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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a helpful site others have linked to before, but I thought it was worth revisiting. You can select Montgomery County to see a map of what it would look like if each neighborhood was assigned to the closest school (according to 2013 data):

[url]https://www.vox.com/2018/1/8/16822374/school-segregation-gerrymander-map[/url][/quote]

Thanks for posting this -- it's very interesting!

I also find it interesting to look at the current boundary maps, which are nicely summarized here: http://gis.mcpsmd.org/cipmasterpdfs/CIP21_AppendixU.pdf
I'm in the Northeast Consortium, and the elementary and secondary maps show a lot of non-intuitive boundaries.  I'm very curious to see what the new boundary analysis shows, particularly if there are ways to improve the number of kids going to their closest school without adversely affecting the other factors being considered.[/quote]
There are currently several boundaries that make no sense. I posted a few up thread - Lakeland ES, Fallsmead ES, etc..   This boundary analysis will be looking at the entire county, including those boundaries where neighborhoods are not zoned for their nearest school. This was the slide provided by the consultants where they showed that about 35+% of students don't go to their closest school.[/quote]

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