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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With new focus on SES diversity, it's likely that WJ/Woodward will be a part of DCC.[/quote]

There is no focus on "SES diversity". MCPS has no data on SES, just on whether or not the student qualifies for free and reduced meals, which is a measure of (low) household income.[/quote]

This is the new language MCPS uses for the first of four factors to be considered in selecting sites for new schools, changing school boundaries, or establishing geographic student choice assignment plans:

Demographic characteristics of student population
Analyses of options take into account the impact of various options on the overall populations of affected schools. Options should especially strive to create a diverse student body in each of the affected schools in alignment with Board Policy ACD, Quality Integrated Education. Demographic data showing the impact of various options include the following: racial/ethnic composition of the student population, [b]the socioeconomic composition of the student population[/b], the level of English language learners, and other reliable demographic indicators and participation in specific educational programs.

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OK, but they don't have any data on that.[/quote]

obviously they can pull it from the census data for any neighborhood just like anyone can...?  why are you splitting hairs on this?  do you think they are not going to do what they say they are going to do?[/quote]

Here's the old language:

The socioeconomic composition of the student population
as measured by participation in the federal FARMS
program

They haven't pulled Census data for boundary studies. See here, for example: http://gis.mcpsmd.org/boundarystudypdfs/RMES5_AdoptedBoundaries.pdf Unless you have information that they're going to start now, I don't expect them to start doing it.

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