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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't care whether Wootton goes to Crown or stays at current location but I do care about the fact nearby Travilah and Dufief kids are getting bussed to Wootton and Fields Rd and Brown Station are getting bussed to QO.

I hope that changes and to the people with the lawsuits, I hope MCPS sticks it to you and moves these 2 schools to QO and moves out Fields Rd and Brown Station from QO.

QO needs some diversity - currently we have majority white and Hispanic kids at QO because of all this bussing. QO used to be a great school and now it is a 5/10. Some of this Asian population will improve QO's ratings.

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I'm not sure why you think Brown Station and Fields Road students are "bussed" to QO, the way you're describing it.

Which high school do you think they should have been originally assigned to?

All three schools are in Gaithersburg.

Brown Station Elementary is right up the street off of Quince Orchard Blvd, 3 miles away.

Fields Road is 3.4 miles aways driving.  Drawing a direct line, as the crow flies distance of 2.12 miles.

A problem and issue is that Gaithersburg has three high schools in close proximity all around that Muddy Branch/Clopper Road area.

Look at the distance for Brown Station:
QO 3 miles
Gaithersburg HS 2.6 miles
Northwest 4.7 miles

Fields Road:
QO: 3.4 miles
Gaithersburg: 2.5 miles
Northwest: 5 miles

And they're all in contiguous zones with QO.

To me, bussing is when there's a random island somewhere and the residents in that island ride the bus past several other schools to attend another school.

I don't think the less than a mile difference for the two schools (.4 for Brown Station and .9 for Fields Road) really constitutes bussing as you call it.[/quote]

Both Brown Station and Fields Road are closer to Gaithersburg than to QO.

And both Travilah and Dufief are closer to QO (also against the traffic) than Brown Station and Fields Road.

Since QO does not have a vocal community like Wootton it was convenient to bus kids all the way from Muddy Branch to us, while passing by Dufief. And Travilah - don't even get me started - they can come through QO Rd to QO - its just 2 miles. But they pay a premium for their houses and go 4+ miles to Wootton.

If MCPS has any sense, they will move these schools to QO.

To the poster who said poor Dufief, I also said Travilah needs to move.

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