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[quote=Anonymous]So they have released the superintendent's recommendation for these schools.  Basically, after the reorganization, no longer will there be kids at Rosemary Hills that then go to Bethesda Elementary, coming in after most kids who have been there from the start at Kindergarten.  Bethesda Elementary will end up with even less FARMS-eligible kids (down to 3%), while Rosemary Hills will end up with more (22% from 19%), but it will be more geographically consistent.  NCC elementary will go from around 6% to around 9% FARMS, and CC Elementary will stay at 9% FARMS (estimates only).  I've pasted the link to the whole plan below.

My personal feeling is that this makes sense geographically, but you do have to buy into the philosophy that kids going to their neighborhood school is more important than ethnic and socioeconomic diversity. As a parent whose kids will be going to Rosemary Hills, then NCC, I'm a little conflicted - is FARMS really a good surrogate for schools where there will be less parental involvement, more disruptive behavior?  We picked this area of MoCo because we wanted to have diversity along with good schools, which we thought the east section of BCC afforded. Curious how other parents view this development . . .

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/planning/pdf/BCC_SupterintendentsRecommendation10142011.pdf[/quote]

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