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[quote=Anonymous]They are in a very difficult position now.

The Thru recommendations could not have been sloppier.  They basically undertook to "fix problems" that in many instances aren't really problems by moving around SPAs like puzzle pieces, with little knowledge of the communities involved, while creating new issues in the process that were just as bad as the problems they were purporting to fix.

Now School Board members are purporting to give people "comfort" by promising that the maps that will be released in the fall will be substantially different from the maps released to date, but that both suggests we've largely been wasting our time over the past 1 1/2 years and leaves people guessing as to whether the process going forward will end up being rushed, with less opportunity to provide input on the proposals that really matter.

A cynic would say this was the intention from the beginning and that the School Board has been sitting on the boundary changes that it really wants to make.   A realist would say they are just deeply incompetent and floundering to try and salvage something they can call an improvement to current boundaries.  And, indeed, there may eventually be a few changes that are both needed and beneficial, but they'll be largely swallowed up in the slop.

Most of all, this demonstrates how this School Board has become an echo chamber devoid of meaningful debate and discussion, and how Michelle Reid is not equipped to lead a school system the size of FCPS. Even if your neighborhood isn't affected by these boundary proposals, we all suffer when FCPS families are treated poorly by those charged with our kids' education. [/quote]

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