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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most of the people pushing for smaller districts really just want protection from being redrawn into a less desirable cluster.[/quote]
Let's say that's true.. and?  I'm ok with balancing SES.  My cluster has about 25% FARMs. But the pandemic has really shown that having such a large district is really unwieldy and doesn't serve anyone well, lower income or  not.  [/quote]

There's an economy of scale with MCPS that makes it more efficient than a smaller district but this was never about that. This is about the people in wealthy areas shirking any responsibility for the less fortunate.[/quote]

Honestly, I think a lot of the wealthy areas would be happy to pay more for the guarantee that their kids wouldn't have to interact with poor/brown kids.

But yes, that is what's behind this.[/quote]
I'm the ^PP, and that's not my reasoning.

I agree there can be economies of scale with larger districts, and quite honestly, it's one of the reasons why we moved. The small district we were in did not have any magnet/gifted programs.

At minimum, upcounty should be separated from lower county. Both areas already have magnet programs.

I think at this point we need to balance the economies of scale with the behemoth that is MCPS. It's too unwieldy to make large changes efficiently.[/quote]

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