Just stop |
Plus, Kennedy was just expanded too. |
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). Not the same at all. |
Northwood is getting a new and larger building. Kennedy just got a larger building. Their space will alleviate Blair's overcrowding, and probably some of Wheaton's and Einstein's. Woodward is reopening as a new building. Its space will alleviate WJ's overcrowding and probably the rest of Wheaton's and Einstein's. BCC and Whitman are in the study too to allow for additional options that may make things work better. |
Look at the projections (currently to 2029-30): WW/BCC/WJ Capacity 6992 Enrollment 7359 (367 over capacity, or 5%) Blair/Northwood/Kennedy Capacity 7308 Enrollment 7302 (6 under capacity, or 0%) Einstein/Wheaton Capacity 3839 Enrollment 4756 (917 over capacity, or 24%) This includes new Northwood capacity but not Woodward. And WJ has all the overage in the first set -- WW & BCC remain under capacity (and could take on some small amount of shift). And Blair has all the overage in the second set, while both Wheaton and Einstein are over in the third. This is versus current catchments. Even to get to that enrollment = capacity for the middle three, you'd need to bus large numbers past Blair and up to Northwood, shifting some of Northwood to Kennedy. And that's with none of the overage from Einstein & Wheaton -- all that Northwood & Kennedy capacity is used already. This means large portions of Einstein and Wheaton will need to go to Woodward or shift to BCC, presuming Woodward naturally assumes more of the existing WJ catchment than needed to alleviate WJ's overcrowding. Possibly even some of the lower Northwood and Blair catchments to even out the enrollment vs. capacity once Woodward's 2160 comes online after Northwood moves out (the additional 540 might come online in a later phase, now, if funded). That's 882 seats across 8 high schools in 2029-30, and we know that the DCC is likely to continue growing faster than WW/BCC/WJ after the current projection timeline, so there might be greater shifts than some anticipate. Unless the Ws keep up the pressure, of course. Then we'll have the expected: overcrowded DCC and under capacity Ws, with no solution for inside-the-beltway/east of the MARC tracks. |
It would make so much more sense if they would just build the addition at Einstein too. |
The latest CIP shows Woodward with a capacity of 2249, which is higher than what it had last year, 2159. What changed?
https://gis.mcpsmd.org/cipmasterpdfs/CIP25_Chapter4DCC.pdf |
But they are, in all schools. So you can fight it (good luck with that), or, encourage parity and equity, by having the same opportunities at every HS |
You're right! Maybe a reclassification of the planned swing space (retractable walls) from a dance recital space to three 30-seat classrooms. That makes 971 extra seats across the 9 (I'd forgotten to include Woodward, itself) high schools in 2029-30. With a total capacity of 20,388, if I have that right, that puts them collectively at a bit under 5% of extra room, assuming the projections hold up (it's not like they try to make bad projections, but it's a fuzzy number). |
MCPS has strayed so far from the basics over the past 5 to 10 years it's ridiculous. Chosing sports as the thing you'd eliminate is also ridiculous. |
Which would mean all 9 schools are likely to go over capacity again shortly after the new buildings open. They need to restart the 2017 conversation about expanding Einsten's capacity up to 2400. https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/departments/facilities/construction/studies2/dcchs_einstein_presentation.pdf |
Einstein is ancient. It needs fully replaced, not an addition. They could easily add on top. |
It's been longer than that. Try 15+ years. |
Well, dang! Where's that holding school!? |
Why is it expected that Ws will be under capacity and DCC over when Woodward is being built to relieve overcrowding at WJ AND DCC? Isn’t that why there will be a massive boundary study involving all these schools? Woodward is not going to be just for WJ students. Current DCC students will go there too |