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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one is against a boundary change based on geographic reasons.  Why would you live in MoCo if you are a racist?  Plenty of places to live if you only want to be with your own. What people are annoyed by is putting diversity as the number one priority - which the board did without public comment.

http://northpotomacnews.org/?p=861

Then the Board hires a company that only has done diversity realignments - not boundary studies based on geography.

Then - even though you can buy a house anywhere in the county the extreme liberals say it is segregated (although county does nothing about actually changing this at a housing policy level). So rational folks from all backgrounds are seeing this for what it is - pols in a one party state trying to get a promotion by motivating their base.  Nothing more.  Finally squishy evidence that having a bright kid sit next to a new immigrant helps the new immigrant at all.[/quote]

Yep, this is about right, IMO.

The BOE and MCPS hired a company that focuses on diversity and the BOE/MCPS hyper-focus on race has led to some poor decisions in the past.  Parents (of varying races) have an intense distrust of the BOE and MCPS leadership.  They have a proven track record of not basing decisions on what will be in the best interest of students.  Also, a history of putting optics and politics above actual useful initiatives.[/quote]

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