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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I part of the keep boundaries the same group and I agree with some of the negative comments about this lawsuit.

It's kind of silly to argue that Neelsville is unsafe.  I agree that's probably a true statement but since other kids attend that can't be a winning lawsuit.

The winning arguments IMHO:
* Middle Schools were not overcrowded.
[b]* BOE only moved middle school kids to balance FARMS.[/b]
* For kids in CB (if that's where the folks live that filed)- the commutes were made longer when other options were available.

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Nope, the move also helps with articulation. Previously, Daly/Fox Chapel kids went to Neelsville MS and then Clarksburg HS. Now, they will go to Rocky Hill MS and then Clarksburg HS. Similarly, without middle-school reassignment, Cabin Branch and Gibbs ES would have gone to Rocky Hill MS and then Seneca Valley HS; but instead they will go to Neelsville MS and then Seneca Valley HS.

As for a longer trip to/from school as a winning argument? Nah. As we learned in the boundary analysis, lots and lots of MCPS students are not zoned for the closest schools.[/quote]

Would it be correct to say that the middle school shift avoids split articulation? [/quote]

Not really, because Neelsville MS will still have split articulation, just with Watkins Mills HS/Seneca Valley HS instead of Watkins Mill HS/Clarksburg HS.

Plus Clarksburg ES will have split articulation until the elementary school at Cabin Branch is built, and Gibbs ES will have split articulation because of the very small area that will be in the Rocky Hill/Clarksburg walk zone once the sidewalk on 355 is finished. That would be true without the middle-school reassignments, though.[/quote]

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