Surprise! Taylor Moving 495 Buses to Residential Neighborhoods! Taylor Skipped this Slide in his Public Presentation.

 Read this article on our new Substack website:

https://parentscoalitionmd.substack.com/p/surprise-taylor-moving-495-buses

Residents want land reserved now for future Montgomery Co. schools

WASHINGTON — More public schools eventually will be needed in Montgomery County, and land should be set aside for them today.

That’s what several residents told county leaders at a public hearing Tuesday night.

The Montgomery County Council is considering a plan for new development in a 460-acre, bowtie-shaped area centered near the intersection of Rockville Pike and Montrose Road.

The White Flint 2 Sector Plan recommends changing largely commercial properties, especially shopping centers, into mixed-use centers.

That could lead to as many as 6,000 new homes in the area, and existing residents say more schools are needed sooner than later.

“Two years ago, we testified that a tsunami of students is headed to the Walter Johnson Cluster. It is now arriving,” said Wendy Calhoun.

“Take this opportunity now to reserve land in this plan, and don’t kick the can down the road. We just can’t afford it,” Kip Edwards, president of the Garrett Park Estates-White Flint Park Civic Association, told the council...

http://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2017/09/residents-want-land-reserved-now-future-moco-schools/

Exclusive Video: Board of Ed and Annapolis Delegation Discuss Construction, Solar Panels, Interrupted Education, Equity and More

Today, the Montgomery County Board of Education met with some members of the Annapolis Delegation. The Agenda for this meeting is at this link.

The Board of Education does not video tape this meeting and does not record minutes for this meeting.  These meetings are open meetings under the Maryland Open Meetings Act and the public is welcome to attend and record these meetings.  

This video tape represents the last 40 minutes of today's meeting.  The video includes the end of the formal presentation, and the question and answer session.  

These are very interesting discussions.  Unfortunately, the Board of Education does not make these discussions available to the public.  In fact, as you will see in this video, the Student Member of the Board went so far as to stand in front of the camera as some sort of juvenile attempt to disrupt the recording of this meeting. The Montgomery County Board of Education is still hostile to the concept of Open Meetings.