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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would put Schultz and Reed in the same boat on this particular issue, I'm afraid.  Last night SB members praised the "bravery" of both Schultz & Reed for bringing up an "innovative" solution to the overcrowding at Haycock.  But their solutions -- for a Haycock annex, whether at Lemon Road (Reed) or the Pimmit Center (Schultz) were both last-minute, hail-mary suggestions that should have been fully vetted and thought out.  If they'd come forward with those ideas in October, perhaps they would have stood a chance.  I doubt it (because Pimmit WAS discussed at Haycock as a solution at one point), but at least then we'd have full public engagement, time for reasonable discussions and trade-offs, etc.  Instead, these last-minute suggestions just served to FREAK OUT Haycock parents who then felt the need to testify last night to make sure the Board didn't listen to these crazy ideas and put in place a still-painful-but-necessary compromise.  I would rather have heard more last night from Cooper parents, Thoreau parents, etc. but Haycock dominated the discussion because of Reed & Shultz's need to score political points and seem "independent" rather than be helpful.[/quote]

Reed and Schultz didn;t even know about this in October.  Strauss and Marty Smith were cooking it up without their knowledge.

These ideas were not vetted earlier because Janie, backed by the staff blew them off and was not willing to discuss them in an adult manner.  Why did the staff not come up with real, actual numbers or explanations as to why they wouldn't work?  You heard a lot of people make various claims about what would be needed (Janie, Kevin Sneed, etc.) but nothing was backed up by actual documentation.

Patty tried, but no one would discuss the ideas with her.[/quote]

It's not like some one bought a building a said here it's a new school - call it Lemon Road.  Schultz knew about AAP stuff for quite some time.  Her constituents attend South County which has had a Local Level iv AAP center this entire school year.  Her area generated the first local level iv middle school.  Note she seconded Storck's motion.

Who else would have gone?   It's not Strauss' fault these other board members don't know WTF is going on in their schools and why there is disparity in instruction.   Furthermore putting centers at Cooper, Thoreau, and Herndon would NOT differ from what has existed at South County since Sept 2012.

Essentially Strauss and Hynes would have put people back at their base school and it doesn't sound like others voted NO because they want some big AAP center program.  If anything they think too many are identified --- so what do they do?  Continue the cycle of busing with even more identified next year.

Yes: Daniel G Storck, Patricia Hynes - Vice Chairman, Ilryong Moon - Chairman, Jane K Strauss, Kathy L Smith
No: Tamara D Kaufax, [b]Patricia S Reed, Ryan McElveen[/b], Megan McLaughlin, [b]Sandra S Evans[/b], [b]Elizabeth Schultz[/b], Theodore Velkoff
I move that a new AAP Center be opened at South County Middle School in the fall of 2013 with rising 7th grade AAP Center eligible students residing in the South County MS attendance area. Rising 8th grade AAP Center students currently attending the Lake Braddock Secondary AAP Center may finish their program at Lake Braddock and transportation will be provided. Newly eligible 8th grade AAP Center students will be allowed to attend Lake Braddock with transportation provided.

Motion by Daniel G Storck, second by Elizabeth Schultz. [seconding a motion for a AAP center attended by her constituents].   
Motion Carries
Yes: [b]Ryan McElveen[/b], Daniel G Storck, Patricia Hynes - Vice Chairman, Ilryong Moon - Chairman, Jane K Strauss, [b]Sandra S Evans, Elizabeth Schultz[/b], Kathy L Smith
No: Tamara D Kaufax, Megan McLaughlin, Theodore Velkoff
Not Present at Vote: Patricia S Reed
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