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Which is why some folks in the western part of the county worry that redistricting could mean long bus rides for kids if diversifying student populations is a key goal of the effort. It's not a crazy thing to worry about [b]when you try to square the rhetoric with the geography[/b].[/quote]

Geography is part of the rhetoric. Geography is included in the rhetoric. So you don't have to square anything. It's already in there.[/quote]

All the more reason to be concerned.[/quote]

If MCPS weren't talking about geography, you'd be concerned. But MCPS [i]is[/i] talking about geography, so - you're concerned.

Let's be clear that this is not about MCPS. It's about you.[/quote]

OK smarty pants. How do you propose to bring more "diversity" to Whitman and Churchill, two clusters adjacent to three other clusters (Wootton, BCC, Walter Johnson) that allegedly also need more diversity. It's easy to see how you make those three more diverse without long bus commutes, because they border clusters of schools that tend to have at least somewhat higher FARMS rates. That's much less true of Whitman and Churchill. So let us know how you plan to redraw boundaries for Churchill and Whitman in a way that significantly improves diversity but does not require long bus commutes on the part of students coming in or out.[/quote]

^^^This has been been on my mind ever since the buzz started about the boundaries.  I don't see how they could possibly bring the kind of diversity they are striving for to Churchill without extreme busing.  My guess is they Churchill cluster will be mostly unscathed...but other clusters with easy shifts will see a lot of change.  I know this drives the BOE crazy.[/quote]

Why, you fail to recognize that while rezoning or bussing of some school that require very little boundary changes to accommodate diversity, who are located close to diverse neighborhoods, you don't need to use
the same strategy for the W schools that are far from the diverse areas where neither rezoning nor bussing
would do it. It is [b]possible [/b]that the way could solve the diversity issue at those schools will be different
way altogether.

For schools like Churchill for example, one possible solution is to create the country wide
magnets like the one at Wheaton or Kennedy etc. Those do not require any testing in so they are open
and attractive to diverse population and also they do not provide bussing.

That way you can bring diversity to any school at any time without concern for rezoning
or bussing. Correct me if I am wrong.

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