First hearing on districtwide boundary study is tonight

[Anonymous]

County Divided About Districtwide School Boundary Analysis
MCPS to hold first public hearing on Monday
The hearing will begin at 6:00 p.m. at the Carver Educational Services Center Auditorium, 850 Hungerford Drive, Rockville.
We could see what a half of a million dollar buys.

[Anonymous]

It's not a boundary study. "Boundary study" has a specific meaning in MCPS, and this isn't it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:County Divided About Districtwide School Boundary Analysis
MCPS to hold first public hearing on Monday
The hearing will begin at 6:00 p.m. at the Carver Educational Services Center Auditorium, 850 Hungerford Drive, Rockville.
We could see what a half of a million dollar buys.

No, we couldn't. We won't see that until the consultants have actually completed the boundary analysis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:County Divided About Districtwide School Boundary Analysis
MCPS to hold first public hearing on Monday
The hearing will begin at 6:00 p.m. at the Carver Educational Services Center Auditorium, 850 Hungerford Drive, Rockville.
We could see what a half of a million dollar buys.

No, we couldn't. We won't see that until the consultants have actually completed the boundary analysis.

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If you refuse to see how the whole thing will work out in the next year or two, there is nothing can wake you up.

During the process, the company held meetings and sell their plan to the residence directly when they worked with one of the school district in NYC afew years ago.

MCPS called the nearly a half of a million dollars as payment for the first stage or phase.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:County Divided About Districtwide School Boundary Analysis
MCPS to hold first public hearing on Monday
The hearing will begin at 6:00 p.m. at the Carver Educational Services Center Auditorium, 850 Hungerford Drive, Rockville.
We could see what a half of a million dollar buys.

No, we couldn't. We won't see that until the consultants have actually completed the boundary analysis.

.

If you refuse to see how the whole thing will work out in the next year or two, there is nothing can wake you up.

During the process, the company held meetings and sell their plan to the residence directly when they worked with one of the school district in NYC afew years ago.

MCPS called the nearly a half of a million dollars as payment for the first stage or phase.

This study on housing discrimination in Long Island seems on-topic for this thread.

https://projects.newsday.com/long-island/real-estate-agents-investigation/

[Anonymous]

The diversity bus is a-comin' to town!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The diversity bus is a-comin' to town!

Give it a rest.

[Anonymous]

Here's the details if you want to sign up:
https://mcpsweb.wufoo.com/forms/districtwide-boundary-analysis-public-meetings/

I went to one in the previous round of "meetings". It was a farce. Everyone sat at tables and a consultant gave us 3 questions like "What should be goals of a boundary analysis?" then gave us markers and big sheets of paper. We wrote our ideas in bullet points, then posted them on a wall. No ranking of the bullet points based on priority. Then the consultant said they would summarize and give it to the board.

In other words, no discussion except amongst your table of 5-10 people. No feedback other than bullet points. The first meeting they had of that series they allowed people to speak out, but I guess too many parents were expressing their concerns about housing prices and the like, so they changed it to the current format.

It's not clear what the format will be like for this "meeting" but my hopes are not high.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's the details if you want to sign up:
https://mcpsweb.wufoo.com/forms/districtwide-boundary-analysis-public-meetings/

I went to one in the previous round of "meetings". It was a farce. Everyone sat at tables and a consultant gave us 3 questions like "What should be goals of a boundary analysis?" then gave us markers and big sheets of paper. We wrote our ideas in bullet points, then posted them on a wall. No ranking of the bullet points based on priority. Then the consultant said they would summarize and give it to the board.

In other words, no discussion except amongst your table of 5-10 people. No feedback other than bullet points. The first meeting they had of that series they allowed people to speak out, but I guess too many parents were expressing their concerns about housing prices and the like, so they changed it to the current format.

It's not clear what the format will be like for this "meeting" but my hopes are not high.

Did you want a discussion with the 500 people in the room? I found the discussion among the people at my table useful. And yes, some of the people at the table brought up their property values.

Have you been to a public hearing before?

[Anonymous]

This article from the WaPo today was an interesting read. I'm sure MCPS is following all this closely...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/11/15/what-happened-when-brooklyn-tried-integrate-its-middle-schools/?arc404=true

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's the details if you want to sign up:
https://mcpsweb.wufoo.com/forms/districtwide-boundary-analysis-public-meetings/

I went to one in the previous round of "meetings". It was a farce. Everyone sat at tables and a consultant gave us 3 questions like "What should be goals of a boundary analysis?" then gave us markers and big sheets of paper. We wrote our ideas in bullet points, then posted them on a wall. No ranking of the bullet points based on priority. Then the consultant said they would summarize and give it to the board.

In other words, no discussion except amongst your table of 5-10 people. No feedback other than bullet points. The first meeting they had of that series they allowed people to speak out, but I guess too many parents were expressing their concerns about housing prices and the like, so they changed it to the current format.

It's not clear what the format will be like for this "meeting" but my hopes are not high.

Did you want a discussion with the 500 people in the room? I found the discussion among the people at my table useful. And yes, some of the people at the table brought up their property values.

Have you been to a public hearing before?

Yes. The County Council does it all the time. You sign up to speak, you get X minutes, and the first Y people to sign up can speak.

In fact, they did this at a previous meeting regarding boundary analysis, but instead of first-come, first-served they had the the "pro" side (students) speak first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's the details if you want to sign up:
https://mcpsweb.wufoo.com/forms/districtwide-boundary-analysis-public-meetings/

I went to one in the previous round of "meetings". It was a farce. Everyone sat at tables and a consultant gave us 3 questions like "What should be goals of a boundary analysis?" then gave us markers and big sheets of paper. We wrote our ideas in bullet points, then posted them on a wall. No ranking of the bullet points based on priority. Then the consultant said they would summarize and give it to the board.

In other words, no discussion except amongst your table of 5-10 people. No feedback other than bullet points. The first meeting they had of that series they allowed people to speak out, but I guess too many parents were expressing their concerns about housing prices and the like, so they changed it to the current format.

It's not clear what the format will be like for this "meeting" but my hopes are not high.

Did you want a discussion with the 500 people in the room? I found the discussion among the people at my table useful. And yes, some of the people at the table brought up their property values.

Have you been to a public hearing before?

Yes. The County Council does it all the time. You sign up to speak, you get X minutes, and the first Y people to sign up can speak.

In fact, they did this at a previous meeting regarding boundary analysis, but instead of first-come, first-served they had the the "pro" side (students) speak first.

It seems to be BoE practice to have the students speak first at public hearings. If you know a student who shares your position on the boundary analysis, get them to sign up to speak.

[Anonymous]

More information on the consultant company and the goal of the study:
https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/consultants-outline-plan-for-countywide-school-boundary-analysis/
Please go to WXY ‘s website to see their projects.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's the details if you want to sign up:
https://mcpsweb.wufoo.com/forms/districtwide-boundary-analysis-public-meetings/

I went to one in the previous round of "meetings". It was a farce. Everyone sat at tables and a consultant gave us 3 questions like "What should be goals of a boundary analysis?" then gave us markers and big sheets of paper. We wrote our ideas in bullet points, then posted them on a wall. No ranking of the bullet points based on priority. Then the consultant said they would summarize and give it to the board.

In other words, no discussion except amongst your table of 5-10 people. No feedback other than bullet points. The first meeting they had of that series they allowed people to speak out, but I guess too many parents were expressing their concerns about housing prices and the like, so they changed it to the current format.

It's not clear what the format will be like for this "meeting" but my hopes are not high.

Did you want a discussion with the 500 people in the room? I found the discussion among the people at my table useful. And yes, some of the people at the table brought up their property values.

Have you been to a public hearing before?

Yes. The County Council does it all the time. You sign up to speak, you get X minutes, and the first Y people to sign up can speak.

In fact, they did this at a previous meeting regarding boundary analysis, but instead of first-come, first-served they had the the "pro" side (students) speak first.

It seems to be BoE practice to have the students speak first at public hearings. If you know a student who shares your position on the boundary analysis, get them to sign up to speak.

This is true. Students always go first at Board of Education public hearings. It’s not based on what “side” of an issue they’re on. I think it’s (usually) so they don’t have to sit through the whole meeting. For the Boundary Analysis it’s mostly been HS students but on other issues it’s often middle school and sometimes elementary students. So they let them go first.

[Anonymous]

Just a reminder, most of the students do not vote (Board of Education and County Council member are elected positions).