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Anonymous wrote:To play devil's advocate, I was pro-move, but I can see taking a stand against it on two grounds that might be justifiable:

1) Not being convinced APS really has the correct data or is properly resourced to make these decisions

2) Not knowing whether school moves will make us more or less segregated

To me this is just a permanent Get Out of Jail Free card for people who don't like what APS is proposing. The data will always be wrong and untrustworthy and not enough for some people. Have staff screwed up before? Sure. Will they make mistakes going forward? Sure. I thought they were pretty damn transparent this go around about the date they were using and what they've done to try to fix past errors.

I can tell you I trust APS staff more than the armchair warriors that put together the crazy alternative maps.

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Anonymous wrote:To play devil's advocate, I was pro-move, but I can see taking a stand against it on two grounds that might be justifiable:

1) Not being convinced APS really has the correct data or is properly resourced to make these decisions

2) Not knowing whether school moves will make us more or less segregated

To me this is just a permanent Get Out of Jail Free card for people who don't like what APS is proposing. The data will always be wrong and untrustworthy and not enough for some people. Have staff screwed up before? Sure. Will they make mistakes going forward? Sure. I thought they were pretty damn transparent this go around about the date they were using and what they've done to try to fix past errors.

I can tell you I trust APS staff more than the armchair warriors that put together the crazy alternative maps.

Anonymous wrote:To play devil's advocate, I was pro-move, but I can see taking a stand against it on two grounds that might be justifiable:

1) Not being convinced APS really has the correct data or is properly resourced to make these decisions

2) Not knowing whether school moves will make us more or less segregated

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Anonymous wrote:How can you vote for Cristina when she did not weigh in on this at all? Failing to give an opinion is not a good option, it gives the appearance of being indifferent and therefore further proving the point that this is a stepping stone for her and not something she cares about.

She probably knows nothing about it so can’t constructively weigh in...

Did any candidates come in out favor of the moves? I didn't seen any but maybe missed it.

I'm disappointed in those who came out in favor of no moves but I'm going to move on and vote based on other things. This is hardly the only issue in APS.

It's definitely not the only issue, but the school board made a choice that did what people have been saying they wanted - a holistic look a the county without caving to people wearing matching shirts. I would like new board members to be willing to do that on a multitude of issues.

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Anonymous wrote:How can you vote for Cristina when she did not weigh in on this at all? Failing to give an opinion is not a good option, it gives the appearance of being indifferent and therefore further proving the point that this is a stepping stone for her and not something she cares about.

She probably knows nothing about it so can’t constructively weigh in...

Did any candidates come in out favor of the moves? I didn't seen any but maybe missed it.

I'm disappointed in those who came out in favor of no moves but I'm going to move on and vote based on other things. This is hardly the only issue in APS.

I honestly question the judgment of anyone who was anti-move. I want people who can make decisions looking at the big picture and data, not listening to the loudest screamers. If they were anti-move, I worry they'll just listen to the next group of loud screamers.

Anyone who really dug into the data and paid attention to all the variables in play and removed the emotional/self-interest piece, I just don't see how they got to anti-move. Not encouraging.

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Anonymous wrote:How can you vote for Cristina when she did not weigh in on this at all? Failing to give an opinion is not a good option, it gives the appearance of being indifferent and therefore further proving the point that this is a stepping stone for her and not something she cares about.

She probably knows nothing about it so can’t constructively weigh in...

Did any candidates come in out favor of the moves? I didn't seen any but maybe missed it.

I'm disappointed in those who came out in favor of no moves but I'm going to move on and vote based on other things. This is hardly the only issue in APS.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can you vote for Cristina when she did not weigh in on this at all? Failing to give an opinion is not a good option, it gives the appearance of being indifferent and therefore further proving the point that this is a stepping stone for her and not something she cares about.

She probably knows nothing about it so can’t constructively weigh in...

Did any candidates come in out favor of the moves? I didn't seen any but maybe missed it.

I'm disappointed in those who came out in favor of no moves but I'm going to move on and vote based on other things. This is hardly the only issue in APS.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can you vote for Cristina when she did not weigh in on this at all? Failing to give an opinion is not a good option, it gives the appearance of being indifferent and therefore further proving the point that this is a stepping stone for her and not something she cares about.

She probably knows nothing about it so can’t constructively weigh in...

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Anonymous wrote:How can you vote for Cristina when she did not weigh in on this at all? Failing to give an opinion is not a good option, it gives the appearance of being indifferent and therefore further proving the point that this is a stepping stone for her and not something she cares about.

She probably knows nothing about it so can’t constructively weigh in...

Anonymous wrote:How can you vote for Cristina when she did not weigh in on this at all? Failing to give an opinion is not a good option, it gives the appearance of being indifferent and therefore further proving the point that this is a stepping stone for her and not something she cares about.

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Anonymous wrote:Sandy Munnell also posted a statement in favor of Key on Key. Am I really going to have to vote for Christina? https://sandyforschools.nationbuilder.com/key

I'm surprised by that. Her grandchildren go to Ashlawn, which would have been impacted the most if the moves didn't happen.