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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is all so crazy. Both schools are going to be great and successful and majority wealthy (and white). The vast majority of the county would love to go to either one. It's stunning that people think they're somehow burdened by having something like 15% poor kids. Grow up and see how fortunate you all are.[/quote]

Exactly. [/quote]

Amen (from a CC parent)[/quote]

Wait until the flight begins.  You are taking it for granted these parents won't go private.  It is already beginning.  I know of several parents, involved PTA members who have been instrumental in RHPS's successful PTA are already touring private schools since the decision came down.  Hope RCF is ready to pick up the slack.   I know it is going to make some people mad to hear this, especially those who want everyone to see everything their way but parents who have the means will look out for their own children first.

The good news is this is a solid case to break up the RHPS Triad.  If equity and diversity doesn't matter and proximity does, then that should be the rule everywhere and the children of Chevy Chase should not be unfairly burdened when no one else in the county has this arrangement.  I am already encouraging parents with babies and small children in my neighborhood to start sowing the seeds and campaign to end RHPS busing and revert to neighborhood schools since this ruling came down.  MCPS shouldn't be able to have it both ways at the expense of small children.

RHPS Parent[/quote]

Oh the drama!!  If people are leaving for private then great...less crowded!  Maybe that was all part of the evil plan....  But I love the hyperbole here, and in many other posts on this thread, like "if equity and diversity doesn't matter and proximity does..." - people, it is a balancing act!  Everyone puts slightly different weight on the various considerations.  It doesn't mean other factors don't matter.  And honestly the two schools won't be all that different, really, in the scheme of things.[/quote]

If people leave for the private schools and are paying for them, they are less likely to support budget increases that may be needed to maintain existing public schools.  I know that MoCo has done an excellent job at insulating itself from the will of the people, but once people check out, they aren't limited by school boundaries when they form alliances to oppose things, like funding.[/quote]

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