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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]They didn’t, which led to [b]multiple SB members[/b] abstaining from the vote to purchase KAA, questions from BRAC members and community groups that remain unanswered, and continued uncertainty as to FCPS’s plans for KAA.[/quote]

The "multiple" number is 3.
Moon--who has announced his plans to run for Braddock supervisor
Rachna Sizemore-Heiser who is rumored to run for Braddock supervisor.

Both of those likely will not vote for anything that does not directly affect Braddock in a very positive way.  This purchase has no effect on Braddock as far as I can tell.

Meren is the third member who abstained.  South Lakes is in her district and many of the Carson students are in her district.  South Lakes may lose kids to this--or place Meren in the difficult position of picking who gets to be assigned there from Hunter Mill.

Please note:  No School Board member voted AGAINST the purchase.[/quote]

Or maybe they are just three members with more experience on the SB who care about governance and were unsettled by the questions that were neither answered nor identified at the time of the vote.

If the absence of a specific benefit to a member’s district was the key driver, you’d have seen other members abstaining as well.  [/quote]

+1. And, to put a fine point on it, if some of the board members are running for something this year, then they should be proud to vote for a “bargain” as some posters call it. The fact that they abstained makes us question the transaction even more.

I’ll repeat what I and others continually say here: I’m not against the purchase of the school per se, I just don’t have enough info to base any opinion on. It’s been over a month and we’ve still heard nothing from the school board on it. This will have profound effects across the system. It’s $150 million that they have to get from somewhere, even with it on sale. I for one, and many in the county, want to know from where, and what are we giving up in the process?

Shame. On. Them.
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