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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][quote=Anonymous][quote]That’s not an FFM post but also doesn’t support your claim. I agree with that poster btw that there should be more transparency in the KAA process.[/quote]

It may not be a FFM post, but it is from a member of Fairfacts Matter who [b]represents the organization on the BRAC committee.[/b][/quote]

Everyone is allowed to have varying opinions in things, even within the same organization.  Requiring a purity test and giving group condemnation for individual thought is not a normal way for adults to interact.[/quote]

Of course they do.  However, someone had said that  FFM had not said anything about extra buildings that could be used in a response about the KAA purchase.  Perhaps it is not on FFM Facebook, but it is posted by their representative to the BRAC committee.
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So what?  Why shouldn’t people ask FCPS whether it explored alternatives before committing to drop $150 million (and the final price tag will be higher) on a building designed as a private K-12 school for about 1000 kids?

Again, that’s not opposition to the deal, just an effort to understand whether any rigor went into FCPS’s decision.  The SB had been claiming FCPS was cash-strapped for years and couldn’t possibly do anything for other overcrowded schools, so it’s a surprise when they suddenly announce they are prepared to cough up $150M that wasn’t fully funded to buy KAA.  We still don’t know where the money will come from or what other renovation projects will be delayed. [/quote]

I feel like I am talking crazy pills when I repeatedly see that poster push back on people who advocate for transparency.

I’m guessing she is a Region 5 special interest rep.[/quote]

I doubt our Region 5 special interest rep has any interest in KAA.    And, what does that have to do with moving Forestville?  Forestville has no impact at all on the KAA area.  Why would you think that?[/quote]

The great falls people are aggressive and conspiracy minded. They will not accept that people have different opinions than they do and cannot understand that many of us welcome the KAA purchase. Of course we are still concerned that the board will screw it up and use it for some niche program rather than much needed capacity in that area.[/quote]

I’m really starting to think that some of the proponents of the KAA are cognitively challenged.  Of course people in Great Falls understand that people near KAA want a new high school in their neighborhood, courtesy of all the taxpayers in the county.  Who wouldn’t?  That doesn’t mean they can’t press for answers to some basic questions that the school board should have anticipated and already addressed by now. [/quote]

DP. I don’t have to think too hard that you’re a very intolerant person who doesn’t care about others. I live in West Springfield and couldn’t give a crap about KAA other than it sounds like they got a good deal and the school is desperately needed in that part of the county. But I also don’t understand why the school board can’t be more open about their plans for the school. And it does need to be addressed before they change boundaries. [/quote]

Your last two sentences align with what others have been saying for some time but some of the KAA proponents repeatedly elect to demonize people for raising these and related points if (but only if) they live in Great Falls. Truly bizarre. [/quote]

+1.[/quote]

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It's comically absurd at this point.[/quote]

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