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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How did the meeting go?  [/quote]

Anyone?[/quote]

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-preparing-for-legal-battle-over-countywide-boundary-analysis/[/quote]

[i]"On Monday afternoon, the Board of Education will meet in closed session to discuss “potential litigation related to the examination and analysis of school boundary data,” according to a notice posted on the school district website.

No lawsuits had been filed as of Saturday afternoon, but MCPS officials said they believe some community members will seek an injunction from a judge, which would legally prevent the boundary analysis to continue.

“We have gotten emails from people saying they’re going to file a lawsuit or injunction, so the board will meet to discuss potential arguments people would make and how we respond to that,” Derek Turner, an MCPS spokesman said on Saturday morning.

Turner did not say from whom the school district had received the emails and did not elaborate further.

Maryland’s open meetings law allows closed sessions to discuss pending or potential litigation to “prevent disclosure of the board’s legal position or strategy.”"[/i]

A lawsuit to prevent a board of education from paying a consultant for a study of school boundaries? Iamnotalawyer, but seriously?[/quote]

What I've heard from a friend who's connected on the MoCo political "scene" is it's likely to be a lawsuit over the Clarksburg redistricting that took place a few weeks ago. Deadline to file an appeal to that decision is 12/26.[/quote]

Anybody can file a lawsuit over anything.

They'd better have deep pockets, though.[/quote]

I bet they do. According to one survey I read, 80% of parents in that area were not in favor of the redistricting option the BOE chose (there were a few options). That's a lot of pissed-off parents.[/quote]

"I prefer this option" =/= "I'm happy to pay a lawyer a lot of money to sue".[/quote]

If they have that much money, why not just go private or pay for extra tutoring. Same crappy MCPS curriculum no matter which school.  Seems like there would be several better uses for that money rather than suing to keep some FARMS kids out of your school. Shrug.[/quote]

You assume it's about FARMS and not busing. In one news article about Clarksburg redistricting, a mother said her child will now be bused directly past his old high school to get to the newly-assigned high school. It's understandable parents may not be in favor of that, just because of busing.[/quote]

You would sue because you don't like the bus route? JFC.  Money don't buy brains I guess.[/quote]

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