Reply to Elementary school boundary studies

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "Elementary school boundary studies"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really don't see what the problem is with "adjusting boundaries to reduce overcrowding and even improve diversity when possible." Seems like that is exactly what MCPS should be doing, when new schools open or there are overenrolled schools adjacent to underenrolled schools. And of course improving diversity is desirable. The walkers should stay walkers, and some of the people who already ride a bus may have to ride a different bus to the other school. I can see why they may not like that change, but that's how overcrowding is relieved. It's ridiculous that this is such a controversy.[/quote]
Some people like stirring up trouble. AKA trolls.[/quote]

I generally agree with you.  It becomes a problem though when that priority is put above all else.

Take a look at the gaithersburg cluster.  There are kids who are in the northern part of the cluster, who have crazy long bus rides to middle school.  Despite the fact that there are 3-4 other middle schools which are closer in proximity.

At some point you have to ask yourself, is it right for those kids to have a 45 - 60 minute bus ride each way, when there are options where that could be 20-25 minutes?[/quote]

Those are [u]old[/u] boundaries. The obsessed poster is only obsessed with boundaries established since 2018. As you say, a wholescale revision of boundaries (which won't happen) would reasonably result in many students attending schools that are [u]closer[/u].[/quote]

Yes, I agree.  a boundary study is necessary, because silly boundaries already exist.  Old boundaries and new boundaries should be redrawn.[/quote]
The problem isn't with doing the study or analysis.  The problem is with the boundary policy that prioritizes diversity above all else.  Yes, there are some wacky existing boundaries and yes, some places like Kensington seem to have fixed it so they always stay at WJ instead of Einstein.  But there are more instances like PP mentioned in Gaithersburg that were done for diversity.  It always was a factor but now it's the top factor.  So any boundaries formed after the policy change will be even wackier.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics