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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
What rational was given for swapping students between Neelsville and Rocky Hill?

If the purpose of the boundary rezoning was to relieve crowding at Clarksburg High and fill the under enrolled new SV school, then why move a bunch of kids out of Neelsville into Rocky and vive versa? Other than demographic balancing, there is no capacity gain or loss from swapping students.

An earlier poster explained it well: "the move also helps with articulation. Previously, Daly/Fox Chapel kids went to Neelsville MS and then Clarksburg HS. Now, they will go to Rocky Hill MS and then Clarksburg HS. Similarly, without middle-school reassignment, Cabin Branch and Gibbs ES would have gone to Rocky Hill MS and then Seneca Valley HS; but instead they will go to Neelsville MS and then Seneca Valley HS. "[/quote]

Not really, it would have made more sense for proximity, continuity and articulation to keep Daly/Fox Chapel at Neelsville and then go to SV leaving CB and Gibbs at RH and Clarksburg. I can understand why from a racial diversity perspective MCPS did not want to do this. MCPS should be honest about it though and its a much stronger case to try to get the 2007 ruling overturned than to try to claim you didn't use race, especially when you published a racial impact table on your website as part of the announcement. [/quote]

It has nothing to do with race and everything to do with FARMS. There are plenty of people of color in Gibbs and CBranch. In 2020, the BOE, with an opportunity to adjust boundaries, did not want to keep a school at 66% FARMS when there is one a few miles up the road with 21% FARMS (based on 2018-2018 data). Other than Kingsview (which will be played with when Crown HS is built, RHMS is the only middle school that had a big enough disparity to support the balancing. [/quote]

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