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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Watch the videos! The "experts" are not looking too confident. lol

https://www.mymcmedia.org/boundary-study-meeting-gets-heated/?fbclid=IwAR1g4D1-_tE1ZhDX5smSD0QqRaga5vZxoGXshIouMsOaQK4vqUa7M2JpQoA[/quote]
? You wouldn't either if you had an angry mob heckling you.[/quote]

Hey - as project leads, you need to prepare for that reaction. They didn't do their research.  Know your audience!  No one EVER guarantees you'll face a respectful audience.

Prepare for the worst.

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So, I guess they should've had armed guards to prepare for the worst?  Oh, wait... now that we know how crazy some people are getting about this, BoE have brought in MoCo police and security to attend these meetings. Who would've thought.... staid, liberal MoCo needed mob control.

I live in the RM cluster, and it's really shameful how some of these parents are behaving.  I see it on Nextdoor, too.

I'm also a project lead, and people may not like what I have to say and where the project is leading, but no one has ever cursed or yelled at me, ever, in the 20 years I've been working in this capacity.[/quote]

Well, no clue what area you're in . . . But with hot topics like education, be prepared for the worst. I've been in education for almost half of my life.  I've trained, facilitated, and presented. I can honestly say that while most audiences were civil, there were a few instances where people pushed back.  However, we anticipated obstacles and worked with them. The key is transparency from the start.

Those dodos weren't honest with their goals from the start.

Look - [b]MCPS has an agenda[/b]. I'm sure the consultants were aware of this agenda - or the system's "possible" plans.[b]  But they never shared ALL avenues with stakeholders.[/b]  Controversial topics 1) cannot remain hidden and 2) must be worked into any presentation or training.

We are taxpayers who are owed answers.  We may not all like the truth, but at least it's out there. [/quote]
What is the "hidden agenda"?   Creating diversity in schools? They aren't hiding that fact.  Is it that you think this firm was hired to draw new boundaries?  They won't. That was explicitly stated. They may make recommendations, and yes, BoE may take those recommendations, but that's not a hidden agenda.

What "ALL avenues" are you referring to?

Here's the truth.... some schools are way over capacity, while the neighboring ones are under capacity. The boundaries for some schools make zero sense. There are many cases of islands being created. MCPS needs to redraw boundaries. They should've done this years ago when the population was steadily increasing.

Here are some examples of current boundaries that make no sense:
http://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/FallsmeadES.pdf
http://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/LakewoodES.pdf
http://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/RitchieParkES.pdf

I believe in the presentation it showed the % of students who don't live near their assigned schools. If they called this out, to me, that states that they will be looking at proximity.

So again,what is that "hidden agenda" you're referring to?[/quote]

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