Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's WXY, not XYZ!

Ahh that explains it!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/after-delays-interim-boundary-analysis-report-released/

Here is a link to the report by XYZ. Worth a read (even though 500+ pages).

wow this all seems like the exact same argument.

Yep. Except it actually was a lot nastier back then, as it seemed like they were considering some sort of massive countywide bussing program (for an already diverse county).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I do think long bus rides hurt community, since you have less participation from parents. definitely long bus rides hurt kids' ability to participate in after-school activities, and those also build community. I think long bus rides impact community because kids in the school together live in very different locations, making it difficult for them to hang out when not in school. I don't think I'm being hysterical to point this out.

I'm the "awful" poster and I think this is a perfectly fine way to advocate against a long bus ride for your own children

but I'm advocating for my community, which is wider than just my children. i think it is a good idea to have connections with our neighbors, because we all need help sometimes. I sometimes need a neighbor to watch one kid when the other has some sudden medical need, for example. I want other parents who I can carpool with to camps. I want to know the teen down the street who can babysit and who is also the older sibling of one of my kids' friends. these things are tied to location, neighborhood, and often knowing each other from school.

Yeah you can definitely still have that even if they bus your area to a different high school, and to suggest otherwise is unhinged

you didn't really read what I wrote, did you. but also you've generated a strawman to call me unhinged. it's just a bad-faith method of arguing.

No, it is patently absurd to claim a change in school assignments will prevent you from speaking with your neighbors

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do think long bus rides hurt community, since you have less participation from parents. definitely long bus rides hurt kids' ability to participate in after-school activities, and those also build community. I think long bus rides impact community because kids in the school together live in very different locations, making it difficult for them to hang out when not in school. I don't think I'm being hysterical to point this out.

I'm the "awful" poster and I think this is a perfectly fine way to advocate against a long bus ride for your own children

but I'm advocating for my community, which is wider than just my children. i think it is a good idea to have connections with our neighbors, because we all need help sometimes. I sometimes need a neighbor to watch one kid when the other has some sudden medical need, for example. I want other parents who I can carpool with to camps. I want to know the teen down the street who can babysit and who is also the older sibling of one of my kids' friends. these things are tied to location, neighborhood, and often knowing each other from school.

Yeah you can definitely still have that even if they bus your area to a different high school, and to suggest otherwise is unhinged

you didn't really read what I wrote, did you. but also you've generated a strawman to call me unhinged. it's just a bad-faith method of arguing.

No, it is patently absurd to claim a change in school assignments will prevent you from speaking with your neighbors

Time to stop feeding the troll.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do think long bus rides hurt community, since you have less participation from parents. definitely long bus rides hurt kids' ability to participate in after-school activities, and those also build community. I think long bus rides impact community because kids in the school together live in very different locations, making it difficult for them to hang out when not in school. I don't think I'm being hysterical to point this out.

I'm the "awful" poster and I think this is a perfectly fine way to advocate against a long bus ride for your own children

but I'm advocating for my community, which is wider than just my children. i think it is a good idea to have connections with our neighbors, because we all need help sometimes. I sometimes need a neighbor to watch one kid when the other has some sudden medical need, for example. I want other parents who I can carpool with to camps. I want to know the teen down the street who can babysit and who is also the older sibling of one of my kids' friends. these things are tied to location, neighborhood, and often knowing each other from school.

Yeah you can definitely still have that even if they bus your area to a different high school, and to suggest otherwise is unhinged

you didn't really read what I wrote, did you. but also you've generated a strawman to call me unhinged. it's just a bad-faith method of arguing.

No, it is patently absurd to claim a change in school assignments will prevent you from speaking with your neighbors

Time to stop feeding the troll.

agreed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's WXY, not XYZ!

Ahh that explains it!

[/https://www.wxystudio.com/projects/

Here is their website. Many beautiful architectural projects and a few school boundary projects as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/after-delays-interim-boundary-analysis-report-released/

Here is a link to the report by XYZ. Worth a read (even though 500+ pages).

wow this all seems like the exact same argument.

Yep. Except it actually was a lot nastier back then, as it seemed like they were considering some sort of massive countywide bussing program (for an already diverse county).

in the midst of covid, no less. talk about not caring about your constituents.

[Anonymous]

so how did WXY get fired? Because it seems like they did this exact thing in 2020, but now we have Flo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:so how did WXY get fired? Because it seems like they did this exact thing in 2020, but now we have Flo.

The earlier report was just a "boundary analysis." This is an actual boundary study, which means really changing the boundaries. WXY apparently didn't bid on the current boundary studies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/after-delays-interim-boundary-analysis-report-released/

Here is a link to the report by XYZ. Worth a read (even though 500+ pages).

wow this all seems like the exact same argument.

Yep. Except it actually was a lot nastier back then, as it seemed like they were considering some sort of massive countywide bussing program (for an already diverse county).

No it didn't but I bet you tried your hardest to make people think so

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/after-delays-interim-boundary-analysis-report-released/

Here is a link to the report by XYZ. Worth a read (even though 500+ pages).

wow this all seems like the exact same argument.

Yep. Except it actually was a lot nastier back then, as it seemed like they were considering some sort of massive countywide bussing program (for an already diverse county).

No it didn't but I bet you tried your hardest to make people think so

Oh it did seem that way indeed and residents were very upset. These boundary surveys don’t do that, but are covering a lot of territory.

Lots of history here that is important for context.

[Anonymous]

Looking at that long report from WXY, it doesn't look like they ever have a synthesis of findings in terms of solutions. It's all "people are concerned about this and that" rather than "a strategy to move forward is this."

Which is disappointing.

I keep going back to RM parent's point that what you want to avoid at the very least is making certain things worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looking at that long report from WXY, it doesn't look like they ever have a synthesis of findings in terms of solutions. It's all "people are concerned about this and that" rather than "a strategy to move forward is this."

Which is disappointing.

I keep going back to RM parent's point that what you want to avoid at the very least is making certain things worse.

Kids and their families aren’t chess pieces.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do think long bus rides hurt community, since you have less participation from parents. definitely long bus rides hurt kids' ability to participate in after-school activities, and those also build community. I think long bus rides impact community because kids in the school together live in very different locations, making it difficult for them to hang out when not in school. I don't think I'm being hysterical to point this out.

I'm the "awful" poster and I think this is a perfectly fine way to advocate against a long bus ride for your own children

but I'm advocating for my community, which is wider than just my children. i think it is a good idea to have connections with our neighbors, because we all need help sometimes. I sometimes need a neighbor to watch one kid when the other has some sudden medical need, for example. I want other parents who I can carpool with to camps. I want to know the teen down the street who can babysit and who is also the older sibling of one of my kids' friends. these things are tied to location, neighborhood, and often knowing each other from school.

Yeah you can definitely still have that even if they bus your area to a different high school, and to suggest otherwise is unhinged

You know, I’m offended by the continued use of the word “unhinged.” I find it misogynistic as it harkens to calling women who are upset about something “crazy.”

I don’t think it helps to do that, do you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do think long bus rides hurt community, since you have less participation from parents. definitely long bus rides hurt kids' ability to participate in after-school activities, and those also build community. I think long bus rides impact community because kids in the school together live in very different locations, making it difficult for them to hang out when not in school. I don't think I'm being hysterical to point this out.

I'm the "awful" poster and I think this is a perfectly fine way to advocate against a long bus ride for your own children

but I'm advocating for my community, which is wider than just my children. i think it is a good idea to have connections with our neighbors, because we all need help sometimes. I sometimes need a neighbor to watch one kid when the other has some sudden medical need, for example. I want other parents who I can carpool with to camps. I want to know the teen down the street who can babysit and who is also the older sibling of one of my kids' friends. these things are tied to location, neighborhood, and often knowing each other from school.

Yeah you can definitely still have that even if they bus your area to a different high school, and to suggest otherwise is unhinged

You know, I’m offended by the continued use of the word “unhinged.” I find it misogynistic as it harkens to calling women who are upset about something “crazy.”

I don’t think it helps to do that, do you?

Unhinged is a term that implies someone is disconnected from reality. I'm not aware of it being used specifically for women. I don't think it helps to exaggerate the implications of a potential school boundary change.