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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is not people commenting on here who will close a "W" school. It will be elected officials.   And people who want to keep Wootton and the other "W" schools open probably voted for these officials.  [b]These same officials wanted to change the name of the school a couple years back.[/b] This might also be a factor.  Closing the school certainly eliminates the name.  Bussing was also proposed at one point.   Think before you vote for these officials[/quote]

There are no elected officials on the school board or county council who ever expressed wanting to change the name of Wootton.  Stop making things up.

There are only two elected officials who were even in office at the time when they approved initiating a review TO SEE IF THERE WAS COMMUNITY INTEREST in changing the name of any school.  There was none, so nothing happened.  No elected official advocated in support of changing the name of Wootton.

Additionally, no elected official (other than one Gaithersburg city councilmember) has advocated in support of Option H.  Stop making things up.[/quote]Laura Stewart has been pushing for bussing for years.  She hates the W schools and would to see one of them closed because they are an affront to equity.[/quote]

I'm kind of picking on her because people are saying that she's anti W schools.  But I'm trying to figure out what Laura Stewart did to lead her into her current role:

https://laurastewart.org/about-laura

I know she has greatly advocated and worked for what she believes is the betterment of Montgomery County and provides time and effort in a role that many are not willing to do.

But careerwise it says she earned a degree as a paralegal from a community college, vague reference to ten years in telecommunications, then taught music for a bit until COVID 19 when she transitioned to a fulltime volunteer.

So essentially she's a bored housewife.  A lot of us know these types where they put a lot of their time, effort and energy into the PTA and are appreciated.

But I think these types of people kind of have an idealistic view of things and don't really understand the reality of things or how some things work.

For example, let's say she does hate W schools, why does she hate people wanting to live in the W school areas and have their kids strive to go to the colleges that students from those areas normally go to?  The parents likely has been there and done that and knows what it takes.  Then when their kids succeed they actually help and benefit society.  They're not just making a living and possibly using resources without really adding to it.

It's like how it's really easy for kids to spend their parent's money.  Once it's their own money, they kind of know and appreciate the value of it and are not so quick to waste it.  Or how a lot of us, or we knew people, who were strong activists in our younger days but then once we grew up we had to kind of learn to work in the real world and try to benefit it in other ways.  If she's not sheltered, she doesn't really know much about the world that some other people live in.

I'm not necessarily looking down on her.  But I'm just curious on her background to see why she would have such an anti W school stance if she does.  (someone correct me if she doesn't)

And I'm a big fan of Grace Rivera-Oven, and am happy she's the president of the board, and Brenda Wolff because they both seem to be active members of the community that they advocate for.  Natalie Zimmerman is a teacher and can give firsthand experience of what's it like in the classroom and school.  So am not trying to beat up the members of the BOE.

But it's that type of idealism but not grounded in reality that is leading to the decline in MCPS and Montgomery County.[/quote]

Except Grace, the president of the BOE came to the town hall meeting a few weeks ago without even knowing what option H was. [/quote]

lol, like I said she advocates and cares about her community and they did seemingly spring Option H suddenly out of nowhere.  Just giving her excuses because like I said, she's one of the ones I like.

Rita Montoya kind of has a neat background too.  I originally was questioning why she always seems be attending meetings online but looking at her profile, she was a public defender for a while going through community college beforehand:

https://bethesdamagazine.com/voters-guide/board-of-education/rita-montoya/

Karla Silvestre, people on DCUM always says she has ulterior purposes due to her position at MC.

Julie Yang came from schools as well.  I think some people on DCUM pick on her, claiming that they can't understand what she says.  I have no issues understanding her, although her deliveries sometimes might be kind of rough.  She seems okay though. Although some people in the Wootton community aren't happy with her for not advocating for them and only watching out for Churchill instead.[/quote]

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