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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of the video testimonies was a woman who began by saying she was the parent of a student at Viers Mill Elementary. And she is not. So there's that.[/quote]

I need to rewatch her testimony. I know she lives in the district and has a rising school age kid. You can’t solely blame her though. The BOE needs to do a better job vetting testimony. If the point of the testimony is to hear from all stakeholders, they completely failed! If the point of the testimony was Q and A with the BOE using parents as pawns, they were successful![/quote]

Seems like folks are trying to disqualify her on a technicality. Her child will be impacted by the new boundaries and she has every right to testify and describe herself as part of the VMES community.

As far as public hearings go, no they are not a good tool for ensuring all stakeholders are heard for various reasons. The real problem is neither MCPS nor the BOE are interested in hearing from all stakeholders. If they were, they would be doing outreach focused on listening to people and gathering and reporting out feedback. Instead they waste people's time with long repetitive presentations and online surveys that they use quite selectively to support their decisions.[/quote]

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