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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This whole thing is about home values.[/quote]

That's a big part of it, but it's also strongly connected to racism.[/quote]

How will any of this change?

Even if we "brown out" the country, likes will attract likes.  college educated?  You'll have friends and colleagues who are also in white collar professions.

And if the schools are "leveled" by race and SES, you'll find ways to send your kids to private. And you'll still be in a neighborhood with others "like you."  You'll find your people.

Humans are tribal by nature. We seek others who are like us.  And sadly, money is one way to separate folks. [/quote]

And everyone is also entitled to the same high-quality public education regardless where they live. Unfortunately, there are good and bad schools at least that’s what people on this board constantly say. Addressing this so all students can rise to their potential seem like the right thing to do. [/quote]

Are you for real??? No one is entitled to anything, [b]you get what you pay for[/b]. Sad but true.[/quote]

[b]No, the public school system is not set up as a fee-for-service system. And especially not on a housing-fee-for-school-service system[/b].[/quote]

Very true but I think many of the posters here fail to grasp this.[/quote]

My issue is that I bought my house by making an agreement with a bank.  I got a loan for a house in a W cluster.  I agreed to leverage my time and treasure to buy a house zoned for a school that was good for my child. I do not approve of the Montgomery county Board of Education deciding that my bank should charge me the same for a now cheaper house. All so the BoE can say they “ we got revenge on the W schools for being too homogeneous.” The bank doesn’t care and will still charge me the same every month.[/quote]

Here’s the main point: you made a mistake. You bought your house based on one set of assumptions, and you were wrong. Some people buy oceanfront property that crumbles into the sea, some people’s homes are lost in tornadoes, and some people’s homes lose value because boundaries change. You said it right at the beginning: you made an agreement with a bank. You didn’t sign a contract with MCPS. You might have invested in Bitcoin or Google stock or whatever, but it is really not my child’s fault or the fault of any child in the county that you stand to lose a little money, so please don’t punish the children.[/quote]

Don't punish the children?  Lol.  This isn't going to help any children.  It's all a waste of time and money.[/quote]

Of course you think it's a waste of time and money.  You believe you will lose money if redistricting occurs with consideration for diversity (you don't even know what exactly they will do).  Or you are a actually a realtor who wants to nip this discussion in the bud so you can keep upselling houses.  You and 90% of opponents of redistricting are looking at this from that lens which is why you can't see the value to students.  You all are not exactly unbiased researchers lol.  [/quote]

Just curious.     Do you really believe that redistriciting has value for students?    That students who are currently not doing well will miraculously start doing well if you transfer them to another MCPS school/[/quote]

Obviously think it's a little more complicated than that and also I do not know what "redistricting" will entail, but yes, I do think less segregation would be beneficial. Why do you care what I think?[/quote]

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