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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mr. Austin wants community voices to be heard when decisions are made.  The community (parent, student, and teacher voices) should be part of the decision.  The conclusion should reflect these decisions and public comment should have a meaningful impact on the results.

in Austin's analysis of WXY data he looks at adjacent clusters.  The most he sees that can move from adjacent clusters, which the Board said they would prioritize, is 3400 students.  This includes more than the nearest elementary, middle, or high school.

Opportunities to reduce overcrowding include choice programs, reopening closed MCPS facilities, the builder's putting in money toward school construction, putting on additions rather than totally new schools, and distance learning for example.

The Board has eight members with many years combined of PTA and teaching experience.  Mr. Austin's dedication and skills in analyzing data, doing research, and making sure that individual parents and teachers and students are heard would be an excellent complement to the skills of the others on the Board.  
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For someone who wants "community voices heard" he doesn't seem to have an issue shutting down naysayers on his FB page.

If Mr. Austin analyzed the WXY data then he should be aware that we currently have some f*dup crazy boundaries, and we should have those boundaries redrawn, and that some 30% to 40% of students do not go to their closest schools, ie neighborhood schools.

Austin should be glad that the boundary analysis was done which shows these issues in our current boundaries.

We already have choices programs, yet, we still have overcrowded schools. How many parents in the W clusters would want their children to choose to go to Watkins Mill?

Re-opening closed facilities - sure, but you can't just open it as they are. It does require money to get them up to date, and it would still require redrawing boundaries, and that means looking at the adjacent clusters.

I don't think most parents would want distance learning as a permanent solution. If Austin is all for it, I'm wondering if he finds the current distance learning to be great for his child.

Mr Austin's experience in investments does not mean that he knows anything about budgets. Those are two different skill sets.

Mr Austin has zero experience in education, not even volunteering. That does not show me he cares about educating all kids in this county.

If he wants a job as a number cruncher in MCPS, then go for it. But, the BOE needs people who understands the educational needs of our students.  You don't have to be a policy wonk, or an educator, but I do expect someone who says they care about the education of our kids to have at least volunteered in his kids' schools.[/quote]

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