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What I find really funny is all the focus on Austin. THere's what, 15 candidates? Why are there no threads asking about Ahadpour, Chaudry, Geller, Odongo, Rhode, Osorio, etc?

All I can surmise is the two "establishment" candidates -- Dasgupta (support by MCEA teacher's union) and Harris (supported by MCCPTA) must really be worried about Austin and their supporters are starting all these threads about Austin.

What's next? Blame Austin for staging the moon landing? Attack his kids by spreading rumors one of them forgot to wash their hands after using the bathroom?[/quote]

1. Austin is the [b]one candidate pushing a false narrative[/b] that MCPS will be using buses to involuntarily send students across the county as a result of the boundary study. As a member of his Facebook group, I encourage anyone curious as to why his candidacy is so contentious to join and see for yourself the ridiculous statements made by Austin and several core members of his group. No one is going to be bussed from Potomac to White Oak, but that is THE core belief pushed on his group. In truth, the focus is on adjacent boundaries as candidates like Sunil have gone on the record as stating. There so much disparity between adjacent boundaries and students who are already on 30+ minute bus rides to schools much further away than their closest school that the consideration of involuntarily sending students across the county has never been brought up by anyone outside of the conspiracy theory touted in his group.

2. Austin is the one candidate with ZERO EXPERIENCE in education (see the Bethesda Magazine profile), yet he touts this as a positive. This is an insult to the other candidates who have invested and collaborated with education professionals and know how to make their input value-added in a collaborative environment.  We are not going to grow and mitigate challenging situations in MCPS by electing an antagonist.  We all have to work together to get this done.  Anyone with experience on a volunteer committee (even outside of education) knows this is the case. [b]Stephen Austin has no experience in education and the way he carries himself conveys the likelihood he has never volunteered or collaborated with others before in his life. We deserve a candidate with a track record of positive results. [/b][/quote]

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