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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In whole honesty some of the current boundaries are interesting. I am sure there must be some logic
to them but it is kind puzzling why some schools is so marginally located while others are more centrally located.
It seems logical that boundary change could minimize or at least balance bussing and reduce footprint right?

Just random examples

Wootton: (Wootton HS is that red dot) and that little floating triangular is also part of the boundary???
[img]https://activerain-store.s3.amazonaws.com/image_store/uploads/agents/lisehowe/files/TW%20boundaries.PNG[/img]

Blair: (Blair HS is that purple icon) also rather not centrally located. 
[img]https://u.realgeeks.media/mocorealestate/maps/map-school-blair.jpg[/img]

Whitman - definitely more centrally located then the two above,
[img]https://u.realgeeks.media/mocorealestate/maps/map-school-whitman.jpg[/img]

Rockville High 
[img]https://u.realgeeks.media/mocorealestate/maps/map-school-rockville.jpg[/img]

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The fix for Whitman is pretty obvious - Carderock (outside the beltway) should go to Churchill in Potomac.  Westbrook (currently at BCC) could fill in for Carderock at Whitman.  This would help alleviate space concerns at Whitman and BCC, and cut down on busing to both schools.  In addition, BCC would become marginally more diverse, with no real change to Churchill or Whitman.

Wootton is really odd.  A portion of the border near the river is a historically African American community (Tobytown) that is much closer to Churchill.  If Tobytown were redistricted to Churchill, that would seem to be a win-win all around from an environmental and equity standpoint.  These small boundary tweaks are the things we should be thinking about.  I don't think the school board has any interest in busing people from Bethesda to Gaithersburg like some on this board fear.  [/quote]j

BCC would become marginally more diverse because when you take away Westbrook, you are taking away a population that is almost exclusively white.  The problem isn't making BCC more diverse.  The problem is making Whitman, WJ and Churchill more diverse.  And that cannot be easily solved because, as others point out, those areas are so far away from non-white residential areas that decreasing de facto segregation through busing becomes impractical due to the long bus rides required.

The solution to our school segregation policy lies in two non-school related county functions -- transportation and zoning/housing development.  There is no reason why Potomac shouldn't have large scale development around the main Falls Rd. intersection, with apartment buildings, townhouses, etc. and frequent, regular connection to public transportation.  Same goes for areas in development in Whitman and BCC and WJ neighborhoods.  But, instead most county development is a gift to developers who are required to have very little mixture of housing income levels and very few units reserved for low income families. [/quote]

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