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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is the City of Rockville's proposal?

Why does a Senator's support matter for a local decision? [/quote]

It doesn't matter. Senators have no say in it.[/quote]

She was clear the legislature funds a significant amount of MCPS.[/quote]
But they have no say in how boundaries are drawn, and she has no clue what's going on.  This is a local matter.[/quote]

This has to be Essie. This reeks of her narrow, dig-in-your-heels attitude. You fail to understand the landscape if you're limiting the impact and influence of the politics that shape MCPS to just the school board and superintendent.[/quote]
? No. I'm a parent.  Why do some posters assume that all parents are against H, and only MCPS is for H?  You live in a bubble.  Sorry to burst it.[/quote]

I know there are parents for and against H.

It was the narrowing of influence and impact, and insisting WHO had decision making power that reeked of Essie, who routinely dismisses and rejects anyone other than MCPS influencing and impacting the system's decision making.

And frankly, I don't see why a parent would be focused on that. So either you're Essie or another staffer who wants to insist in MCPS supremacy, over community or other stakeholder feedback.[/quote]
what? As I said, I'm a parent, and I live in the real world.  A senator does not have the decision making power regarding school boundaries.   I did not say that parents or the community don't have the right to provide feedback.

This is freakin' ridiculous, to expect a senator, that should be dealing with national and state wide issues, to influence a school boundary.

I think you are not able to think straight.[/quote]

1) No one claimed she had direct decision making power on school boundaries.

2) Just because she doesn't have direct decision making power on boundaries, doesn't mean she can't chime in, especially if her constituents are unhappy with the process, since as a member of the state legislature, she writes the laws that govern public school systems in Maryland

3) You're trying to nail her for sticking her nose in the MCPS boundary conversation, but you claim she should be dealing with "national" issues, when she's a state senator. Her purview is limited to state level only, so maybe you shouldn't be the one clarifying roles and responsibilities.[/quote]

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