Not that PP. Great. Now let's see all clusters, especially W's, from where, presumably, the necessary tax revenue would disproportionately come on a per-household basis, advocate for that very much needed, inside-the-beltway/east of Rock Creek high school that was strawmanned down to clear the way for capital to be spent on the Woodward reopening. |
You think MCPS should have completed the boundary study 3 years before the school is supposed to open? I don't. |
I have no problem with MCPS deciding to rebuild a school on a property they already own that's located between WJ, Wheaton, and Einstein. The issue is they should have been rebuilding and opening it in a timely and equitable manner. |
I sympathize to a point, but it's not really fair to claim you're not valued when the whole reason for this holding school situation is to enable Northwood to get a brand spanking new and larger building of their own. As compared to several other really not valued communities who have nothing like that in sight. |
Sure, no one knows with absolute certainty until approval, but the writing is on the wall and you have the order a bit out of whack: WJ, primarily. Then adjustments to Whitman, BCC, Einstein and Wheaton, but not clearing the projected overcrowding of the latter two. More of Einstein might be sent east to Northwood when it's complete (partially). Blair would see more students passing right by on the way to Northwood, too. A very small number of DCC students accessing the Woodward magnet program when that can be stood up (? Phase III). The end result will be relatively comfortable capacity and relatively reasonable catchment boundaries for the Ws/BCC, and continued overcrowding and less reasonable catchment boundaries for the DCC. |
Ah, the oft-heard, forlorn dirge of the Wooton cluster. "It's falling apart! Look at our trumped-up facility scorecard! (...but don't consider our overall student experience/academic success when considering capital expenditure -- we only want to highlight that when discussing college admissions or telling them to keep our boundaries unchanged.)" |
PP you're responding to. I'm a DCC parent. |
This is pretty disingenuous when you are asking for advocacy for an auditorium and other communities are advocating for space to relieve overcrowding in school or to fix mold or provide ADA accommodation. Make the case for why this auditorium is more important than all those other needs and more important Thant what the council is already proposing. |
Wonderfully convenient line of thinking for those in more wealthy areas that are more directly benefitting... If the objective was to provide similar levels of student experience across the county, the decisions that led to the Woodward reopening being the priority project really missed the mark. |
Great. Which ignored DCC HS community did you have in mind? Einstein? Certainly, from a facilities perspective, but is it in worse shape than the current Northwood? Kennedy? Lots of operational items could help, there, but not so much a facilities thing. Blair? Overcrowded, but that and the geography screams to build a new HS back inside the beltway closer to TP or DTSS, even after some relief from the Northwood expansion. Separately, I certainly could see MS (Eastern) or ES (lots, but RTES and HVES are easy to note). |
Which high school is that? |
DP. Why is it disingenuous? If Northwood families don't advocate for themselves, who will advocate for them? |
What Woodward magnet program? Will Woodward even be in the DCC? I haven’t seen anything confirming either of those points, just some wishful speculation on this board. Curious whether there’s something more concrete I haven’t heard. |
The one that they knew was needed, but, because of a lack of consideration, planning for which was abandoned with justification from poor mock-ups and land acquisition cost estimates to pave the way for alternate use of the capital for Wooodward. |
Oh, the non-existent high school. |