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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't use grades to measure my kid's performance, but I relay more on MAP test results. I have a kid zoned to QO HS in region 5 who will be expected to do well in established magnet programs if there's opportunities given for region 5. It would be awesome if MCPS or BOD consider to move Wootton HS ( if permanent Crown in option H finaly selected) to region 5, and they can make their magnet programs criteria based & given more seats for home students something like that. Just give some behaved students in region 5 who want to learn a chance to excel and choose from. They have moved Quince Orchard HS from region 6 to region 5 without any family surveys, I assume that mcps or BOD have the ability to do that. Region 5 now looks kind of crappy compared to other regions with nothing stand out. [/quote]

Regions 2 and 5 always looked a little bit unbalanced/problematic.

It's just QO families are complaining about region 5 now after QO got switched into that region.[/quote]

That is because now all high schools in gaithersburg lose access to poolesville established magnet. Before 6 regional program is planned, I believe all upper county high schools in Damasvus/clarksnurg/germantown/gaithersburg have equal access to poolesville magnet. [/quote]

In that document that came out around August and before the Damascus and QO split, Region 5 was supposed to be Crown, Magruder, Gaithersburg, Damascus and Watkins Mill.

So they had no access to Poolesville or any of the current countywide magnet or IB programs.  This was before option H was proposed to have Crown be most of the current Wootton area too.

Then region 2 is basically the Northeast Consortium, with Blake, Paint Branch, Springbrook and Sherwood.  So had Sherwood added, which in a recent Reddit post, someone posted some kind of analysis where Sherwood is kind of underperforming based on prices of homes in it's zip code areas.

And in another previous thread, some QO parents said they are rightfully protesting for their school because it affects them.

And that's true.

But some of these regions are not balanced and fair and give access to the same variety of schools.  I would like to think that MCPS is trying it's best to balance it out and maybe why they switched Damascus and QO.  But just the way the county is economically segregated, makes it very hard to do.  And it's resulting in these unbalanced regions.[/quote]

Damascus should be in Region 5. We QO parents were asleep at the wheel when this started and took notice only later.

Wootton going to Region 5 if it moves to Crown would just make it more balanced. Its just the magnet kids anyways and at least this way region 5 can get a good cohort.

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