Oh goody. Now the kids who already get to attend Durham Montessori elementary schools will be grandfathered in for middle school as well. It is really not fair. There are so many people who try and fail to get into Montessori through the lottery. Meanwhile, siblings of students who were selected through the lottery automatically get in WITHOUT having to go through the lottery process, leaving even fewer spaces for others to have a shot at it. So now they are going to have a Montessori middle school that the two elementary Montessori schools will feed into. These privileged kids will now have 9 years of a private-school quality curriculum, all at taxpayer expense. I wouldn't be opposed to this if all students had an equal opportunity to attend Montessori, but as it stands now, only about 5% who apply get in. That is not a fair and equitable use of tax dollars. Why not strive to improve all Durham schools, rather than giving a select minority a chance at an elite education?

Very nice. Every once in a while you see a good decision being made.