And the Northwood community is greatly appreciative of the support from WJ families. Thank you |
Northwood is being expanded to help relieve the overcapacity at Blair. DCC is getting a new school. Blair may have more portables, but WJ's more than twice as many kids over capacity than Blair. |
Why are people who don't have HS athletes commenting? No, they can't "make it work." WJ is extremely overcrowded, and current teams fight for space on the fields (some former field space now covered in portables). Oh, I suppose if some practice at 5am, and some practice at 10pm, maybe it could work, but that is not going to happen |
Because far-leftists hate sports. |
We also recognize not all kids participate in sports and it's a select group of kids. Swim, for example is not in MCPS schools and kids have to go to the pools after school and MCPS doesn't provide a bus, though the should. They either offer schools without sports that cater to kids who don't want sports or they share fields. |
That is true for every extracurricular activity. But I don't think MCPS should just stop having extracurricular activities. |
I don't hate sports but I also don't feel it should be funded with tax dollars. The schools need to focus on basics which they already struggle with. |
Blair may have more portables, but WJ's more than twice as many kids over capacity than Blair. DCC is not getting a new school. DCC is getting a school that is being replaced and expanded. Big difference. |
If WJ were supportive, they'd be offering their auditorium and fields to Northwood during the remodel. They are concerned as their kids may go to Woodward. |
They wouldn't be stopping having extracurricular's. One has nothing to do with the other. They would provide it at a different location. |
One has nothing to do with the other. |
How, exactly, would WJ do this? |
Blair is overcrowded because it houses the CAP magnet and the Math and Science Magnet. Kennedy has space, why not move those programs there? Overcrowding at Blair solved! |
DCC is not getting a new school. DCC is getting a school that is being replaced and expanded. Big difference. Is Blair in the DCC? Because last I checked, Woodward is being opened to relieve overcrowding at WJ and the DCC. It is really hard for some people to let go of their automatic W vs DCC lense |
DCC is not getting a new school. DCC is getting a school that is being replaced and expanded. Big difference. Northwood, which is in the DCC, is being replaced and expanded. Woodward is being opened to relieve overcrowding at WJ and at all of the DCC high schools. Ergo DCC is getting a replaced and expanded school (Northwood) and will benefit from the same new school that WJ will benefit from (Woodward). |