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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A screenshot of the Regions that were online yesterday are available in this article:

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2025/06/24/will-there-be-regions-in-mcps/[/quote]

MCPS Parents: They should subdivide the county into smaller regions. NO, not like that!

MCPS Parents: They should offer more magnet programs to meet the needs of our bright kids who have bright parents. NO, not like that! [/quote]

The word “region” refers to geography. So explain how these regions make sense geographically. It’s clear they are doing everything they can to make certain schools more desirable (ie Kennedy)

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Correct. If you're going to cluster schools into groups for reasons other than geography, it doesn't really make sense to call them regions.[/quote]

Making horizontal regions across the county is not any more ridiculous than making vertical ones. It's just that the vertical cuts would have preserved segregation, so it's what certain parents wanted. [/quote]

It still doesn’t make sense. How many high schools are there between Kennedy and Magruder? They aren’t all in the same region. It clear the BOE is dividing up the less desirable schools like Northwood and Kennedy[/quote]

Because I love all of you so much, I made maps! Here are three of the zones that cover the southern half of the county. https://imgur.com/a/QBYCaLB

You can see that, for example, there are several schools between Kennedy and Magruder, but the zone is contiguous and makes sense. [/quote]

Thank you! This is helpful. And arguably work MCPS should be doing as it explains its rationale for this model.[/quote]
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Also remember that there can still be some boundary shifting where some areas on the far edge of on region might end up in a different HS/region.[/quote]

I'm the map-making PP and yes, the caveat is that these reflect current boundaries. I'm sure someone skilled in ArcGIS could download the presentations from the board and make the same map with Option 1 of the Woodward Study, for example, but I am not skilled enough for that.

As for MCPS, I hope they do share graphics like this and there is still time. All signs point to the earlier slideshow being posted early by mistake, but the fact that a slideshow exists actually suggests there will eventually be a public presentation. [/quote]

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