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but how does it make any sense for the neighborhood that is literally across the street from the MS to be zoned for the other MS.  This is nuts.  [/quote]

Because

1. both middle schools are in the walk zone
2. there are 3 other factors to consider in boundary studies[/quote]
What you wrote doesn't answer the question of   "how does it make any sense for the neighborhood that is literally across the street from the MS to be zoned for the other MS?"

I'm not referring to the entire boundary. I'm referring to those specific neighborhoods literally right across the street from the MS being zoned for the other MS.  Those kids could walk across the street to the MS that they are NOT assigned for.  That part is really really stupid. Makes zero sense.[/quote]

If you look at the satellite view of Forest Oak MS, it's easy to see how the new boundaries are an improvement: the school is surrounded on three sides by forested areas. There are no kids "across the street," but there are houses along Saybrooke Oaks Blvd which are currently zoned for Gaithersburg MS, but in the new boundaries are rezoned to Forest Oak, just a short walk away. These are zones Ga3 and Ga5 on the map.
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It's also misleading that they have drawn the shape of the SK2 zone to include Forest Oak itself. They should have extended the Ga5 shape to include the Forest Oak site, because that neighborhood is right next to the school. Nobody lives in the eastern two-thirds of SK2.[/quote]
[b]The neighborhood that is directly south of FOMS now has about a 30min walk to GMS whereas it would take them 5min to walk to FOMS.[/b]

Same for neighborhoods surrounding GMS.

That makes zero sense to make those neighborhoods walk 30min away to a different MS, when they could literally walk across the street to their closest MS.

You are making yourself sound dumb by trying to make this part of the boundary appear to be "better".[/quote]

Please be specific--which neighborhood are you talking about?  Directly south of FOMS is zone Ga3, which has now been rezoned to FOMS.[/quote]

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