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Did you hear that the BOE wants to look at a county wide boundary study and balance out diversity where possible, and that[b] they are putting a bit more weight on diversity than the other factors when drawing boundaries[/b]?

Churchill is one of the least diverse clusters in MCPS. It's ripe for boundary reassessment for diversity.[/quote]

Actually the MCPS staff at the Clarksburg-Seneca Valley-Northwest boundary study meeting at Clarksburg HS this week said that they were NOT putting more weight on it.

Also, it's not a county-wide boundary study, it's a county-wide study of boundaries. An assessment or report. After the report, they may decide to redo boundaries, or they may not.[/quote]
BOE did pass a resolution not that long ago where they stated that where possible, they would look at diversity when drawing boundaries.  This means that they aren't go to send kids from one side of the county to another, but that neighboring clusters (RM and Churchill) where one school is overcrowded and the other isn't as much could have have their boundaries redrawn with diversity as a priority.  I can't find the thread, but it was discussed on this forum. The impetus to the study was spreading diversity and addressing overcrowding.

Coupled with the boundary study, yes, I think it's a possibility to have TB zoned for Churchill. And so what if it is?  Poverty isn't contagious.  Wealthy kids will do just as well in Churchill with or without poor kids sitting near them.

[quote]Pressured by increasing enrollment and evolving demographics, the Montgomery County school board will hire an outside consultant to examine boundary changes for schools.

The consultant will not recommend specific boundary changes that would require students to shift to different schools, but recommend general areas of potential changes.

The resolution for an outside review was introduced by student board member Ananya Tadikonda, who said a study to address overcrowding and increase diversity among schools was overdue.[/quote]
https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/school-district-to-conduct-countywide-boundary-study/

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