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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a red zone family I am happy MCPS admitted they do not have the guts to redistrict. This will avoid "studying" the option while those in wealthy school areas lobby ferociously to ensure it does not occur.

Can we now focus on what might actually be doable - making the red zone schools more attractive to the still many middle class families that live in that area? Has MCPS talked to them, including those that went private, to try to determine how to lure those currently living in the area and opting out back into their local school?[/quote]

I was horrified to find out that not a single child in my immediate neighborhood goes to the MCPS elementary school we are zoned for. Being attractive to UMC DC residents seems to be improving their schools (at least in the early elementary years). How to get me and my neighbors to send our current and future kids to the poor performing school seems to be the question. [/quote]

They've actually made clear that they're not interested in attracting those families back.  A couple of years ago at here was a pretty significant community movement in Silver Spring trying to get Starr to listen to what it would take to draw the middle class back, and the community was the subject of criticism for being too organized and not having the best interests of the children in mind.  He delegated the issue to some cluster coordinators from Takoma Park, who were really worried that any changes in Silver Spring would adversely affect them.  They silenced the voice of these communities that were desperately trying to figure out how to get the middle class back into the struggling local schools while optimizing educational options for all students,and Starr just signed off on their offensive and ridiculous assessment.   I doubt he even read the report given that it was just silly to pretend the data supported the conclusions.  Entirely laughable.  That's the impression our community was left with and it's the reason I have zero respect for him.  Long story short, even though in theory they should care, the administrative machine of MCPS is just a big political hot mess and there's very little you can do to bring about any change that's not being initiated from an insider of MCPS.  They really don't care if middle class families are opting out.[/quote]

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