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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, you bring up an interesting point.  Under Option 7, MS#2 will be at full capacity practically from day one, while Westland will be well under capacity.  Given what you say about end of sibling preference, travel distance from Silver Spring for immersion students, and the like, Westland will likely be even MORE under capacity (since not all the immersion students will actually transfer there) and will have even LESS economic diversity (since immersion students probably provide some economic diversity) than projected.  And personally, I think the MS#2 enrollment projections are likely well below reality given the forthcoming Chevy Chase Lake development (which has begun) and the trends we've seen on the eastern side of the cluster, and MS#2 easily will be OVER capacity from day 1.

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You are correct, the new middle will be overcapacity from Day one.   You will see portables in less than 5 years.  It is also lopsided that all of the diversity is in one school, the new middle.  There is no equity between the new middle in and Westland in the new boundary.  Months ago I started researching private middle schools because we felt Option 7 was the worst possible option and could not even believe it was on the table because the disparity in capacity and diversity was alarming.

My kids classes have been maxed out and out of control for years due to the high rate of  illegal immigration in this cluster that is continuing to explode unchecked. So we are checking out.  Not my problem anymore.  Rock Creek is going to regret pushing for this.  If I had been them, I would have been thrilled with Westland and preferred it.  Bigger facilty and less kids.  In fact, I am sad my kids aren't going there.  RCF made a bad decision for their kids and everyone else's.  Now everyone in the new middle will have a lesser experience.[/quote]

Drama queen.[/quote]

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