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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The boundary decisions will be made in line with MCPS policy FAA, which the board approved recently, and which according to the RFP, the consultant should follow:
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/policy/pdf/faa.pdf

Have a look at page 7, section G (2)(a):

[quote]
Analyses of options take into account the impact of various options on the
overall populations of affected schools. Options should [b]especially[/b] strive to
create a diverse student body in each of the affected schools in alignment
with Board Policy ACD, Quality Integrated Education. 
[/quote]

Emphasis mine. That word was added in at the last minute before they approved the policy (and there was some objection by a few board members -- it's in the minutes).

Now.. why did they add that in? To me, that shows diversity trumps the other factors.

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No, the word was not added in at the last minute. And diversity was already a factor. The only change was the addition of the word "especially".

Why did they add it in? Presumably because they want the options to especially strive to create a diversre student body in each of the affected schools.

Now, please explain how this relates to potential legal action related to the boundary analysis.[/quote]

If you look at Regulation FAA-RA, it goes into further detail:

Options should 
especially strive to create a diverse student body in each of the 
affected schools in alignment with Board Policy ACD, Quality 
Integrated Education. This means that a key consideration is 
significant disparity in the demographic characteristics between 
schools in the affected geographic areas [b]that cannot be justified by 
any other factor. [/b]

Emphasis mine. This means that diversity does not trump all. [/quote]

And in fact this was demonstrated in the upcounty study when the option which did the most to advance the demographics factor was NOT selected, because it was not acceptable per the geography factor.[/quote]

Option 4 was only put in there so the BOE could say that.  [b]It was never a real option.[/b]  They still took an option that didn't optimize geography and facility utilization.  They took an option that definitely prioritized demographics over facility and geography.[/quote]

It was a real option that wasn't selected. Just like the other options that weren't selected. The selected option doesn't have to *optimize* all the factors, as it was acknowledged up front that no option could do that.[/quote]

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