Reply to MCPS BOE petition re: making student demographics the primary factor in redistricting decisions

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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This petition states that it was created by Katya Simon. Before signing, I would like to know what schools (cluster) she is part of. This is important to me because the county is huge and I can’t confirm that I share her interests and needs without this information. [/quote]

But what would that prove?  Not everyone in each cluster has the same values.  Do you hope she is in a W cluster and you can just dismiss her as a privileged racist?  If she is part of a poorer cluster and opposes busing, would that give her greater credibility and make her preference for neighborhood schools "acceptable" to you?

From a simply google search, there appears to be a Katya Simon in Gaithersburg.  I don't know if this is accurate, or if this is the same person.  But I still don't see how this would be relevant.[/quote]

DP. Different parts of the county have different things going on. [b]For example, a person who lives in a wealthier part of Gaithersburg might worry about getting rezoned for a school in a poorer part [/b][b]of Gaithersburg[/b]. Also apparently still an issue in some wealthier parts of Gaithersburg (to go by DCUM): the 1998 rezoning from Quince Orchard HS to Northwest HS.[/quote]

That seems to be the case with that petition.[/quote]

You can't possibly know or presume that.  People acknowledge that there are reasons even folks in poorer performing and/or lower FARMS schools would oppose busing: long rides for their kids, difficulty for parents getting to school events, and losing out on the community benefits of neighborhood schools.  All of these factors also apply to people in higher performing and/or richer schools.

Yet, no one seems to believe that said parents could actually oppose busing for these reasons.  They automatically assume that anyone from a stronger/wealthier schools who opposes busing doesn't want to mix with the poorer (often browner) families and/or want to protect their property values.  That's ridiculous.

Are there some people who use the above rationale as a rhetorical fig leaf to hide their true objections?  Sure.  But that doesn't remotely mean that that is what is actually motivating all or even most such parents.  [/quote]

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