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You do realize that the whole country's school system, tax structure, property values, etc are based the same way. On where you live (rent or buy).

Good luck pontifying on changing the whole entire system just because you don't make as much income as someone else with and entirely different human capital earnings function.[/quote]

Yes, I do realize this. I also realize that it's unjust for children to have unequal educational opportunities based on how much money their parents have.

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I would disagree that Montgomery County is offering unequal educational opportunities.  Please provide evidence.[/quote]

Ask the parents in the Whitman/Wootton/Churchill/Walter Johnson zones whether they think that educational opportunities in Montgomery County are equal.[/quote]

I'm the W parent above who wants to send their child to a title 1 school.  So no, I don't think that the educational opportunities are the same.  My kids don't get the benefit if small class sizes in elem school.  The MS magnet programs will require a 45 min drive to TPMS should my child be accepted.  My child is not eligible for any of the fantastic MS programs at Argyle, Parkland, Loiderman.  For HS, my kid is going to have to the cream of the crop academically to test into RM in order to have access to the IB curriculum.  It's offered as a matter of course at other HS in the county.

So you're right, I don't think there are equal educational opportunities in Mont. County. 
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If you can afford to live in boundary for a W school, then you also could move further east.  Do it.  Send your kid to a title 1 school that feeds into a highschool with an IB curriculum.  I went to a recent presentation about the focus programs at Argyle, Parkland, and Loiderman.  If you enter the lottery, your kids have a good shot at getting in.  It is not a truly random lottery.  They take SES of sending school into account and want more kids from high SES schools.  Personally I would look at the programs carefully.  I did not really get the value-added.  Most of the opportunities seemed to be things you could do at any middle school.[/quote]

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