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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Option 3 is the only one that addressed diversity/demographics. Not perfect but with some tweaks they can make it work.[/quote]

They should definitely do option 3 with some tweaks. It's the only option that can add real diversity to Whitman.[/quote]

Yes, let’s [b]rearrange the entire county[/b] just to add diversity to Whitman.  That makes sense, isn’t at all biased, and will certainly not cause a massive revolt.  [/quote]

No need to do that. Simply take a chunk of Whitman and swap it with a chuck of high farm area with 15-20 minute bus ride. Keep bus ride to 20 minutes and make sure we are not taking in walk zone.

Whitman desperately needs diversity otherwise we will keep seeing racist stuff in Whitman in future.

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What chunk of Whitman is a 15-20 minute ride (in rush hour) from a high FARMS area?

You could move certain apartment buildings in downtown Bethesda to help some, but it would have to be super targeted because everything else in downtown Bethesda is definitely not FARMS.[/quote]

Exactly.  You try to bus Whitman kids up north and the parents will either pull their kids for private or move into a house in the new Whitman boundaries.  Meanwhile, the property values of Whitman houses no longer zoned there will decline drastically, and even though no one seems to care about that, [b]Whitman’s property taxes fund more of the mcps budget than any other school cluster[/b] so yes the board is going to listen to those parents .  [/quote]

Is there a source confirming this?[/quote]

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