Reply to Split articulation (bussing) for the new BCC Middle School?

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "Split articulation (bussing) for the new BCC Middle School?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The survey is pretty straightforward. MCPS is looking for community input to help it decide which elementary schools should go to the new middle school and which should go to Westland. Does it surprise you that in this cluster, which includes the K-2/3-6 pairings of Rosemary Hills and Chevy Chase/North Chevy Chase and their split articulation, that there would be concerns about issues other than simply location?[/quote]

This split was the result of bussing in the 70s.  CCES and RHPS used to be K through 6, they split the schools so instead of kids being able to walk to their home schools in their own neighborhoods, they were bussed to different neighborhoods.

There is not alot of racial or socio econic diversity in the BCC cluster as it is, what additional options aRe there to increase diversity?

[/quote]

Actually, there is quite a bit of racial and socioeconomic diversity in the cluster and it is all at the three schools that will be closest to the new MS - CC, NCC and RCF. That is why there are concerns. Should all three schools feed into it, Westland becomes very very white and the[b] new MS will have a higher minority and poor population than many of the white and not-poor families may be willing to tolerate.[/b] [/quote]

Willing to tolerate?  Wow, that is some ugly language!  I am in this cluster and all I care about is that my white kids don't get bussed off to integrate another school further away from our neighborhood.  I'd rather my kids go to a racially integrated middle school than a very, very white Westland.
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics