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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]?? I am a parent on the PTA board. I don't work for central office and I'm not misrepresenting any information. We have been soliciting feedback for some time and yes, that includes after the "final" recommendation came out.

What is interesting to me is the sudden concern for "what's best for the kids" when nobody outside of our community has given a you-know-what about our kids until now. NOW it's about balance and property values and making sure WJ is comfortable and appropriately diverse, with no regard to the community VM has built.

Again. If the VM posters here who prefer WJ, you have had many options to share your thoughts and so far, the take you're presenting here has been a blip of a minority of responses collected. I'm saying this not as somebody who makes any choices but someone who has been a part of the process and seen the data. There's no hidden notices or misrepresentation.

The sudden concern feels frankly very paternalistic, assuming our students are better off being absorbed into a different community.[/quote][/b]

OK, so you are trying to equate three months of feedback about different options and one week of feedback since the recommendation. I really hope VM PTA doesn't rely on you to do any statistical analysis on the feedback.
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As a part of the process, you probably know that VM PTA currently has discussions with other affected PTAs so you will get a chance to provide your take.[/b]

Also, VM will be absorbed into a different community, one way or the other. You will not be the part of Wheaton community anymore. It will be either new Woodward community (Tilden MS plus WW; the recommendation) or WJ community (NBMS; the proposed modification). It is on VM families to evaluate which one is better for their kids.[/quote]

I'm very aware that other PTAs have reached out in concerted efforts to unite VM with the Luxmanor and Farmland in efforts, I guess, to stay at WJ instead of being bumped over to Woodward. Nobody involved in these conversations from the VM side has expressed interest in having their kids at WJ.

But this thread is off the rails, so I'll just bow out here. I was trying to bring a little first hand VM perspective into the conversation. VM families know how to get in touch with the community and our organization efforts, so I'll catch you guys on those channels. [/quote]

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