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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Anything wrong with saying that it's about performance, when it's about demographics and capacity?[/quote]

What is pissing people off is that it certainly appears that the BOE is ignoring capacity in favor for demographics and MCPS has done this several times in the past. The Darnestown option to move into Seneca Valley does nothing for the capacity problems that exist. It is ONLY about getting those students into a poorer school.

For RM -the under enrolled ES schools in Wootton would have jumped for joy to get more students from the adjacent areas and be able to renovate/expand Wootton.  MCPS did not want to do this because the RM areas adjacent to Wootton are high performing and MCPS wanted those kids at RM. MCPS had already tried to move GHS kids down into Wootton but GHS parents put up a huge fight not to be bussed all the way down to Wootton.

Bottom line is that no one wants to be plucked out of their school and driven past other schools so they can be the token rich or poor kids at a school. No one in an overcrowded school wants to be told that they can't join an adjacent under enrolled school because their kids are being used for demographics at the overcrowded school. [/quote]

Actually yes, the entire Town of Kensington begs to be driven past closer, less crowded schools because they want a longer bus ride to go to school with the richer kids in Bethesda. [/quote]

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