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Thank you for catching my typo.  I'll repost.

Not sure if you are aware but in 2018 the BOE made diversity the most important factor in the boundary policy because "increasing diversity is the most important thing we can do for our students."  Imagine being in education and actually thinking that. Crazy. In any case, this means that Wootton (and any other student subject to a boundary study) is in danger of being bused. In Wootton's case, kids could be sent to Gaithersburg, Rockville, RM, or Northwest to balance diversity.[/quote]

Have you looked at the current boundaries?

Also, nobody has said anything about Rockville HS being included in the boundary study. Unlike Quince Orchard HS, which is planned to be included in the boundary study. Somebody as obsessed with boundary studies ought to know these basic facts.[/quote]
Yes.  The boundaries are wacky.  But they're only going to get wackier when the BOE trots out options that bus a lot of kids all over mid-county to race-balance certain schools.  MCPS could very well include Rockville or Gaithersburg 8n this study.  If it lines up with Woodward being finished, we can expect a massive 10-12 cluster study where the board will bus a lot of kids.[/quote]

So much misinformation here. No, once again, diversity is not "the most important factor." Wootton and Rockville are not adjacent clusters. Gaithersburg is already one of the five clusters to be included in the Crown study, because the Crown HS site is within the Gaithersburg cluster. Across the street is the Wootton cluster. Woodward is a completely separate project, and there will be a separate boundary study which would begin before the Crown study, as Woodward will open a year sooner. Woodward will relieve overcrowding at WJ and the DCC schools.[/quote]

Not sure why relieving overcrowding has to mess up the boundary of a school that’s not crowded.[/quote]
Because diversity has been one of the four factors for many many years; because Wootton's boundary, like many others, makes zero sense, and those who yell for "neighborhood schools" need only look at the cluster map to see that some of the neighborhoods zoned for Wootton aren't really in the "neighborhood" zone; they are actually closer to other HSs, including the Crown HS site.  As a matter of fact, Crown HS is being built within the Wootton cluster.  So, if you want true neighborhood schools, Wootton cluster boundary will need to be redrawn.

https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04234map.pdf[/quote]

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