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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm reading all this with some detachment as a parent over in FCPS, where we just went through a much-publicized "county-wide boundary study" that resulted in limited changes and soon will be establishing boundaries for a new high school in the western part of the county.

One thing that stands out to me is how much more information Taylor is providing about the impact of the changes on projected enrollments (in 2031-32) and school demographics.  Our superintendent provides as little of that information as possible, likely for two reasons:  (1) the staff and consultants are too lazy and/or incompetent to generate it; and (2) they don't want to share information that would lead parents to complain about schools with "too many" FARMS students (here, apparently, Woodward) or "too few" (here, apparently, WJ and, of course, Whitman).

My question is whether you would have all tried to "reverse engineer" the numbers had Taylor not been as detailed about the impact of his proposals, or might have actually preferred getting less information (which would have sent an implicit message that it doesn't really matter because "all schools are good," etc.)?  [/quote]

They are required to provide these details. Also, it's not bad idea to get feedbacks to have the best possible solution in county even if not everyone will be happy with it. Scenario of one high FARMS ES adding to one HS and another to second HS was discussed. Not sure why it's not recommended. I guess Woodward famiies have work cut out for them to start email and meeting with BOE members one by one.

We are in WJ in all options and I think current recommendation is a mistake. [/quote]

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