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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It looks like every single option except for #3 actually makes demographic disparities worse and benefits richer schools over poorer schools. And since the rich parents always seem to win in this county, I can't imagine we're actually going to get #3.  This sucks.

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Option 3 takes kids who currently live NEXT to Whitman and busses them to bcc.  So no, you’re not going to get option 3.  (And my kids don’t go there but it’s never going to happen).[/quote]

Option 3 takes us from BCC (where kids can walk) to Blair. [b]Not to mention puts kids into the middle school at Takoma Park[/b].[/quote]

Walking to B-CC is a good reason to oppose, but you can't complain about the commute to TPMS when two of the other options are commuting to Westland. [/quote]

The traffic is a lot different going to TMPS from here than Westland! We are also currently zoned for Silver Creek, which is a very easy drive/bus ride. I'm not thrilled about the Westland switch -- especially because we were just pulled out of Westland a few years ago to open Silver Creek -- but I'm less horrified by that option than by going all the way up to Blair for HS. That is just not in our community. No easy public transportation option to get home. Can't imagine getting the kids from sports in the afternoon. [/quote]

+1.  I am a ChCh resident who sent kids to Takoma and Eastern MS magnets.  I think Blair is a great school (magnet and CAP are super), but the commute by bus and the logistics of getting kids to/from for after school activities (which the afterschool activities bus doesn't well serve) is problematic.  There also aren't great public transportation connections.  Easier to get kids from WJ, which has a bus route that goes from Montgomery Mall to Bethesda metro.  Some BCC families are wealthy enough that they would just give their kids cars to drive themselves but parking is an issue. [/quote]

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