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And this is why wealthy liberals continue to vote for policies that encourage illegal immigration.  Because it doesn’t affect them in a meaningful way.  If their neighborhoods and school were actually being affected by the issues, maybe they would be more empathetic as to what middle class families in the County are facing.  [/quote]

Do you even live in Montgomery County?

Rockville's West End is zoned for Beall ES.

http://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/BeallES.pdf[/quote]

Are you the same poster as the next two posts??  What is your point.  Yes, it's zoned for Beall ES.  It's not zoned for Weller Road, or Wheaton Woods ES.

Percentage of ESOL at Beall is 18%.  Not very high.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/02207.pdf[/quote]

18% is nearly 1 in 5 which is pretty high.  It's 25% FARMS.  I guess you're comparing it to neighborhoods that are dominated by people from central america?[/quote]

I guess we’ll have to disagree about that.  18% is quite low compared to many schools in the County.

Beall isn’t even designated as a Focus school and is certainly not Title 1.

Different argument, but i guess that makes a good argument for busing.  
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Title 1 has nothing to do with this multi-family zoning unless you're afraid of poor people.  I'm not sure how Beall would be a good argument for busing?  It's extremely diverse. 25% asian, 12% black, 24% hispanic, 34% white.  You can look at the link you submitted.  Good luck using that as the poster child for busing.  [/quote]

Title 1 designation has everything to do with having a large number of FARMS students.  You were arguing that Beall has a high percentage of FARMS students.  It does not.  It has a wealthier student population compared to many other schools in the County.  [/quote]

I'm sorry, I still dno't get the relevance to busing or how this is a poster child for that?  Busing is being proposed to make schools diverse, which Beall is.

It sounds like you're saying that Beall is rich because it "only" 25% FARMS?  I don't get how that's rich?  That means one in four students need food assistance.  It doesn't mean the other 3 out of 4 are wealthy.  Not being on free and reduced meals does not mean you are wealthy.  It means you are not in poverty, big difference.[/quote]

I'm the PP.

Look, you are welcome to disagree as I said already.  My kids attend a Focus school that has a higher FARMS and a higher ESOL rate.  So, in my perspective, Beall is a wealthier area.  Your kids maybe attend a wealthier school than Beall.

I think they say something like once you go over 30% FARMS and 30% ESOL, that is when the school environment gets more challenging.  [b]I feel that 18% is pretty low.[/b]

And, the busing thing is definitely not related, but I thought busing was to spread out the ESOL and FARMS rates over different schools.  The 18% is on the lower end, IMO.[/quote]
18% ESOL is about average in the county, so Beall is about average, not high or low in ESOL, but average.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/county.pdf[/quote]

I get the feeling that she bought an inexpensive house in an iffy pyramid to save money and now she cannot see how slanted her views are.[/quote]

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