| OK, I've now asked the same thing twice and the lawsuit poster is ignoring it which I take to mean the following: They HAVE actually asked the State whether they believe this is "more than a boundary issue" or whether they can/wish to get involved with the use of Crown, which they helped pay for, if it is going to be for a purpose other than an additional high school, and the answer was NO-they don't care. This means they are now hanging all hope on some judge to tell the State that they effectively, aren't doing their job. I'm not a lawyer but that seems like not something any judge would do. |
Bruh no one is answering you cuz they aren’t going to explain to you their legal case. You want to read it? Wait for the vote and the read what they file. My brother in Christ: have some patience instead of expecting people to lay out a lawsuit on an anonymous forum. Jesus. |
This was just a question but it also seems like if they truly wanted this to be different or believed they were right (evidence that the state cared in hand), they would share this with MCPS or others BEFOREHAND so as to get this option off the table. Logically, if the answer was that yes, the state believes they should be or want to be involved in this because it was in their scope, the filers would JUST HAVE COME OUT AND SAID IT. And honestly, that evidence would have made this option moot. And yet, here we are. That said, it seems obvious there is absolutely 0 chance that the state told some random people that "hey, yea, you're right, we SHOULD be involved in that issue and what they are doing is illegal" without MCPS actually knowing this and changing course because the State said they were unhappy about it and why bother when you KNOW the State disagrees with you. Logic fails here to 1) think that the State believes this is in their purview 2) think that some judge is going to tell the State that they are wrong about knowing their own scope. |
Losing the state funding would have been the bigger problem. Rockville always could have handed the land over at a later date. |
Again: it is not in any way unusual on this forum or in life for somebody to simply state the basis of a lawsuit. In fact, it is unusual for somebody to say they will sue but not on what grounds. Nobody is asking to divulge any confidential complete legal strategy to winning the case. Simply, what violation do you think occurred? |
Laws and policies were not followed. |
Cool, thank you for stating generically the basis on which every lawsuit ever is filed. |
Do yall expect their attorney to log onto DCUM? |
ma'am this is a wendy's |
+1 The fact that they called this the Program Analysis in the first place is because they were originally supposed to conduct a decently thorough ANALYSIS of the existing programs to inform changes to program offerings. Obviously someone told them to start building the plane as they were flying in order to “inextricably link” this to the boundary timeline, and they skipped the whole data collection and analysis part. This is the main objection and concern everyone has. I think they actually did a decent job on the boundaries at the end of the day but the programs leave me very concerned and skeptical. I’m particularly concerned about transportation meltdowns or giant gaps. |
Nope. Let me give you some examples of what would be a normal thing to claim: 1. We are suing because MCPS was supposed to send a letter to the state BOE asking for their input before a vote on shutting down operations in a school building and they didn't. 2. We are suing because they were supposed to hold a meeting at each school impacted before making a proposal. 3. We are suing because only the state law requires mailing notice to each affected property owner before a change in land use. It isn't hard. |
DP - yep, and the website STILL says Academic Programs Analysis. The documents on it are a little dated at this point but even at that point it was clear it wasn't an analysis,.it was a proposal to dismantle the consortia, establish dozens of new programs and reduce existing magnets that cover.large geographical areas to regional.magnets |
This is mostly a delay tactic, and they know the majority of the claims they are making are frivolous. Their plan is: 1) file a whole bunch of claims about various process violations, most of which will get dismissed, but will take time to litigate; 2) hope that at least one of these process claims sticks, even though the remedy won’t be that Wootton doesn’t have to go to Crown - it will be that MCPS will have to go through the missed part of the process; 3) in the meantime, vote in a new BOE who will support them when it comes time to re-vote on this after the process issue has been addressed. They’re not eager to talk about it for two main reasons (in addition to being scared of being stripped down in the comments by your legal brilliance): this won’t be satisfying to the families funding this, some of whom want them to be suing to uncover the vast conspiracy that’s been brewing since 2024, probably involving Taylor’s wife, weather control, and some sort of satanic ritual that took place on an electric bus; and they don’t want the rest of us paying close attention to the BOE primary - because they suspect we might care more about voting against anti-vax candidates then them getting to keep Wootton on the parkway. |
PP here and thanks for this. I genuinely want to know if there is a violation here. I've researched COMAR and MCPS policies and procedures and don't see one. And if there were, I would be fine with the lawsuit. That is what the legal process is for, and due process in government administration is important. What I am not fine with is nuisance/delay litigation, conning people to donate, and wasting taxpayer money. |
Agree. They might be able to garner our and others’ support for the suit if they shared what law they believe was broken and it logically checks out. It makes them look like they know it is a nothingburger not to share ANYTHING. No one needs the whole thing spelled out but show us you have SOMETHING of potential merit. Also, does this mean they are support that psycho Sharon Creed who can hook them up with a lawyer friend to then sue the system that she is (hopefully never) on the board of? Yea, no conflict there. WTAF was that???? OMG. |