English or families receiving FARMS are a monolith who all want the same things you think they should want? MCPS bends over backwards to get feedback from as many families as possible in numerous languages. It’s like elections. Those who make a point to vote get to vote. Can’t force people to get involved or provide feedback, and all families are being given opportunities through numerous channels. It’s also possible some of these folks don’t have strong opinions and trust the school system to educate their kids in any school building.

Oh you mean online surveys that require internet access and competency and in person meetings that require transportation and time? It took me as a master's educated professional 30 minutes minimum to review the 4 options and generally understand their impacts on me and more broadly.

Saying "they probably just don't have strong opinions" is disgusting.

I didn’t say they probably don’t have strong opinions. I said it’s possible some don’t. There are also probably lots of non FARMS English speakers who also do not care enough to fill out the survey. Not everyone is obsessed with the outcome like you seem to be. Try to understand that other people may have bigger life issues before them and just want their kids to go to school in a safe place they trust. You think families with chronic absenteeism care deeply whether their kid goes to Whitman?

I think it’s disgusting that you assume these adults can’t possibly figure out how to function and are helpless and can’t determine their own priorities without your help from your super special masters degree.

Wow, triggered much?

They could do much more to reach out to communities that aren't technologically savvy and lack transportation. Many live in multifamily housing so canvassing those properties would be a lot faster than canvassing mansions in Potomac. Not a priority for MCPS though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem is again is that the loudest voices will be heard and not the voices of parents who don’t speak English and the families that are receiving FARMS. Where is their voice. I work with these families and they too want their kids in better schools and not have poverty concentrated. What you are proposing with option 4 does not address this. Option 3 does and many of them are okay with bussing to get their kid to a better school and are okay with option 3. There is no reason the povery should be concentrated one part of the county. I plan to present my arguments to the board and represent these families who have been excluded for too long.

Problem? If they don't care to learn English that's there problem

You are one cold fish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not everyone can be a doctor, lawyer, or engineer. Let's push the smart and well resourced kids up so they can help the rest of society . That would be best use of tax dollars

OK, but that means giving our smart kids in DCC the opportutines that they don't have now like AP classes in science and advanced classes in math.