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Anonymous wrote:Well, now that I know a lot of the criticism against Farmland is antisemitic, I will hold it in even less regard.

It’s not antisemitic. It’s reflecting the data about who in the Farmland communities send their kids to MCPS versus the Catholic schools down the street. The neighborhood segregated themselves.

Also, look back at all the threads about Tilden. Seems like each parent group has their own agenda.

Anonymous wrote:Well, now that I know a lot of the criticism against Farmland is antisemitic, I will hold it in even less regard.

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Anonymous wrote:Today at the BOE meeting, the central office stood behind the Superintendent’s recommendation.

However…to respond to some comments, they propose an alternative to the BOE that would cut Viers Mill Elementary in two for split articulation. The half in the walk zone to Wheaton would go to Wheaton. The other half would go to WJ. This is instead of all of VMES going to Woodward.

Thoughts?

Horrible. In 2 years they will cry that Wheaton is overcrowded and how horrible it is for taxpayers not to fund an expansion of Edison "for equity". When they should have just done the boundary study correctly without inflating Wheaton HS capacity with seats that don't exist.

+1 the utilization presentation made it clear that it is Wheaton that needs alleviation, not Woodward. So this will make Woodward 76% utilized and Wheaton 93%. This is not parity and equity.

And Woodward shouldn’t have 9% less utilization than WJ. That’s greater wear and tear on the older facility. But more importantly, demand for WJ magnet will be greater than Woodward magnet creating capacity issue at WJ. This is fiscally irresponsible to build a new school and not use it.

Learn to read and do math. Look at the slides with the projected +/-20% enrollment to and from various programs. All you Farmland richies do is complain about Woodward having a Perfirming arts program, so I would assume you are the 20% leaving. And if your prediction that it’s so terrible or undesirable is right, those spots won’t all get filled with kids from other schools. That’s how you will get holding utilization equity in modified option B.

In the optional alternative, Wheaton already starts crowded, then brings in 20% more for their STEM programs! This is not equity. But we all know that Farmland only wants to go to school with people within their socioeconomic and religious circles.

+1 it does feel like some of the vocal people from the Farmland demonstration are exclusionary and only want their kids to go to school with people from the same socioeconomic/relgious circules

I understand the statements re: socioeconomic circles, but I don’t know where you’re getting the religious aspect unless it’s your own bigotry. I did not hear a single person testify about anything that had to do with religion, nor is WJ a school that is predominantly any religion, certainly not any religion other than Christian.

The last few accusatory posts have also singled out the Farmland community when many of the individuals who testified or are leading opposition to the Superintendent’s plan are from Luxmanor. I had considered it a “shorthand” but given the now-deleted posts about the “Farmland community” from last night and this morning I’m not so sure.

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Anonymous wrote:Today at the BOE meeting, the central office stood behind the Superintendent’s recommendation.

However…to respond to some comments, they propose an alternative to the BOE that would cut Viers Mill Elementary in two for split articulation. The half in the walk zone to Wheaton would go to Wheaton. The other half would go to WJ. This is instead of all of VMES going to Woodward.

Thoughts?

Horrible. In 2 years they will cry that Wheaton is overcrowded and how horrible it is for taxpayers not to fund an expansion of Edison "for equity". When they should have just done the boundary study correctly without inflating Wheaton HS capacity with seats that don't exist.

+1 the utilization presentation made it clear that it is Wheaton that needs alleviation, not Woodward. So this will make Woodward 76% utilized and Wheaton 93%. This is not parity and equity.

And Woodward shouldn’t have 9% less utilization than WJ. That’s greater wear and tear on the older facility. But more importantly, demand for WJ magnet will be greater than Woodward magnet creating capacity issue at WJ. This is fiscally irresponsible to build a new school and not use it.

Learn to read and do math. Look at the slides with the projected +/-20% enrollment to and from various programs. All you Farmland richies do is complain about Woodward having a Perfirming arts program, so I would assume you are the 20% leaving. And if your prediction that it’s so terrible or undesirable is right, those spots won’t all get filled with kids from other schools. That’s how you will get holding utilization equity in modified option B.

In the optional alternative, Wheaton already starts crowded, then brings in 20% more for their STEM programs! This is not equity. But we all know that Farmland only wants to go to school with people within their socioeconomic and religious circles.

+1 it does feel like some of the vocal people from the Farmland demonstration are exclusionary and only want their kids to go to school with people from the same socioeconomic/relgious circules

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Anonymous wrote:Today at the BOE meeting, the central office stood behind the Superintendent’s recommendation.

However…to respond to some comments, they propose an alternative to the BOE that would cut Viers Mill Elementary in two for split articulation. The half in the walk zone to Wheaton would go to Wheaton. The other half would go to WJ. This is instead of all of VMES going to Woodward.

Thoughts?

Horrible. In 2 years they will cry that Wheaton is overcrowded and how horrible it is for taxpayers not to fund an expansion of Edison "for equity". When they should have just done the boundary study correctly without inflating Wheaton HS capacity with seats that don't exist.

+1 the utilization presentation made it clear that it is Wheaton that needs alleviation, not Woodward. So this will make Woodward 76% utilized and Wheaton 93%. This is not parity and equity.

And Woodward shouldn’t have 9% less utilization than WJ. That’s greater wear and tear on the older facility. But more importantly, demand for WJ magnet will be greater than Woodward magnet creating capacity issue at WJ. This is fiscally irresponsible to build a new school and not use it.

Learn to read and do math. Look at the slides with the projected +/-20% enrollment to and from various programs. All you Farmland richies do is complain about Woodward having a Perfirming arts program, so I would assume you are the 20% leaving. And if your prediction that it’s so terrible or undesirable is right, those spots won’t all get filled with kids from other schools. That’s how you will get holding utilization equity in modified option B.

In the optional alternative, Wheaton already starts crowded, then brings in 20% more for their STEM programs! This is not equity. But we all know that Farmland only wants to go to school with people within their socioeconomic and religious circles.

Anonymous wrote:Ohhh ok so you have to be in the PTA to have an opinion on this public matter? Get off your high horse

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Anonymous wrote:For what it is worth, Farmland / Luxmanor did have multiple realtors as part of the petition and at public hearing.

Are there certain professions that are forbidden from advocating that their kids get good education?

Certainly not but these individuals noted do not have children in the system so their motivations are seemingly different. And even they did, reasonable people can assume bias.

It was a public hearing. I find it hard to believe that anyone that talked in front of BOE did not have a kid in one of the affected schools. Point us to the video, or this is just another false accusation, similar to the earlier one on this thread.

At the 2/24 meeting, the first video testimony was submitted by a woman with NO kids currently in MCPS.

At the 2/24 and 3/3 meeting there was a realtor giving the same talking points whose youngest child is a senior at WJ.

Her child is registered for K next year at VMES. Who tf are you?

Still not a current parent. Doesn’t come to PTA meetings or other schooo events such as the carnivals, art night where Laura Stewart showed up. Still could be working their way to another ES option that still exists before 2027z

Any taxpayer should be able to share their views regardless of where they live or if they even have kids in MCPS. We all benefit from a safe, safe educated society. The problem is when people’s views are so narrow that they can’t include anyone outside of their own personal experiences.

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Anonymous wrote:For what it is worth, Farmland / Luxmanor did have multiple realtors as part of the petition and at public hearing.

Are there certain professions that are forbidden from advocating that their kids get good education?

Certainly not but these individuals noted do not have children in the system so their motivations are seemingly different. And even they did, reasonable people can assume bias.

It was a public hearing. I find it hard to believe that anyone that talked in front of BOE did not have a kid in one of the affected schools. Point us to the video, or this is just another false accusation, similar to the earlier one on this thread.

At the 2/24 meeting, the first video testimony was submitted by a woman with NO kids currently in MCPS.

At the 2/24 and 3/3 meeting there was a realtor giving the same talking points whose youngest child is a senior at WJ.

Her child is registered for K next year at VMES. Who tf are you?

Still not a current parent. Doesn’t come to PTA meetings or other schooo events such as the carnivals, art night where Laura Stewart showed up. Still could be working their way to another ES option that still exists before 2027z

Any taxpayer should be able to share their views regardless of where they live or if they even have kids in MCPS. We all benefit from a safe, safe educated society. The problem is when people’s views are so narrow that they can’t include anyone outside of their own personal experiences.

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Anonymous wrote:For what it is worth, Farmland / Luxmanor did have multiple realtors as part of the petition and at public hearing.

Are there certain professions that are forbidden from advocating that their kids get good education?

Certainly not but these individuals noted do not have children in the system so their motivations are seemingly different. And even they did, reasonable people can assume bias.

It was a public hearing. I find it hard to believe that anyone that talked in front of BOE did not have a kid in one of the affected schools. Point us to the video, or this is just another false accusation, similar to the earlier one on this thread.

At the 2/24 meeting, the first video testimony was submitted by a woman with NO kids currently in MCPS.

At the 2/24 and 3/3 meeting there was a realtor giving the same talking points whose youngest child is a senior at WJ.

Her child is registered for K next year at VMES. Who tf are you?

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Anonymous wrote:Today at the BOE meeting, the central office stood behind the Superintendent’s recommendation.

However…to respond to some comments, they propose an alternative to the BOE that would cut Viers Mill Elementary in two for split articulation. The half in the walk zone to Wheaton would go to Wheaton. The other half would go to WJ. This is instead of all of VMES going to Woodward.

Thoughts?

I do not like it as a VMES family. Unnecessarily splits up VMES so Farmland families can be happier about 3% less poor kids at Woodward. Sends us to the old WJ and old Wheaton buildings rather than the brand new school we were promised and expected.

I hope they adopt original Superintendent rec.

Given your hate for Farmland, one would expect that you would like to stay as far as possible from them. Or you are not really a VMES family but the WJ troll who posts here all the time.

There are multiple VM families posting on this thread. I personally think Farmland should go to Churchill or Wootton over Woodward or WJ. Wish Tylor had suggested this to solve their complaints.