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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow, which BOE member mentioned racism with a chuckle after Yang’s vote against was applauded. That’s rich after the nonstop tone policing earlier in the meeting. [/quote]

It was Montoya.

Her claims of racism are rich since she was the loudest voice in favor of closing the only Black-run charter in MCPS: MBLI.

She’s a fraud and a hypocrite. She doesn’t care about Black people. She’s just using them as a talking point to stick it to the people who are against the superintendent’s recommendation.[/quote]

Stop using the word rich like that! Montoya and Wolff’s comments were totally accurate. There is a reason the current programs are overwhelmingly white and Asian students. The actual RICH parents whining about FARMS rates, building utilization, and how heartbroken they are that they bought a home walking distance from a supposed quality schooo need to STFU. As Wolff said, this dont about YOU. It’s about what’s good for ALL students. And if you keep putting down and leaving out the black and brown kids, we will call you out on it![/quote]

The reason the programs are overwhelming Asian and White is because there are more Asians and Whites applying. If you don’t apply, you don’t get in. Who applies? The parents. This is a reflection of MCPS not reaching out to communities who are underrepresented. [/quote]

Applying is the easy part. Making it actually work is the harder part. Getting to a central bus stop may not be practical. There also may not be enough activity buses to make it worth leaving your home school for the program, and if parents can’t be the ride, then they would have to turn down the program. I have to assume the the white/asian populations in the current program are more affluent and have the ability to get kids from school in an emergency or even for them to participate in other things.

I would really like to see MCPS work with the county to create more direct routes from schools to the communities they serve.[/quote]

Or they can take public transportation home from afterschool activities. I went to Eastern and Blair out of area in the 90s. The school bus option picked up so early and so far from my house that I took public transportation instead to Eastern in the morning and took a school bus half way home and then got off and took a Ride-On the rest of the way. To Blair I got a carpool in the morning and then took the same school bus/RideOn combo in the afternoon. But if I stayed late at school I took 2-3 RideOn/Metro buses to get home before I could drive. It was fine. It is good for HS kids to get experience using public transportation. [/quote]

Please tell me what direct public transportation options are available from Rio/Crown to Wootton area? [/quote]

The 54 bus, for one.[/quote]

The closest stop is over a mile away from Wootton, and more than 2 miles away for neighborhoods behind Frost. [/quote]

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