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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem is that emptying out a middle school, significantly below 80%, while neighboring middle schools are much higher is counter to MCPS policy FAA factor stating that the goal is to conduct boundary studies to have schools between 80-100%. Zero effort towards balancing neighboring middle schools. The emptying out of is done with zero explanation as well, and only in the options in February 2026, restricting feedback. It would be an “improper relocation” it seems; especially if that fact is used against any/all of them in the fall in the next boundary study[/quote]

MCPS has a lot of latitude, since Policy FAA also has 3 other criteria and you can't satisfy them all.

Demographic Characteristics of Student Population
Geography
Stability of School Assignments Over Time
Facilities utilization

Some have trade-offs vs. others. As we found out with Option 3, trying to make an equally diverse student population completely undermined geography.

So, Lakelands Park and Ridgeview are below target, but none of the other middle schools are above target. Similarly, only Winston Churchill is above target.[/quote]

The logic of “we can’t satisfy all 4 factors, so we can do anything we want for low utilization to any degree” is still against policy FAA it seems. Having four different middle schools at 60% utilization or below while neighboring ones are all above 80% is a clear violation of their own policy that says the 80-100% range should occur “whenever possible.” The policy does not state it would be okay to be 60% or below, “as long as others are below 100%.” They make no effort to even explain the imbalanced development in Feb 2026 where utilization is significantly lower than neighboring middle schools. 
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