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So what do you suggest that families with the means to buy $800k+ homes do when making a house purchasing decision ? Should they all choose the Northwest HS cluster in Germantown because it has the perfect racial diversity and ignore all other factors like commute? Should they choose the Kennedy HS neighborhood, a school that is not diverse, so that they can intentionally help increase it's white or Asian population while ignoring all other factors like HS graduation rates, etc? [/quote]

There are plenty of high schools in MCPS that are less segregated than either Churchill or Kennedy.
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^^^and $800,000 homes are available in all of those high schools' current boundaries.[/quote]

Do you really think that should be the, or even a major, factor when people decide where to live?  That’s crazy.  I’m not going to plan my life based on what schools is most diverse [b]at the moment I buy[/b].

I’m going to look at commute to work.  I’m going to look at distance to church or other community activity important to me.  I’m going to look at places near to other amenities I want.  To the extent I am looking a schools, I’m going to look where I think my kids will get a good education, which may or may not be the most diverse (as you define diversity) school.[/quote]

It's not like the demographics of the high schools change radically from one year to the next...

You may make whatever choices you want, for whatever reasons you want. All we're saying is that people don't just "happen" to buy expensive housing in areas assigned to segregated schools. It's a feature, not a bug. The schools are "good" because there are few students from poor families in them. And the housing is expensive because the schools are "good" because there are few students from poor families in them. Own your housing decisions.[/quote]

I am owning it and I am saying that finding a diverse, again as you define it, school is low on my list of priorities.[/quote]

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