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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is the most effective way to voice our concerns and provide feedback? It is not immediately obvious. [/quote]
That is the problem. MCPS wants to shake everything up in a brief amount of time without adequate public discourse. MCCPTA will be voting a resolution to slow this process so all voices can be heard.[/quote]

Attend the County Council's Education and Culture Committee session tomorrow from 1:30-4:30pm at 100 Maryland Avenue in Rockville in the 3rd Floor Hearing Room and bring signs/t shirts from your school if you have one

Here is the link to the agenda for this public meeting. The third item relates to the regional program proposal. https://montgomerycountymd.granicus.com/Gener...d=169&event_id=16606[/quote]

Oops, bad link, here it is: https://montgomerycountymd.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view_id=169&event_id=16606[/quote]
What can County Council's Education and Culture Committee do about MCPS trying to unilaterally implement this regional model without public buy-in?[/quote]

Central office will lie in front of the public that they had communicated well and collected feedbacks through webminars. [/quote]

So when the council members don't question them on this, call their offices and inform them of your displeasure.[/quote]

Believe me, I did this a couple of times to BOE. I put together all publicly available links to documents that I can find and made summary table for them to list concerns from the community. No one responds. No one cares. They let central office lie and they help them disguise. [/quote]

That's why we've got to sign up to testify at the Board meetings in front of their faces in ways that make it much harder to ignore.

And be very specific in that testimony about the lack of opportunities for feedback.  Spell out that this has been presented to the community from day 1 as a done deal and MCPS communications have been focused on presenting information/answering clarifying questions.  That there have been no surveys or forms provided to gather feedback, just the "Ask A Question* form hidden on the website that is designed to collect questions rather than gather feedback.  That the webinars have been presented and structured as informational and did not request input.  Say that you and many people you know have been wanting to provide feedback and have not found any opportunities whatsoever to give it.  Think about anything MCPS might say that pretends there has been feedback, and make it as clear as humanly possible that it's a lie.   And then if multiple people are doing the same, it will be much harder to ignore. [/quote]

Do county council meetings provide public testimony sessions or public session for communicating stakeholder concerns? I'm so done with BOE. They wear the same pants with MCPS and run away like rabits from any word that sounds like "accountability". [/quote]

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