Although the county faces some difficult challenges, this is mostly fear mongering. Sure, they probably should shift some boundaries around to address overcrowding and when possible even provide greater economic diversity. These things can likely be accomplished with even less busing than goes on now. You people need to chillax.

Anonymous wrote:Why can't the board add new programs to attract the right type of students to underperforming schools? The magnet programs have done a fabulous job.

Are members of the board jealous of those us that live in good clusters? Are they doing this to punish us- seriously?

This like screams to me that thus whole thread and post was started by a troll.

What drives me nuts about these threads is how little data about why the BOE would consider this is discussed.

Appreciate those who are identifying underenrolled schools adjacent to overcrowded schools.

The other 105 page thread has a number of citations as to why economic integration is valuable to all students' education. Wish we integrated more of those findings into these discussions.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why can't the board add new programs to attract the right type of students to underperforming schools? The magnet programs have done a fabulous job.

Are members of the board jealous of those us that live in good clusters? Are they doing this to punish us- seriously?

It was my understanding that DCUM was opposed to putting any special programming in failing schools since that would require Larla to ride a bus for an hour and then brave the guantlet of the hallways of Gen Pop at Kennedy or Wheaton. And that just won’t do!

Right, why can't there be a magnet program at Churchill, where all of the high-achieving students are anyway? No fair!

-is something I have read many, many times on DCUM.

Are you sure they're that high-performing? I heard most of the magnet kids are from Silver Spring.

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Anonymous wrote:Why can't the board add new programs to attract the right type of students to underperforming schools? The magnet programs have done a fabulous job.

Are members of the board jealous of those us that live in good clusters? Are they doing this to punish us- seriously?

It was my understanding that DCUM was opposed to putting any special programming in failing schools since that would require Larla to ride a bus for an hour and then brave the guantlet of the hallways of Gen Pop at Kennedy or Wheaton. And that just won’t do!

Right, why can't there be a magnet program at Churchill, where all of the high-achieving students are anyway? No fair!

-is something I have read many, many times on DCUM.

Anonymous wrote:No one is changing anything. They are doing a boundary study. That's it. Stop putting the cart before they horse. You all sound stupid and selfish. You don't even know what you don't know. Jesus, you're like children.

They're not even doing a boundary study. Well, actually, they are doing a boundary study - for the boundaries of Clarksburg HS/Seneca Valley HS/Northwest HS. But the panic here is about a boundary analysis. An analysis of the boundaries. That's it.

No one is changing anything. They are doing a boundary study. That's it. Stop putting the cart before they horse. You all sound stupid and selfish. You don't even know what you don't know. Jesus, you're like children.