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Yes, this lack of opportunity is BS. There IS opportunity for high achieving kids in practically every high school. SVHS has an IB program. Rockville HS has IB. Gaithersburg HS has Signature Academies. I'm not buying this BS that only schools with low FARMS have opportunity. EVERY kid, rich or poor, with the motivation, guidance, and ambition can succeed in any school in this county, even the ones that are disproportionately poorer than other schools. I've seen it. Yes, I think boundaries need to be reviewed from time to time  to make sure they still work and that demographics aren't skewed disproportionately towards one group and [b]where we can make adjustments WITHIN adjacent school clusters,[/b] then yes we should. BUt we need to not be supporting 45 minute bus rides.  And even if boundaries are adjusted, let's not kid ourselves in thinking that this is actually helping  low performing students who don't have the support at home. Let's be honest and realize that all this is doing is raising the AVERAGE test scores at low performing schools so that MCPS can say, "see we fixed it!" [/quote]

For example, between Northwest High School and Seneca Valley High School.

You know what else is depressing? DCUM people's willingness to write off poor kids.

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Some people may not agree with, or pay more attention to other aspects of the proposed change(s). If that does not fit in your expectation, that is called "to write off poor kids"?

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