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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meren’s reply to comments on FB regarding her news letter.

“ The planned opening in fall 2026 would not *require* students to attend. As such, I say in my newsletter that students would not be “assigned” to attend. I can see now how that could be confusing, but I hope this clarifies it.

While plans on identifying the boundary are expected to continue in the spring, I’ve seen the agenda and dates of Board meetings change so often during this process, that I’ll wait to see where things are at.

[b]The Chair and Vice Chair facilitate the Board’s schedule and agenda of work, and are responsible for confirming information with the Superintendent and among Members for the whole Board to rely on[/b]. My goal throughout this process has been to relay what I know, first hand, to the best of my abilities.

Confusion continues to exemplify to me the need to slow down this approach, and I remain steadfast in not supporting assigning or requiring students to attend the Western HS in fall 2026. It seems reasonable to [b]allow families the choice to voluntarily place their students there for available programming, but I don’t yet know what that would look like[/b] nor the cost to do so. I’m eager to know more.

I hope this is helpful.”

She is walking back her email and saying that they won’t require kids attend the new school but that it will open in 2026? That is what Reid has been saying and seems to counter her email. The confusion about the open date comes from her email, not from anything that Reid has said. [/quote]

Two huge tells here:

- the second bolded part means this won’t be just another HS.  They are planning to make it either a magnet or a specialized school, such as a trade school, and:

- Reid and Frisch are conspiring behind closed doors on this, and won’t even share plans with the majority of the school board.

Vote NO on the school bond issue.  These officials cannot be trusted with your $$ and won’t spend it wisely.[/quote]

You are reading too much into it based on your own opinions. She's saying she doesn't know what programming will be available there next year. Reid has recommended it be a traditional high school and multiple board members have come out in support of it. I don't see there being enough votes for a magnet at this point.

Meren is a jerk. She is purposely sowing confusion with her messages and then saying the confusion is the reason to slow things down. She is also claiming that the timeline for voting on programming isn't already set, when it is. She thinks if she just keeps repeating things they will somehow become reality. How did these people end up in the positions they have?[/quote]
Meren is decent.  She cares and takes her job seriously.  The lady she replaced was awful and did nothing.[/quote]

Meren’s politics are well to the left of Megan McLaughlin’s but she’s basically taken on the role of being a thorn in the superintendent’s side, which is what McLaughlin did with Brabrand.

She hates being rushed into decisions and she’s been a consistent skeptic of anything relating to the western HS because she’s felt she hasn’t had enough information to make informed decisions.  People claim she’s just trying to “protect” South Lakes, but I think it’s more her unhappiness with the process and timeline.

But if the response to this is just to make Western an option school for years on end, it gets the school off to a very shaky start.  [/quote]

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