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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems that the DCPS is proposing to merge Maury and Miner together because the construction budget for Maury is not large enough to service the current boundary.

Here's why this is crazy:

1. DCPS just redrew the boundary 2 years ago for Maury and made it bigger. Now apparently it's too big. So this is a mistake of DCPS' own making
2. Everyone here knows the modernization budgets in this city are crazy but I've never heard of them merging 2 school buildings because of a tight construction budget. This is the same DCPS that has spent over $200 million on Duke Ellington, which has fewer kids than Maury and enrolls Maryland students!! So WHY DONT THEY ASK THE CITY FOR MORE MONEY INSTEAD 
3. This seems like a thinly veiled attempt to salvage Miner, which has abysmal performance. But combining 1 good school & 1 bad school together =/= 1 successful school
4. I strongly doubt Miner parents want to be inundated with Maury families and I know for a fact that Maury parents don't want their kids to go to Miner

DCPS is asking parents to complete this survey. If you think this is crazy (or maybe you think it's great, IDK), I encourage you to take the survey:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdq-Y8TRjflX9ySc8x2ipkqgHOT8EafXNjKqQ1UKHxzlpTydg/viewform
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For the record, I'm a Maury parent and fine with my kid going to Miner/Maury.  I don't love the commute, however.  [/quote]

If you are suggesting that the commute from Maury to Miner is the only issue, I am going to go ahead & call BS on you actually having a kid at Maury. It's like a 5 minute drive. Less if you hit green lights. The distance is not the issue. It's the difference in quality between the two schools[/quote]

I don't drive! It would add on at least 45 min to my commute since Miner is not near a metro. But maybe they would run a bus. If all the IB kids attended the cluster it would be fine otherwise. [/quote]

Good grief.  It's 4 blocks away. How in the world would that add 45 minutes to your commute??[/quote]

Ok fine, more like 25 minutes. [/quote]

25 minutes for 4 blocks? I'm my world, we call this "putting extras on it."[/quote]

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