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Because if socioeconomic equity is a focus, the BOE will need to do some wrangling to ensure the FARMs concentration isn't too high in HS13. That's going to impact all the HS in central and eastern Howard county.
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I think that is a real concern. As I read the projections, it looks more like all of the current higher poverty high schools , plus HS 13, will remain high poverty, and Glen Elg, RH, MR, and others will continue with viritually no lower income students unless some bold changes are made. As others have said, it is all about development and the location of moderate to low income housing. Why not make some moves now?

Looking at the Superintendent's proposal, I think I see areas where they are trying to avoid moving families twice. For instance, Rockburn Township gets moved to Long Reach, wheras areas of Elkridge, which have previously been under discussion as being moved to Long Reach do not. Not only this does move promote diversity at Long Reach, but it allows the Rockburn students to settle in at Long Reach for the long term.  Elkridge families stay where they are, for now, but in two years they will likely have to make the long treck down Route 1 to HS 13.  [/quote]

Would you like to be the family that gets rezoned twice in five years?  Cause that's going to happen to some people.

Why not wait two more years?  The previous BOE voted to delay redistricting to 2023 for a reason.[/quote]

Maybe, maybe not.  My family has been considered for rezoing for more years than I can count. I can tell you that looking back, I wish they would have just moved us instead of forcing us to go through this process over and over again.

In addition, at least for high school, it is highly unlikely that any student is going to get moved more than once. Next year's 9th graders will be seniors when HS13 opens,  They aren't getting moved.

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