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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actually you could do some massive shuffling that would not create bus routes that are too crazy.

1. Shift a bunch of Whitman kids out of Whitman into the next closest school which is BCC. 
2. Shift the FARMS kids at BCC into Whitman. Shift a bunch of white BCC kids into Blair. 
3. Shift a bunch of FARMS kids at Blair into BCC. Move the SMAC and CAPS program up to Kennedy.

Outcome - Kennedy gets an additional 20% white/asian high performers.  Whitman gets 20% FARMS, BCC gets another 5-10% FARMS and Blair stays about the same in terms of FARMS but you reduce some of the overcrowding at Blair. No one is on a crazy bus ride past multiple schools. [/quote]

The new W consortium where Kennedy kids can go to Whitman and Churchill to Einstein makes more sense. [/quote]

I love this new W consortium idea that balances FARMS and diversity at the segregated schools![/quote]
This sounds crazy. Why can’t MCPS focus on education instead?  They seem to have given up on closing the achievement gap with good teaching techniques and academic support [/quote]

I agree. And, forget throwing good money after bad on more IB programs. They are too expensive. We need very small class sizes and strong academic supports in ESs with FARMS rates that are higher than 30%. Let FARMS students COSA into any low FARMS rate school they want. Few will take advantage of this, but some families will. For MS and HS students who are significantly below grade level focus on graduating from HS (either diploma or GED) and career readiness.[/quote]

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