The following DCC elementary schools are all adjacent to schools in either the WJ or BCC clusters:
Wheaton Woods Sargent Shriver Viers Mill Rock View Oakland Terrace Flora Singer Woodlin Some of the above will need to shift to the west. Rock View surrounds Einstein itself and encompasses much of its walk zone, so it would seem to be staying put. |
Great. Take your time machine back a dozen years or so and convince MCPS, the BOE, the County Council and the W clusters that additional capacity for DCC in excess of any possible single renovation to Northwood or Einstein has to come before or at the very same time as building a new school (that became the reopened Woodward) addressing WJ overcrowding. Or take it two decades farther back and convince them not to convert/lease out all the local school facilities that they closed so that there would be more options. Or get on your horse to get an adequate new facility or expansion in the DCC area right quick so that it's presence can be figured in to the pending boundary study. Oh, and ve willing to cover any of that with county funds, either shifting from other priorities or increasing taxation. Then there wouldn't be a need to shift populations such that you clutch your pearls. Or accept that this is what is being reaped from having sown the current situation. They'd rather be close to home, but not if it means in an overcrowded facility, inadequate or inequitable one. And if you think Georgia Ave to Old Georgetown Rd is really cross-county, I invite you to study a map. |
My kids go to WJ and I don’t hear people saying that. I hear a constant drumbeat of nastiness on this board about WJ though I guess i operate under the assumption that since Woodward is being built to relieve overcrowding at WJ and DCC, that DCC kids will attend and that makes sense |
Georgia Ave to Old Georgetown isn’t cross county which is why DCC kids will go to Woodward |
For OTES and FS, you pass Einstein and closer to other schools. That makes no sense to bus the kids that far. |
Yes, it is really far and you pass Einstein and other HS to get to Woodward. I don't know why W families think DCC families WANT to go to a W school or even BCC. Many of us don't for a variety of reasons. |
I was addressing the comments along the lines of WJ families don’t want DCC kids at Woodward, which is not true. But so many people on this board cling so desperately to the W v DCC paradigm that they can’t see any discussion or issue except through that lense. I have no idea whether DCC parents want their kids to go to Woodward. Some probably do, some probably don’t care, and some are probably opposed. You know like everything in life |
I am trying not to be too invested in the outcome of the boundary study as a parent in the WJ cluster. I take it on face value that since the study will involve 9 high schools, my kids could end up at a lot of different places. I am surprised to hear people from DCC express concerns about bus rides though. I Guess it goes to show that these issues are complex. |
Um...that was the point. On the other hand, "will go to Woodward" -- we'll have to see. Should be shifted towards the schools with capacity to the west is more like it, but "will" and "should" often end up being different things. |
Why would you be surprised? You have to remember in HS there are lots of after-school activities. Sometimes they don't start till later, like 5 so kids need to go back and forth, which is a nightmare if it's that far and traffic. The after school buses are limited and don't go back and forth for everything. I don't get why W parents assume we want our kids at your schools. We don't, or we'd move so we could attend. |
This, but we also want on par and not overcrowded facilities. |
Woodward is within a 4-mile radius of many DCC neighborhoods, including Aspen Hill, Wheaton, and Homewood. |
Homewood passes Einstein to get to Woodward and Wheaton and Northwood are closer than Woodward. And, 4 miles in traffic isn't 4 minutes, its easily 20-30 minutes and parents may have to do that trip 4 times a day. |
It is simply not possible for every student to attend the school closest to their home. This was looked at in the boundary analysis. MCPS has consistently said current walkers will remain as walkers. Current bus riders may be assigned to a different school. |
Agreed! But when anyone from a W school says they are worried about bus rides because of activities etc we are told we are hoarding privilege, racist and whatever else W parents do not assume DCC parents want their kids at W schools. But many people a few comments ago were concerned DCC would be over crowded and W under enrolled, which seems inconsistent with the stated purpose of Woodward being to serve WJ and DCC areas |