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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone know what schools will feed into the new middle school? I know there is concern that the new school should be as demographically balanced as possible, but a previous post referred to Joshua Starr's desire for walkable schools, and would seem to be at odds with a far eastern or western placement.

It also would seem to be at odds with the NCC location. That would almost seem to be the least likely option for walking from surrounding neighborhoods.

I only attended the first ssac meeting but the concept of a 6th grade academy was brought up, which would keep all the kids together through middle school (a good thing in my mind). But it seemed to be quickly shot down by mcps rep. Why?

This was brought up in reference to Westland. But couldn't a 6th grade academy be built in many of the other sites that have been eliminated as being too small? It would seem that a 6th grade academy would be less land hungry and solve the over crowding problem.

This deserves more consideration.

MCPS will not decide the boundaries for the new middle school until a year before the school opens. As for walkability, Westland is not a walkable school. Most of the neighborhoods around Westland go to Pyle/Whitman (I think the school is actually in the Whitman cluster, with a little BCC cluster boundary line around it). However, Starr said that some Pyle kids may go to Westland once the new MS opens.

So, it seems like the new middle school is not just being built just to support the BCC cluster. It is being built to support overcrowding at other schools as well, and who knows, it could also include students from clusters other than Whitman since MCPS has not said for certain who is going to BCC MS #2.

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