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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And despite assuming this extra capacity at Wheaton that doesn't yet exist, they still leave Wheaton overcrowded over that inflated number. Wow.[/quote]

Yup and WJ is now at sub 80% capacity. Shows what they care about. [/quote]

Exactly. I am completely fine with all the options for my kid and how it affects my family (we're not zoned for Wheaton), but as a taxpayer this is absolutely maddening. Such a blatant disregard for fiscal responsibility in a time of massive fiscal uncertainty. MCPS administrators are like children who think money grows on trees. Then they will come crying to taxpayers begging them to pay more while thousands are out of work and have possibly left the region entirely.[/quote]

Or maybe lots of WHJ-zoned families will return to the public school, once the out of control overcrowding is finally fixed.  Many in my neighborhood go to private schools in order to avoid over-crowded WJ.  Now they will once again have reasonable access to their tax-funded local school.[/quote]

So in this scenario WJ is at capacity and Wheaton wildly overcrowded. Nice![/quote]
And BCC and Whitman are untouched. [/quote]

If they're untouched why are their utilization percentages changing?[/quote]

So? What’s your point? They’re basically unchanged from their current demographics. These options try to minimize the overall impact to areas not affected by the new school. That’s the point. Also, MCPS clearly saw these well funded, well organized parents push back on material changes to their clusters and the Board caved. Are you surprised?[/quote]

There is nothing wrong about that. What’s really wrong is trying to social engineer and impact more people than necessary. 
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PP and I agree. I’m questioning the posters who are miffed that Whitman or BCC aren’t “affected” as if that was the entire point of this study rather than focusing the impact on the area where the new school operates. It reads like sour grapes. [/quote]

It reads like sour grapes to you because you think the school system is supposed to serve your community and not mine, and dgaf about the continued overcrowding in East county they are proposing[/quote]

So where’s the well organized and funded push back from the DCC? What do you want? Forced busing and non contiguous clusters? Elimination of clusters entirely and countywide lottery? Instead of complaining, try suggesting something feasible recognizing that when you pull on one string, you affect many others. Oh, and maybe this isn’t the study to do that since the focus is on Woodward, not the DCC. Trying to solve all of the county’s issues at once isn’t always possible. [/quote]

People who used the term "forced busing" in this context are POSs

Bye[/quote]

Spare me your faux outrage. You don’t have anything constructive to add. Want a safe space to tell why the current options are horrible and you know better?[/quote]

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