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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
Here are your non-W schools with lower than 30% Farms. There are others that are not far over 30%, but, FARMS have steadily risen since the early 2000s, they are not getting lower!

I included Wootton because maybe you'll find a unicorn. I think your budget is tough period. You'll have to compromise.

Clarksburg (26%) 
Damascus (14%) 
Richard Montgomery (19%) 
Northwest HS (22%) 
Poolesville (6%) 
Quince Orchard (21.3%) 
Sherwood (15%) 
Wootton (less than 5%)

Out of curiosity, I looked at FARMS rates back in 2002. Wheaton was the only highschool with over 30% FARMS at 38.4%. 18 out of 26 (69%) of our highschools are over 30% Farms with some being more than 50%. The school system is done. Buyer beware.

Here is the dashboard with data. 
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/glance/ [/quote]

This is a good point. The schools that have FARMS in the 30%-40% FARMS (or 50% ever been on FARMS) are also likely to grow in poverty even faster. I doubt that Poolesville or Damascus will grow that quickly because the high density low income housing just doesn't exist out there to support the surge in FARMS that you are seeing in Silver Spring, Gaithersburg and Germantown. MCPS will start trying to bus kids from Gaithersburg and Germantown into QO, NW, and Wootton and this will kill those skills. Silver Spring is already a lost cause with poverty already taking over those schools. No idea about Sherwood but I would guess that it get caught up the MCPS bussing plans too. [/quote]

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