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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know her, although not well. I have mixed feelings on her. Her kids are nice, which in general speaks highly of a parent. She is a solid Key volunteer. [b]She is EXTREMELY committed to the 'keep Key on Key' movement, anyone who feels differently must have nefarious motives or be stupid.[/b] She can be kind of standoffish. I don't know who the other candidates are.[/quote] That's the way Mary Kadera was about McKinley disappearing. Didn't stop her from getting on the Board.[/quote] That is true up to a point. Mary K was McKinley PTA president at the time- and she represented the McKinley viewpoint- Mckinley was more caught of guard then Key, and there were other options- moving ats to mcKinley was not the only viable option. In contrast- Erin was part of the keep key on key movement for years. My memory on this issue goes back a long time- multiple times aps planning staff tried to engage the Key community about the need to move and get them to work collaboratively on a location. It was very clear for a long time that they needed the Key building as a neighborhood school. Erin was part of, if not the leader of, a group of parents who treated the staff with contempt and mocked them for even trying to raise the idea of a move. She absolutely refused to consider the validity of any of the data the staff presented about the need for a neighborhood school at the Key site, and she was extremely dismissive of any Key parent trying to suggest that we should be open to a new location. She was absolutely caught up in groupthink about it- talking to that group of parents was like talking to a buzz saw. [/quote] I wouldn’t hold that view against Erin, as there were strong opinions on both sides. Key Immersion and Science Focus were initially created to ensure demographic balance in the Lyon Village through Rosslyn neighborhoods after a decade of middle class flight from the public elementary schools in that part of the county. Key served that purpose well until recently. Change is hard for neighborhoods and stakeholders. The HB Woodlawn community certainly didn’t want to move, but they eventually did move to Rosslyn, and the Stratford Jr High building is now Dorothy Hamm MS. . . . I’m looking forward to hearing her and the other candidates’ views on the current issues.[/quote]
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