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I'm sure if they could make it all 30% they would. But without sending kids across county, they can't, [b]so they'll do the next best thing.[/b]

If they didn't want diversity as a goal, then why give it more weight than the other factors?[/quote]

Which is what? Making demographic characteristics a slightly more important factor than geographic considerations, long-term stability, and facility utilization?

[i]Factors for School Boundaries, Site Selection, and Student Assignment Plans : In addition to the equity implications of Board Policy ACA, Nondiscrimination, Equity, and Cultural Proficiency , the Board proposes to retain the existing four factors to guide these key facilities planning processes:

Demographic characteristics of the student population;
Geography;
Stability of school assignments over time; and
Facility utilization. 
The proposed revisions add language adapted from Regulation FAA-RA to provide greater clarity regarding each factor. For instance, the description of the first factor explains that options will strive to promote the creation of a diverse student body in each of the affected schools. With respect to the second factor, the revisions explain that, unless otherwise required, options should take into account the geographic proximity of communities to schools, as well as articulation, traffic, transportation patterns, and topography. Moreover, options should consider, at a minimum, not only schools within a high school cluster but also other adjacent schools.

The Policy also requires the superintendent to develop options that reflect a range of approaches to advance these factors and provide a rationale for each. Any alternatives put forward by the Board should explain how they advance one or more of these factors.

The Board voted to approve an amendment to the committee draft and took tentative action. The draft of tentatively approved Policy FAA is available for public comment until Friday, September 7, 2018. In addition, over the spring and summer, MCPS staff will conduct a robust stakeholder engagement process around the proposed revisions.[/i]

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/policy/policy-for-public-comment.aspx[/quote]

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