Anonymous wrote:Lifelong Liberal Democrat (more than 30 years of voting in every election) who voted for Austin. Lynne Harris has the student vote and they came out for her. They don't know about the skeletons in her closet, the lies, the unethical behavior, etc. I'd say her strong showing is a result of people's frustration with the unions (those anti-apple ballot), the high turnout of youth, and the misguided Post endorsement (owned by Bezos, who bought our local paper, the Gazette, and shuttered it).

If it comes down to Harris v Dasgupta, my vote is for Dasgupta.

I really don't think that Lynne Harris got the most votes because the fraction of next fall's high school seniors who will be 18 by November, voted for her.

Lifelong Liberal Democrat (more than 30 years of voting in every election) who voted for Austin. Lynne Harris has the student vote and they came out for her. They don't know about the skeletons in her closet, the lies, the unethical behavior, etc. I'd say her strong showing is a result of people's frustration with the unions (those anti-apple ballot), the high turnout of youth, and the misguided Post endorsement (owned by Bezos, who bought our local paper, the Gazette, and shuttered it).

If it comes down to Harris v Dasgupta, my vote is for Dasgupta.

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Anonymous wrote:So where are Austin supporters, and those that will be the big losers in property value going to move?

Frederick County. Or go private, probably.

Why would people in Bethesda move to Frederick County for the schools? Especially because any boundary changes - which there might not be any anyway - won't result in big losses to property value? Would property-owners in Potomac Glen really going take a hit if they got rezoned from Wayside/Hoover/Churchill to Stone Mill/Frost/Wootton?

We're not in Bethesda but zoned for Hoover/Churchill, within walking distance, and will 100% move if attending there is no longer an option. Urbana High School would be our target school.

Urbana HS is ranked lower than many of non W MCPS schools, since you seem to think ratings are so important. Or is that you don't want your kids to go to school with poor brown kids?

Also, if you are walking distance to the school, BOE and Jack Smith have indicated that they would not move that neighborhood away from their walk zone school. And we saw exactly this in the past few boundary changes.

Urbana is ranked 10th in MD, if I'm not mistaken... are you looking at something I'm not aware of? I bought here because a) I wanted the kids to be able to walk to school, and b) we have close family nearby. We're not in a fancy million dollar home, not even close, and it really wouldn't be any cheaper for us to buy a similar home elsewhere in MoCo with highly ranked schools. We have close family in Frederick County too, and can get a lot more house for our money. I work in MoCo but it wouldn't be a horrible commute.

If walkability to schools isn't an issue, we'll probably stay put.

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Anonymous wrote:So where are Austin supporters, and those that will be the big losers in property value going to move?

Frederick County. Or go private, probably.

Why would people in Bethesda move to Frederick County for the schools? Especially because any boundary changes - which there might not be any anyway - won't result in big losses to property value? Would property-owners in Potomac Glen really going take a hit if they got rezoned from Wayside/Hoover/Churchill to Stone Mill/Frost/Wootton?

We're not in Bethesda but zoned for Hoover/Churchill, within walking distance, and will 100% move if attending there is no longer an option. Urbana High School would be our target school.

Urbana vs Wooton? Gosh, it’s not the academics that would drive that choice for you, clearly.

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Anonymous wrote:So where are Austin supporters, and those that will be the big losers in property value going to move?

Frederick County. Or go private, probably.

Why would people in Bethesda move to Frederick County for the schools? Especially because any boundary changes - which there might not be any anyway - won't result in big losses to property value? Would property-owners in Potomac Glen really going take a hit if they got rezoned from Wayside/Hoover/Churchill to Stone Mill/Frost/Wootton?

We're not in Bethesda but zoned for Hoover/Churchill, within walking distance, and will 100% move if attending there is no longer an option. Urbana High School would be our target school.

The paranoia is unbelievable.

MCPS has no incentive to assign kids in the walk zone to schools where they'd have to ride the bus.

MCPS has prioritized keeping kids in the walk zone, in the walk zone.

MCPS did not reassign ANY kids in the walk zone, in the most recent boundary study (Clarksburg-Seneca Valley-Northwest), explicitly because the walk-zone kids were in the walk zone.

MCPS is not going to put your walk-zone kids on a bus to White Oak.

You can stop worrying about this.

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Anonymous wrote:So where are Austin supporters, and those that will be the big losers in property value going to move?

Frederick County. Or go private, probably.

Why would people in Bethesda move to Frederick County for the schools? Especially because any boundary changes - which there might not be any anyway - won't result in big losses to property value? Would property-owners in Potomac Glen really going take a hit if they got rezoned from Wayside/Hoover/Churchill to Stone Mill/Frost/Wootton?

We're not in Bethesda but zoned for Hoover/Churchill, within walking distance, and will 100% move if attending there is no longer an option. Urbana High School would be our target school.

Urbana HS is ranked lower than many of non W MCPS schools, since you seem to think ratings are so important. Or is that you don't want your kids to go to school with poor brown kids?

Also, if you are walking distance to the school, BOE and Jack Smith have indicated that they would not move that neighborhood away from their walk zone school. And we saw exactly this in the past few boundary changes.

Anonymous wrote:Why would anyone vote for Shebra Evans? She has shown poor leadership and lacks fundamental understanding of the education system.

Because she's a better candidate than a drive-time radio talk show host with no kids in MCPS, who doesn't know anything about MCPS, education, or education p olicy.

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Anonymous wrote:So where are Austin supporters, and those that will be the big losers in property value going to move?

Frederick County. Or go private, probably.

Why would people in Bethesda move to Frederick County for the schools? Especially because any boundary changes - which there might not be any anyway - won't result in big losses to property value? Would property-owners in Potomac Glen really going take a hit if they got rezoned from Wayside/Hoover/Churchill to Stone Mill/Frost/Wootton?

We're not in Bethesda but zoned for Hoover/Churchill, within walking distance, and will 100% move if attending there is no longer an option. Urbana High School would be our target school.

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Anonymous wrote:Austin didn't fail miserably. He's in 3rd place out of 14 candidates. The poorest showing I'd say is Guan -- he was funded better than any of them, and he's currently in 5th behind Geller (who?).

If the general election ballot ends up being Harris vs Dasgupta, I guess I'd end up voting for Dasgupta.

Also according to the Seventh State blog, only about half of ballots have been talllied so far, so there's still a possibility of changes though I think it's unlikely looking at the trends.

Third place is a miserable finish, when it's 16% of the vote, compared to >46% for the NOT-Austin candidates. What's he going to do with all those campaign contributions he didn't spend?

Paul Geller is a former MCCPTA president.

I agree that Jay Guan did not do well. No upcounty candidate, yet, has managed to persuade enough people in the rest of the county to vote for them.

I guess that depends on what "upcounty" means. Judy Docca and Rebecca Smondrowski are residents of Montgomery Village and Gaithersburg, respectively.

Why would anyone vote for Shebra Evans? She has shown poor leadership and lacks fundamental understanding of the education system.

Anonymous wrote:Ugh, of course Harris is in the lead. Because another middle aged white woman is just what the BOE needs.

Please list the names of the middle-aged white women currently on the BoE.

Ugh, of course Harris is in the lead. Because another middle aged white woman is just what the BOE needs.

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I also expected Dasgupta to win more easily. Considering the Apple Ballot and CASA endorsements. He had a ton of support.

Interesting that Harris did as well as she did.

The Washington Post endorsed her.

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Calling something "hateful" is absolutely declaring out of bounds for reasonable discussion. And I don't believe he has backed away from his views, which are perfectly reasonable even if you disagree with them.

PP, the man is not a victim. Nobody has silenced him. Nobody has said that he shouldn't be allowed to say what he wants to say. Nobody has said that he shouldn't be allowed to run for public office.

As a candidate, he gets to say what he wants to say, however he wants to say it - and then the voters can decide whether or not to vote for him. Evidently get to have opinions about that.

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As a candidate, he gets to say what he wants to say, however he wants to say it - and then the voters can decide whether or not to vote for him. Around 85% of voters preferred other candidates. That's how elections work.

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Anonymous wrote:Austin didn't fail miserably. He's in 3rd place out of 14 candidates. The poorest showing I'd say is Guan -- he was funded better than any of them, and he's currently in 5th behind Geller (who?).

If the general election ballot ends up being Harris vs Dasgupta, I guess I'd end up voting for Dasgupta.

Also according to the Seventh State blog, only about half of ballots have been talllied so far, so there's still a possibility of changes though I think it's unlikely looking at the trends.

Third place is a miserable finish, when it's 16% of the vote, compared to >46% for the NOT-Austin candidates. What's he going to do with all those campaign contributions he didn't spend?

Paul Geller is a former MCCPTA president.

I agree that Jay Guan did not do well. No upcounty candidate, yet, has managed to persuade enough people in the rest of the county to vote for them.

I don't thikn it's miserable. His vote count is not far from Dasgupta, who is Apple Ballot. With that machinery behind him, including their mailer to every MoCo voter with Dasgupta's face on it, you'd think Dasgupta would have a stronger lead. I expected him to be in 1st actually.

I also expected Dasgupta to win more easily. Considering the Apple Ballot and CASA endorsements. He had a ton of support.

Interesting that Harris did as well as she did.