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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a blatant misrepresentation of what occurred and the author of this piece knows it. If you were watching that meeting, Mrs. Montoya spoke at great length about the current magnet system upholding systemic racism and frankly, seemed entirely disinterested in the boundary portion of the vote itself. When it came time for the vote, it was abundantly clear that Montoya was referencing the vote to uphold the current standard which historically has had minimal levels of participation from students who are not Asian or White. Please stop bullshitting and making this into something it is not, Ms. Sukhobok.[/quote]

Thanks for weighing in Rita, but your hot mic comment stands for itself  - that was a really honest moment for you.[/quote]

Comments don’t stand for themselves, context always matters[/quote]
The context is that she was saying Asian American parents are racist for not wanting to send their kids further away to Crown HS.

FWIW, I support H, but I don't support what Montoya said.  I'll be voting against her next time.  Racism has no place in MCPS, right?[/quote]

DP.  Poor choice on her part to mutter that, but most clearly, given the context of the lead-up remarks and the ongoing inability of the save-Wootton community to articulate a rationale that benefitted all of MoCo rather than their community by itself (suggesting that Crown being holding or hybrid was good for Gaithersburg was laughable), she was saying they were racist [i]for not wanting to have their children's school also draw from Gaithersburg.[/i][/quote]

Rita made an assumption perhaps, as do you, that Wootton parents don't want to send their students to school with students from Gaithersburg. Maybe they just want to preserve their neighborhood high school that is nearer to their homes, for their students to attend.[/quote]

Honestly, if those parents just were really honest about that, it would have been great. And then people could have tried to help them understand that they needed to get over themselves as decisions have to be made for the whole of the school and county. It’s the not being clear on motives that made these people look flip floppy and desperate. They kept looking for every little reason to get their way - and part of the outcome was they did come off as racist. Hope they learned their lessons for next time.[/quote]

Hope they learned their lesson for next time. [/quote]

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