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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're in the NCC zone and I didn't understand the survey. Can someone explain how split articulation for the new middle school would work in theory - understanding that it's purely theoretical now.

We love RHES, but it does suck for the kids to have bus commutes and get separated from friends when none of [b]the rest of Bethesda is subject to this kind of gerrymandering[/b]. So I'm inherently negative on split articulation, but I don't quite understand how they would carry it out for the new middle school.[/quote]

Where to start with this, "the rest of Bethesda" did you mean Bethesda? Also you realize that Rosemary hills doesn't quite fit because it is the gerrymandered part of the equation. If you think they are being unreasonable you could request to go to your home school Einstein, if people insist on clinging on to something they couldn't otherwise afford or belong they really shouldn't complaine on how they are accommodated.
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WTF PP? Our "home school" isn't Einstein. We're in Chevy Chase MD in the NCC zone, which feeds into BCC. I like both RHPS and NCC but I don't understand why this one corner of Bethesda/Chevy Chase is subject to busing for desegregation purposes whereas no one is proposing to breakup neighborhood elementaries in other parts of Bethesda/Chevy Chase.[/quote]

To PPs point if Rosemary hills can go all the way to Westland why can't Westbrook go all the way to BCC #2.[/quote]

Because one of the goals of the new middle school was to cut down on the distances traveled by the students. We are not at Westland yet but I live right near NCC and my dad lives next to Westland. It takes FOREVER to get there and back on a weekday afternoon. Keep in mind that expanding Westland was on the list of options that could relieve the overcrowding there and the county chose to open a new school instead. Because the traffic makes getting from one corner of the cluster to the other very difficult. This is not as much of a problem with B-CC since it is right in the middle of the cluster.[/quote]

Thanks.  I'm actually leaning heavily towards sending students from the 3 closest schools to the new MS regardless of makeup of school.[/quote]

Not going to happen. I agree that there will be some sort of split[/quote]

Can they redraw lines?  That might solve some of the problems...[/quote]

Ha, what a bad idea. You think this is contentious wait until they try that.[/quote]

Well the results may be better[/quote]

Oh? How so? Please be specific.[/quote]

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