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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"My daughter attended overcrowded school and used trailers, she turned out fine. I want 150% limit. "

With such statements coming from our city leaders, it's safe to say that Rockville is changing rapidly. Any family valuing education should think hard before buying in Rockville.

Kings farm has boundary dividing in middle. One part goes to RM and other goes to Gaithersburg. I happen to buy in RM part even though I had to stretch it.. Everyone buying in RM part pays a premium. Not in too distant future this premium is going to disappear by RM part decreasing in value and matching Gaithersburg part.  Entire RM cluster should lose 10-15% of property value with the direction we are headed. [/quote]

You do realize once Crown is built, your kiddos will be going to Gaithersburg High School, right?  It could actually happen much sooner, after the boundary changes are made by this private company they hired.  Gaithersburg High is closer to you,  and your whole neighborhood will increase Gaithersburg SES while they move lower SES out of Gaithersburg to Crown or other locations.

As a matter of fact, if I were you, I would WANT to keep the 150%.  Otherwise they may build Wegmans and move King Farm out to keep us below 120%.    [/quote]

Sounds like Gaithersburg might be the place to be with high SES moving in and low SES moving out...because we know there is nothing specifically different about the education offered by Gaithersburg vs RM.[/quote]
Agreed.  The demographics of these HS will look different once the boundaries are redrawn, and this includes Wootton, and maybe even Churchill eventually.  Remember, BOE passed a resolution to look at neighboring clusters when drawing boundaries for diversity and capacity. Churchill is ripe for having its boundaries redrawn. I think the study will also reflect a similar finding, ie, neighboring boundaries should be redrawn along with the impacted cluster.

This is the direction MCPS is moving towards.  Look at what happened after the Metis report.

And before someone accuses me of being racist, I actually think this is a good idea.  I live in the RM cluster.  The clusters around here are lopsided.  Wootton and Churchill have < 5% FARMS and not that overcrowded, while neighboring QO, RM, Gaithersburg have 20%+ FARMs and bursting at the seams.[/quote]

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