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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The PP was referencing that there are no more nearby areas with high FARMS students to add into Churchill. You have got to accept that if your goal is to add lots of poor students to Churchill then they will need to be on a very long bus ride past other schools. Wootton is the same geographic situation.

Its not going to happen. No kid wants to be bussed somewhere because they were picked for being poor. No kid wants to be bussed somewhere because they were picked for being rich either. It expensive and unpopular with everyone who is effected.

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There are no high schools on Montrose/Randolph Road or near Congressional Lane.  Those areas are only a 10 minute drive from Churchill and would provide the diversity needed if the apartment complexes were included in the boundary change.

Also, currently some students attending Churchill are on a bus for 45 minutes and would have a shorter commute if redistricted to Poolesville or Wootton.  There actually is a community split in half between Wootton and Churchill in which the Churchill students ride a bus past Wootton.  Some Cabin John students who will eventually go to Wootton ride past Hoover Middle School and Churchill High School everyday.  The Board of Education can redraw boundaries anyway they want.  They ultimately have the final say and may feel pressure from civil rights groups to balance out schools anyway possible.  Redrawing school boundaries is a controversial move but probably needed if diversity is a school priority.[/quote]

Randolph road is no where near a 10min drive to Churchill.  It says 18 minutes with no traffic from the train tracks. In the morning, it would be closer to 30min. First bus stop would be about 40+min. [/quote]

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