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Folks, you can dial back your diatribes. This isn't happening, certainly not soon and probably not ever. The MCPS press release makes clear that the school system isn't nearly as charged up about this idea as some members of the County Council are. And Starr and Board of Ed President Phil Kauffmann deftly attempted to shift the burden of fixing this problem to the County Council folks. To wit:

"Dr. Starr and Mr. Kauffman both highlighted with the council on Monday that the county’s housing and transportation policy also has a significant impact on the economic and racial integration of the county’s schools. For example, the White Flint sector plan includes 9,800 new housing units over the next few decades but only includes 980 new units of workforce housing.  This area feeds the Walter Johnson cluster of schools.

“'We believe that housing, transportation and education policy should all work together to ensure that we have vibrant, thriving integrated schools and communities,' said Dr. Starr. 'All three areas have to work together to achieve our vision for an integrated community that reflects the rich diversity of the county.'”

The press release went on to say:

"Dr. Starr did speak about a study included in the Fiscal Year 2015 operating budget to examine choice programs in MCPS. This comprehensive study will take a close look at how well choice programs such as magnet schools, immersion programs and the downcounty and northeast consortia are serving the needs of our students and leveraging the educational benefits of the rich diversity of the community. The study could consider the effect of boundaries on how these programs serve students.  In addition to numerous discussions across the MCPS community, the study will engage thought leaders and experts and include three parts:

"·  Gathering and analyzing data on all the various choice and application programs and options in MCPS; 
·  Benchmarking best practices in other districts; and 
·  Engaging the community and stakeholders to get their opinions"

Translation: They are slow-walking any talk of major boundary changes, and are determined to mix-in other, more politically palatable approaches like magnet schools and "benchmarking" best practices.

If you're in a "bad" school, its going to stay that way for quite a while, and if you're in a "good" school you've got nothing to fear, for years if at all.

Here is the full release:

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?pagetype=showrelease&id=3569&type=current&startYear=&pageNumber=&mode=[/quote]

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