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[quote=Anonymous]I am a huge fan of Charlie Munger( who was a partner of Warren Buffett and recently passed away). He has changed my life. One of the mental model he taught me is that instead of trying to pick the best outcome, we are better off by making sure to avoid bad outcomes first. I manage an investment partnership and I use that model to avoid poor investments first before thinking about how much returns I will make.

Both may sound the same  but they are very different. We shouldn't pick modified option 4 or any modification trying to maximine one things. We should first see if we are creating big negative in any option and try to avoid those big negatives. Once we can avoid big negatives then we should pick the best from left over options.

Modified option 4 avoids any big negative. We should try to find more alternatives which avoids big negative. Once we have few of them then pick the best among that.

Now next question some one may ask, what are big negatives in trying to make a boundary.

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Big negatives:( Just my opinion)

Leaving schools over capacity like 110% or something similar while some empty seats are there in other place. It should be a big NO.

Bussing kids long distance when they have a short walk like 5-10 minutes. It should be a big NO.

Bussing anyone for more than 20 minutes bus rides. It should be a big NO.

Creating a much lower and higher FARMS rate schools when schools are very close to each other. it should be a big NO.

Creating split articulation twice for the same set of kids. It should be a big NO.

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I listed whatever came in my mind. Collectively we can try to list more big negatives and try to avoid them as mush as possible. Some time it may not be possible to avoid all of them but we should attempt to do that. After that we may be left with some potential options for boundaries and no matter which one gets picked, collectively our county will be better off, MCPS will be better off and  our next generation will be better off.

I feel we missed a trick big time here and our hands are tied due to not looking ES boundaries at the same time. By looking at ES, we could have avoided the split articulation problem.

Anyway, I feel modified option 4 is one candidate. By putting entire VM to WJ, I was also trying to avoid split articulation.

We should try to find more modified options which avoids big negatives. Once we have few of them then no matter which one we pick as a final option, colllectively we will be better off.

We are not going to find a perfect solution, but we can attempt to pick something with the least amount of big flaws.

Happy fathers day to all Dads!

- RM parent[/quote]

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