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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's very unfair to Whitman families.

More diversity should be added in Whitman. Leaving it untouched is a missed oppurtunity.[/quote]

But do non-white, lower income folks even want to go to Whitman? [/quote]

The problem with Whitman is that it is so far west that there is no reasonable way to integrate it.  The neighborhood is largely white both at Whitman and in WJ and BCC.  The only way to integrate Whitman is to give it a magnet program and let kids voluntarily transfer into it. Or give Whitman kids access to other magnet  programs that they might like to transfer into.

Oh, wait, that's what this whole programming & boundary thing are trying to do.  Some Whitman kids might now opt for BCC's IB, or even be able to get into Blair Math/Science (which it seems will still exist, just perhaps not with the same level of genius student that one gets county-wide), either of which would leave more room for kids from Einstein or Northwood to opt into Whitman's "leadership academy".

It's very clear that the program bounds bind east and west county in bands that vary by distance from DC (i.e. first band around DC, second band around DC etc.) and that by offering magnet programs open to all within each band, they are hoping that there will be some voluntary integration. How realistic that is, depends on transportation -- will there be any transportation between schools? Families without the resources to give kids cars at the high school level, or drive kids to and from school are not really going to be able to opt into these programs.  [/quote]

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