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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]Someone posted earlier that Reid said that the scenarios had not be "vetted."  Does she mean that staff never looked at them to check for known issues?

What do these people get paid to do?

Hard to believe that Reid (who did not know about issues in Rt 1 corridor) is weighing in on boundaries and answering? questions.[/quote]

She was talking about the 4 maps they posted for the Western High School.[/quote]

Who created the maps?  Staff or THRU?[/quote]

And why are they showing maps to the public and getting no people all upset if they are not vetted? I swear she just says things to get people to calm down in the moment. As soon as someone is freaking out about a change she’s all “don’t worry that’s just a super drafty draft” regardless of whether that’s true. The school board must be beyond frustrated with her because then they have to clean up her mess. She is just telling everyone what they want to hear while they’re in front of her. I wouldn’t trust anything she says at this point. [/quote]

Why are they doing 7 revidions to the county wide rezoning maps, based on who complains the most on the previous map?[/quote]

More like who has the biggest tantrum. Some of these grown adults should be ashamed of themselves. [/quote]

💯 I can't believe the school board and Dr. Reid are so stupid that they think the people who make the biggest stink are actually the majority. They're not in most instances. In most instances, the majority of the school population is indifferent but the "active families" (meaning the wealthy ones) are the most vocal and have the resources to make their voices loud and their opinions heard. It enrages me that FCPS school board/admin hasn't figured this out yet.[/quote]

Why would it require extensive “resources” to make your voice heard? [b]You’re basically claiming that FCPS should have a free hand to do whatever it wants[/b], yet many of the proposals of its outside consultants have been ludicrous on their face.  [/quote]

No, I'm not claiming that at all. I am saying FCPS should not assume that one small group of very loud people who have the time and money to create an advocacy organization out of the blue actually represents an entire community. Some of us have jobs and we don't have the network of some of these pro-Oakton moms (IYKYK) so we couldn't do that. But that doesn't mean that they are the majority and represent everyone.[/quote]

Got it, but it appears your issue is not just that some parents are more organized than others on whether Crossfield should be zoned to the new western HS, but also that Reid gives off the vibe that FCPS will defer to the last person who spoke.

That doesn’t mean people shouldn’t express their opinions or organize to do so.  It may mean that Reid needs to tell them they won’t always get what they want.  Or it may mean some people who now think they are getting what they want because of how she interacts with people will be disappointed later.

Taking a contrary stand in a public meeting to a large group of people who’ve built up a head of steam and are cheering each other on isn’t easy.  It’s not impossible, but it makes a lot of people uncomfortable. That doesn’t mean you can’t find other ways to express your opinions.

But just shitting on people for being organized or speaking up comes across as passive-aggressive. And if we just left FCPS and their consultants up to their own devices it’s unlikely we’d be well served.  [/quote]

DP. The point of the community boundary meetings is to express concern for when a change doesn't make sense. Like when they proposed to send 2 streets out of Chantilly Highlands to Oakton. That flat out made no sense. But what people are getting annoyed with are people complaining about boundary proposals that logistically DO makes sense, but for whatever superficial reason, that community doesn't WANT to be moved. The entire argument is some emotional argument like a little toddler who doesn't WANT to eat his peas. And then to top it all off, the decision makers give into these people's demands with a these weird carveouts.[/quote]

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