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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From the superintendent (first page of the thread)

[b]No Recommendations for Boundary Changes: The final report WILL NOT include recommendations for boundary changes/student reassignments. MCPS will use data and research from the report to inform future boundary studies.[/b]

What I don't get is why MCPS is paying for an external expert to conduct a districtwide analysis of school boundaries if they are not going to make any recommendations?    Presumably MCPS already has data on relevant factors to determine school boundaries, such as current school capacities,  student demographics, and planned housing developments.    I find it much easier to find information on what the boundary analysis is [b]not[/b] going to do, than on what it is going to do.      What will the final product look like?    What are we paying for?

(I admittedly haven't able to attend any of the meetings so far.)[/quote]

I went to Blair and this was probably the most-asked question during the breakout sessions. WXY is collecting data and presenting it in a report with no recommendations made. No one was satisfied with  that answer.[/quote]

I went to the Northwest meeting, and the most-asked question was basically: Why are you lying to us about everything, including your plans to force our kids into long-distance buses?[/quote]

I think this is an overreaction but I do have a suspicion that we are being set up for a bait and switch.      We are given being much time and multiple public hearing for the benign data collection by WXY.      When new boundaries are announced, there will not be much time and few public hearings because "everyone already had the opportunity for public input during the WXY boundary analysis."     I hope I am mistaken.[/quote]

MCPS has a boundary study process. Have you ever looked at it? I suggest you do so.[/quote]

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