Thurs Feb 5: Board Work Session

[Anonymous]

Woodward: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DQZPB463C37A/$file/Supt%20Rec%20Crown%20Damascus%20260205.pdf

[Anonymous]

Woodward:

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DQZPBK63D44E/$file/Supt%20Rec%20Woodward%20Northwood%20260205.pdf

[Anonymous]

I'm so upset about the regional model...

[Anonymous]

There's no way in the regional model we'll get schools as strong as Blair or RMIB. Just no.

[Anonymous]

So, we are starting with the usual propaganda about equity, except the OLO report just released shows just how poorly all of the potential plans are at truly addressing equity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait where is Woodward?

This has all the various links: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=DN3SB971C0A2

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why did Dr Taylor play the victim at the outset of his presentation?

Because that is the MCPS way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why did Dr Taylor play the victim at the outset of his presentation?

Sadly, Dr Taylor suffers from a horrible condition called Main Character Syndrome

[Anonymous]

I think this might be a stunt. I predict they're gonna have Taylor be the bad guy and recommend Option H, but then will have the BOE reject his recommendation so that people think the board is actually responsive to public engagement and feedback and not just a doormat for Taylor.

[Anonymous]

So Woodward ended up with 35% plus FARMS rate.

[Anonymous]

Wow. So much for Frost and Wootton as we know it.

Cold Spring to Hoover and Churchill (that actually makes sense geographically, at least).

Fallsmead and Lakewood getting effed.

Stone Mill and Travillah also being screwed with middle school.

I will actually be shocked if the Board agrees to this as is. But what do I know?

[Anonymous]

I still haven't found an explanation of why the added 500 seats from Edison, which is a separate school that offers part-time programs and does not confer high school degrees, to Wheaton HS.

[Anonymous]

Anything controversial in the Woodward recommendations? I personally like it for our neighborhood, but curious if there's any hot-button changes included.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think this might be a stunt. I predict they're gonna have Taylor be the bad guy and recommend Option H, but then will have the BOE reject his recommendation so that people think the board is actually responsive to public engagement and feedback and not just a doormat for Taylor.

wishful thinking.

spending hundreds of millions to build a new high school and turning it into a "holding" school would not go over well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why did Dr Taylor play the victim at the outset of his presentation?

Sadly, Dr Taylor suffers from a horrible condition called Main Character Syndrome

Poor Dr. Taylor, living in his multimillion house in Chevy Chase and making over $300,000 per year. If the kitchen is too hot for him, I invite him to leave.