Public Information Act. Request email or other correspondence that involves discussion of Eastwood facility. We'll see exactly what was said, by whom, and when.

Wait a minute. You thought the county had your best interests in mind?

What disturbs me about this entire process is that in all probability, this process was decided long ago and that nothing that is said or done will changes the wheels long put into motion. I hope I am wrong.

funny they said there was no plan to close eastwood (merging is taking away eastwood, call it what you want) but hobbs stood in holabird on 12/10 and said eastwood is leaving the buliding and going to holabird norwood or another plan yet to be stated. parents have had no say and still have no say, your choice was plan A or plan B. well I want plan C that is not to merge with schools that are underperforming but to stay put right where we are. we are a great school in in great location with great teachers, and they want to take this away from us to put in police station. what the children of dundalk don't deserve a decent education? it seems the children that do deserve better educations live in more affluent areas, where they have better schools. how can the county ececutive, which the people of the county elected now turn and say hey, you have no rights, sorry transfering police station, to school zone (selling the former police station to developer in hopes of another retailer to come, look across the stree at the big empty retail space), no we have decided your fate you can choose what option we have decided for you to have for your kids!!! where are our rights???? towson gets to keep a park but dundalk residents loose a great school? how is thsi fair and equitable?

This County Government is run the way the State and Federal Governments run,behind closed doors and the Citizens have no say in Government Matters. You are nobody,you will do as we say, even tho we the People are the Owners of every piece of land this County owns,even their Jobs,their Titles etc.We Payed for it,and this type of Leadership shows the ARROGANCE we recieve in return.Parents need to stand up and do it now.These Politicians need to know your serious.You don't want your Kids Bused all over Gods creation,you want them safe and close .

I was at the meeting and as expected the BCPS only lied when their mouths were open. So what is our (Parents) next course of action?

"You have broken my child and her classmates' hearts," he said. "This is Christmas time." Give me a break! Talk about melodrama!

If means a better, more efficient education program for students and a new, up-to-date police station for Eastwood...where exactly is the down side????

Lets be real..this was decided a year ago. The schools have no control over this. Dance is being made the fall guy but the county and school board negotiated this crap last year and knew the new superintendent would have to deal with it.

Hey by the way.... what happened to the Seagram's land swap? Now it's a no brainer right.... a new police station and new ball fields for rec centers, plus maybe some upgraded retail in Dundalk, and our kids get to stay in Eastwood. It would be best of both worlds. It would cost taxpayers NOTHING and in return our community would be renovating two properties with Private funds, not our tax dollars, and kids would stay in the schools they are in now, and we would have an opportunity for better shopping/retail stores. No.... can't do that. We need to risk our tax dollars on the commercial real estate market and hope to turn enough profit to let all the parties involved get a piece of the pie.

Dr. Dallas Dance seems to be a disengaged and incompetent 32 year old superintendent. I cannot believe he emailed his response to the very upset citizens who attended last night's Board of Education meeting. I cannot believe that he dumped the responsibliltiy for clsoing Dundalk Elementary Schools and dealing with th fallout from his plan to close 2 elementary schools and create some ill conceived plan to create 2 new schools with K-3 students in one elementary school and 4th and 5th grade students in Holibird Middle School with 7th and 8th grade adolescents. This superintendent needs to go.

So... is the magnet school being shut down and the special needs program eliminated and in Towson, the park being razed just to optimize the school program and fire departments, or was all this just to make space for developers to build a Target and a Wawa ?

To me at least, the school/FD stuff seems like it was thrown together as an afterthought - "give the developers the space, we'll figure out how to relocate the kids later..."

And where is the accounting? What are the numbers *exactly* - I read KK's letter, and there are a LOT of "ifs" in there - *if* the deal results in leftover money, maybe we'll give the BCPS system some air conditioners...

Yeah. Right. I'm not buying it.

How many of you still think government is the answer? Remember a time when common sense was more popular? The last thing we need is to mix kindergarteners with 8th graders. But money is king.

Dr. Dance is not a "fall guy". He is a "puppet". Dr. Dance and the Board of Education of Baltimore are "puppets" of Baltimore County Governement. Under the lackluser leadership of Larry Schmidt (former Baltimore County liquor board chair and zoning commissioner and currentlya development attorney in the firm with Jim Smith and his son, Michael Smith). BW--Dr. Hairston refused to close these 2 Dundalk Elementary Schools last year. This closing is all on Dr. Dance's watch.

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i am not sure if any of this is legal. they are taking land that tax payers of the county foot the bill for. there is a big empty lot across from the police station enoguh for developers. no one wants another walmart and target is opening up in canton crossing not gonna put another wawa really, do we need one? sadly the county i guess is preparing our kids for their futures as cashiers of these big box retailers !!!

Meg, check your blog post. You cannot comment.

If the county needs funds, and they want to sell off schools and parks, maybe they should consider turning the May's Chapel sites into a new Walmart. That way, we can save the money by not relocating all these buildings/kids/firehouses and still get improvements for the schools. Seem reasonable?

"State Board of Ed Strikes Down Mays Chapel School Site Approval"
Let's sell that school land to Target/Walmart !!!
http://towson.patch.com/articles/state-board-rules-against-mays-chapel-school-site

How can anybody ever say they feel betrayed by the school board??? That implies that you were not well versed in how things work. Here is an education for you this is how it all works all of it everything. when you have a plan that recognizes that then you can conduct your group accordingly. It is not a conspiracy it is a function of goverment and public ignorance.

Ron, you don't know me but I saw your post and was wonderiing where are they saving 340 million over the next 30 years I missed that, Although I was aware of a money move or better yet a reallocation of otherwise obligated money in the form of a unpatable loan by robbing Peter to pay Paul type move. Even if the move is entirely necessary it is not saving anything anywhere.

Hey, we get the government we voted for. We had a good guy in Bartenfleder and tossed him on his ear. But, we kept the same old Dundalk politicians. What did you think was going to happen. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

"Right after you enjoy reading about the one on the executive you can read the one about how our States Attorney not only puts our lives at risk but the state is a partner. You see to them - lets make a deal and fantasy football - is more important."

Somebody ought to pull this guy's firearms before he threatens us with his "Little German" again.

You have to be patient Frank and your like a kid that can't wait to rat out someone. Trouble is I made most of the corrections so you wasted your time. You can't control yourself.

Ron meet one of the other losers who I deal with. I type ten times more than all three four or how many of them there are, and all they can due is spell check my comments. They don't know how to control the moderation cue.

You have to have 1ke argue for you when your wrong?

Just in town for a few days, Don? I wish you did live in Florida or anywhere other than Baltimore County. At least I know that I am on the side of the children of Baltimore County not the Good Ole Boys dating back to Dale Anderson.

Is there any doubt who Ron Burgundy is? Too much knowledge not to be someone so close CE Kamenetz.

Ron breaking news charges in Baltimore County and it ain't good. I predict more to come.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/breaking/bs-md-whalen-indictment-20121220,0,4010427.story

"...all they can due is spell check my comments."

BOBB

With all of Mr, Burgundy's vast knowledge, perhaps he can share with us his "definition" of a school, since the legal one does not seem to fit the "plan" as well as originally expected.