Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All comments submitted to MCPS should be public. They will hide the ball on responding to survey results. I expect censorship (similar to DCUM).

If there is any topic that should not be allowed to be determined by mob rule, it's this one. We all know that boundary revisions are within the authority of a school district, and that there will be "winners" and "losers" or at least people will perceive as such. That means this is the last thing MCPS should do is let folks with time and money dictate the process for everyone.

This person hates democracy. Justice Brandeis said that sunlight is the best disinfectant

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:for something objective, note that MCPS considers 4 miles a "far" distance to school, and that distance only occurs in much less dense areas of the county.

the distance from Farmland ES to Kennedy is something like 6.5 miles.

But the cost of sticking it to west county is priceless. That is what is driving most of the east county oh but we care about people and you just want to hoard BS

notably, option 3 buses lots of kids far distances. It isn't just west county.

but I agree that just wanting to see people hurt for not benefit is not a good look.

I don't want anybody to get hurt. I do think laying bare the entitlement and resource hoarding of certain individuals in our community is pretty interesting.

Yes, a 6+ mile bus ride seems excessive and not worth the squeeze but it is hardly catastrophic. I doubt they will do it but some of the reactions on here are hysterical.

Just understand that those hurt most by option 3 (and your advocacy in favor of it) will be FARMS students and their families bussed a long way. No one really cares about the other stuff.

I haven't advocated for Option 3 lol. I do find the discourse in opposition to Option 3 hysterical and in some cases pretty offensive.

Take for example your attempt to use FARMS kids to advocate for your own interests. That's pretty gross. Speak for yourself.

It’s true though. Most of the kids who were from high FARMS neighborhoods at WJ are being bussed to Kennedy under option 3.

Okay? But I guarantee you that's not why you are posting here.

Actually it is. They are part of our community.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:for something objective, note that MCPS considers 4 miles a "far" distance to school, and that distance only occurs in much less dense areas of the county.

the distance from Farmland ES to Kennedy is something like 6.5 miles.

But the cost of sticking it to west county is priceless. That is what is driving most of the east county oh but we care about people and you just want to hoard BS

notably, option 3 buses lots of kids far distances. It isn't just west county.

but I agree that just wanting to see people hurt for not benefit is not a good look.

I don't want anybody to get hurt. I do think laying bare the entitlement and resource hoarding of certain individuals in our community is pretty interesting.

Yes, a 6+ mile bus ride seems excessive and not worth the squeeze but it is hardly catastrophic. I doubt they will do it but some of the reactions on here are hysterical.

Just understand that those hurt most by option 3 (and your advocacy in favor of it) will be FARMS students and their families bussed a long way. No one really cares about the other stuff.

I haven't advocated for Option 3 lol. I do find the discourse in opposition to Option 3 hysterical and in some cases pretty offensive.

Take for example your attempt to use FARMS kids to advocate for your own interests. That's pretty gross. Speak for yourself.

It’s true though. Most of the kids who were from high FARMS neighborhoods at WJ are being bussed to Kennedy under option 3.

Okay? But I guarantee you that's not why you are posting here.

Actually it is. They are part of our community.

Gmafb

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:for something objective, note that MCPS considers 4 miles a "far" distance to school, and that distance only occurs in much less dense areas of the county.

the distance from Farmland ES to Kennedy is something like 6.5 miles.

But the cost of sticking it to west county is priceless. That is what is driving most of the east county oh but we care about people and you just want to hoard BS

notably, option 3 buses lots of kids far distances. It isn't just west county.

but I agree that just wanting to see people hurt for not benefit is not a good look.

I don't want anybody to get hurt. I do think laying bare the entitlement and resource hoarding of certain individuals in our community is pretty interesting.

Yes, a 6+ mile bus ride seems excessive and not worth the squeeze but it is hardly catastrophic. I doubt they will do it but some of the reactions on here are hysterical.

Performative liberalism hurts the causes you claim to care about.

Which leads me to wonder if you actually care about those causes or if instead you are more driven by a need to stick it to people while cloaking your arguments in moralistic language. In a way it is very maga of you!

This exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I think we do need to raise property taxes by a lot to improve ALL the schools. That simply has to happen and we all need to prepare and budget for that.

I think this diversity exercise is uncovering a lot of inequities that need to be addressed.

But this is so divisive. The boundary changes don’t need to be so divisive.

The Crown study doesn’t have a super divisive option 3 with long distance bussing like Woodward does. Why is that? (I get that they are upset anyways but at least there is no plan to bus kids 45 minutes.)

Perhaps central office learned something from the release of the Woodward study (which came a week before Crown).

Also that explains why our thread is so much longer on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:for something objective, note that MCPS considers 4 miles a "far" distance to school, and that distance only occurs in much less dense areas of the county.

the distance from Farmland ES to Kennedy is something like 6.5 miles.

But the cost of sticking it to west county is priceless. That is what is driving most of the east county oh but we care about people and you just want to hoard BS

notably, option 3 buses lots of kids far distances. It isn't just west county.

but I agree that just wanting to see people hurt for not benefit is not a good look.

I don't want anybody to get hurt. I do think laying bare the entitlement and resource hoarding of certain individuals in our community is pretty interesting.

Yes, a 6+ mile bus ride seems excessive and not worth the squeeze but it is hardly catastrophic. I doubt they will do it but some of the reactions on here are hysterical.

Performative liberalism hurts the causes you claim to care about.

Which leads me to wonder if you actually care about those causes or if instead you are more driven by a need to stick it to people while cloaking your arguments in moralistic language. In a way it is very maga of you!

This exactly.

Lol of course you don't want people calling out how ridiculous and selfish you sound, but I am only doing what is best for you. It does not help your cause to be histrionic about bus rides (yeah it would not be ideal but come on) or paternalistic towards low income kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:for something objective, note that MCPS considers 4 miles a "far" distance to school, and that distance only occurs in much less dense areas of the county.

the distance from Farmland ES to Kennedy is something like 6.5 miles.

But the cost of sticking it to west county is priceless. That is what is driving most of the east county oh but we care about people and you just want to hoard BS

notably, option 3 buses lots of kids far distances. It isn't just west county.

but I agree that just wanting to see people hurt for not benefit is not a good look.

I don't want anybody to get hurt. I do think laying bare the entitlement and resource hoarding of certain individuals in our community is pretty interesting.

Yes, a 6+ mile bus ride seems excessive and not worth the squeeze but it is hardly catastrophic. I doubt they will do it but some of the reactions on here are hysterical.

Performative liberalism hurts the causes you claim to care about.

Which leads me to wonder if you actually care about those causes or if instead you are more driven by a need to stick it to people while cloaking your arguments in moralistic language. In a way it is very maga of you!

This exactly.

Lol of course you don't want people calling out how ridiculous and selfish you sound, but I am only doing what is best for you. It does not help your cause to be histrionic about bus rides (yeah it would not be ideal but come on) or paternalistic towards low income kids.

lol you are doing what's best for us. While calling us paternalistic. Ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:for something objective, note that MCPS considers 4 miles a "far" distance to school, and that distance only occurs in much less dense areas of the county.

the distance from Farmland ES to Kennedy is something like 6.5 miles.

But the cost of sticking it to west county is priceless. That is what is driving most of the east county oh but we care about people and you just want to hoard BS

notably, option 3 buses lots of kids far distances. It isn't just west county.

but I agree that just wanting to see people hurt for not benefit is not a good look.

I don't want anybody to get hurt. I do think laying bare the entitlement and resource hoarding of certain individuals in our community is pretty interesting.

Yes, a 6+ mile bus ride seems excessive and not worth the squeeze but it is hardly catastrophic. I doubt they will do it but some of the reactions on here are hysterical.

Performative liberalism hurts the causes you claim to care about.

Which leads me to wonder if you actually care about those causes or if instead you are more driven by a need to stick it to people while cloaking your arguments in moralistic language. In a way it is very maga of you!

This exactly.

Lol of course you don't want people calling out how ridiculous and selfish you sound, but I am only doing what is best for you. It does not help your cause to be histrionic about bus rides (yeah it would not be ideal but come on) or paternalistic towards low income kids.

lol you are doing what's best for us. While calling us paternalistic. Ok.

Exactly. So lame. I can speak for myself thanks. And since I know my kids, I am best positioned to advocate on how changes, including long bus rides, will impact them. This person will just double down on the anti-west county rhetoric because that is how they find entertainment and satisfaction. So much of local politics is driven by that sentiment to the detriment of the county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:for something objective, note that MCPS considers 4 miles a "far" distance to school, and that distance only occurs in much less dense areas of the county.

the distance from Farmland ES to Kennedy is something like 6.5 miles.

But the cost of sticking it to west county is priceless. That is what is driving most of the east county oh but we care about people and you just want to hoard BS

notably, option 3 buses lots of kids far distances. It isn't just west county.

but I agree that just wanting to see people hurt for not benefit is not a good look.

I don't want anybody to get hurt. I do think laying bare the entitlement and resource hoarding of certain individuals in our community is pretty interesting.

Yes, a 6+ mile bus ride seems excessive and not worth the squeeze but it is hardly catastrophic. I doubt they will do it but some of the reactions on here are hysterical.

Performative liberalism hurts the causes you claim to care about.

Which leads me to wonder if you actually care about those causes or if instead you are more driven by a need to stick it to people while cloaking your arguments in moralistic language. In a way it is very maga of you!

This exactly.

Lol of course you don't want people calling out how ridiculous and selfish you sound, but I am only doing what is best for you. It does not help your cause to be histrionic about bus rides (yeah it would not be ideal but come on) or paternalistic towards low income kids.

lol you are doing what's best for us. While calling us paternalistic. Ok.

Whoosh

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:for something objective, note that MCPS considers 4 miles a "far" distance to school, and that distance only occurs in much less dense areas of the county.

the distance from Farmland ES to Kennedy is something like 6.5 miles.

But the cost of sticking it to west county is priceless. That is what is driving most of the east county oh but we care about people and you just want to hoard BS

notably, option 3 buses lots of kids far distances. It isn't just west county.

but I agree that just wanting to see people hurt for not benefit is not a good look.

I don't want anybody to get hurt. I do think laying bare the entitlement and resource hoarding of certain individuals in our community is pretty interesting.

Yes, a 6+ mile bus ride seems excessive and not worth the squeeze but it is hardly catastrophic. I doubt they will do it but some of the reactions on here are hysterical.

Performative liberalism hurts the causes you claim to care about.

Which leads me to wonder if you actually care about those causes or if instead you are more driven by a need to stick it to people while cloaking your arguments in moralistic language. In a way it is very maga of you!

This exactly.

Lol of course you don't want people calling out how ridiculous and selfish you sound, but I am only doing what is best for you. It does not help your cause to be histrionic about bus rides (yeah it would not be ideal but come on) or paternalistic towards low income kids.

lol you are doing what's best for us. While calling us paternalistic. Ok.

Exactly. So lame. I can speak for myself thanks. And since I know my kids, I am best positioned to advocate on how changes, including long bus rides, will impact them. This person will just double down on the anti-west county rhetoric because that is how they find entertainment and satisfaction. So much of local politics is driven by that sentiment to the detriment of the county.

Omg you need to learn about local history

[Anonymous]

Who we should all be mad at is Flo/BOE/MCPS for throwing out a crap idea that got everyone distracted from having reasonable and respectful conversations.

[Anonymous]

Option 3 fails at doing what it is supposed to do, which is equalize FARMS rates across HSs (at least). The reason it fails is because 1) people segregate and will continue to do so, and 2) Whitman is far away and needs better housing policy.

We could have had a conversation about what WOULD actually help in the context of the school boundary study (e.g., not housing policy), but instead here we are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Option 3 fails at doing what it is supposed to do, which is equalize FARMS rates across HSs (at least). The reason it fails is because 1) people segregate and will continue to do so, and 2) Whitman is far away and needs better housing policy.

We could have had a conversation about what WOULD actually help in the context of the school boundary study (e.g., not housing policy), but instead here we are.

I don't think any reasonably informed person has ever had the expectation this boundary study would equalize farms rates across HSs

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Option 3 fails at doing what it is supposed to do, which is equalize FARMS rates across HSs (at least). The reason it fails is because 1) people segregate and will continue to do so, and 2) Whitman is far away and needs better housing policy.

We could have had a conversation about what WOULD actually help in the context of the school boundary study (e.g., not housing policy), but instead here we are.

I don't think any reasonably informed person has ever had the expectation this boundary study would equalize farms rates across HSs

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and yet Option 3 is supposed to at least focus on that. I will agree, though, that Flo/BOE/MCPS is perhaps not reasonably well-informed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Option 3 fails at doing what it is supposed to do, which is equalize FARMS rates across HSs (at least). The reason it fails is because 1) people segregate and will continue to do so, and 2) Whitman is far away and needs better housing policy.

We could have had a conversation about what WOULD actually help in the context of the school boundary study (e.g., not housing policy), but instead here we are.

I don't think any reasonably informed person has ever had the expectation this boundary study would equalize farms rates across HSs

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and yet Option 3 is supposed to at least focus on that. I will agree, though, that Flo/BOE/MCPS is perhaps not reasonably well-informed.

I agree with you that Option 3 is much more balanced than people.seem to believe. In Option 3, the majority of neighborhoods are assigned to a nearby school.