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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=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems like the posters in this thread are very out of touch with the mainstream since 90% of these folks win reelection by a landslide.[/quote]

Mainstream what?[/quote]
The mainstream of voter sentiment, perhaps?[/quote]

Voters love teachers and vote as teachers tell them to vote.[/quote]

The MCEA loves their Apple Ballot candidates that push through extra time off for employees at a time students need face to face instruction.

[b]Parents should boycott voting for the Apple Ballot if you want independent decision making and oversight of MCPS by the Board of Ed.[/b][/quote]

I'll make my voting decisions independently, thank you.

-a parent[/quote]

Agreed. I am so sick of the small minority of parents who think they run the county with their “advocacy”. They act like we should all be so thankful for all that they do. I’m sorry- you don’t speak for me so please stop acting like anyone owes you anything. These parents know who they are. They are even worse because they bully others who don’t fall in line. [/quote]
Agree. 100%.  This was evident with the busing plan they tried to ram through.  These east county progressives said that increasing diversity was the most important thing they could do for the students.  90% of the county disagrees with them when they were asked in the boundary analysis.[/quote]
Sigh. This again? 90% of a few self-selected respondents. [/quote]

+1 Also, can I get a link to the busing plan? Where is it? /s[/quote]
It's in the Boundary Policy, code FAA.  Back in 2018, a handful of unscrupulous BOE members pushed through changes to this policy that elevated the demographics/diversity factor about the other 3 factors including proximity.  They did this because they said that schools needed to be more diverse and that proximity wasn't all that important.  That's a defacto busing plan.  3 month later, they resolved to conduct a boundary analysis and hired the diversity consultant WXY which had just written the busing plan for NYC.[/quote]

That's not a busing plan. It's not even a plan.[/quote]
OK, I'll go slowly for you.

BUSING PLAN

1. Alter the boundary policy so that any future boundary study will result in kids being moved to schools based primarily on their skin color and family income instead of proximity.

1.b. Do this without sending the policy out for public comment so no one knows until it's too late

2. Hire a diversity consultant with experience writing busing plans in major metro areas to conduct a boundary analysis.

3. Test new boundary policy in a middle class area (Clarksburg) to see how much fallout there is.  They have far fewer resources than Bethesda and Potmac.

4. If the boundary analysis and test go well, order a systemwide boundary study to move all boundaries with diversity and the main driver.  If the analysis and test don't go well, simply wait for natural boundary studies and the diversity-first policy will result in busing, just at a much slower pace.[/quote]

So the plan is in your imagination. Thanks.[/quote]

You listed a series of events, some more based in reality than others. I have yet to see MCPS's "busing plan" unless you are actually referring to the current school bus stops and schedules.[/quote]
A plan is a series of events.  So thank you for finally seeing the light.  The question is, what are we going to do about it?  Thankfully, my kids will graduate before MCPS is able to move them.  But the rest of you aren't going to like having your kids shuffled around.  Or at least 90% of you aren't.[/quote]

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