3/26 Board of Ed meeting live thread

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Anonymous wrote:If you hop on 54, how long does it take right now to go from Wootton to Crown?

You can’t hop on on Tide on 54, it doesn’t stop near Wootton .

Sure it does. The stop is well inside the walk zone. Depending on where you live, it may be closer to your house than old Wootton.

No it doesn’t stop next to Wootton. The closest stop is Darnestown and Research which is a mile away from Wootton and more than 2 miles away for kids who live next to Villages of Rockville for example. The only Wootton kids close enough to walk to the stop are those who live along Hurley.

There will be an MCPS bus to Crown for kids who live next to Villages. I'm not clear on the problem/issue.

Really? Show me where MoCo said this magical bus is going to be available.

Has MCPS put out the bus stop list for Crown already? The Villages is over 2 miles to Crown (google maps puts it at 3.4 walking) - high school students more than 2 miles to a high school get bus transportation. There will be MCPS bus transportation from that area. You are fear mongering for no reason.

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I think they are talking about public bus routes for kids that play sports/do other activities before and after school.

High schools also have MCPS activity buses for after-school activities.

Activity busses are a joke and are useless for anyone who plays a sport. Kids can't play sports unless they are in the walk zone, have a car, have a friend with a car, or have parents who don't work and can come pick them up. That's extremely limiting to single parents or families where both parents work. That's part of the outrage over moving the school and changing a large number of kids from walkers to bussers.

OMG What?!? You actually IRL believe that no kids in America can play high school sports unless they are in the walk zone? STOP with the absurdity, honestly. The vast majority of kids going to any public high school take the bus. At Wootton. In MoCo. In MD. In the country. And those kids play sports too! And their parents manage to pick them up or they carpool just like everyone else does. Tons of us work full time, our kids take the bus to Wootton, and our kids play sports. We make it work. Now it's your turn to make it work also.

There are ways to make it work but they're not necessarily feasible for everyone. Parents who knew they couldn't make it work decided to buy houses in a walk zone, that's how they make it work. With this decision, they are no longer in a walk zone. It's great that other students can now walk to Crown, but those parents did not have any expectation that their children would be able to walk to their school when their houses were purchased.

MCPS provides bus service. County Ride on buses are free. Yes, the Parkway people can make it work. They just don't think they should have to.

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Anonymous wrote:If you hop on 54, how long does it take right now to go from Wootton to Crown?

You can’t hop on on Tide on 54, it doesn’t stop near Wootton .

Sure it does. The stop is well inside the walk zone. Depending on where you live, it may be closer to your house than old Wootton.

No it doesn’t stop next to Wootton. The closest stop is Darnestown and Research which is a mile away from Wootton and more than 2 miles away for kids who live next to Villages of Rockville for example. The only Wootton kids close enough to walk to the stop are those who live along Hurley.

There will be an MCPS bus to Crown for kids who live next to Villages. I'm not clear on the problem/issue.

Really? Show me where MoCo said this magical bus is going to be available.

Has MCPS put out the bus stop list for Crown already? The Villages is over 2 miles to Crown (google maps puts it at 3.4 walking) - high school students more than 2 miles to a high school get bus transportation. There will be MCPS bus transportation from that area. You are fear mongering for no reason.

DP
I think they are talking about public bus routes for kids that play sports/do other activities before and after school.

High schools also have MCPS activity buses for after-school activities.

Activity busses are a joke and are useless for anyone who plays a sport. Kids can't play sports unless they are in the walk zone, have a car, have a friend with a car, or have parents who don't work and can come pick them up. That's extremely limiting to single parents or families where both parents work. That's part of the outrage over moving the school and changing a large number of kids from walkers to bussers.

OMG What?!? You actually IRL believe that no kids in America can play high school sports unless they are in the walk zone? STOP with the absurdity, honestly. The vast majority of kids going to any public high school take the bus. At Wootton. In MoCo. In MD. In the country. And those kids play sports too! And their parents manage to pick them up or they carpool just like everyone else does. Tons of us work full time, our kids take the bus to Wootton, and our kids play sports. We make it work. Now it's your turn to make it work also.

There are ways to make it work but they're not necessarily feasible for everyone. Parents who knew they couldn't make it work decided to buy houses in a walk zone, that's how they make it work. With this decision, they are no longer in a walk zone. It's great that other students can now walk to Crown, but those parents did not have any expectation that their children would be able to walk to their school when their houses were purchased.

The kids are in high school, not elementary school. 14-18 year olds can figure out how to get home from Crown, they don't need parents picking them up all the time.

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Anonymous wrote:If you hop on 54, how long does it take right now to go from Wootton to Crown?

You can’t hop on on Tide on 54, it doesn’t stop near Wootton .

Sure it does. The stop is well inside the walk zone. Depending on where you live, it may be closer to your house than old Wootton.

No it doesn’t stop next to Wootton. The closest stop is Darnestown and Research which is a mile away from Wootton and more than 2 miles away for kids who live next to Villages of Rockville for example. The only Wootton kids close enough to walk to the stop are those who live along Hurley.

There will be an MCPS bus to Crown for kids who live next to Villages. I'm not clear on the problem/issue.

Really? Show me where MoCo said this magical bus is going to be available.

Has MCPS put out the bus stop list for Crown already? The Villages is over 2 miles to Crown (google maps puts it at 3.4 walking) - high school students more than 2 miles to a high school get bus transportation. There will be MCPS bus transportation from that area. You are fear mongering for no reason.

DP
I think they are talking about public bus routes for kids that play sports/do other activities before and after school.

High schools also have MCPS activity buses for after-school activities.

Activity busses are a joke and are useless for anyone who plays a sport. Kids can't play sports unless they are in the walk zone, have a car, have a friend with a car, or have parents who don't work and can come pick them up. That's extremely limiting to single parents or families where both parents work. That's part of the outrage over moving the school and changing a large number of kids from walkers to bussers.

OMG What?!? You actually IRL believe that no kids in America can play high school sports unless they are in the walk zone? STOP with the absurdity, honestly. The vast majority of kids going to any public high school take the bus. At Wootton. In MoCo. In MD. In the country. And those kids play sports too! And their parents manage to pick them up or they carpool just like everyone else does. Tons of us work full time, our kids take the bus to Wootton, and our kids play sports. We make it work. Now it's your turn to make it work also.

There are ways to make it work but they're not necessarily feasible for everyone. Parents who knew they couldn't make it work decided to buy houses in a walk zone, that's how they make it work. With this decision, they are no longer in a walk zone. It's great that other students can now walk to Crown, but those parents did not have any expectation that their children would be able to walk to their school when their houses were purchased.

MCPS provides bus service. County Ride on buses are free. Yes, the Parkway people can make it work. They just don't think they should have to.

Rich families can uber their kids or hire a driver till they drive themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:If you hop on 54, how long does it take right now to go from Wootton to Crown?

You can’t hop on on Tide on 54, it doesn’t stop near Wootton .

Sure it does. The stop is well inside the walk zone. Depending on where you live, it may be closer to your house than old Wootton.

No it doesn’t stop next to Wootton. The closest stop is Darnestown and Research which is a mile away from Wootton and more than 2 miles away for kids who live next to Villages of Rockville for example. The only Wootton kids close enough to walk to the stop are those who live along Hurley.

There will be an MCPS bus to Crown for kids who live next to Villages. I'm not clear on the problem/issue.

Really? Show me where MoCo said this magical bus is going to be available.

Has MCPS put out the bus stop list for Crown already? The Villages is over 2 miles to Crown (google maps puts it at 3.4 walking) - high school students more than 2 miles to a high school get bus transportation. There will be MCPS bus transportation from that area. You are fear mongering for no reason.

DP
I think they are talking about public bus routes for kids that play sports/do other activities before and after school.

High schools also have MCPS activity buses for after-school activities.

Activity busses are a joke and are useless for anyone who plays a sport. Kids can't play sports unless they are in the walk zone, have a car, have a friend with a car, or have parents who don't work and can come pick them up. That's extremely limiting to single parents or families where both parents work. That's part of the outrage over moving the school and changing a large number of kids from walkers to bussers.

OMG What?!? You actually IRL believe that no kids in America can play high school sports unless they are in the walk zone? STOP with the absurdity, honestly. The vast majority of kids going to any public high school take the bus. At Wootton. In MoCo. In MD. In the country. And those kids play sports too! And their parents manage to pick them up or they carpool just like everyone else does. Tons of us work full time, our kids take the bus to Wootton, and our kids play sports. We make it work. Now it's your turn to make it work also.

There are ways to make it work but they're not necessarily feasible for everyone. Parents who knew they couldn't make it work decided to buy houses in a walk zone, that's how they make it work. With this decision, they are no longer in a walk zone. It's great that other students can now walk to Crown, but those parents did not have any expectation that their children would be able to walk to their school when their houses were purchased.

We going to have to go private. I wish our kids could just be bussed to a brand new school with lots of offerings.

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Anonymous wrote:When will the regional model go into effect?

There is no regional model.
The vote was just to shut down the DCC and the NEC. Anything next is turned over to Taylor and he can do whatever he wants. The BOE washed their hands of any planning.

If DCC is shut down, what happens next school year 2026-27?

The changes don't take effect until the 2027-28 school year or after. They said that current and next year's DCC students will be able to stay at their high schools through graduation.

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Anonymous wrote:When will the regional model go into effect?

There is no regional model.
The vote was just to shut down the DCC and the NEC. Anything next is turned over to Taylor and he can do whatever he wants. The BOE washed their hands of any planning.

If DCC is shut down, what happens next school year 2026-27?

The changes don't take effect until the 2027-28 school year or after. They said that current and next year's DCC students will be able to stay at their high schools through graduation.

Transportation is a big question mark though

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Anonymous wrote:Why did Montoya read off percentages of White and Asian students in SMCS at Blair and Poolesville, Ecology at Poolesville, Poolesville Humanities, and RMIB and then talk as though that is why the BOE needs to dissolve the NEC and DCC? None of these are NEC or DCC programs, one of them happens to be located in the DCC but does not serve that many DCC students. Why didn't she get data on DCC academies and magnets? Why is she perpetuating misinformation that suggests that only White and Asian kids participate in DCC programs?

She has no experience with high school and works for Mcps.

Again, since when does Montoya work for MCPS???

The is a teacher on leave.

The teacher on leave who sits on the board is Natalie Zimmerman, NOT Rita Montoya.

Yes, Montoya was a lawyer and then cannabis advocate and stay at home parent.

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Anonymous wrote:I am sorry I voted for Laura Stewart. She is a huge disappointment

Me too, I thought she'd stand up for the DCC and the DCC schools.

Something seemed to change in her and Montoya after winter break. I liked them back then but then they got in line.

Yes, now that Laura Stewart's son was enrolled in RMIB. Now that RMIB has been outed as a racist education initiative, Laura should take comfort that she is shutting the countywide door on that now her son has graduated.