Is it time to break into smaller school districts in MoCo

[Anonymous]

Is it time to break into smaller school districts in MoCo? This pandemic has me questioning how the school system is setup in the county. It’s gotten to big to manage. Is it time to break it up to smaller manageable school districts within the county? This is done in Texas, California etc.

[Anonymous]

Yes! The district was already suffering because over-large before COVID and too much heterogeneity between schools (snow days, resources, etc.).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it time to break into smaller school districts in MoCo? This pandemic has me questioning how the school system is setup in the county. It’s gotten to big to manage. Is it time to break it up to smaller manageable school districts within the county? This is done in Texas, California etc.

I don't think you can. I can't remember which, but I believe school districts are by county according to the state constitution or state law.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it time to break into smaller school districts in MoCo? This pandemic has me questioning how the school system is setup in the county. It’s gotten to big to manage. Is it time to break it up to smaller manageable school districts within the county? This is done in Texas, California etc.

I don't think you can. I can't remember which, but I believe school districts are by county according to the state constitution or state law.

Time for an amendment?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it time to break into smaller school districts in MoCo? This pandemic has me questioning how the school system is setup in the county. It’s gotten to big to manage. Is it time to break it up to smaller manageable school districts within the county? This is done in Texas, California etc.

I don't think you can. I can't remember which, but I believe school districts are by county according to the state constitution or state law.

Time for an amendment?

with a D controlled state legislature? I don't think so.

But yes, I would like the county to split, and not just because of covid. And no, we are not zoned for a W school.

[Anonymous]

Gotta get the poors their own district.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gotta get the poors their own district.

It's not about that. It's about how local needs are different. Poolesville has different weather patterns than Silver Spring. They probably need way more school closures than we do in the southern part of the county.

Most of the covid cases are also in the east side of the county. North county is green. They should be able to open at least hybrid, but they can't because we are one school district.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gotta get the poors their own district.

County funds can still be allocated equitable by student population etc. Just the management etc would be done in smaller manageable chunks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it time to break into smaller school districts in MoCo? This pandemic has me questioning how the school system is setup in the county. It’s gotten to big to manage. Is it time to break it up to smaller manageable school districts within the county? This is done in Texas, California etc.

LOL not this again. You know this can't happen right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gotta get the poors their own district.

It's not about that. It's about how local needs are different. Poolesville has different weather patterns than Silver Spring. They probably need way more school closures than we do in the southern part of the county.

Most of the covid cases are also in the east side of the county. North county is green. They should be able to open at least hybrid, but they can't because we are one school district.

Don't need to break up the county to address these items.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gotta get the poors their own district.

It's not about that. It's about how local needs are different. Poolesville has different weather patterns than Silver Spring. They probably need way more school closures than we do in the southern part of the county.

Most of the covid cases are also in the east side of the county. North county is green. They should be able to open at least hybrid, but they can't because we are one school district.

Don't need to break up the county to address these items.

No one is saying break up the county. Just have multiple school districts in MoCo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it time to break into smaller school districts in MoCo? This pandemic has me questioning how the school system is setup in the county. It’s gotten to big to manage. Is it time to break it up to smaller manageable school districts within the county? This is done in Texas, California etc.

LOL not this again. You know this can't happen right?

Why can’t this happen? Genuinely want understand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gotta get the poors their own district.

It's not about that. It's about how local needs are different. Poolesville has different weather patterns than Silver Spring. They probably need way more school closures than we do in the southern part of the county.

Most of the covid cases are also in the east side of the county. North county is green. They should be able to open at least hybrid, but they can't because we are one school district.

Yep get the poors with their wage-working Covid-carrying parents outta my school district

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gotta get the poors their own district.

It's not about that. It's about how local needs are different. Poolesville has different weather patterns than Silver Spring. They probably need way more school closures than we do in the southern part of the county.

Most of the covid cases are also in the east side of the county. North county is green. They should be able to open at least hybrid, but they can't because we are one school district.

You could let individual schools make their own weather closure decisions, although the magnet programs complicate that a bit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it time to break into smaller school districts in MoCo? This pandemic has me questioning how the school system is setup in the county. It’s gotten to big to manage. Is it time to break it up to smaller manageable school districts within the county? This is done in Texas, California etc.

LOL not this again. You know this can't happen right?

Why can’t this happen? Genuinely want understand.

Because smaller districts generally serves to exacerbate inequalities and racial/socio-economic segregation. The current trend is in the opposite direction.