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Superintendent's Recommendation for Richard Montgomery ES #5 Boundaries
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Anonymous
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they just finished discussion. they decided to have 5 options on the table moving forward
BOE Alt 1, 2, 3: http://gis.mcpsmd.org/boundarystudypdfs/RMES5_BOEAdoptedAlternatives11092017.pdf superintendents recommendations #2, 3 ( #1 is the same as boe alt 3) http://gis.mcpsmd.org/boundarystudypdfs/RMES5_RecSuppA111317.pdf |
Anonymous
boe alt 2 is the best option. by far. |
Anonymous
If I am understanding this correctly, they took the ridiculous option off the table of RP with a FARMS rate of 40% and HH going to twinbrook? |
Anonymous
Did they lean towards any particular option? |
Anonymous
You are not understanding this correctly. That option is on the table; it is BOE Alt 3. |
Anonymous
There was a lot of politically correct talk about the importance of FARMS distribution (legitimate concern)--but so much talk that I believe it is nearly impossible for them to reject an option that leaves Twinbrook above 50% FARMS, which means we will get the sphaghetti monster of bussing. Please in your testimonies tomorrow bring up that the board has offered a crazy solution with numerous additional variables and asked for feedback on it, but has not provided any data about increased bus times or considered public transportation between island zones and their new elementary schools so that families can participate in school-related activities. |
Anonymous
But Twinbrook WANTS to remain above 50%. This is so frustrating. |
Anonymous
To have one white and elite elementary within a diverse RM cluster. All parts of RP2 is not even a good walk to RM#5. I live in RP6. |
Anonymous
Actually, some parts of RP2 are walkable to the new school. |
Anonymous
Unfortunately they ran out of time before really having any discussion about the merits of specific proposals (though some members hinted that some options are nonstarters for them). They just debated a lot at a high level about the importance of community/proximity vs. socioeconomic balance. They also seemed to have little idea of "what Twinbrook wants". They acknowledged the difficulties of getting a lot of input from that community, but were worried that others were trying to speak "for" them. |
Anonymous
They basically congratulated each other on their consideration of SES rates. They stared at their metaphorical mirrors and admired how good they looked to consider the complexity of everything. |
Anonymous
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I love how we all know the parameters and they are shuffling thru papers completely clueless and stupid meandering thoughts. Do the F'ing job we elected you to do.
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Anonymous
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The fact that the BOE created this cluster fuck option #3 and it is the only one the super recommended, really really concerns me. It sounds like they are going for some protege of mixing kids all over the place in every cluster. Someone said, it really isn't that far? F yeah it is. It takes me 25min to get to Twinbrook Elementary.
I love how we had 8 options for what, at least 6 months and each civic association, PTA, and study group had months to get feedback, advice, do studies, etc... Then all they kept saying is "we haven't heard from Twinbrook" Well that was YOUR job to do that. Then they scrap all of those 8 ideas because the info was wrong, create only 3 options and within 2 days the super makes 2 more options and that is it. You have a few days to get your act together. WTF??? |
Anonymous
| It sounds like twinbrook wants to stay together and if the farms rate is over a certain threshold, the school gets additional resources. Am I understanding this correctly? If so, what exactly is that threshold? |
Anonymous
| Vote them all out |