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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow - apparently saying that being redistricted to Gaithersburg to reduce FARMS is reportable?[/quote]

I definitely would expect the redistricting to seek to better balance out the FARMS populations across schools. Which is a good thing, because without restricting right now, we've basically created segregated schools where poor Black and Hispanic kids go and then the other well-resourced schools where the white and Asian kids go.

Now they need to do this redistricting in a way that accounts for distance from home and school as busing kids across county is also harmful and not desirable.

But I fully expect rich, white and Asian MoCo families to protest and be up in arms about this. [/quote]

What do you mean by “well-resourced” schools? Don’t Title I schools - those with the highest FARMS rates - receive more funding that those with the lowest FARMS rates?[/quote]

The simplest answer to your question is that there are no Title I high schools in MCPS.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/dtecps/title1/schools/[/quote]

Ok, so how do some high schools end up as well-resourced while others don’t? Is PP saying that MCPS spends more money for high schools in rich white areas than they do in poorer more diverse areas?[/quote]

PP is saying that high schools with lots of students from affluent families have more resources than high schools with lots of students from poor families. I also assume you already know that. But if my assumption is wrong, and you didn't -- now you do.[/quote]

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