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[quote=Anonymous][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]

You can't possibly be serious.  The news about the performing arts magnet is very new and there are plenty of W parents still freaking out.  Maybe not on this thread, but go read the one on the Real Estate forum.  What's that up to, 90 pages?  Also, the decision that Woodward wouldn't be open until 2025 was literally just made last week.  The facts simply don't bear out your assertions.[/quote]

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