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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Three years ago, Viers Mill had universal free lunch for one year. That is why they have greater than 95% for "now or in the past" FARMs. Literally every kid (including the PEP classes for 3yos, meaning some current K) who was there in the 2023-24 school year is counted in the percentage.

I've been a VM parent for 10 years. Nobody I've heard from here wants to go to WJ. For many reasons. VM families have been happy mostly with Wheaton/DCC, and most people seem reasonably okay with Woodward.

The VM community is super tight and protective. Maybe [b]it feels like WJ is racist/classist/whatever[/b], but mostly I think it's that those feeder schools operate in completely different worlds.[/quote]

Then it's super important for area to change this by not segregating them. It will be helpful for WJ community to increase diversity. Otherwise we will get another Whitman where racism has become a norm.[/quote]

I mean yes, from the superintendent's POV. But don't expect VMES families to enjoy being known as the literal diversity hires, and integrate another school at the expense of their own community.[/quote]

No need to put down VMES families by saying they are diversity hires. It's offensive.

VMES kids will benefit from attending lower FARMS schools as well. In fact all kids will benefit from that so it make sense to not put all FARMS kids in one school and put all rich kids in another. Both schools are side by side. Two well balanced schools will benefit everyone attending both schools. It;s best for our region. [/quote]

Offensive to whom? My family, which attends VMES? I'm sure there are families that would be cool with WJ and I'm not denying their opinion, but far and wide most of the other parents here I've talked to are very aware of the perception that our kids would be the token brown/FARMs students (even the white and not FARMs jaguars) and are not comfortable with it. VMES kids would benefit from a lower FARMs school because too many FARMs is bad? A school is inherently better because its FARMs is lower? That kind of doesn't resonate when you're talking about a high FARMs ES with families who love their school community. "There's fewer people like you at this other school. You understand why that makes it better, don't you?"[/quote]

Not the PP, but nothing offensive in it unless you look for offence. Concentrating poverty in one high school is not a good idea. [/quote]

+1 it is a tricky subject which is probably why MCPS is getting away with perpetuating racial segregation. The reality is that kids that receive FARMS have a lot of different needs. Children from all backgrounds can struggle or excel academically and behaviorally, and poverty has a real impact on whether or not a child struggles. Concentrating poverty in one school doesn't help those kids. Balancing FARMS can make a real difference in outcomes for those kids.[/quote]

35% farms is not high. Viers Mill is 63% now.  [/quote]

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