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+100 and I would add that many of the higher performing kids, if redistricted to a "bad school," will likely be moved to private school, therefore having no impact on the "bad school's" test scores.[/quote]
That's a win/win situation in my book.  You pay taxes for public schools, and those schools will be less overcrowded, thereby providing more money and resources to the students while you get your precieved stellar private school education that you also pay for.[/quote]

Who wins from the longer bus ride?[/quote]

That's kind of a false question since in many cases the bus rides could end up being shorter. Consider the neighborhood near Wheaton that ends up at Walter Johnson. The reality is these boundaries are terribly out of date and need to be updated.[/quote]

I am the PP who asked about the bus ride. I fully support basing the redistricting decisions on geography, maximizing walkers and keeping neighborhood kids going to neighborhood schools. The Wheaton boundary change you mention is the kind that makes sense.[/quote]

I don't necessarily agree that such a redistricting makes sense, unless one school is significantly more crowded than the other, or if redistricting provides a significant increase in the number kids able to walk to school.      [b]The existing boundaries were known to the families when they moved to the neighborhood,      Changing school district boundaries means that kids won't go to the same school as their older siblings, and that parents and students must adjust to a new school with new teachers and administration.[/b]

I see no reason for county-wide redistricting, but rather individual district boundaries should be adjusted as needed  to address overcrowding and new school construction.   [/quote]

Change is a thing that happens.

Also, the purpose of the boundary analysis is to look at the possibilities for boundary adjustments where appropriate. If people are calling for [i]every[/i] school boundary to be changed, I sure haven't heard it.[/quote]

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