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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wealthy families are not moving out, at least in my area. We paid under 200K to get into my neighborhood in the late 90s. You can't get in for less than 500K now. The area used to be for working class families, now it is dual income professionals, many with advanced degrees. I get that this isn't ALL of DCC, but it is certainly some areas. I'm sure some areas have gone downhill, but I'm not sure those are the ones where wealthy families were before. [/quote]

That's a valid point. That being said, I'm surprised at how segregated the county is by income. I was at a meeting last night where the MCPS Superintendent was answering questions. A question came up about the concentration of FARMS students in certain areas of the county. He stated that even if he were to spread out the FARMS kids, it would mean around 39% FARMS at each school--even though he agrees with the UMD report where it was determined that around ~20% FARMS was the ideal level in order for everyone to benefit.

He said that since we will not achieve those levels (some schools are less than 6% FARMS and then others are 60% FARMS--very few with that magical 20-25% number), we need to focus on building stronger schools, which I definitely agree with. [/quote]

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