Elementary school boundary studies

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Back in 2018 the BOE made demographics/diversity the top factor in the boundary policy. So who knows what they'll do?

And yet still we have gerrymandered boundaries intended to maximize the number of low SES kids that can be crammed into one school, a school already overcapacity by the time the doors open for kids on the first day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Back in 2018 the BOE made demographics/diversity the top factor in the boundary policy. So who knows what they'll do?

And yet still we have gerrymandered boundaries intended to maximize the number of low SES kids that can be crammed into one school, a school already overcapacity by the time the doors open for kids on the first day.

Which school are you describing here?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
You wokes are participating in this discussion and you live on the other side of the county. There's no way you could resist a new boundary thread.

Do you live in Clarksburg?

DP. I live in Clarksburg, and I wish that this obsessed poster who says the same thing on thread after thread after thread after thread would stay the heck off this thread.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
You wokes are participating in this discussion and you live on the other side of the county. There's no way you could resist a new boundary thread.

Do you live in Clarksburg?

DP. I live in Clarksburg, and I wish that this obsessed poster who says the same thing on thread after thread after thread after thread would stay the heck off this thread.

Were your kids bused or were they spared?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
You wokes are participating in this discussion and you live on the other side of the county. There's no way you could resist a new boundary thread.

Do you live in Clarksburg?

DP. I live in Clarksburg, and I wish that this obsessed poster who says the same thing on thread after thread after thread after thread would stay the heck off this thread.

Were your kids bused or were they spared?

My kids were - and still would be - bused to Clarksburg ES. Almost every student at Clarksburg ES is bused to school, because the school's entire walk zone consists of 16 townhouses on Deets Mill Court. The students on the other side of 355 are in the walk zone for Little Bennett, and the students on the other side of Stringtown Road are all in the bus zone.

Now hush, the adults are talking.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
You wokes are participating in this discussion and you live on the other side of the county. There's no way you could resist a new boundary thread.

Do you live in Clarksburg?

DP. I live in Clarksburg, and I wish that this obsessed poster who says the same thing on thread after thread after thread after thread would stay the heck off this thread.

Were your kids bused or were they spared?

My kids were - and still would be - bused to Clarksburg ES. Almost every student at Clarksburg ES is bused to school, because the school's entire walk zone consists of 16 townhouses on Deets Mill Court. The students on the other side of 355 are in the walk zone for Little Bennett, and the students on the other side of Stringtown Road are all in the bus zone.

Now hush, the adults are talking.

OK, so you weren't one of the families whose kids are schlepped 20 extra minutes per trip each day. No wonder you aren't concerned about busing. The rest of us are keeping our eye on the BOE and MCPS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
You wokes are participating in this discussion and you live on the other side of the county. There's no way you could resist a new boundary thread.

Do you live in Clarksburg?

DP. I live in Clarksburg, and I wish that this obsessed poster who says the same thing on thread after thread after thread after thread would stay the heck off this thread.

Were your kids bused or were they spared?

My kids were - and still would be - bused to Clarksburg ES. Almost every student at Clarksburg ES is bused to school, because the school's entire walk zone consists of 16 townhouses on Deets Mill Court. The students on the other side of 355 are in the walk zone for Little Bennett, and the students on the other side of Stringtown Road are all in the bus zone.

Now hush, the adults are talking.

OK, so you weren't one of the families whose kids are schlepped 20 extra minutes per trip each day. No wonder you aren't concerned about busing. The rest of us are keeping our eye on the BOE and MCPS.

Everyone posting here watches the BoE. Some people just obsess and rehash single topics, derailing thread after thread, while others try to discuss more things with more nuance.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
You wokes are participating in this discussion and you live on the other side of the county. There's no way you could resist a new boundary thread.

Do you live in Clarksburg?

DP. I live in Clarksburg, and I wish that this obsessed poster who says the same thing on thread after thread after thread after thread would stay the heck off this thread.

Were your kids bused or were they spared?

My kids were - and still would be - bused to Clarksburg ES. Almost every student at Clarksburg ES is bused to school, because the school's entire walk zone consists of 16 townhouses on Deets Mill Court. The students on the other side of 355 are in the walk zone for Little Bennett, and the students on the other side of Stringtown Road are all in the bus zone.

Now hush, the adults are talking.

OK, so you weren't one of the families whose kids are schlepped 20 extra minutes per trip each day. No wonder you aren't concerned about busing. The rest of us are keeping our eye on the BOE and MCPS.

The previous study you're referencing was for middle and high school boundaries. Zero elementary schools had changes to boundaries or bus routes as part of that study.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
You wokes are participating in this discussion and you live on the other side of the county. There's no way you could resist a new boundary thread.

Do you live in Clarksburg?

DP. I live in Clarksburg, and I wish that this obsessed poster who says the same thing on thread after thread after thread after thread would stay the heck off this thread.

Were your kids bused or were they spared?

My kids were - and still would be - bused to Clarksburg ES. Almost every student at Clarksburg ES is bused to school, because the school's entire walk zone consists of 16 townhouses on Deets Mill Court. The students on the other side of 355 are in the walk zone for Little Bennett, and the students on the other side of Stringtown Road are all in the bus zone.

Now hush, the adults are talking.

OK, so you weren't one of the families whose kids are schlepped 20 extra minutes per trip each day. No wonder you aren't concerned about busing. The rest of us are keeping our eye on the BOE and MCPS.

Everyone posting here watches the BoE. Some people just obsess and rehash single topics, derailing thread after thread, while others try to discuss more things with more nuance.

Unfortunately almost noone here knew to watch the discussions about the boundary policy being changed to make diversity the most important factor because the BOE never notifilied the public about these changes. We have to make sure that sort of thing never happen again. The best way to do that is to keep an eye on unscrupulous BOE members.

And as I said earlier, we can't have a discussion about "school boundary studies" without the boundary policy can we? That wouldn't be logical. I know you prefer lived experience and other ways of knowing but the rest of us prefer logic.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
You wokes are participating in this discussion and you live on the other side of the county. There's no way you could resist a new boundary thread.

Do you live in Clarksburg?

DP. I live in Clarksburg, and I wish that this obsessed poster who says the same thing on thread after thread after thread after thread would stay the heck off this thread.

Were your kids bused or were they spared?

My kids were - and still would be - bused to Clarksburg ES. Almost every student at Clarksburg ES is bused to school, because the school's entire walk zone consists of 16 townhouses on Deets Mill Court. The students on the other side of 355 are in the walk zone for Little Bennett, and the students on the other side of Stringtown Road are all in the bus zone.

Now hush, the adults are talking.

OK, so you weren't one of the families whose kids are schlepped 20 extra minutes per trip each day. No wonder you aren't concerned about busing. The rest of us are keeping our eye on the BOE and MCPS.

The previous study you're referencing was for middle and high school boundaries. Zero elementary schools had changes to boundaries or bus routes as part of that study.

Right. So you weren't one of the families whose kids are schlepped 20 extra minutes per trip each day. No wonder you aren't concerned about busing. The rest of us are keeping our eye on the BOE and MCPS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
You wokes are participating in this discussion and you live on the other side of the county. There's no way you could resist a new boundary thread.

Do you live in Clarksburg?

DP. I live in Clarksburg, and I wish that this obsessed poster who says the same thing on thread after thread after thread after thread would stay the heck off this thread.

Were your kids bused or were they spared?

My kids were - and still would be - bused to Clarksburg ES. Almost every student at Clarksburg ES is bused to school, because the school's entire walk zone consists of 16 townhouses on Deets Mill Court. The students on the other side of 355 are in the walk zone for Little Bennett, and the students on the other side of Stringtown Road are all in the bus zone.

Now hush, the adults are talking.

OK, so you weren't one of the families whose kids are schlepped 20 extra minutes per trip each day. No wonder you aren't concerned about busing. The rest of us are keeping our eye on the BOE and MCPS.

Everyone posting here watches the BoE. Some people just obsess and rehash single topics, derailing thread after thread, while others try to discuss more things with more nuance.

Unfortunately almost noone here knew to watch the discussions about the boundary policy being changed to make diversity the most important factor because the BOE never notifilied the public about these changes. We have to make sure that sort of thing never happen again. The best way to do that is to keep an eye on unscrupulous BOE members.

And as I said earlier, we can't have a discussion about "school boundary studies" without the boundary policy can we? That wouldn't be logical. I know you prefer lived experience and other ways of knowing but the rest of us prefer logic.

The members you consider to be unscrupulous are no longer on the board. The superintendent from 2018 is no longer the superintendent. The revised policy FAA is the policy now. It was linked earlier in this thread. It is not on the agenda for further revision, as people who have been keeping an eye on the Policy Management Committee would know. You are obsessing about things that are in the past, and you are not helping your cause by repeatedly inserting these obsessions into every thread you can. Even if people do agree with some of your criticisms, your tone and your tactics here are so off-putting, I don't know what you think you're accomplishing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone posting here watches the BoE. Some people just obsess and rehash single topics, derailing thread after thread, while others try to discuss more things with more nuance.

Unfortunately almost noone here knew to watch the discussions about the boundary policy being changed to make diversity the most important factor because the BOE never notifilied the public about these changes. We have to make sure that sort of thing never happen again. The best way to do that is to keep an eye on unscrupulous BOE members.

And as I said earlier, we can't have a discussion about "school boundary studies" without the boundary policy can we? That wouldn't be logical. I know you prefer lived experience and other ways of knowing but the rest of us prefer logic.

The members you consider to be unscrupulous are no longer on the board. The superintendent from 2018 is no longer the superintendent. The revised policy FAA is the policy now. It was linked earlier in this thread. It is not on the agenda for further revision, as people who have been keeping an eye on the Policy Management Committee would know. You are obsessing about things that are in the past, and you are not helping your cause by repeatedly inserting these obsessions into every thread you can. Even if people do agree with some of your criticisms, your tone and your tactics here are so off-putting, I don't know what you think you're accomplishing.

Well, she is stirring the pot. Trolls gonna troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
You wokes are participating in this discussion and you live on the other side of the county. There's no way you could resist a new boundary thread.

Do you live in Clarksburg?

DP. I live in Clarksburg, and I wish that this obsessed poster who says the same thing on thread after thread after thread after thread would stay the heck off this thread.

Were your kids bused or were they spared?

My kids were - and still would be - bused to Clarksburg ES. Almost every student at Clarksburg ES is bused to school, because the school's entire walk zone consists of 16 townhouses on Deets Mill Court. The students on the other side of 355 are in the walk zone for Little Bennett, and the students on the other side of Stringtown Road are all in the bus zone.

Now hush, the adults are talking.

OK, so you weren't one of the families whose kids are schlepped 20 extra minutes per trip each day. No wonder you aren't concerned about busing. The rest of us are keeping our eye on the BOE and MCPS.

Everyone posting here watches the BoE. Some people just obsess and rehash single topics, derailing thread after thread, while others try to discuss more things with more nuance.

Unfortunately almost noone here knew to watch the discussions about the boundary policy being changed to make diversity the most important factor because the BOE never notifilied the public about these changes. We have to make sure that sort of thing never happen again. The best way to do that is to keep an eye on unscrupulous BOE members.

And as I said earlier, we can't have a discussion about "school boundary studies" without the boundary policy can we? That wouldn't be logical. I know you prefer lived experience and other ways of knowing but the rest of us prefer logic.

The members you consider to be unscrupulous are no longer on the board. The superintendent from 2018 is no longer the superintendent. The revised policy FAA is the policy now. It was linked earlier in this thread. It is not on the agenda for further revision, as people who have been keeping an eye on the Policy Management Committee would know. You are obsessing about things that are in the past, and you are not helping your cause by repeatedly inserting these obsessions into every thread you can. Even if people do agree with some of your criticisms, your tone and your tactics here are so off-putting, I don't know what you think you're accomplishing.

I'm letting people know about the crazy policy change that was made in an unscrupulous manner and encouraging people to keep a close eye on the BOE. I'm also letting people know that the BOE will probably take up the busing mantle once Covid has been dealt with. I also don't want people to be surprised when wacky boundaries are created to accommodate the elevated diversity factor in the boundary policy as we saw in Clarksburg.

As for unscrupulous people on the BOE, Lynne Harris lobbied for busing as MCCPTA president just a few months before announcing her candidacy for BOE even though MCCPTA had voted NOT to support that action. So there are definitely pro-busers on the BOE.

My kids are in high school so Covid delayed things long enough for them to get through school. So I'm doing all this for everyone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: So I'm doing all this for everyone else.

In that case, you can stop now. After all, why waste your time and efforts on people who aren't grateful and don't listen to you? Maybe look for a more rewarding hobby, like gardening or macrame.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: So I'm doing all this for everyone else.

In that case, you can stop now. After all, why waste your time and efforts on people who aren't grateful and don't listen to you? Maybe look for a more rewarding hobby, like gardening or macrame.

So say we all!