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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FairFACTS Matters posted tonight that they’d met with Region 5 representatives on the BRAC who agreed to withdraw their (already DOA) proposal to move Forestville to Herndon but the explanation for why the recommendation was made in the first place was unclear.

Reading between the lines it sounded like someone from Marshall who was upset about the Thru Consulting proposal to move some kids who can walk to a Region 5 school to another school somehow concluded it had something to do with overcrowding at Langley, but it wasn’t spelled out.  It really makes you think that Thru has withheld so much requested information from the BRAC members that some end up drawing really odd inferences on their own.  This process is so, so flawed. [/quote]

EXCUSE ME, why does "just a Facebook group" have this much influence? PP is saying, "oh they're just a Facebook group" but here they are negotiating with members of the BRAC to change their opinion on things. Would "just a Facebook group" really be able to do this? NOPE. NOPE. NOPE.[/quote]

Yeah, God forbid they meet with some people on the BRAC who clearly were misinformed about non-existent overcrowding at Langley, which they'd mistakenly concluded had something to do with a ill-conceived boundary change affecting a Region 5 school (likely Marshall), educate them on the facts, and mutually agree that a prior BRAC proposal should be withdrawn.  Sounds like a real horror show (/s).  [/quote]\\

YOU are missing the point. You can't claim they're just a Facebook group when they're meeting with BRAC members and convincing them change their proposals. Which one is it? Influential group of people or just a random Facebook group? [/quote]

I haven't made any such claim.

FairFACTS Matters has a 501(c)(4) organization, the FairFACTS Matters Foundation, that engages in advocacy relating to potential boundary changes.  That organization is based in DC.  Only a handful of people appear to have any formal role with this foundation.

Separately, FairFACTS Matters has a Facebook page with over 2000 "members" and three administrators.  It allows the members of that FB page to post in their individual capacity, and some of the administrators of that page also post on the page occasionally under the "FairFACTS Matters" moniker.

Someone posting under the "FairFACTS Matters" moniker referred to "members of our group"  meeting recently with Region 5 BRAC members.  They might like to create the impression that they are representing over 2000 people who subscribe to their Facebook page when they meet with others, but that's not the case.  The members of the FB page are mostly just following what the administrators post or occasionally responding to what other members post, but they don't necessarily agree with the views of the administrators.

In this recent instance, there's certainly nothing wrong about the administrators of the group, who are well informed about boundary issues (particularly if they relate to the Langley pyramid), meeting with some BRAC members who clearly appear to have been under the false impression that overcrowding at Langley (the school isn't overcrowded) was somehow related to a Thru Consulting proposal to move kids who lived within walking distance of one school (possibly Marshall) to a different school (possibly McLean).  If getting together educated those Region 5 BRAC members, and led them to conclude their earlier recommendation was based on a misunderstanding of the facts, it's hard to see why anyone should complain.  [/quote]

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