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Such as?

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I sure hope that it's not the same people arguing, on the one hand, that the world will come to an end if they get rezoned for Seneca Valley High School, and, on the other hand, that a student at a high-poverty high school has exactly the same opportunities as a student at a low-poverty high school.[/quote]

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 where we can make adjustments WITHIN adjacent school clusters, 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]

bus routes aren't changing

It's all about closing the achievement gap rightly or wrongly that's what the goal of all of this is.  To do that by having less high performing and low performing schools and you do that by tweaking boundaries to try and level out SES levels across attendance areas.[/quote]

Do you agree kids should have 45 minutes bus rides to a school? Do you really think  that changing the boundaries will decrease the achievement gap? SO miraculously, a kid who goes to a low performing school who doesn't have the support at home will all of a sudden receive the at home support and the values and the skills needed to succeed in the newly assigned higher performing school? [/quote]

What are you afraid of that your snowflake will be damaged by having poor kids in your school

Are you that obtuse to think that lower performing kids won't benefit from going to a school with higher performing kids

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Can you answer my question please instead of resorting to name calling? THis is the problem.  Only in DCUM, if someone questions the solution to a problem to see if it is actually addressing the issue, the immediate response is anger. Do you agree kids should have 45 minutes bus rides to a school? Do you really think  that changing the boundaries will decrease the achievement gap? [/quote]

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