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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you're a kid. Things aren't so black and white. Personally, we chose a diverse area of MoCo to raise our kids. I am for a boundary change because the current boundaries are outdated and unsustainable. BUT some parents bought houses that were priced higher because they are in a W neighborhood. They did it because they wanted to give their kids the best, and avoid problems they believe will result in more diverse schools. Now they have several hundreds of thousands of dollars to lose if the boundaries change. While they might support integration in principle, their finances are tied to the status quo. Kind of like how Thomas Jefferson's kids were slaves, and he advocated for slavery to end, all the while owning like 600 slaves and only freeing his kids and wife. The rest of his slaves, he sold. Sometimes doing the right thing is complicated. Moral of the story for you, as you grow up-- if you don't put yourself in a moral quandary to begin with, you won't have these problems.  Figure out what kind of morals you have now and then live by them even when it sucks.  Develop your character when you're young, because you will need it when you're older. [/quote]

It's rude to say I am a kid because I'm not. So your dismissed and I dont care if they bought their house for higher prices.[b] All schools need diversity and you can go somewhere else if you disagree. [/b]Point blank and the period.[/quote]

Can you explain why you think this?

I’m not White an my kids attend a non-W school.  I don’t care at all how ‘diverse’ my kids school is.  I want good teachers, a solid curriculum and small class sizes.

We are an interracial family and my kids get ‘diversity’ in our own family.  I don’t care what color/race/religion my kids’ teachers are.  I don’t care what color/race/religion my kids’ friends are.

Why does it matter?[/quote]

It matters because kids tend to learn better in an environment of diversity than just one race. It exposes them to peers of different backgrounds also. Diversity enhances everyone's potential to be successful. Anything else?[/quote]

Yah no kids learn anything in all those elite private schools and colleges who go on to run the world  :roll:

Now Kennedy & Einstein High schools,  those are genius mills  :lol: [/quote]
DP.. Yah no ... kids who go to elite private schools are a self selecting group, more than likely have parents who are connected and that's why they go on to run the world.

We are talking about MCPS students, not private elite school students.[/quote]

At a lower level that is why Whitman is elite. It isn’t the school it is the kids and no free ride will help your kids have better and richer parents [/quote]
Indeed.. but no one is saying that low income kids going to school at the "elite" W schools will turn them into world leaders as the ^PP was sarcastically insinuating.  Studies have shown that low income kids who go to school with < 25% FARMS rate do better than low income kids who go to schools with a very high FARMs rate.  MCPS FARMs rate is about 30%. While it is not possible to make every school cluster 30% FARMs, it makes sense for MCPS to try to create as close as that %  where possible, and it does not mean cross country busing. It means look at adjacent clusters when drawing boundaries, and it may mean a 5 min extra bus ride.[/quote]

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