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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We’re a VM family was clear in the original options that our neighborhood was a bargaining chip for MCPS, especially in the options that split the school in half along beach drive. We are happy that Taylor’s rev keeps VM together.

[b]We support any elementary school that wants to avoid split articulation for HS. We don’t support well-off parents deciding and proposing which less well-off families get booted out of their school.[/b]

The irony of this whole argument is that I grew up a FARMS kid and now I’m teaching your children, but now my kids aren’t good enough to be in a school with yours?

This feels a lot like the podcast Nice White Parents.[/quote]

Thank you for explaining your thoughts. If parents want to advocate for their school not to be split, they do have to show an alternative and it places them in the position of needing to demonstrate a viable option. It adds credibility. It is not about keeping your kids out of their school, or at least not for the majority of interested parents.

I went to high and low FARMS schools as a kid. I do not want my kid going to a school that is very high FARMS or very low FARMS. I think balancing them, to the extent possible, is the best way. And I think it is valid to ask for the Board to consider it.[/quote]

The schools creating this petition are not slated for split articulation in Taylor’s proposal. Only KP and GP are split in his proposal to Woodward. So if Farmland really cared about building utilization being equal, they would support the GP parents that have been advocating against split articulation. Anyone that drives on Knowles Ave sees green lawn signs everywhere that say “Keep GP together”. Because Farmland is not helping those school, it’s clear they are being classist, racist and xenophobic suggesting that WW and VM move. [/quote]

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