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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What no one has mentioned so far is logistics.  Specifically transport.

If option H were to be the only change, I would be less concerned about bussing, but as it is, MCPS doesn't have enough buses/drivers for today's needs. So if option H becomes the way forward, then coupled with the proposed changes - namely grandfathered magnet students (so keeping current bussing levels) while implementing the new boundaries/regional programs which will overall increase demand for busses/drivers, how does MCPS then think they will also have enough to then bus all the Wootton students to Crown, many of whom are in the walk zone today?

We already know that Taylor's plan in his former school district caused bussing problems, making headline news - forcing students to opt-in to riding the school bus because there weren't enough seats. And that was for a muche  smaller school district. I see this being the likely scenario again - with or without Option H - but Option H will exacerbate this situation even more. Then I imagine that's even more clogged local roads as a result for all the students who can't get a bus even if they want one.[/quote]

Putting off the regional magnets or limiting it to just 2 more additional schools will solve this problem.

Their immediate issue is boundary filling up Crown. Instead of focusing on that and the logistics involved, they try to combine the regional magnets and boundary analysis together and throw the whole system into chaos. Idiots run the school system.

If it were me, I would move Wootton to Crown, throw in a Stem magnet there to keep the Wootton parents happy, add a Humanities Magnet to Gaithersburg to make them happy. Redistrict all the schools in this area so Crown aka New Wootton gets filled up.

Magnet parents will also be happy with the additional Stem magnet and Humanities Magnet.

This way you are actually trying to do something balanced. When things settle down add more regional magnets in a few years after seeing how the transportation works when adding 2.

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Do you somehow believe Gaithersburg or Wootton are the only places in the county complaining about programs and boundaries? [/quote]

No I don't but I am in a thread talking about these schools so I am addressing just this. Ask the DCC parents if they like the 6 regional magnets or their boundaries. If you read through the other threads about Kennedy you will know that there are more dissatisfied parents[/quote]

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