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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I like option B. Balances everyone needs. Just go with that one. option B = option best.

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B and C are the wacky ones for us, but I get that this is super local.

We were untouched by the first boundary study.[/quote]

DCC family here.  C is best for us personally, B is worst, A and D are in the middle.  But I don't want us DCC families to get stuck fighting against each other on which one is worst for our particular neighborhood, while the richer schools just get almost everything they want. These options are rigged.[/quote]

We’re also a DCC family and I agree completely about not fighting against each other.  That’s not the real issue and it’s not productive.

At the same time, some of these options significantly increase the FARMS rate at Einstein only. In the context of the planned “regions” nonsense, Einstein stands to lose a good deal of accelerated classes, potentially, and that’s really not okay.  [/quote]

I hear you but Einstein would still have a lower FARMS rate than Blair, Wheaton and Kennedy. I do not think it is a good idea to start splitting straws about which DCC schools are getting higher FARMS rates and who is worse off. That's just unproductive.

The reason Einstein is being impacted in this way is
1. The lower capacity and age of Einstein HS relative to Northwood and Blair; and
2. The unwillingness of MCPS to make more radical changes to boundaries that would more effectively relieve capacity in DCC schools, which might have  allowed space for more programs at Einstein, and might have lowered instead of increased its FARMS rate. The choices MCPS have made wrt boundaries are primarily for the comfort and financial gain of wealthy families. It's disgusting.
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I don’t disagree with you on any of this.  I don’t particularly care about FARMS on its own, it’s in the context of Einstein losing programming and  academic acceleration (as proposed in the regional program model) that’s the issue.  The other DCC schools don’t stand to lose as much on that front, at least not based on current proposals.[/quote]

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