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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I'm all for thoughtful rezoning that improves diversity WHILE reducing busing. I'm writing this as a DCC parent. I believe neighborhood schools are a good thing.

I also believe that shuffling kids from one school to another may impact the school's test score average but will have little impact on individual students. As an early poster suggested, a better curriculum, however, will make a difference.

My concern with busing is it amounts to rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. [/quote]

This X100! We're in Wootton and wouldn't mind if nearby low income areas get added as long as the school is large enough to absorb that capacity. It would be fine if Richard Montgomery or Twinbrook moved in but those areas are transitioning fast and I doubt they will remain mid to low income for long whether they move to Wootton or not. These are really the only low income nearby areas. Gaithersburg is way up there and kids would need to pass through Gaithersburg and QO to get to Wootton. If the parents there want this rather than just MCPS wanting this -which I wonder- then fine by me.

What wouldn't be good for these students is that all the other students have been together not just since ES but middle school. The kids coming in would be very separate because they don't know anyone coming in and they live far away. In HS the kids have their friend groups from middle school and elementary school. Both my kids made friends in MS with other ES kids but all were close enough for them to do things together after school.

My real objection is that the BOE isn't making an education a focus or doing anything to improve actual outcomes of kids. Re-arranging the deck chairs will not help anyone other than MCPS. I am so tired of being in a school system that thinks of the system before the actual kids.

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