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Anonymous wrote:Wootton PTSA has publicly committed to planning for the transition to the new building if the BOE votes for this option. I hope the few rogue parents will listen to the wise Wootton leadership and stand down for the benefit of the community.

How is that going to work with an active legal situation? Are they inextricably linked?

There isn't an active legal situation. They don't have a case.

Compare these Taylor scenarios for 2 school sites he wanted decommissioned. Taylor/MCPS decided to call Wootton a relocation, SSIMS a closure. No difference in what would happen to public school students currently in boundary. Politicians care about 1 site and not the other. Jawando quiet on 1 closure and not the other https://www.willjawando.com/news/ None of them care about the no Wootton overload for Churchill.

Process should have been the same for both sites. MCPS Taylor does not want to fund operating a 27th HS. 12/11/26 meeting had SSIMS closure as an action item that failed. Same meeting should have had a vote on closure of Wootton.
https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DP6QG868D2AD/$file/Apprv%20Process%20Closure%20Procedures%20Silver%20Spring%20Intl%20MS.pdf

https://saveoursilverspringschools.com/

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Anonymous wrote:Wootton PTSA has publicly committed to planning for the transition to the new building if the BOE votes for this option. I hope the few rogue parents will listen to the wise Wootton leadership and stand down for the benefit of the community.

How is that going to work with an active legal situation? Are they inextricably linked?

There isn't an active legal situation. They don't have a case.

Anonymous wrote:So they have spent months creating endless power points about the regional model and when it comes to vote they have....nothing? Just dissolve the DCC and NEC and let Taylor create unspecified "regional programs"? WTAF is Taylor thinking?

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain if Option G was proposed for using Crown as a holding school, what funded renovation projects was it going to support—and what was the timeline for those projects? If there weren’t funded projects requiring a holding school, what was the actual purpose of including Option G?

None-Option G was a request from a board member who represents the Gaithersburg community and wanted them to be able to use the school they had been planning on using for two decades.

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain if Option G was proposed for using Crown as a holding school, what funded renovation projects was it going to support—and what was the timeline for those projects? If there weren’t funded projects requiring a holding school, what was the actual purpose of including Option G?

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Anonymous wrote:Taylor is asking the board to combine the Crown proposal, Woodward proposal, and regional model proposal into one vote because they are "inextricably linked."

For this request alone, if true, every BOE member should tell him to pound sand and have three separate votes any way they see fit. First of all, Crown and Woodward proposal have almost nothing in common. Second, his regional model proposal is a half-baked shell of a proposal that will be massaged for years to come. What exactly are they voting for - that there will be six regions and what school goes to what region. Everything else, the substance, what programs, where, curriculums, entrance criteria, etc. is nowhere near set.

If I'm reading the document correctly, they aren't even voting on having 6 regions. They are voting to dissolve the DCC and NEC and establish some sort of to be determined regional model. And they think they can have this model established enough for applications to start this fall. :-/

The doc:
Resolved, That the Board of Education hereby discontinues the Northeast Consortium school
assignment process, effective with current Grade 7 students entering high school in the 2027–2028
school year; and be it further
Resolved, That the Board of Education hereby discontinues the Downcounty Consortium school
assignment process, effective with current Grade 7 students entering high school in the 2027–2028
school year; and be it further
Resolved, That the Board of Education authorizes the superintendent of schools to establish
a secondary regional program model to expand equitable access to specialized programs and
reduce scarcity and geographic barriers; and be it further
Resolved, regional programs shall be available within each operational region and shall
be populated through student interest and choice within those regions; and be it further
Resolved, That the superintendent of schools is authorized to determine the location, design,
implementation, and enrollment of regional programs based on student interest, program capacity,
and system needs; and be it further
Resolved, That implementation of the regional secondary program model shall begin
in the 2027–2028 school year, with Grade 9 students enrolling in regional programs as the initial
cohort; and be it further
Resolved, That the graduating Class of 2031 shall be the first class to fully participate
in the regional high school program model; and be it further
Resolved, That students who are assigned through the Northeast Consortium or Downcounty
Consortium school assignment processes prior to the 2027–2028 school year, or who enroll
in a centrally-managed regional or countywide program through the existing admissions process,
may continue in their assigned or selected program through graduation;

Anonymous wrote:So they have spent months creating endless power points about the regional model and when it comes to vote they have....nothing? Just dissolve the DCC and NEC and let Taylor create unspecified "regional programs"? WTAF is Taylor thinking?

Anonymous wrote:So they have spent months creating endless power points about the regional model and when it comes to vote they have....nothing? Just dissolve the DCC and NEC and let Taylor create unspecified "regional programs"? WTAF is Taylor thinking?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Taylor is asking the board to combine the Crown proposal, Woodward proposal, and regional model proposal into one vote because they are "inextricably linked."

For this request alone, if true, every BOE member should tell him to pound sand and have three separate votes any way they see fit. First of all, Crown and Woodward proposal have almost nothing in common. Second, his regional model proposal is a half-baked shell of a proposal that will be massaged for years to come. What exactly are they voting for - that there will be six regions and what school goes to what region. Everything else, the substance, what programs, where, curriculums, entrance criteria, etc. is nowhere near set.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Taylor is asking the board to combine the Crown proposal, Woodward proposal, and regional model proposal into one vote because they are "inextricably linked."

For this request alone, if true, every BOE member should tell him to pound sand and have three separate votes any way they see fit. First of all, Crown and Woodward proposal have almost nothing in common. Second, his regional model proposal is a half-baked shell of a proposal that will be massaged for years to come. What exactly are they voting for - that there will be six regions and what school goes to what region. Everything else, the substance, what programs, where, curriculums, entrance criteria, etc. is nowhere near set.

If I'm reading the document correctly, they aren't even voting on having 6 regions. They are voting to dissolve the DCC and NEC and establish some sort of to be determined regional model. And they think they can have this model established enough for applications to start this fall. :-/

The doc:
Resolved, That the Board of Education hereby discontinues the Northeast Consortium school
assignment process, effective with current Grade 7 students entering high school in the 2027–2028
school year; and be it further
Resolved, That the Board of Education hereby discontinues the Downcounty Consortium school
assignment process, effective with current Grade 7 students entering high school in the 2027–2028
school year; and be it further
Resolved, That the Board of Education authorizes the superintendent of schools to establish
a secondary regional program model to expand equitable access to specialized programs and
reduce scarcity and geographic barriers; and be it further
Resolved, regional programs shall be available within each operational region and shall
be populated through student interest and choice within those regions; and be it further
Resolved, That the superintendent of schools is authorized to determine the location, design,
implementation, and enrollment of regional programs based on student interest, program capacity,
and system needs; and be it further
Resolved, That implementation of the regional secondary program model shall begin
in the 2027–2028 school year, with Grade 9 students enrolling in regional programs as the initial
cohort; and be it further
Resolved, That the graduating Class of 2031 shall be the first class to fully participate
in the regional high school program model; and be it further
Resolved, That students who are assigned through the Northeast Consortium or Downcounty
Consortium school assignment processes prior to the 2027–2028 school year, or who enroll
in a centrally-managed regional or countywide program through the existing admissions process,
may continue in their assigned or selected program through graduation;

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Anonymous wrote:Super recommendations on Crown and Woodard: Pass
Six Regional model: Pass

For the record, I am not happy about either. But it is what it is...

It’s rubber stamping at its finest.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Taylor is asking the board to combine the Crown proposal, Woodward proposal, and regional model proposal into one vote because they are "inextricably linked."

For this request alone, if true, every BOE member should tell him to pound sand and have three separate votes any way they see fit. First of all, Crown and Woodward proposal have almost nothing in common. Second, his regional model proposal is a half-baked shell of a proposal that will be massaged for years to come. What exactly are they voting for - that there will be six regions and what school goes to what region. Everything else, the substance, what programs, where, curriculums, entrance criteria, etc. is nowhere near set.