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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m fine with it being at UMBC, but this is super disappointing for families at Damascus.

Why would MCPS force this? Just another example of how MCPS doesn’t care about what families want.[/quote]

This is pretty bad for Poolesville parents too, they are much further away from UMBC and I wouldn't imagine the dreading amount of time it would take for parents and students to drive all the way to campus.[/quote]
While UMBC is less convenient for the residents of Poolesville, most Poolesville HS students don’t live in Poolesville. I’m a Poolesville HS parent and UMBC is only 9 minutes further drive than Mount St Mary’s, so no big deal. Besides, most Poolesville HS families are used to having a commute to get to the school. Also, this year’s graduation ceremony is at 1:30 in the afternoon, so no one even has to get up early for it.[/quote]

And has been noted in this thread it takes into account the desire for families to have more tickets, provides for it being indoors so no heat/rain/locust issues, is cheaper for schools and likely the district now that all schools are there(so fiscal responsibility), and makes  them all equal so no one can complain they got a better graduation.  Overall from a district perspective having it at UMBC accounts for what most families want. [/quote]

Cost of transporting students, staff, families without cars, and administrators to UMBC = ???

As the BOE voted in secret, no one actually knows what “most” families want.[/quote]

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