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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem isn't that she is a teacher or with the union.  It's that she ran what is supposed to be a county-wide advocacy organization, and during her tenure completely ignored up-county and every W school that she loathes.

Many of you claim Stephen Austin only cares about his neighborhood, Lynne Harris has already proven she will do the same.

Had she done a better job listening to all, Austin probably wouldn't have felt the need to enter the race.  And no, I am not voting for either of them.[/quote]

Why should she or anyone else on the Board focus on the W schools?  These schools and the students who attend them are doing just fine and will continue to do so.

The county should focus its policy and funding decisions on expressly favoring schools with poorer students.  That’s the only way to even begin to tackle the systematic racism that has caused the current segregation of have and have nots.[/quote]

No one said "focus" on W schools.  [b]But they cannot be ignored forever. [/b] So much time and money spent on other schools, and no one begrudges one penny of that,  but you cannot ignore the challenges at the Ws forever.  [/quote]

The schools in Bethesda and Potomac are not being ignored. Good grief.[/quote]

Hahah.. when MCPS first closed in mid-March due to corona, they provided food distribution sites so kids could pick up their meals. Here's a list of the 20 sites:
https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/coronavirus/a-huge-change-montgomery-county-reacts-to-statewide-school-closures/

Notice something? Note one in Potomac, Bethesda, or Chevy Chase? BCC high school is more than 10% FARMS. They ignore this area for even basic needs like feeding kids.

Now, since then they have added more sites, but still none in Bethesda, none in Chevy Chase, and the one in Potomac is at Scotland, which is pretty far our from most people in Potomac:
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/Coronavirus/COVID-19_Emergency_Closure_Meals_for_MCPS_Students.pdf

Tell me how MCPS isn't ignoring down-county? They aren't even providing meals for needy students! Yes, the % of students on FARMS may be lower, but tell that to the FARMS people who are in the area -- that they don't deserve meals because there aren't enough of them.[/quote]

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