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What on earth are you talking about?  Hyattsville Middle School is a Title 1 school with 82% FARMS rate (probably higher because MS kids don't want to fill in the forms).  They have 24% of the student body as English Language Learners.  Do you really think that those parents have the options of sending their kids to independent or parochial schools?  Most parents can't just decide to send their kids to a specialty program.  They either get in or they don't.  And getting in most programs after Kindergarten is almost impossible.   Do you really think that the families moving into low income housing in the Hyattsville area were informed that the school might be moved?   Most of the kids who go to Hyattsville Middle don't live in SFH in University Park or Historic Hyattsville, those parents figure out a way to get into specialty programs or private schools.  They live in

I understand that it SUCKS for RG parents but the 880 Hyattsville Middle School kids are much more vulnerable than the kids at RG.  RG has a FARMS rate of 33% and zero English Language learners.  And you too have the option of going to your in bounds elementary school.

If you don't like the FREE Montessori education that your kid gets, go somewhere else.  I'm sure that you are in a better position to do so than the vast majority of Hyattsville Middle School parents.  
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Why are you so angry?  HMS would only be split up for TWO years. You just sound mad that YOU didn't get the "free montessori education "[/quote]

I get angry by the entitlement I see from the Specialty Program families.   This is just one example of a long list of instances.
The inequity, especially at middle school level, is staggering.  The immersion schools and Montessori have class sizes well below 20 per class in grades 6-8 while for the majority of PGCPS schools that number is closer to 30.  I think that in the schools that surround RGMS the class sizes can get up to 40 because they are that overcrowded.   The funding that PGCPS pours into these programs is huge and only benefits a small number of students.   Can you imagine being a middle school student at Wirt who has 40+ kids in their class while 2 miles up the road there is a school building that is only 50% occupied and the class sizes are below 20?  
We are lucky because our kids tested into the TAG program and have good MS options, but most kids in the county don't have that option.

And no, Hyattsville middle school is a neighborhood school that houses a specialty program.  Most of the TAG centers and High School specialty programs are located in neighborhood schools.

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