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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 what MCPS does and how they do it. 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]
Sure, but most of the people running have some background in education or have done some volunteering.  Not so Austin.  Other candidates are also talking about boundary changes but are not as divisive as Austin. Other candidates also want "neighborhood schools", but only Austin has indicated that returning to the previous FAA policy was his #1 priority. Seriously.. with all the issues that MCPS is facing, that should not be the #1 priority right now. It's only the #1 priority for the select few who have drunk the "cross county busing" koolaid.[/quote]
I urge you to read the latest response from BOE in the Clarksburg case.

BOE and the Superintendent repeatedly told the people one story and now told a judge a completely different story, regarding Policy FAA and Clarksburg redistricting.

They now say that there is "no evidence" that FAA prioritizes diversity, yet multiple board members talked over and over again on camera that the change was to give diversity more weight over other factors.

They now say that the Rocky Hill/Neelsville swap was to "minimize split articulations“, yet the Superintendent wrote repeatedly in his recommendations that this was to reduce FARMS disparities.

In the past, all these legal papers are hidden from the public. Now they are posted on the internet for all to see.

When people start looking, they see one thing: dishonesty.[/quote]

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