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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many assumptions here about WJ and BCC. Maybe if you looked closely, you would see they are highly diverse schools with many ESL and FARMS kids, as well as kids with special needs.

Why create an us (DCC) vs them (Ws) mindset?[/quote]

C'mon, anyone can look at the stats and see you're lying.  They are both almost half-white, 10% or less EML, and 25% or less FARMS.  All way off from MCPS district-wide averages.

Or is that really what passes for diversity in your part of the county?  [/quote]

No, it just fits the demographics of that area. People self select and move to the “best” area that they can rent or afford. That’s a tale as old as time. [/quote]

It's this. When you have a town based school system people pay a premium to live in the town with the good schools. In our county based system, people move to the catchment area with the "best" schools. [/quote]

And if they reset it, it’ll immediately happen again short of going to a full lottery system like San Francisco. But even uber liberal San Francisco is walking that back and moving to a zone based system starting next year![/quote]

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