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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What you are proposing is what the original/current magnet program is. Now they're moving to a regional program where each school would have a magnet. This likely weakens the county wide magnets but maybe increases accessibility give the commutes that were needed to go to a county wide magnet.

If they are going to go the magnet in every school then Humanities makes sense at Whitman because the school doesn't need a high profile magnet to attract strong students. [/quote]

It’s too far from Einstein, Northwood and Blair. BCC and Whitman students will get it all to themselves. Same with the BCC IB program. [/quote]

Totally wrong about B-CC. There are kid in the Einstein zone that could ride a bike to B-CC. Similarly via the beltway it is not more than 15 minutes between Blair and B-CC.[/quote]

By the time these changes come to pass, the purple line will be just about ready, connecting the BCC area with the Einstein, Northwood and Blair areas. Whitman is definitely further, though. [/quote]

Kids still have to get to the purple line and who pays for it.  You have all kinds of anwsers for other kids, not your own.  Would you want these commutes for your kids?  [/quote]

You know, lots of East County people made these exact statements to the West County people when the first set of boundary options were proposed.  Some were even gleeful about 'sticking it to the man' (meaning, making our kids get on long bus rides, but without choice).[/quote]

Yep. So true. [/quote]

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