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Why is there an absolute need to balance the farms? Why not just let them go to the closer more convenient school for them or do you suggest that they care more about some weird middle class paranoia about being surrounded by them more than their own logistics? I purpose that there isn't enough of them to worry about gerrymandering for any other reason other then locality.[/quote]

PP, you are referring to poor people as "them". Who is "us", in this case?
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I think PP makes a fair point that people of lesser means don't necessarily benefit from or want a longer school commute. [/quote]

I would frame this differently - Putting the onus of integration on poor and minority children by forcing them into longer commutes (and letting wealthy non-minorith kids tk simply ho to the closest school) was a major issue when RHPS was desegregated years ago.  The solution to equalizing the burden of integration was to pair RHPS with CCES, NCES and BES (the latter of which was dropped from the pairing about 5 years ago) so that kids went to RHPS in k-2 and the upper school for 3-6.

I think the question is what can MCPS come up with that will ensure a deomgraphic balance between
the two schools?  Or if that is impossible, maybe there is a simple boundary drawing or maybe there is something more creative like a choice program that pulls integration instead of pushing.

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Ok, question - is the issue of hugely different populations such a big thing in MoCo that it's worth going through contortions to integrate them?  I'm asking mostly out of ignorance as someone relatively new to the area.

This is generally a pretty well off area, right?  Does it really matter if some schools have a slightly higher percentage less well-off parents than others?
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Does it really matter to whom and why?  And what qualifies as a "contortion"? Research shows that poor and minority kids who go to school in higher SES environments do better.  From the other side, as a white and wealthy student in the RHPS/BCC cluster integration scheme, I think I also benefitted greatly from having been a product of an integrated school system.  Although, my benefit shouldn't be imposed by creating an undue burden on others which brings no benefit to them (which I don't think is the case).[/quote]

I don't think the PP was necessarily questioning the value of diversity and integration, but I think rather, he or she was asking if there's really that much diversity and integration to be achieved, such that it's worth going to all the trouble. That is, if one school has 5% FARMS and another has 7%, is it worthwhile? Another PP pointed out that there is quite a bit of economic disparity, so perhaps that answers the question. [/quote]

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