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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]Seems a proposal to shift back to the original option B may go further. That option was prepared and presented in detail and got positive feedback from the community. [/quote]

Going back to option B means sending WW back to overcrowded Wheaton, right?  And reversing a bunch of un-related changes in Silver Spring?  That doesn't make any sense.  Why would they propose that rather than just switching the boundaries between WJ and Woodward?[/quote]

Easiest is to simply swap ES area in WJ and Woodward. [/quote]

Farmland into Wheaton or Kennedy would have a greater balancing effect on FARMs. And they can show just how genuine their sentiments are. [/quote]

Say it louder for the people in the back! Let’s bus the wealthy white families to Wheaton to satisfy their complaints.

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Yes! Bus the whites to Kennedy and Wheaton...oh wait, isn't that what the regional program is? Put the IB and Math/Science/Engineering program in the ghetto....aka bus the high performing whites (and asian americans) to MS13 territory[/quote]

Wheaton will continue to have their STEM magnet which is certainly not in the ghetto as you describe. It’s a popular program and part of why Wheaton is currently so overcrowded.[/quote]

Wheaton gets the Edison seats/capacity too!

Enter: Dude who says the seats are phantom at Edison and not real for Wheaton. ::insert his/her typical rant::[/quote]

You found me. Can you explain in clear terms how those 500 seats materialized? I've asked MCPS and here on DCUM and nobody can answer how they will continue to offer parttime Edison programs to students countywide and add 500 full time seats for resident Wheaton students to Edison which does not currently confer high school diplomas.[/quote]

Sounds like you support the Superintendent's recommendation?  Is that the sentiment in the broader Wheaton cluster?[/quote]

No, I am not in the Wheaton or proposed WJ/Woodward clusters. I think it would be better to balance FARMS between Woodward and WJ because that is what would be best for the kids. But I don't expect Taylor or the BOE to do this, and I kind of get it, it's certainly not a magic bullet. I am frustrated that I don't see any urgency on their part in terms of improving outcomes for low income kids and this feels like low hanging fruit.

Wrt Wheaton capacity I am concerned as a taxpayer that they are promising capacity that doesn't exist and requires more spending to create. Spending that there is no money for. There is plenty of capacity in the existing buildings, and the entire purpose of the boundary study is to use that capacity, so they should do it. Even the Superintendent's recommendation leaves Wheaton somewhat over capacity. At the proposed utilization level I can kind of buy that some of that will be relieved by students attending Edison part time, but it's still insane to me they aren't doing more to relieve Wheaton. People will be angry in the short term and then they will get used to the new boundaries and be fine.[/quote]

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