B-CC MS number 2

[Anonymous]

Watched some of the testimony today. RCF stacked the deck for community against Spanish Immersion. No seem to speak up for Spanish Immersion today. made me sad as I have had kids in immersion since 1997. Seen a lot of division and now unity, but option 7 is going to destroy all that.
FARMS number under option 7 is same as current Westland and the achievement gap sucks, so you think this new plan is going to make things better with one school at 5% and the other at more than 15%. Be realistic.

[Anonymous]

Didn't the school where Spanish Immersion is held testify in favor?

[Anonymous]

What does it mean that they "stacked the deck for community against Spanish Immersion"? Which option is RCF supporting?

[Anonymous]

RCF supports #7. RHPS/NCC/CC support option 1.

[Anonymous]

Did Bethesda voice an opinion? I think the new Option 11 sends them to the new school. Did the Board's line of questioning tell you anything about which way they might go?

[Anonymous]

Yes, RCF supported 7 which splits the school in 2 but the testimony was all about the benefits to the community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did Bethesda voice an opinion? I think the new Option 11 sends them to the new school. Did the Board's line of questioning tell you anything about which way they might go?

Bethesda is strongly opposed to option 11, because of practically immediate overpopulation at one school and underpopulation at the other.
It favors either option 1 or 7 (sorry, OP).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did Bethesda voice an opinion? I think the new Option 11 sends them to the new school. Did the Board's line of questioning tell you anything about which way they might go?

Bethesda is strongly opposed to option 11, because of practically immediate overpopulation at one school and underpopulation at the other.
It favors either option 1 or 7 (sorry, OP).

OP here, completely agree that 11 is super yucky. But knowing what BE went through with split articulation I don't see how they can support 7 which brings that madness to RCF

[Anonymous]

I used to truly care about this and advocated heavily for Option 1. But sensing Option 7 is inevitable (even though it will dramatically increase the achievement gap and hurt all children involved), I am so done. I am taking my children, my time and my resources and am currently touring and applying my kids to private schools. You don't get to use and abuse my community without consequences. Flight is beginning. Good luck to those left behind.

[Anonymous]

Good luck. Hope you find what you're seeking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to truly care about this and advocated heavily for Option 1. But sensing Option 7 is inevitable (even though it will dramatically increase the achievement gap and hurt all children involved), I am so done. I am taking my children, my time and my resources and am currently touring and applying my kids to private schools. You don't get to use and abuse my community without consequences. Flight is beginning. Good luck to those left behind.

What grades are your kids in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to truly care about this and advocated heavily for Option 1. But sensing Option 7 is inevitable (even though it will dramatically increase the achievement gap and hurt all children involved), I am so done. I am taking my children, my time and my resources and am currently touring and applying my kids to private schools. You don't get to use and abuse my community without consequences. Flight is beginning. Good luck to those left behind.

I am sorry you feel that way but I think you are being overdramatic. Reasonable people can disagree about option 1 vs option 7 but there is no reason to believe either will "dramatically increase the achievement gap" or "use and abuse" any community (although some RCF parents would probably argue that could to them under option 1).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Watched some of the testimony today. RCF stacked the deck for community against Spanish Immersion. No seem to speak up for Spanish Immersion today. made me sad as I have had kids in immersion since 1997. Seen a lot of division and now unity, but option 7 is going to destroy all that.
FARMS number under option 7 is same as current Westland and the achievement gap sucks, so you think this new plan is going to make things better with one school at 5% and the other at more than 15%. Be realistic.

You seem to be confused. Both immersion and neighborhood parents got up and eloquently spoke to why despite our initial preference to Option #6 we all support Option #7 for the benefit of the FARMS community. It actually brought tears to my eyes to see us coming together like this.

I have no clue what proceeding you were watching.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to truly care about this and advocated heavily for Option 1. But sensing Option 7 is inevitable (even though it will dramatically increase the achievement gap and hurt all children involved), I am so done. I am taking my children, my time and my resources and am currently touring and applying my kids to private schools. You don't get to use and abuse my community without consequences. Flight is beginning. Good luck to those left behind.

I am sorry you feel that way but I think you are being overdramatic. Reasonable people can disagree about option 1 vs option 7 but there is no reason to believe either will "dramatically increase the achievement gap" or "use and abuse" any community (although some RCF parents would probably argue that could to them under option 1).

Think through that. Under option 1, what changes would they see from their current baseline? They would have much lower enrollment with less crowding than they currently have at Westland. Their FARMS rate would drop significantly from its current level. Their commute would be unchanged. They would continue to not have split articulations. How is this being "used and abused"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to truly care about this and advocated heavily for Option 1. But sensing Option 7 is inevitable (even though it will dramatically increase the achievement gap and hurt all children involved), I am so done. I am taking my children, my time and my resources and am currently touring and applying my kids to private schools. You don't get to use and abuse my community without consequences. Flight is beginning. Good luck to those left behind.

I am sorry you feel that way but I think you are being overdramatic. Reasonable people can disagree about option 1 vs option 7 but there is no reason to believe either will "dramatically increase the achievement gap" or "use and abuse" any community (although some RCF parents would probably argue that could to them under option 1).

Think through that. Under option 1, what changes would they see from their current baseline? They would have much lower enrollment with less crowding than they currently have at Westland. Their FARMS rate would drop significantly from its current level. Their commute would be unchanged. They would continue to not have split articulations. How is this being "used and abused"?

So the parenthetical throw away is what you took from that?