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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For me, the bottom line on Stephen Austin is that, until the boundary issue arose and raised concerns in his mind that his property value might decline and his kids might have to attend schools different than the ones he assumed they would attend, he did absolutely nothing to help make county schools better. Nothing. Every other candidate for the At-Large seat has at least done SOMETHING to address issues/concerns in MCPS. His Facebook posts consistently show him to be a thin-skinned Johnny come lately who thinks simple questions about his touted financial expertise are just too personal and certainly not to be scrutinized by the voters he wants to represent. You want an independent audit of MCPS books? I am with you! You want an IG? I am with you. You want a guy who had no interest in anything MCPS just a few months ago? No thanks.[/quote]

I think the boundary analysis woke up a lot of people to really look at [b]what MCPS does and how they do it[/b]. We have 15 candidates running for this seat. When has it ever been that high? No matter what positions the candidates may take, the fact there are so many candidates shows that a lot of people finally saw what's going on at MCPS and want to change it.[/quote]

It was also the fact that hundreds of parents spoke at BOE meetings, but were essentially ignored in favor of the BOE's agenda.  On top of that, the BOE continues to move the goalposts.  I keep hearing that they BOE isn't considering busing as part of the boundary changes, but the BOE hasn't said that[b] it absolutely will NOT consider busing kids to achieve its goal of economic diversity[/b].  It's nice that the BOE is pushing what it's for (economic diversity), but won't be just as clear about what it's not for.  It strikes me that the BOE wants to keep the option of busing open, but not say that it's for busing, which might cause even more backlash than has already occurred.[/quote]
 That was indicated in the memo by Jack Smith to the BOE for the upcounty boundary changes but some of you, for some reason, refuse to believe the words written in black and white.  I think it's called "fear mongering" and "paranoia".

They have and will continue to look at "busing", but not "cross county busing".  There neighborhoods in the W cluster that currently have a 40+min bus ride to their W zoned school even though there are  non W schools that are closer. Those boundaries were created a while ago; new boundaries may also involve a 40min bus ride to their new school. So, that has not changed since the "especially" word was added to the policy.
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