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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It makes sense to do these boundary studies with an eye towards the next one and the overall system goals for efficiency and utilization. The prior Superintendent (or really I think it was Jack Smith but maybe it was McKnight) decided to leave the ES boundaries out of the scope of these boundary studies. But because they left them out, MCPS is forced to plan for that study without saying any decisions have been made. Same with the closures. They don’t want the future closures to require changing HS boundaries right after changing them in these studies. So of course they are planning for them, but there are barriers to transparency because it’s not supposed to be part of this process. It’s a cluster, but one Taylor mostly inherited because of the limitations on the scope of Crown and Woodward (which was already decided when he came in) and the inability to delay Woodward and Crown openings and the fact that he didn’t get to do the longer term planning. [/quote]

I disagree with this conclusion that “MCPS can do anything it wants,” as that would be counter to MCPS policy in FAA, and approved scope of the boundary study. Whatever Taylor/MCPS “inherited,” they still must meet their own policies. One can still approve the students that feed to the high schools on Thursday, while “delaying” implementation at the MS/ES level. This would be implementing the current boundary studies limited to its one purpose (balancing high schools, populating Crown, Woodward), as opposed to overstepping and “imbalancing” multiple MIDDLE schools with no explanation or feedback or community engagement. They don’t even have the criteria for MS/ES consolidation, and it’s unknown which may be consolidated, any of which great domino effects for other MS and ES. There is also little to gain by rushing the approval of MS/ES on Thursday as Taylor recommended the MS/ES boundary begin and end in 2026-2027. [/quote]

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