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[quote=Anonymous]I live in Clifton, so I know that I am a geographical minority on this board. That said, my kids go to Union Mill Elementary School. I LOVE our school. That said, the way that the boundaries for our school are drawn are incredibly suspect and I know that this is the same all over the county based on what I have seen on this board.

The borders for our school attendance zone are very purposefully drawn so that the apartments near the school (and the "poorer" townhomes that are located in Little Rocky Run, the neighborhood in which UMES is located) are sent not to Union Mill, but to Centre Ridge Elementary. Centre Ridge is a Title 1 school. Union Mill is not.

I don't know if this happened when Elizabeth Schultz was on the School Board and her kids went to Union Mill, whether they used the Clifton ES redistricting as a reason for this to happen, or if it has always been the case. But it is ridiculous.

So to answer the question of how would I like to see the boundary maps changed? Stuff like this needs to stop. When they are campaigning, the SB throws out all sorts of BS about how all kids matter.  How "there is no such thing as someone else's kid". But is there really?

If kids from the nearby apartment complex came to Union Mill (or even if all of the kids who live in Little Rocky Run's townhomes came to Union Mill), it isn't going to change the education my kids are going to get. The majority of the parents in our neighborhood have college/grad degrees and are very involved in the education of their children. My kids will be fine, and the kids who live on my street will be fine.

BUT, it could improve the educational experience for lets say 50-100 other kids.   100 kids x however many schools in FCPS where they made just a few tweaks to the boundaries here and there...it adds up.  [/quote]

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