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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Option 3 has got to be the throw away option. [/quote]

It has united DCUM in opposition to it.[/quote]

Do you think those lower income clusters are going to benefit from being shipped across town? Do you think their parents want the extra commuting time and costs, much less to be surrounded by a bunch of affluent families who most definitely don't want it? I think the universal feedback is people want to attend local schools in their neighborhoods that aren't overcrowded. If they can enhance diversity and minimize overcrowding around the edges, then great! Anything else is an exercise in social engineering and will make just about everyone unhappy. [/quote]

This! Even many students in lower socio economic schools don’t want to be bussed away, they want equality in resources. This should be the focus![/quote]

This. I don’t want my kids bused and I am fine with a lower income school.  I do care w don’t have the same classes and opportunities. [/quote]

You gotta make your voice heard. The BOE apparently doesn’t get this idea and thinks bussing is fine it seems. It’s one thing to shift the edge of a boundary over to another school if not in the walk zone. Say moving the edge of Wheaton to Woodward or the edge of Gaithersburg HS to Crown. Especially when the old school isn’t significantly closer than the new school. But don’t go sending kids to a further school![/quote]

I’d be thrilled if we were switched to Wheaton as our DCC does not have the classes my kids need.  I cannot imagine we’ll move and I don’t fully care as my youngest is in hs so it will not impact us.  You want it, you fight.  BOE does not care. [/quote]

It’s unclear from these boundary options what will happen to the DCC. The program survey also went out recently so I worry there won’t be any more consortiums and lottery options. Don’t assume anything Will stay the same with MCPS![/quote]

The program analysis will determine the future of the consortia and other schools' special programs. We should get an update on their plans in June.[/quote]

Yeah I would keep my eye on this because I think they are (somewhat quietly) planning to change this paradigm in a pretty significant way. I think Niki Hazel and the superintendent put out a very short survey that did not really ask the right questions. My strong sense is they’ve already decided they want to completely change many of the programs and locations and already know what they plan to do but needed to do a performative “survey” as part of their process. I bet this has been decided mostly behind closed doors already and they’re going to push it through quickly while we are distracted by the boundary discussions because they need to do a lot of work shifting resources, processes, staff and spaces before implementation. At the last board meeting, even the board was unclear on the timeline and order of when this would happen. And it’s hard to know if you are for or against a change for programs and consortia when you don’t even know what your home assigned school option will be yet. [/quote]

+1. And just to add another wrinkle: once we know the new plan for the regions and special programs, that will change all the enrollment projections they've been using so far, so these initial options will be even less relevant.[/quote]

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