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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Increasing FARMS at Whitman by 3% is funny though....it's like they had to try something...[/quote]

Ridiculous to change two elementary school communities and move students out of walk zones for this very minimal increase that has no impact on the original focus of the boundary study. Option F does not make sense.[/quote]

Option F won't happen.[/quote]

They could easily do option F but switch the BCC and Whitman elementary schools back to where they are now, but still keep the east county benefits of option F.  As someone from Silver Spring I'm fine with that if it's what the school communities involved want.[/quote]

Agree. Would encourage west county folks to vote for F and if this is their sticking point to mention it. F is clearly the best option for east county with minimal negative impact on west county (IMO).[/quote]

I’m sorry but MCPS has been so horrible about taking feedback that I would personally never vote for F with a footnote hoping they make that minor, common sense adjustment. After the fiasco of what’s been going on with the regional plan, I just don’t trust them. My gut is if the majority vote for F, they will go forward with F as it is presented. I am not from Wood Acres or Bethesda Elementary, so not directly affected. But I’ve been around long enough to predict their actions and it is ridiculous that they would bus kids in a walk zone for no significant reason especially since all 6 other options do not, and are perfectly viable. [/quote]

All other 6 options are viable for you, but they leave the highest FARMS schools overcrowded.[/quote]

The capacity for each high school for models a to g is:

BCC (89, 89, 89, 89, 90, 89, 89)
Blair (85, 78, 85, 85, 85, 85, 90)
Einstein (93, 93, 85, 93, 83, 82, 79)
WJ (72, 78, 70, 83, 71, 78, 71)
Kennedy (90, 90, 90, 83, 90, 90, 90)
Northwood (81, 91, 86, 81, 88, 89, 86)
Wheaton* (95, 95, 95, 95, 86, 95, 81, 95)
Whitman (83, 83, 83, 83, 83, 84, 83)
Woodward (80, 74, 81, 86, 81, 91, 81)

* added 500 seats to capacity[/quote]

Wheaton has 8 in your chart but everyone else has 7 . Is there an option G for Wheaton? No[/quote]

just a typo

The capacity for each high school for models a to g is:

BCC (89, 89, 89, 89, 90, 89, 89)
Blair (85, 78, 85, 85, 85, 85, 90)
Einstein (93, 93, 85, 93, 83, 82, 79)
WJ (72, 78, 70, 83, 71, 78, 71)
Kennedy (90, 90, 90, 83, 90, 90, 90)
Northwood (81, 91, 86, 81, 88, 89, 86)
Wheaton* (95, 95, 95, 86, 95, 81, 95)
Whitman (83, 83, 83, 83, 83, 84, 83)
Woodward (80, 74, 81, 86, 81, 91, 81)

* added 500 seats to capacity

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Reminder that these numbers only include resident students, so any students from other clusters will add to the totals.[/quote]

? what are you calling 'clusters'?  [/quote]

For example, anyone from the Blair, Einstein, Northwood, or Whitman clusters but attending BCC is not included in these numbers.[/quote]

ok you mean regions.  the numbers are supposed to balance those, such that those going equal those staying.  In practice no one actually leave Whitman, but Whitman probably has enough capacity.  [/quote]

They expect families from less wealthy areas to deal with their shtty proposed transportation. System to balance enrollment. Gross[/quote]

oh come on.  If they said no one could go to Whitman, you'd think that was gross too.[/quote]

I'm fine with Whitman having the less common languages there and letting people go there if they really want to take a less popular language.  It's a good fit because they already offer more languages so will have no problem continuing to offer them no matter who comes or doesn't.

Not fine with them having a top-tier academic magnet like Humanities designed to draw a large share of the top academic achievers out of other schools in the region.[/quote]

Same. Since MCPS is barreling ahead with this ill thought out program I think this is the most pertinent point to drive home to them + the board: academic magnets should be placed at the regional schools with the highest FARMS rates to help ensure sufficient number of academically advanced students to support full range of advanced classes.[/quote]

How about they do a better job educating kids earlier on so that schools with high FARMS rates already have sufficient academically prepared students within the community population?[/quote]

There are academically advanced students at every single high school. The high FARMS high schools receive no extra resources to address the issues associated with poverty, so yeah they essentially have fewer resources than wealthy schools.[/quote]

High FARMS schools do get additional resources.  Whether that’s enough to make up for the additional needs is a separate question.[/quote]

False, high FARMS high schools do not receive extra funding based on their FARMS rates.

For example, Churchill had the same per pupil funding as Wheaton in 2020 and 2022. 
https://moderatelymoco.com/mcps-per-pupil-expenditure-by-each-high-school-2020-2022/
Differences in per pupil funding are due to special education and ESL services , which only serve students in those programs and do not address challenges associated with poverty.[/quote]

Don’t Title I schools get extra resources?

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/dtecps/title1/how-to-identify-title-i-schools/#:~:text=To%20identify%20Title%20I%20schools,loses%20its%20Title%20I%20status?
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Yes for elementary schools and a very few middle schools.  Not high schools.[/quote]

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