Boundary study (2025 )

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maryland schools plan to comply with federal DEI demands. If the redistricting options presented factor in DEI, the administration should be made aware.

How do you know that Maryland plans to comply with the federal DEI demands?
Does that mean eliminating the lottery-based magnet programs, minority scholars, gender affirming forms, etc?
Didn’t mcps just hire someone out of NC for a center office equity position?

[Anonymous]

Lottery based magnet is just code for keeping the schools from getting full. The DCC schools have so many transient students they can’t redistrict every year so the lottery helps keep the numbers even.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lottery based magnet is just code for keeping the schools from getting full. The DCC schools have so many transient students they can’t redistrict every year so the lottery helps keep the numbers even.

Except the numbers are not ever kept even.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maryland schools plan to comply with federal DEI demands. If the redistricting options presented factor in DEI, the administration should be made aware.

How do you know that Maryland plans to comply with the federal DEI demands?
Does that mean eliminating the lottery-based magnet programs, minority scholars, gender affirming forms, etc?
Didn’t mcps just hire someone out of NC for a center office equity position?

They definitely won't

[Anonymous]

Reshape the entire boundary of Wheaton completely. It is so messed up compared to the other DCC high schools (if you think about Einstein too).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reshape the entire boundary of Wheaton completely. It is so messed up compared to the other DCC high schools (if you think about Einstein too).

No...that will never work out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reshape the entire boundary of Wheaton completely. It is so messed up compared to the other DCC high schools (if you think about Einstein too).

You can't reshape any school's boundary in isolation in the DCC. Part of the problem is that Blair is the only school serving the entire SE portion of the county, and it's nowhere near the area it serves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reshape the entire boundary of Wheaton completely. It is so messed up compared to the other DCC high schools (if you think about Einstein too).

You can't reshape any school's boundary in isolation in the DCC. Part of the problem is that Blair is the only school serving the entire SE portion of the county, and it's nowhere near the area it serves.

It used to be on Wayne but none of the holding schools could support it when they needed renovations. That said there are lots of examples of the edge of a boundary not being horribly close to the school. Blair is no different, Which Park would TP like to give up to build a new school closer?

[Anonymous]

SOURCE: https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/04/15/mcps-takes-over-leadership-boundary-study/

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is shifting the leadership of its community engagement efforts for its upcoming boundary study from a subcontractor to district staff, according to a Thursday presentation to the county school board.

The discussion of a shift in leadership came during the presentation, which detailed the school district’s community engagement plans as it embarks on producing a study that will impact almost all public high schools across the county.

“This decision is aimed at ensuring a more comprehensive and meaningful engagement experience for everyone involved in this process,” MCPS Chief Operations Officer Adnan Mamoon told the board. “To do this, our staff will follow a series of goals voiced by our community and importantly, by the Board of Education.”

Those goals include ensuring that engagement is culturally responsive regardless of the language that community members speak and that all communication occurs frequently and is clear, timely and translated into the required languages.

Following Thursday’s presentation, board Vice President Grace Rivera-Oven noted the issue is “not a sexy topic for a lot of people. We just want to make sure we don’t miss any opportunities” to communicate.

The Montgomery County school board approved a $1.3 million contract in December to hire FLO Analytics, an “employee-owned consulting” company with offices in Oregon, Washington and Massachusetts to conduct a school boundary study. The school board must adopt new boundaries by March 2026 since new schools that will be impacted by the revised boundaries are scheduled to open in August 2027. Bloom Planning was hired as a subcontractor to focus on community engagement as part of the study.

MCPS spokesperson Chris Cram said Wednesday that the first few community engagement sessions were managed by FLO Analytics, and that was a “small hand off” from Bloom because the first community survey was managed by the subcontractor. Cram didn’t answer whether the change will impact the cost of the contract.

Not that I'm defending the poor job Bloom/FLO might have done, by why on earth does Taylor think CO will do a better job at community engagement when their track record is just as bad, if not worse as the contractor's?

[Anonymous]

^ at least it saves some $$.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reshape the entire boundary of Wheaton completely. It is so messed up compared to the other DCC high schools (if you think about Einstein too).

Einstein is all over the place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

SOURCE: https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/04/15/mcps-takes-over-leadership-boundary-study/

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is shifting the leadership of its community engagement efforts for its upcoming boundary study from a subcontractor to district staff, according to a Thursday presentation to the county school board.

The discussion of a shift in leadership came during the presentation, which detailed the school district’s community engagement plans as it embarks on producing a study that will impact almost all public high schools across the county.

“This decision is aimed at ensuring a more comprehensive and meaningful engagement experience for everyone involved in this process,” MCPS Chief Operations Officer Adnan Mamoon told the board. “To do this, our staff will follow a series of goals voiced by our community and importantly, by the Board of Education.”

Those goals include ensuring that engagement is culturally responsive regardless of the language that community members speak and that all communication occurs frequently and is clear, timely and translated into the required languages.

Following Thursday’s presentation, board Vice President Grace Rivera-Oven noted the issue is “not a sexy topic for a lot of people. We just want to make sure we don’t miss any opportunities” to communicate.

The Montgomery County school board approved a $1.3 million contract in December to hire FLO Analytics, an “employee-owned consulting” company with offices in Oregon, Washington and Massachusetts to conduct a school boundary study. The school board must adopt new boundaries by March 2026 since new schools that will be impacted by the revised boundaries are scheduled to open in August 2027. Bloom Planning was hired as a subcontractor to focus on community engagement as part of the study.

MCPS spokesperson Chris Cram said Wednesday that the first few community engagement sessions were managed by FLO Analytics, and that was a “small hand off” from Bloom because the first community survey was managed by the subcontractor. Cram didn’t answer whether the change will impact the cost of the contract.

Not that I'm defending the poor job Bloom/FLO might have done, by why on earth does Taylor think CO will do a better job at community engagement when their track record is just as bad, if not worse as the contractor's?

Taylor has been on almost a year and he hasn't done much. He listens but he doesn't care. When you email him about a concern its oh well.... even if MCPS/school is in the wrong. They waste money and there is no accountability or transparency as promised.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

SOURCE: https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/04/15/mcps-takes-over-leadership-boundary-study/

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is shifting the leadership of its community engagement efforts for its upcoming boundary study from a subcontractor to district staff, according to a Thursday presentation to the county school board.

The discussion of a shift in leadership came during the presentation, which detailed the school district’s community engagement plans as it embarks on producing a study that will impact almost all public high schools across the county.

“This decision is aimed at ensuring a more comprehensive and meaningful engagement experience for everyone involved in this process,” MCPS Chief Operations Officer Adnan Mamoon told the board. “To do this, our staff will follow a series of goals voiced by our community and importantly, by the Board of Education.”

Those goals include ensuring that engagement is culturally responsive regardless of the language that community members speak and that all communication occurs frequently and is clear, timely and translated into the required languages.

Following Thursday’s presentation, board Vice President Grace Rivera-Oven noted the issue is “not a sexy topic for a lot of people. We just want to make sure we don’t miss any opportunities” to communicate.

The Montgomery County school board approved a $1.3 million contract in December to hire FLO Analytics, an “employee-owned consulting” company with offices in Oregon, Washington and Massachusetts to conduct a school boundary study. The school board must adopt new boundaries by March 2026 since new schools that will be impacted by the revised boundaries are scheduled to open in August 2027. Bloom Planning was hired as a subcontractor to focus on community engagement as part of the study.

MCPS spokesperson Chris Cram said Wednesday that the first few community engagement sessions were managed by FLO Analytics, and that was a “small hand off” from Bloom because the first community survey was managed by the subcontractor. Cram didn’t answer whether the change will impact the cost of the contract.

Not that I'm defending the poor job Bloom/FLO might have done, by why on earth does Taylor think CO will do a better job at community engagement when their track record is just as bad, if not worse as the contractor's?

Taylor has been on almost a year and he hasn't done much. He listens but he doesn't care. When you email him about a concern its oh well.... even if MCPS/school is in the wrong. They waste money and there is no accountability or transparency as promised.

I agree with this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^ at least it saves some $$.

The article did not say that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ at least it saves some $$.

The article did not say that.

If they aren't going to hire a sub to do it, and instead will use internal staff (presumably existing staff), then it should save money.