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A plan is a series of events.  So thank you for finally seeing the light.  The question is, what are we going to do about it?  Thankfully, my kids will graduate before MCPS is able to move them.  But the rest of you aren't going to like having your kids shuffled around.  Or at least 90% of you aren't.[/quote]

"We" who? I'm not going to do anything about your personal hallucinations.[/quote]

I don't think the other person is hallucinating at all, and name calling just shows how weak your counter-arguments are.  If you take a look at the current Gaithersburg ES #8, I think you'll see the seeds of what is in store for the County long term unless changes are made at MCPS.

Why are the boundaries between ES carved up that way?  I remember when that thread was initially posted on DCUMS.  At the time, I shrugged and thought "meh", [b]but it did seem strange that MCPS referred to "R10" or "R8" without including a map to show where it was.  Only after the boundary was redrawn was the map included[/b].  Only after I saw the map was I shocked by what MCPS did.

Everyone in those affected school district should have been provided those maps before the decision was made, had the opportunity to comment and weigh in, and had a response why their comments were disregarded (if they were).  In my book, not doing that that is deceitful and dishonest.  This is what needs to stop at MCPS.[/quote]

The maps with R8 and R10 etc have been part of the public documents for many months. They were presented repeatedly at community meetings, posted on the web site, links were emailed out, etc. I agree with you that more residents should have been involved and submitted comments, but it's not like MCPS was hiding the information. What are some ways to improve the level of involvement?[/quote]

Really?  Okay, I'll call that bluff.  Publish the link that shows all zones, and which ES they report to within Montgomery County that's accessible to the public?  There are boundary maps by ES, but not that explain which zones are included?  The first I've ever heard of a Zone was when Gaithersburg ES #8 was discussed.  I've searched for it for months now.  It's not published on MCPS' website and ArcGIS doesn't seem to have a link for it either.  I'd love to see how the neighborhoods are carved up and match that to the ES boundaries.  I'd love to see this. [/quote]

The maps with the zones for the Gaithersburg ES #8 study was first shown at the October 2020 community meeting:

[url]https://gis.mcpsmd.org/boundarystudypdfs/GaithersburgES8_1stRoundOptions.pdf[/url]

A map showing additional options was shown in November 2020. The boundary was set a year later, in November 2021. All the meeting documents are available here:

[url]https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/planning/gaithersburgcluster8boundarystudy.aspx[/url]

If you are asking for a comparable map covering the whole county, no, that doesn't exist, because the smaller zones are only created when a boundary study happens.
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Now I get it.  You have to know to search this website:
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/planning/boundary.aspx

If you do, you'll find the information for that one study, but MCPS won't release zone info otherwise?

So you're saying this will happen over and over again as boundaries are redrawn?

This will be fun when Crown HS opens.[/quote]

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