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It's actually both. Neelsville MS is nearby a few neighborhoods that are bused elsewhere and it's far away from the neighborhoods that are bused to Neelsville MS. Now you're getting it!

Before the recent boundary change, every neighborhood assigned to Neelsville MS was bused to Neelsville MS.

In contrast, now, after the boundary change, every neighborhood assigned to Neelsville MS is bused to Neelsville MS.

The boundary change is over, kids are at their new schools, people have moved on - yet here you still are.

If people want to talk about it - let them talk about it.

If you don't like the thread - it's you that needs to move on.

People who? It's one poster with an obsession.

+1. And that poster likes to obsess about Neelsville on threads that aren't related to Neelsville, such as threads about Gaithersburg ES #8.

I'm the poster who first brought up Neelsville so I hope you're not talking about me. All I said was that there are whacky boundaries everywhere in MCPS and used Neelsville as an example (not a false statement). You or some other poster then became defensive about that comment and brought up the upcounty study and provided the minutiae on how the alternative options wouldn't have worked. That sounds obsessive to me.

Nope, you definitely sound obsessive. The other poster sounds informative.

Obsessive for bringing up a fact that you cannot handle? Sounds like you're just butt hurt because you can't handle the truth.

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It's actually both. Neelsville MS is nearby a few neighborhoods that are bused elsewhere and it's far away from the neighborhoods that are bused to Neelsville MS. Now you're getting it!

Before the recent boundary change, every neighborhood assigned to Neelsville MS was bused to Neelsville MS.

In contrast, now, after the boundary change, every neighborhood assigned to Neelsville MS is bused to Neelsville MS.

The boundary change is over, kids are at their new schools, people have moved on - yet here you still are.

If people want to talk about it - let them talk about it.

If you don't like the thread - it's you that needs to move on.

People who? It's one poster with an obsession.

+1. And that poster likes to obsess about Neelsville on threads that aren't related to Neelsville, such as threads about Gaithersburg ES #8.

I'm the poster who first brought up Neelsville so I hope you're not talking about me. All I said was that there are whacky boundaries everywhere in MCPS and used Neelsville as an example (not a false statement). You or some other poster then became defensive about that comment and brought up the upcounty study and provided the minutiae on how the alternative options wouldn't have worked. That sounds obsessive to me.

Nope, you definitely sound obsessive. The other poster sounds informative.

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It's actually both. Neelsville MS is nearby a few neighborhoods that are bused elsewhere and it's far away from the neighborhoods that are bused to Neelsville MS. Now you're getting it!

Before the recent boundary change, every neighborhood assigned to Neelsville MS was bused to Neelsville MS.

In contrast, now, after the boundary change, every neighborhood assigned to Neelsville MS is bused to Neelsville MS.

The boundary change is over, kids are at their new schools, people have moved on - yet here you still are.

If people want to talk about it - let them talk about it.

If you don't like the thread - it's you that needs to move on.

People who? It's one poster with an obsession.

+1. And that poster likes to obsess about Neelsville on threads that aren't related to Neelsville, such as threads about Gaithersburg ES #8.

I'm the poster who first brought up Neelsville so I hope you're not talking about me. All I said was that there are whacky boundaries everywhere in MCPS and used Neelsville as an example (not a false statement). You or some other poster then became defensive about that comment and brought up the upcounty study and provided the minutiae on how the alternative options wouldn't have worked. That sounds obsessive to me.

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It's actually both. Neelsville MS is nearby a few neighborhoods that are bused elsewhere and it's far away from the neighborhoods that are bused to Neelsville MS. Now you're getting it!

Before the recent boundary change, every neighborhood assigned to Neelsville MS was bused to Neelsville MS.

In contrast, now, after the boundary change, every neighborhood assigned to Neelsville MS is bused to Neelsville MS.

The boundary change is over, kids are at their new schools, people have moved on - yet here you still are.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It's actually both. Neelsville MS is nearby a few neighborhoods that are bused elsewhere and it's far away from the neighborhoods that are bused to Neelsville MS. Now you're getting it!

Before the recent boundary change, every neighborhood assigned to Neelsville MS was bused to Neelsville MS.

In contrast, now, after the boundary change, every neighborhood assigned to Neelsville MS is bused to Neelsville MS.

The boundary change is over, kids are at their new schools, people have moved on - yet here you still are.

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It's actually both. Neelsville MS is nearby a few neighborhoods that are bused elsewhere and it's far away from the neighborhoods that are bused to Neelsville MS. Now you're getting it!

Before the recent boundary change, every neighborhood assigned to Neelsville MS was bused to Neelsville MS.

In contrast, now, after the boundary change, every neighborhood assigned to Neelsville MS is bused to Neelsville MS.

The boundary change is over, kids are at their new schools, people have moved on - yet here you still are.

If people want to talk about it - let them talk about it.

If you don't like the thread - it's you that needs to move on.

People who? It's one poster with an obsession.

+1. And that poster likes to obsess about Neelsville on threads that aren't related to Neelsville, such as threads about Gaithersburg ES #8.

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It's actually both. Neelsville MS is nearby a few neighborhoods that are bused elsewhere and it's far away from the neighborhoods that are bused to Neelsville MS. Now you're getting it!

Before the recent boundary change, every neighborhood assigned to Neelsville MS was bused to Neelsville MS.

In contrast, now, after the boundary change, every neighborhood assigned to Neelsville MS is bused to Neelsville MS.

The boundary change is over, kids are at their new schools, people have moved on - yet here you still are.

If people want to talk about it - let them talk about it.

If you don't like the thread - it's you that needs to move on.

People who? It's one poster with an obsession.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It's actually both. Neelsville MS is nearby a few neighborhoods that are bused elsewhere and it's far away from the neighborhoods that are bused to Neelsville MS. Now you're getting it!

Before the recent boundary change, every neighborhood assigned to Neelsville MS was bused to Neelsville MS.

In contrast, now, after the boundary change, every neighborhood assigned to Neelsville MS is bused to Neelsville MS.

The boundary change is over, kids are at their new schools, people have moved on - yet here you still are.

If people want to talk about it - let them talk about it.

If you don't like the thread - it's you that needs to move on.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It's actually both. Neelsville MS is nearby a few neighborhoods that are bused elsewhere and it's far away from the neighborhoods that are bused to Neelsville MS. Now you're getting it!

Before the recent boundary change, every neighborhood assigned to Neelsville MS was bused to Neelsville MS.

In contrast, now, after the boundary change, every neighborhood assigned to Neelsville MS is bused to Neelsville MS.

The boundary change is over, kids are at their new schools, people have moved on - yet here you still are.

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It's actually both. Neelsville MS is nearby a few neighborhoods that are bused elsewhere and it's far away from the neighborhoods that are bused to Neelsville MS. Now you're getting it!

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Sally Ride ES already has a split articulation between Clemente and MLK. They could've moved those going to MLK to Neelsville to generate walkers. I am confused about the split articulation issue you bring up because clearly they didn't care about that since the option they chose created two split articulations both at Clarksburg ES and Gibbs. Anyway, the real test will come when the new Neelsville building is built. Let's hope they can come up with reasonable boundaries that will create walkers and balance out FARMS. That would of course require them to look at other nearby middle schools with much lower FARMS rates like Hallie Wells.

What makes you think there will be a boundary study for the new Neelsville MS building? Was there a boundary study for the new Luxmanor ES building or the new Potomac ES building or the new Whitman HS addition or...?

Well, they can choose not to have a boundary study but they can certainly choose to have one. It's in the CIP which enables MCPS to readjust the boundaries if they feel it is warranted. The school is going to have increased capacity and its FARMS rate is significantly out of balance compared to nearby and adjacent middle schools. For example, NMS is over 65% FARMS while 3 miles over is Hallie Wells which is only 16% FARMS. If they think that's acceptable then they won't but according to what they've been preaching, they'll use the boundary study to adjust that. Of course, MCPS only likes to listen to certain communities so let's see if they walk their talk.

The planned capacity increase is: 106 students (from 956 to 1062).

People are really going to have to make up their minds whether Neelsville MS is sooooooooooooooooo far away or adjacent/nearby.

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Sally Ride ES already has a split articulation between Clemente and MLK. They could've moved those going to MLK to Neelsville to generate walkers. I am confused about the split articulation issue you bring up because clearly they didn't care about that since the option they chose created two split articulations both at Clarksburg ES and Gibbs. Anyway, the real test will come when the new Neelsville building is built. Let's hope they can come up with reasonable boundaries that will create walkers and balance out FARMS. That would of course require them to look at other nearby middle schools with much lower FARMS rates like Hallie Wells.

What makes you think there will be a boundary study for the new Neelsville MS building? Was there a boundary study for the new Luxmanor ES building or the new Potomac ES building or the new Whitman HS addition or...?

Well, they can choose not to have a boundary study but they can certainly choose to have one. It's in the CIP which enables MCPS to readjust the boundaries if they feel it is warranted. The school is going to have increased capacity and its FARMS rate is significantly out of balance compared to nearby and adjacent middle schools. For example, NMS is over 65% FARMS while 3 miles over is Hallie Wells which is only 16% FARMS. If they think that's acceptable then they won't but according to what they've been preaching, they'll use the boundary study to adjust that. Of course, MCPS only likes to listen to certain communities so let's see if they walk their talk.

The planned capacity increase is: 106 students (from 956 to 1062).

People are really going to have to make up their minds whether Neelsville MS is sooooooooooooooooo far away or adjacent/nearby.

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Sally Ride ES already has a split articulation between Clemente and MLK. They could've moved those going to MLK to Neelsville to generate walkers. I am confused about the split articulation issue you bring up because clearly they didn't care about that since the option they chose created two split articulations both at Clarksburg ES and Gibbs. Anyway, the real test will come when the new Neelsville building is built. Let's hope they can come up with reasonable boundaries that will create walkers and balance out FARMS. That would of course require them to look at other nearby middle schools with much lower FARMS rates like Hallie Wells.

What makes you think there will be a boundary study for the new Neelsville MS building? Was there a boundary study for the new Luxmanor ES building or the new Potomac ES building or the new Whitman HS addition or...?

Well, they can choose not to have a boundary study but they can certainly choose to have one. It's in the CIP which enables MCPS to readjust the boundaries if they feel it is warranted. The school is going to have increased capacity and its FARMS rate is significantly out of balance compared to nearby and adjacent middle schools. For example, NMS is over 65% FARMS while 3 miles over is Hallie Wells which is only 16% FARMS. If they think that's acceptable then they won't but according to what they've been preaching, they'll use the boundary study to adjust that. Of course, MCPS only likes to listen to certain communities so let's see if they walk their talk.

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Sally Ride ES already has a split articulation between Clemente and MLK. They could've moved those going to MLK to Neelsville to generate walkers. I am confused about the split articulation issue you bring up because clearly they didn't care about that since the option they chose created two split articulations both at Clarksburg ES and Gibbs. Anyway, the real test will come when the new Neelsville building is built. Let's hope they can come up with reasonable boundaries that will create walkers and balance out FARMS. That would of course require them to look at other nearby middle schools with much lower FARMS rates like Hallie Wells.

What makes you think there will be a boundary study for the new Neelsville MS building? Was there a boundary study for the new Luxmanor ES building or the new Potomac ES building or the new Whitman HS addition or...?