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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are some really interesting posts here but also just so much name-calling. Like, why?  What is the purpose or goal of spending so much time name-calling and accusing other people of being liars? I don’t think it’s super hard to tell which posts seem like sincere comments from thoughtful parents and community members and which ones seem like a desperate attempt to either sew acrimony or disparage other points of view and communities. It’s honestly deeply weird. [/quote]
And as you were typing this, the post that came at the same time provided a perfect example of what you are saying.

The problem with this topic is that it is very polarizing. No matter what the outcome, there will be winners and losers. Taylor made a mistake by making his own modification to one of the options. By doing that, he divided current WJ community, he divided current GPES community and he created bad blood among future Woodward community.[/quote]

By your point he divided the KPES too?  But to be honest. GPES and KPES "islands" going to Woodward make complete sense.  "Core" GPES (town, neighborhood near the school, parkside) and "Core" KPES (parkwood near the school) going to WJ makes complete sense too.  MCPS will do a boundary study for elementary soon. KPES is under capacity by a lot. Ashburton is way over capacity.  They will re-draw to bring some of Ashburton into "Core" KPES and GPES, and the islands are likely gone mooting this point.

[b]He gave all groups what they wanted except Farmland[/b]....BUT farmland should go to Woodward and be fine with VMES and WWES going to their school. [/quote]

That is an oversimplification. If they make the change as proposed by the petition you could also say that "all groups got what they wanted", given what was discussed for months prior to the recommendation. But now, that we have the recommendation, the goal post has shifted and different groups have recalibrated their ambitions.

I can use GPES as an example. For months they were united and advocated against split articulation, Woodward or WJ. One of the reasons was that they were worried some parts may end up in Wheaton. But now with the recommendation, WJ part is happy and don't want anything to change and the other part is supporting the petition.

The petition is clear in their reasoning and they are making valid points. This whole Farmland/ Luxmanor are not being principled is just a noise from other groups that now feel threatened because their perspective shifted.[/quote]

GPES and KPES islands probably  join Farmland and Luxmanor elementary in the next study. The petition is because Farmland is upset with demographics at new Woodward.[/quote]

Every group pays attention to FARMS. Why is MCPS including FARMS numbers in tables for all options? They are pretty much the only stat presented when describing different options. But somehow Farmland should ignore that they are getting the biggest jump by far. While at the same time WJ is getting some hypothetical considerations like "there will be a lot of developments here so let's keep utilization at 77%". There are developments everywhere.[/quote]

[b]They include race. English as second language too.  It’s not only stat.

Farmland was not entitled to maintain WJ level FARMS in new Woodward. They are behaving as if they were.

And the development in new WJ is real. Not hypothetical.[/quote][/b]

You are just proving my point that demographics drives discussion and that Farmland's concern is as legitimate as concerns that other neighborhoods have.

Farmland is not asking in this petition to maintain WJ FARMS levels, just to narrow the gap. But you probably know that and are purposefully misrepresenting the proposal to keep WJ FARMS as low as possible.

Developments are happening everywhere. It is not BOE primary function to make sure that new Strathmore townhomes are priced at 2mil.[/quote]

Mental gymnastics and inferiority complex always assuming it is a WJ person wanting to stop this. I am from VM and do not want to go to WJ! Why do you not want my community at Woodward so badly?[/quote]

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