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"Redistributing kids" won't solve the problem.  Kids self-segregate - even in some very diverse schools.  In the "W schools," they'll self-segregate by money.  Do you honestly think some kid living in low-income housing will be welcomed by the kid in the mansion?  doubtful

And sprinkling in a few kids coming from disadvantaged homes will make them stand out, as most will be black and Hispanic.  Is that fair?

If I had the answer, I'd be a millionaire. But I know that this solution will not work either.  [/quote]

This solution actually does work.

I don't know if a kid in a mansion will welcome a kid living in low-income housing, and I don't know if it's fair to make disadvantaged kids to stand out.

What I do know is that the educational outcomes for poor kids are a lot better in low-poverty schools than in high-poverty schools.[/quote]

which fails to take into account grade inflation - as the pressure is on to pass minority students

Talk to any of the Hispanic and black males who come out of a W school and enter alternative settings.  Ask them how comfortable they felt in a W school.  It's not just about grades, which mean nothing in this day and age.  It's about well-being.

Finally, [b]let's see how accepting the neighborhoods in Bethesda, Chevy Chase and Potomac will be if the county decides to change boundaries.  You will have a fight on your hands as property values immediately plummet - especially if low-incoming housing is thrown into the mix[/b].

So even IF the kids are welcoming, their parents won't be.[/quote]

So what?  We all bought houses in MoCo, districted to MCPS.  No one is entitled to a specific school with specific demographics, no matter how much they paid for their house.  No one.[/quote]

Are you for real?  Do you genuinely not understand that people pay more for houses in certain school districts?  It's not about entitlement, it's about getting what you pay (and scrimp and save and sacrifice other things) for.  [/quote]

That is not how it works.  People can pay whatever they want for whatever quality they perceive, but that payment does not create a contract with the county (or anyone else).  We all pay the same taxes to the same county for the same school district, MCPS.  We are all entitled to have our children educated by MCPS.  MCPS can organize schools however it sees fit, to deliver that education.

If you want the guarantee of kids from five miles away not sitting next to your kid in her classroom, then buy a house in a town-based system.  MCPS is a large school district, and we are ALL entitled to the SAME education by virtue of living here.[/quote]

When did I say I don't want a kid from anywhere sitting next to my kid?  I want my kid at the best school possible, as does, I'm sure, the parents of the kid from five miles away.  All kids deserve a great education.  He's welcome to sit with my kid and they can learn from and alongside each other.  But I'm not sending my kid to a lower-performing school to make some PC point.  It's a housing affordability issue.   Bring kids whose parents can't afford a W school in?  Absolutely.  Force kids whose parents made sacrifices to live very close to that school out of it?  Nope.  [/quote]

Your kid attends an MCPS school.  MCPS can change the boundaries when it so chooses and your kid will still be in the same (ONE) school district.  Not "your" school district; THE school district.

Whatever sacrifices you have made to afford your house play no role here.  None whatsoever.[/quote]

Obviously I'm not legally entitled to any particular school district.  You don't need to hammer that home.  But the boundary issue IS an issue because of voices like mine, which aren't few and far between.  It's the housing costs and the school quality (which by all accounts is similar at the lower-performing schools and more taxpayer money is spent on them; the bottom line is that the lower-performing kids there aren't getting home support, which won't change no matter where they go) that are the issue.

Basically you're faulting me for doing what I could to increase the chances (not guarantee) of my kids going to a high-performing school.  Shame on me.[/quote]

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