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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let's back up - what is everyone's fear? What does everyone consider to be a path of destruction in regards to boundary changes? What do you think is going to happen?

Does everyone think your school that has FARMS < 10% will suddenly become a school with FARMS > 50%?

Or are you scared that your school's FARM rates will be about 25%

Give us numbers - tell us exactly what you fear.

-Signed, a white, high-income parent in the RM cluster who has no plans to move and just doesn't understand all this fear.[/quote]

Everyone's fear is that there's only so much good stuff to go around, so they need to make sure that their kids get it. Opportunity hoarding.[/quote]
I'm an Asian American high income parent in the RM cluster, and I don't get the "the sky is falling" fear on this forum, either.  But maybe that's because we -- the ^PP and I -- already live in a cluster that has a 20%ish FARMs rate, and we have no plans to move out of the cluster because of the consultants that the BOE is hiring to look at a better way to draw boundaries.  Maybe the W parents think RM cluster already has a too high FARMs rate so that's why we don't care about the study?

Is it only the W parents that seem to have this "the sky is falling" irrational fear?[/quote]

[b]I don’t think it’s the W parents.  I think it’s the Clarksburg/NW parents who may get rezoned to Seneca Valley. But maybe I’m wrong ... could be W parents too. They’re a popular target here[/b].[/quote]

It may be the Clarksburg/NW parents, but you'd better believe it's some of the W parents, too.  Look at how WJ parents are *flipping out* around Woodward/DCC reassignment.  If they're a target, it's because they make themselves that.  I know plenty of people IRL who fit that exact profile.

We're a white, high-income family in the DCC who also aren't freaking out, because we're confident our kids will do well regardless of where they'll go, for various reasons.[/quote]

Haven’t seen W parents flipping out over Woodward. They are really excited to finally get a performing arts magnet. There appear to be some DCC folks who want to get K-P moved to Einstein and their school moved into WJ. I’ve seen a lot about that on DCUM. But honestly, right now, this is mostly an upcounty issue. Woodward isn’t opening until 2025 at the earliest.[/quote]

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