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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What exactly did Dr. Taylor accomplish with this meeting? As he stated, he can’t undo the decision so why was this a priority?[/quote]

He learned he can undo the decision.[/quote]

There's no money, and even more, there's no time to "undo" the closure. School assignments for teachers have been updated. Some teachers have resigned.  Attempting to reopen MVA at this point would leave a large number of students in schools and MVA without teachers.

I don't understand what the MVA families expect at this point. They lost the battle to keep MVA in place. They'd be better off refocusing on lobbying the state to create a virtual program rather than complaining about a decision that can't be undone.[/quote]

The battle will continue until its reopened.  If they don't do it for this year, there is always next year.[/quote]

Nah. Once it's gone it's gone, and the recourse will be at the state level. As the new Big Boss, I can't imagine Taylor succumbing to this bullying behavior by MVA parents, it would cripple his ability to be seen as a strong decision maker moving forward.[/quote]

🙄 how convenient you all forget about the supreme leader of bullies: the Open MCPS lunatics.  No one will ever beat their level of vitriol.  No one.  [/quote]

I mean, those folks also didn't get their way. Maybe the lesson learned is that it doesn't do any good to negotiate with terrorists.

I have to say that I started out somewhat sympathetic to the MVA folks. It's not a good fit for my family, but I can see how the tiny classes and individualized attention were going to be hard for people to give up. However, the budget crisis and then the absolutely obnoxious behavior by supporters have dulled that sympathy. Yes, they are well organized and loud, but there 's no message discipline and the absolute worst folks are active at the school board meetings and on this forum.

There's only so many times you can be told that you must not care about your child if you send them to in-person school before you lose a lot of sympathy for the folk saying those things.[/quote]

That is not the message they are saying.  You are projecting as you couldn't handle your kids at home doing virtual school.  No one cares what choice you make and you got the choice, and MVA families should get the same choice.

There is no budget crisis.  They were well funded and are wasteful.[/quote]

This post perfectly illustrates what the pp was referring to when they called out the "absolutely obnoxious behavior by supporters."[/quote]

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