Boundary Review Meetings

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The longer this goes on, the less I believe it is a software issue. There has to be PDFs of this somewhere. Wouldn’t you have a back up plan?

You can believe what they're saying or not, but the messaging back in individual emails is that they ran into coding issues.

You'd think they would have overcome those issues before they released the prior maps, but it could be different people assigned to updating them.

Maybe that's true, but I think people are skeptical because there are other ways to release maps besides this boundary tool.

[Anonymous]

6:29 PM on Monday LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“October 11 Update: We apologize for the delay in posting the updated maps. We are continuing to work to resolve a technical issue with the Boundary Explorer Tool, and we expect the maps to be posted prior to the first community meeting. Thank you for your patience.”

New update… ‘prior to the first community meeting…’

It isn't fair to the families in Centerville and Robinson that they can't see the maps before their meeting Monday night. That meeting needs to be changed. These people are absolutely incompetent.

Fcps already had that happen with WSHS and Hunt Valley, plus one other neighborhood across the county during the last round of maps

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“ The survey and commenting function are now closed. Please stay tuned for more opportunities to provide your feedback in the fall.”


^^^^

Hey to all of the FCPS employees here, this where you need to post an update about the site. Edit this text. You know, at the link that was sent to 280000 families. This stuff isn’t rocket science.

“this is where”*

You’re not an FCPS grad are you?

Can the grammar police please go away??

Your posts are not helpful, and while they may make you FEEL superior, the end result is the complete opposite. You appear to be too stupid to post anything useful.

+1. Criticizing grammar in a anonymous online forum is the epitome of a “I have no argument, so I need to distract” post. All I care about is that they are probably gatehouse employees on the overtime clock who are actually supposed to be working to post the maps. This is why people hate government.

[Anonymous]

Can someone on BRAC just share what the changes are at this point? They know what the changes are, just not in map form.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone on BRAC just share what the changes are at this point? They know what the changes are, just not in map form.

I don't think anyone from BRAC will share this information, since they haven't seen the revised maps and don't have any idea of the real reasons behind the delay.

It could very well be that the delay is because the maps being released are delayed because the school board made changes that are very different than what BRAC was told at their last meeting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone on BRAC just share what the changes are at this point? They know what the changes are, just not in map form.

I don't think anyone from BRAC will share this information, since they haven't seen the revised maps and don't have any idea of the real reasons behind the delay.

It could very well be that the delay is because the maps being released are delayed because the school board made changes that are very different than what BRAC was told at their last meeting.

Color me skeptical. This sounds like issues beyond coding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone on BRAC just share what the changes are at this point? They know what the changes are, just not in map form.

I don't think anyone from BRAC will share this information, since they haven't seen the revised maps and don't have any idea of the real reasons behind the delay.

It could very well be that the delay is because the maps being released are delayed because the school board made changes that are very different than what BRAC was told at their last meeting.

Color me skeptical. This sounds like issues beyond coding.

Yeah we have a pretty good IT department at FCPS and I’m sure they would have figured out technical difficulties by now.

I think something happened yesterday that prompted a delay beyond a website.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone on BRAC just share what the changes are at this point? They know what the changes are, just not in map form.

I don't think anyone from BRAC will share this information, since they haven't seen the revised maps and don't have any idea of the real reasons behind the delay.

It could very well be that the delay is because the maps being released are delayed because the school board made changes that are very different than what BRAC was told at their last meeting.

Color me skeptical. This sounds like issues beyond coding.

Yeah we have a pretty good IT department at FCPS and I’m sure they would have figured out technical difficulties by now.

I think something happened yesterday that prompted a delay beyond a website.

This isn’t FCPS site code related. It is likely that the boundary map site is hosted elsewhere, perhaps mapbox, and FCPS simply has an embedded link to the hosting site. I speculate this could be an issue with Thru consulting not having enough technical experience to properly update the maps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone on BRAC just share what the changes are at this point? They know what the changes are, just not in map form.

I don't think anyone from BRAC will share this information, since they haven't seen the revised maps and don't have any idea of the real reasons behind the delay.

It could very well be that the delay is because the maps being released are delayed because the school board made changes that are very different than what BRAC was told at their last meeting.

Color me skeptical. This sounds like issues beyond coding.

Yeah we have a pretty good IT department at FCPS and I’m sure they would have figured out technical difficulties by now.

I think something happened yesterday that prompted a delay beyond a website.

This isn’t FCPS site code related. It is likely that the boundary map site is hosted elsewhere, perhaps mapbox, and FCPS simply has an embedded link to the hosting site. I speculate this could be an issue with Thru consulting not having enough technical experience to properly update the maps.

Thru has been inept at just about everything else, so why should this be any different?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“ The survey and commenting function are now closed. Please stay tuned for more opportunities to provide your feedback in the fall.”


^^^^

Hey to all of the FCPS employees here, this where you need to post an update about the site. Edit this text. You know, at the link that was sent to 280000 families. This stuff isn’t rocket science.

“this is where”*

Bless your heart

You’re not an FCPS grad are you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“ The survey and commenting function are now closed. Please stay tuned for more opportunities to provide your feedback in the fall.”


^^^^

Hey to all of the FCPS employees here, this where you need to post an update about the site. Edit this text. You know, at the link that was sent to 280000 families. This stuff isn’t rocket science.

“this is where”*

Bless your heart

You’re not an FCPS grad are you?

LOL! Talk about coincidence.

There is a song called "This is Where:

https://genius.com/Richard-buckner-this-is-where-lyrics

Here are the first two lines:

"This is where things start going bad
This is where the map is torn up and tossed"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone on BRAC just share what the changes are at this point? They know what the changes are, just not in map form.

I don't think anyone from BRAC will share this information, since they haven't seen the revised maps and don't have any idea of the real reasons behind the delay.

It could very well be that the delay is because the maps being released are delayed because the school board made changes that are very different than what BRAC was told at their last meeting.

Color me skeptical. This sounds like issues beyond coding.

Yeah we have a pretty good IT department at FCPS and I’m sure they would have figured out technical difficulties by now.

I think something happened yesterday that prompted a delay beyond a website.

This isn’t FCPS site code related. It is likely that the boundary map site is hosted elsewhere, perhaps mapbox, and FCPS simply has an embedded link to the hosting site. I speculate this could be an issue with Thru consulting not having enough technical experience to properly update the maps.

There is almost definitely some junior developer at Thru desperately trying to figure out the deployment error while the senior who usually does it is on vacation somewhere for the long weekend not answering their phone. They probably deploy directly to the production environment and "it worked on my machine" when they tested the database updates for the new maps last week.

[Anonymous]

Am I the only one who thinks the delay is so the can make the changes as to who is going to KAA? My guess is the had maps all ready to go and then decided to go ahead and open KAA next year and needed to hastily draw those boundary lines.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At a minimum they should have sent out an email saying that the release would be delayed (and why) and rescheduling the first community meetings to allow time to review the scenario.

I get about a dozen emails a week from FCPS with nonsense info, and they can't send out one more with info that people actually want????

It's not clear they've even realized a deadline was missed.

"October 11 Update: We apologize for the delay in posting the updated maps. We are continuing to work to resolve an issue with the Boundary Explorer Tool, and we expect the maps to be posted today. Thank you for your patience."

They changed their narrative.
https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/maps/2024-2026-boundary-review

”October 11 Update: … and we expect the maps to be posted prior to the first community meeting. Thank you for your patience.”