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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In taking the suggestion to push the BOE hard on delaying the regional model implementation, I also think they should face a lot of pressure to either select Option B from the current slate or another one altogether that doesn’t significantly increase Einstein’s FARMS rate.  They need to be pushed hard on both fronts.

Are the upcoming Facilities and Boundaries Hearings good places to do this?[/quote]

Each of the four options have Einstein with a FARMS rate of 40-46%.[/quote]

The current FARMS rate at Einstein is 37.5%.  Option B is 40%.  I’d say that’s better than the other options, wouldn’t you?[/quote]

A little, but is it a meaningful difference? I don't know. Especially with BCC staying unchanged at 22.5%, it seems absurd that Einstein's rate should go up at all.[/quote]

Stop trying to turn this into a conflict with BCC. BCC is not geographically adjacent to Woodward at all. Why does it matter to you what BCC’s FARMs rate is? It is not similar to Einstein currently so I don’t get why you think these schools must shuffle kids across town to get matching demographics starting in 2027?[/quote]

Nobody has ever claimed MCPS should match demographics at all schools. But they should be utilizing their facilities effectively and in ways that help all students access appropriate educational opportunities. Instead they are pulling the highest achieving kids with the most resources to manage what I imagine will be limited transportation for magnets out of Einstein to BCC and other academic magnets. They should have moved Woodlin ES (which is not close to Einstein) to BCC and put ToK in Einstein. Instead of supercharging the existing segregation.[/quote]

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