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[quote=Anonymous][quote]boundary studies = "integration" = busing[/quote]

[quote]Says who?

Now, as it happens, there actually is a boundary study going on - the Clarksburg/Seneca Valley/Northwest boundary study. And, as it happens, several of the options include rezoning kids FROM wealthy (or non-poor) white areas TO a low-income school. Since these kids are already taking buses to school, I wouldn't call it busing. Not to mention that in most of the options, the low-income school is geographically the closest.[/quote]

The BOE and MCPS does have a pattern of floating out their latest grand idea, getting a "study" done that says exactly what they want it to say, collecting feedback then dumping it in the trash can, holding a dog and pony show, developing some PR spin by getting local coverage of only their position and then doing it. Afterwards, they duck and cover and years later when its all a failure pretending that no one is accountable. Its a pattern folks.

The word study in reference to what the BOE is doing is really a misnomer. It is not an independent study and will not follow any methodology, It isn't designed to find knowledge. Its a consultant's report. Anyone who has been in the upper level of any large organization knows that a consultant's report says what the person driving it wants it to say. This is the purpose of a consultant's report. Its to make the case to leadership or provide political cover for larger initiatives that the staff within the organization are not trusted or able to make. 
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