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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One issue I don't see much discussion on are the number of students out of boundary attending certain schools either through an approved exemption or some other method. I won't speculate on the number of students but I've been shocked the last couple of years witnessing how many of my daughter's classmates actually don't live in the school boundary. So when MCPS is looking to address overcrowding schools I would hope they would at least address the lower hanging fruit before disrupting several communities.

I will also admit I find MCPS engaging in a contentious boundary study very disappointing and tone deaf. My daughter attends BCC and there were several school lockdowns this year due to guns. There's absenteeism, lower test scores, and learning loss due to COVID.  And I'm sure there are other pressing issues that are putting a strain on the county. And I'm even more frustrated because I fully support addressing the inequities within the MCPS system but redrawing boundaries would be a very poor attempt to address a complicated issue that quite honestly I believe is outside the scope of MCPS. [/quote]

[b]How the heck are they supposed to fill new schools without changing boundaries, pray tell?[/b]

Two brand new high schools with capacity for close to 5000 kids plus Northwood adding capacity for about 500 more kids means you have to change boundaries. The other stuff is bad and needs to be dealt with but if they don't change boundaries we just spent hundreds of millions of dollars on school construction for nothing. [/quote]

[b]I'd start here[/b][u]
[b]- Limit the boundary change to be the least disruptive across the county[/b]. 
- Remove the boundary requirements for the new schools and allow anyone attending overcrowded schools in the county to be eligible to attend. 
- Provide resources and special programs that would make the new schools attractive for families across the county  to consider.

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That is literally one of the options. They did "start here."[/quote]

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