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[quote=Anonymous]I was going through this link and put it into a spreadsheet. No way that Damascus moving to Region 6 make any sense - not with regards to commute or FARMS

https://mdstudentcouncils.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/FARMS-MD-DATA-2024-2025.pdf

HIGH SCHOOL	FARMS %
Poolesville	         12.14%
Damascus	         30.66%
Northwest	         36.07%
Clarksburg	         36.97%

Quince Orchard	 38.19%
Magruder	         48.38%
**Seneca Valley	 49.73% 
Gaithersburg	 56.62%
Watkins Mill	 65.59%

How do they justify that all Region 5 schools are the HIGH FARMS schools?

In the current situation without including Crown,
Region 6 gets 2 Low Farms, 2 medium Farms and 1 High Farms 
Region 5 gets 1 medium Farms, 3 High Farms

In all Crown Studies, Gaithersburg, Northwest and Seneca Valley will see an increase. QO, Clarksburg will see a decrease so it balances out. Gaithersburg will be affected more. Basically it comes down to having two LOW farms (Poolesville and Damascus) in one region versus 2 HIGH FARMS (Gaithersburg and Watkins Mill) in another region.

Current Region 6 with Damascus in Region 6:	
Total Free & Reduced	for Region 6: 3426 (2726+700)

Current Region 5 with QO in Region 5:
Total Free & Reduced	for Region 5: 4020 (3523+497)

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With QO in Region 6:
Total Free & Reduced for Region 6: 3803 (3041+762)

With Damascus in Region 5:
Total Free & Reduced for Region 5: 3643 (3208+435)

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Travel Time:

When Damascus is in Region 6:
Damascus HS to Clarksburg HS - 5.7 to 7.0 miles - 11 to 14 min
Damascus HS to Seneca Valley HS - 8.8 to 14.6 miles - 20 to 26 min
Damascus HS to Northwest HS - 11 to 14.4  miles - 23 to 27 min
Damascus HS to Poolesville HS - 17.8 to 20.5 miles - 33 to 36 min

When Damascus is in Region 5:
Damascus HS to Watkins Mill HS - 9 to 11.1 miles - 19 to 22 min
Damascus HS to Gaithersburg HS - 12.6 to 14.2 miles - 25 to 30 min
Damascus HS to Crown HS - 15.3 to 17.7 miles - 25 to 27 min
Damascus HS to Magruder HS - 13.5 to 15.9 miles - 26 to 29 min

Travel times balance out, Watkins Mill being further than Clarksburg, but Magruder is closer than Poolesville

When QO is in Region 5:
QO HS to Crown HS -  4.4 to 4.8 miles - 10 to 12 min
QO HS to Gaithersburg HS - 4.6 to 5.7 miles - 12 to 14 min
QO HS to Watkins Mill HS - 6.4 to 6.7 miles - 18 min
QO HS to Magruder HS - 10.1 to 10.4 miles - 20 to 21 min

When QO is in Region 6:
QO HS to Northwest HS - 4 to 4.6 miles - 9 min
QO HS to Seneca Valley HS - 6 to 7.1 miles - 14 to 16 min
QO HS to Poolesville HS -  10.7 to 12.2 miles - 19 to 22 min
QO HS to Clarksburg HS -  10 to 11.3 miles - 20 to 23 min

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Travel times are all pretty much similar whether QO is in Region 5 or 6, but FARMS rates improve when QO is in 6 versus 5
Moving QO which is closest to Poolesville should sort this out. They really should move Damascus to Region 5 and QO back to Region 6 as was in the previous study.

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