BOE member pushes Option H for personal gain?

[Anonymous]

When will they vote on the options?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When will they vote on the options?

In March

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see all new options E to H only benefit Wootton HS above other schools.

It does not and current Wootton parents are deathly against it. Wootton is screwed with every option. Wootton always had a target in its back because of the high Asian population. The county wants to spread out some of that brainpower.

I have no skin in the game but to me, Wootton cluster should be strongly supporting Option H. Sure, is it perfect? No. But it’s the only chance Wootton HS students will get to learn in a new, safe building in the 12-15 years. Renovation of Wootton isn’t in the current CIP and we know how easily and often school renovations are delayed even if they are in the CIP.

It keeps Wootton together and the location difference between the current Wootton and Crown isn’t much.

[Anonymous]

Earlier options A-D might assign some Churchill feeders into Wootton, which upsets many families. Those Churchill families are in county district 1, which Julie is bidding for a council seat. By pushing for the new options E-H, especially H, Julie's county district 1 won't be affected by the current school boundaries study.

Look, it may be true that Julie could gain some votes from H, and it is convenient. But I seriously doubt she did it solely for her campaign. Regardless what BOE decides, there will be happy and unhappy families. OP is among the unhappy ones if option H is adopted.

Anonymous wrote:What? You're gonna have the connect dots a lot more for me to understand why Julie Yang would be invested in Crown not being a high school.

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Anonymous wrote:The regional model is a separate thing that needs to pass. For some reason the board is inextricably linking it to the new boundaries. But it’s a different recommendation and a different vote I believe.

Not my understanding. BOE votes on the boundary study, that's all. The regional model is getting snuck in without a separate vote, which is why MCPS is insisting that the two are linked. BOE votes on whatever MCPS recommends, not the other way around. So if MCPS says they are the same, that's how BOE will vote.

Also, BOE has already washed their hands of the regional model. They call it "operations" which falls under purview of MCPS, not BOE. So they say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see all new options E to H only benefit Wootton HS above other schools.

It does not and current Wootton parents are deathly against it. Wootton is screwed with every option. Wootton always had a target in its back because of the high Asian population. The county wants to spread out some of that brainpower.

I have no skin in the game but to me, Wootton cluster should be strongly supporting Option H. Sure, is it perfect? No. But it’s the only chance Wootton HS students will get to learn in a new, safe building in the 12-15 years. Renovation of Wootton isn’t in the current CIP and we know how easily and often school renovations are delayed even if they are in the CIP.

It keeps Wootton together and the location difference between the current Wootton and Crown isn’t much.

The question has now become choose a building or choose a Region/programs. The either/or choice harms Wootton.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see all new options E to H only benefit Wootton HS above other schools.

It does not and current Wootton parents are deathly against it. Wootton is screwed with every option. Wootton always had a target in its back because of the high Asian population. The county wants to spread out some of that brainpower.

And that is not a bad thing at all - why should Asian population be concentrated only in Wootton. Spread them around and improve the ratings of other schools.

If MCPS had any sense they would utilize this chance to rezone Dufief ES and Travilah ES to feed QO. Both schools are closer to Ridgeview and QO than to Frost and Wootton.

[Anonymous]

PP again. And given how moving Cabin Branch to Seneca Valley improved that school, moving Dufief and Travilah will definitely make QO a stronger school and improve region 5. Kids of Tiger parents will thrive in any school by outside tutoring and what not and those parents will make a scene and demand better education if the education is not up to par. This will improve the high schools those kids go to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The regional model is a separate thing that needs to pass. For some reason the board is inextricably linking it to the new boundaries. But it’s a different recommendation and a different vote I believe.

Not my understanding. BOE votes on the boundary study, that's all. The regional model is getting snuck in without a separate vote, which is why MCPS is insisting that the two are linked. BOE votes on whatever MCPS recommends, not the other way around. So if MCPS says they are the same, that's how BOE will vote.

Also, BOE has already washed their hands of the regional model. They call it "operations" which falls under purview of MCPS, not BOE. So they say.

Not true. They are voting separately on the regional model. Basically a done deal though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see all new options E to H only benefit Wootton HS above other schools.

It does not and current Wootton parents are deathly against it. Wootton is screwed with every option. Wootton always had a target in its back because of the high Asian population. The county wants to spread out some of that brainpower.

I have no skin in the game but to me, Wootton cluster should be strongly supporting Option H. Sure, is it perfect? No. But it’s the only chance Wootton HS students will get to learn in a new, safe building in the 12-15 years. Renovation of Wootton isn’t in the current CIP and we know how easily and often school renovations are delayed even if they are in the CIP.

It keeps Wootton together and the location difference between the current Wootton and Crown isn’t much.

The question has now become choose a building or choose a Region/programs. The either/or choice harms Wootton.

False. It’s confirmed (ha, for now anyway) Wootton will remain region 4 even if it moves to crown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP again. And given how moving Cabin Branch to Seneca Valley improved that school, moving Dufief and Travilah will definitely make QO a stronger school and improve region 5. Kids of Tiger parents will thrive in any school by outside tutoring and what not and those parents will make a scene and demand better education if the education is not up to par. This will improve the high schools those kids go to.

No room at QO. Would require even more boundary change to fit them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP again. And given how moving Cabin Branch to Seneca Valley improved that school, moving Dufief and Travilah will definitely make QO a stronger school and improve region 5. Kids of Tiger parents will thrive in any school by outside tutoring and what not and those parents will make a scene and demand better education if the education is not up to par. This will improve the high schools those kids go to.

No room at QO. Would require even more boundary change to fit them.

Then they should do that. They should keep Crown as a new HS, move Dufief or Travilah or both of these schools to QO, move some other QO feeder ES with higher Hispanic population that are closer to Crown, to Crown, and move some Churchill feeders to Crown too. If they can screw Cabin Branch in spite of the buyers paying million dollars for a home there, they can do the same to Churchill and Wootton feeders too. Improve all schools by spreading the Asian population.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP again. And given how moving Cabin Branch to Seneca Valley improved that school, moving Dufief and Travilah will definitely make QO a stronger school and improve region 5. Kids of Tiger parents will thrive in any school by outside tutoring and what not and those parents will make a scene and demand better education if the education is not up to par. This will improve the high schools those kids go to.

No room at QO. Would require even more boundary change to fit them.

Then they should do that. They should keep Crown as a new HS, move Dufief or Travilah or both of these schools to QO, move some other QO feeder ES with higher Hispanic population that are closer to Crown, to Crown, and move some Churchill feeders to Crown too. If they can screw Cabin Branch in spite of the buyers paying million dollars for a home there, they can do the same to Churchill and Wootton feeders too. Improve all schools by spreading the Asian population.

Now I’m sure you’re just a troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The regional model is a separate thing that needs to pass. For some reason the board is inextricably linking it to the new boundaries. But it’s a different recommendation and a different vote I believe.

Not my understanding. BOE votes on the boundary study, that's all. The regional model is getting snuck in without a separate vote, which is why MCPS is insisting that the two are linked. BOE votes on whatever MCPS recommends, not the other way around. So if MCPS says they are the same, that's how BOE will vote.

Also, BOE has already washed their hands of the regional model. They call it "operations" which falls under purview of MCPS, not BOE. So they say.

The BOE leadership needs to be held accountable. They aready failed mcps and it’s only getting worse.

[Anonymous]

Maybe that's why Juilue is running for county council, not seeking for reelection for BOE.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The regional model is a separate thing that needs to pass. For some reason the board is inextricably linking it to the new boundaries. But it’s a different recommendation and a different vote I believe.

Not my understanding. BOE votes on the boundary study, that's all. The regional model is getting snuck in without a separate vote, which is why MCPS is insisting that the two are linked. BOE votes on whatever MCPS recommends, not the other way around. So if MCPS says they are the same, that's how BOE will vote.

Also, BOE has already washed their hands of the regional model. They call it "operations" which falls under purview of MCPS, not BOE. So they say.

The BOE leadership needs to be held accountable. They aready failed mcps and it’s only getting worse.