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[quote=Anonymous]Option 7 leaves the cluster with a relatively white, affluent school at 82% capacity in the west, while committing a more diverse school in the east with three times the FARMS rate, no immersion program, less facilities, and less physical space, to reach 99% capacity in five years. Both schools will have population increases based on planned development, but only Westland, with a larger facility and more than twice the land of the diverse school in the east, will have the capacity to build and grow to absorb its new population.  We all remember that, because of the small, sloping nature of the new school site, MCPS construction people testified that building the school there was like putting 10 pounds of sugar in a five pound sack.  The school now is being built on every available slope on the site.  Any further construction needed to accommodate new students will take away from field space or bus lots, which already are significantly less than what exists at Westland.

Although it is clear the superintendent wanted to serve the transportation needs of one community, he did so at the expense of rationale planning and diversity, effectively elevating the importance of transportation above all the other socio-economic issues the committee considered.  Option 1 made the most sense.  It very closely provided balance between all demographic variables, and, notwithstanding specious arguments about the availability of public transportation, it caused no one to commute further than they do already.[/quote]

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