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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]

This is not true at all. I have one kid who attends a "rich white" school and another one attends a program at a majority minority, high FARMS HS that most of you would stick your nose up on. The latter definitely has more and better resources. MCPS clearly spends more money in this HS than the other one.  The other school has wealthier parents, so they do have a larger, well-funded PTA. [/quote]

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