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This is a huge red flag for me as well. Despite having what appears to be a pretty flexible job, Austin had basically not stepped foot in a MCPS school - even his own children's school - until MCPS started talking about adjusting adjacent school boundaries in order to alleviate overcrowding and address underutilization of facilities.

Anyone with a map want to clue me in on what Austin's so worried about? Is his house right on a border or something? [/quote]

Deep concern that someone will force their children onto buses to White Oak at gunpoint, or at least that's what some of his supporters I've talked to are worried about.

Also, property values.[/quote]

Can you guarantee that his kids, and thousands of other children zoned for top schools won’t be forced to attend (perhaps adjacent) lower performing schools to help boost their performance?  Oh, and also lower their FARMS number so that MCPS looks better politically?  A more effective way to reduce school overcrowding is slow down the rate of residential development. But we can’t have that because it could lead to lower tax revenue for the county. [/quote]

Stop and think about what you're asking. Even if MCPS reverted back to the old pre-"especially" FAA policy (seemingly Mr. Austin's #1 priority), there would be no "guarantee" of any such thing. Nor should or would any MCPS policy consider some schools to be "top schools" and therefore have special rules or regulations apply to them. [/quote]
+1 looking at adjacent clusters to reduce over crowding has nothing to do with the "especially" word in the FAA policy.  And IMO, it would be irresponsible of the BOE to NOT look at adjacent clusters that are under capacity when redrawing boundaries.[/quote]

So which is the top priority, overcrowding or economic diversity?  Seems to me the latter is the top one for this BOE. [/quote]

And that's exactly why we need new leadership at the BOE.[/quote]

Everyone running for the at-large seat is new (i.e. not an incumbent) so by definition, wouldn't electing ANY of the 13 candidates be bringing in new leadership?

I have personally seen Sunil Dasgupta show leadership by:
-  advocating to MCPS and the BoE for an increase in mental health counselors in MCPS (currently only 5 - he requested 100+)
-  setting up FREE mental health first aid trainings to all members of the MCPS communit
 -organizing the MCCPTA Health and Wellness fair 3 years in a row which brought in experts in the mental health field to educate families, students, teachers, and administrators on important mental health issues
- understanding and explaining the challenges and changes in teaching methodology needed for MCPS to succeed in online learning going forward
-  advocating for  more transparency on all BoE processes and policies

Any candidate who is running for BoE should show that they have past leadership experience, past advocacy experience, and a deep understanding of the issues at hand.[/quote]

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