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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Completely incomprehensible. Did she vote for grandfathering in more than just seniors? I was hoping for language that guaranteed a minimum of 6th, 8th, 11th and 12th. I can’t tell either if she proposed and voted for this or if it ultimately passed. [/quote]

She did not.  Only three or four members voted for grandfathering juniors.  I think Moon, Dr. Anderson, Lady, and Meren voted for the amendment grandfathering high school students (can't remember if it was all high school students, or just juniors).  The claim was the amendment was written too narrowly and tied the hands of the board and would not allow more generous grandfathering.  In my mind, it means moving juniors is still on the table, which is shocking to me as well [/quote]

I agree this was just poorly done.  They could have easily amended Dr. Anderson’s and Meren’s amendment to say AT LEAST rising 10-12 etc.  [b]Meren and DR. Anderson put a lot of thought into the develomental needs of kids and had differentiated between the school levels (elementary, middle and high).[/b]

Moon tried to point this out by saying transportation wasn’t even guaranteed in the amendment, so if transportation was the issue, the board could easily not provide it for grandfathered students.

But , all the other SB members wanted more leeway to make more sweeping changes faster and get rid of grandfathering ASAP.

There was no other reason to vote the way they did.  They covered up the truth yet again by saying they needed leeway in BOTH directions (more and less grandfathering) but in truth they just wanted leeway for LESS grandfathering.[/quote]

No one put a lot of thought into this plan.  They blindly accepted the recommendation of the governance committee on the draft policy with no public discussion about the specifics of grandfathering at all and allowed the draft to become final.  Then the day before the meeting people started throwing in grandfathering amendments, again with no public discussion, and another amendment was proposed the day of the meeting that was passed with no thoughtful consideration whatsoever.  The entire process was an embarrassment and disservice to the families of FCPS students.  [/quote]

One thing that is clear is that, if they can't follow a clear process for amending a policy, it will be even worse when it comes to the process for implementing the policy.

They can try to shove all the work down to Reid and staff, but it's not like Reid and staff have distinguished themselves as paragons of competence, and the instinct on the part of School Board members to intervene, meddle, and criticize will be very strong.  [/quote]

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