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[quote=Anonymous]FARMS rates are what MCPS will look at when deciding the boundaries.  They don't care whether you are middle class or upper. They care about the number of poverty level students which is determined by the FARMS rate.  That population needs the most financial and personnel resources because they have the highest ESOL needs and academic failure rates.

Each school contributes around 80 to 100 students.

Westbrook &lt;5 percent FARMS
Somerset &lt;5 percent FARMS
Bethesda  6.7 percent FARMS
Chevy Chase 14 percent FARMS
NCC 14 percent FARMS
Rock Creek Forest 24.3 percent FARMS

If you split geographically...

[b]CCES, NCC, RCF[/b] which have a combined average FARMS rate of (24.3+14+14)/3 or [b]17.4 percent FARMS rate
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[b]Bethesda, Westbrook, Somerset[/b] have a combined average FARMS rate of (0+0+6.7)/3 or [b]2.23 percent FARMS rate.
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You can see the socio-economic imbalance that would exist at the new middle school with a straight up geographic split.  I foresee the Bethesda, Westbrook, Somerset consortium pushing hard for this option, this way Westland could emulate Pyle with it's lily white less than 5 percent FARMS rate.

A poster has written about the diversity the new apartments in Bethesda will bring.  Families living at or below the FARMS rate are not going to be residents of those very expensive high rise apartments.

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