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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]RH/NCC/CC are not the only paired schools in the county, though [b]they may be the only ones where kids split in 3rd to two different schools.[/b]  There are other K-2/3-5 paired schools like TPES is K-2, I forget the paired 3-5 maybe Pine Crest?  There’s another pair in SS with New Hampshire Estates/Oak View.  It was part of a conscious attempt to desegregate.

I went to RH/NCC from Kensington where I was very close to neither.  I had no issues with it as a kid, but as an adult the negatives are clearer. [/quote]

Correct. These are the other paired schools:

Takoma Park/Piney Branch
Montgomery Knolls/Pine Crest
New Hampshire Estates/Oak View
Bel Pre/Strathmore
Roscoe Nix/Cresthaven
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I had no idea so many schools in MCPS were paired, thanks for the info.

So, I have another question...  :)

Coming from Brooklyn, it's obviously a gigantic melting pot where our classmates (starting from toddlers in pre-school) are of every single race, religion, creed, belief, nationality and sexual orientation that you can think of, so the concept of still having some schools being majorly segregated (or the fact that we even need paired schools to desegregate them) in the year 2020 is both mind boggling and absolutely heart breaking to me.

My question is this -- do paired schools actually accomplish what they were meant to, if the kids are only attending from K - 3rd?

It just seems to me that desegregating schools for K-3rd wouldn't really have the long term, in depth, positive affects that this program was created for, because they're so young when this is occurring.

Wouldn't it be better to have this program in middle school and high school also?
Or [b]do the kids that live in Silver Spring that went to RH with my kids (but don't go to either NCC or CC after 3rd) all end up in the same high school together anyway?[/b]

Apologies if I just answered my own question, as my kids are all still in elementary and I obviously don't know as many of the details as I should about this program yet.

Any info or opinions are greatly appreciated!
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If they went to RH, then they would have gone on to NCC or CC also, and then they'd all go to Silver Creek and B-CC together. (Barring any transferring, magnet programs, etc.)[/quote]

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