Boundary study - BCC

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Anonymous wrote:Do you think the Martins Addition / Rollingwood neighborhoods in Chevy Chase will remain with BCC? All the other high school options are a hike from there, but a lot of Martins Addition/Rollingwood area isn't in the walk zone for BCC, so we are a bit nervous.

As far as I can tell, all of Martin's Additions is within the walking distance (<2.0 miles) of BCC. Your best best for staying at BCC is to get MCPS to remove bus service and reassign you to the BCC walk zone.

You need to be in some odd addition to an existing boundary where you are closer to another HS or on its outer edge to get rezoned. Of course, a lot of overcrowded students at Einstein and WJ will end up at Woodward. What they're not going to do is bus people across the county.

Interesting. So the Einstein boundaries will likely move further south and east?

Don't know but I would expect them to contract, particularly on the side facing Woodward.

+1, Einstein is so overcrowded that I can’t see expansion of their existing boundaries. In order to take the kids from Kensington that go to either BCC or WJ Einstein would have to have multiple current feeders re-zoned elsewhere (Woodlin, Flora Singer and/or Highland). Maybe there’s a world in which that happens, but it would involve a lot of shuffling.

I think it's so hard because you either need take the wealthier kids (Woodlin) out of Einstein and to BCC/Woodward, which increases segregation, or bus low-income kids (Highland) to Woodward, which makes their lives harder especially if they are responsible for caring for younger siblings.

It would be better to move Highland to Wheaton, and move Viers Mill ES to Woodward.

Viers Mill ES is in the walk zone for Wheaton. It would not be in the walk zone for Woodward because it's more than 2 miles.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you think the Martins Addition / Rollingwood neighborhoods in Chevy Chase will remain with BCC? All the other high school options are a hike from there, but a lot of Martins Addition/Rollingwood area isn't in the walk zone for BCC, so we are a bit nervous.

As far as I can tell, all of Martin's Additions is within the walking distance (<2.0 miles) of BCC. Your best best for staying at BCC is to get MCPS to remove bus service and reassign you to the BCC walk zone.

You need to be in some odd addition to an existing boundary where you are closer to another HS or on its outer edge to get rezoned. Of course, a lot of overcrowded students at Einstein and WJ will end up at Woodward. What they're not going to do is bus people across the county.

Interesting. So the Einstein boundaries will likely move further south and east?

Don't know but I would expect them to contract, particularly on the side facing Woodward.

+1, Einstein is so overcrowded that I can’t see expansion of their existing boundaries. In order to take the kids from Kensington that go to either BCC or WJ Einstein would have to have multiple current feeders re-zoned elsewhere (Woodlin, Flora Singer and/or Highland). Maybe there’s a world in which that happens, but it would involve a lot of shuffling.

I think it's so hard because you either need take the wealthier kids (Woodlin) out of Einstein and to BCC/Woodward, which increases segregation, or bus low-income kids (Highland) to Woodward, which makes their lives harder especially if they are responsible for caring for younger siblings.

It would be better to move Highland to Wheaton, and move Viers Mill ES to Woodward.

Viers Mill ES is in the walk zone for Wheaton. It would not be in the walk zone for Woodward because it's more than 2 miles.

Sounds like it would not be better....

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Anonymous wrote:Do you think the Martins Addition / Rollingwood neighborhoods in Chevy Chase will remain with BCC? All the other high school options are a hike from there, but a lot of Martins Addition/Rollingwood area isn't in the walk zone for BCC, so we are a bit nervous.

As far as I can tell, all of Martin's Additions is within the walking distance (<2.0 miles) of BCC. Your best best for staying at BCC is to get MCPS to remove bus service and reassign you to the BCC walk zone.

You need to be in some odd addition to an existing boundary where you are closer to another HS or on its outer edge to get rezoned. Of course, a lot of overcrowded students at Einstein and WJ will end up at Woodward. What they're not going to do is bus people across the county.

Interesting. So the Einstein boundaries will likely move further south and east?

Don't know but I would expect them to contract, particularly on the side facing Woodward.

+1, Einstein is so overcrowded that I can’t see expansion of their existing boundaries. In order to take the kids from Kensington that go to either BCC or WJ Einstein would have to have multiple current feeders re-zoned elsewhere (Woodlin, Flora Singer and/or Highland). Maybe there’s a world in which that happens, but it would involve a lot of shuffling.

I think it's so hard because you either need take the wealthier kids (Woodlin) out of Einstein and to BCC/Woodward, which increases segregation, or bus low-income kids (Highland) to Woodward, which makes their lives harder especially if they are responsible for caring for younger siblings.

It would be better to move Highland to Wheaton, and move Viers Mill ES to Woodward.

Viers Mill ES is in the walk zone for Wheaton. It would not be in the walk zone for Woodward because it's more than 2 miles.

Sounds like it would not be better....

Viers Mill ES is a 34 minute walk from Wheaton HS, requires crossing two dangerous roads and walking mostly along Randolph Rd.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you think the Martins Addition / Rollingwood neighborhoods in Chevy Chase will remain with BCC? All the other high school options are a hike from there, but a lot of Martins Addition/Rollingwood area isn't in the walk zone for BCC, so we are a bit nervous.

As far as I can tell, all of Martin's Additions is within the walking distance (<2.0 miles) of BCC. Your best best for staying at BCC is to get MCPS to remove bus service and reassign you to the BCC walk zone.

You need to be in some odd addition to an existing boundary where you are closer to another HS or on its outer edge to get rezoned. Of course, a lot of overcrowded students at Einstein and WJ will end up at Woodward. What they're not going to do is bus people across the county.

Interesting. So the Einstein boundaries will likely move further south and east?

Don't know but I would expect them to contract, particularly on the side facing Woodward.

+1, Einstein is so overcrowded that I can’t see expansion of their existing boundaries. In order to take the kids from Kensington that go to either BCC or WJ Einstein would have to have multiple current feeders re-zoned elsewhere (Woodlin, Flora Singer and/or Highland). Maybe there’s a world in which that happens, but it would involve a lot of shuffling.

I think it's so hard because you either need take the wealthier kids (Woodlin) out of Einstein and to BCC/Woodward, which increases segregation, or bus low-income kids (Highland) to Woodward, which makes their lives harder especially if they are responsible for caring for younger siblings.

It would be better to move Highland to Wheaton, and move Viers Mill ES to Woodward.

Viers Mill ES is in the walk zone for Wheaton. It would not be in the walk zone for Woodward because it's more than 2 miles.

The part of Viers Mill's zone west of Rock Creek gets bus service to Wheaton. They could split articulate Viers Mill and send all of Wheaton Woods to Woodward.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you think the Martins Addition / Rollingwood neighborhoods in Chevy Chase will remain with BCC? All the other high school options are a hike from there, but a lot of Martins Addition/Rollingwood area isn't in the walk zone for BCC, so we are a bit nervous.

As far as I can tell, all of Martin's Additions is within the walking distance (<2.0 miles) of BCC. Your best best for staying at BCC is to get MCPS to remove bus service and reassign you to the BCC walk zone.

You need to be in some odd addition to an existing boundary where you are closer to another HS or on its outer edge to get rezoned. Of course, a lot of overcrowded students at Einstein and WJ will end up at Woodward. What they're not going to do is bus people across the county.

Interesting. So the Einstein boundaries will likely move further south and east?

Don't know but I would expect them to contract, particularly on the side facing Woodward.

+1, Einstein is so overcrowded that I can’t see expansion of their existing boundaries. In order to take the kids from Kensington that go to either BCC or WJ Einstein would have to have multiple current feeders re-zoned elsewhere (Woodlin, Flora Singer and/or Highland). Maybe there’s a world in which that happens, but it would involve a lot of shuffling.

I think it's so hard because you either need take the wealthier kids (Woodlin) out of Einstein and to BCC/Woodward, which increases segregation, or bus low-income kids (Highland) to Woodward, which makes their lives harder especially if they are responsible for caring for younger siblings.

It would be better to move Highland to Wheaton, and move Viers Mill ES to Woodward.

Viers Mill ES is in the walk zone for Wheaton. It would not be in the walk zone for Woodward because it's more than 2 miles.

Sounds like it would not be better....

Viers Mill ES is a 34 minute walk from Wheaton HS, requires crossing two dangerous roads and walking mostly along Randolph Rd.

Maybe you think it shouldn't be in the walk zone, but nonetheless it is in the walk zone - east of the park, that is. West of the park (between the park and the train tracks), they get bus service.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you think the Martins Addition / Rollingwood neighborhoods in Chevy Chase will remain with BCC? All the other high school options are a hike from there, but a lot of Martins Addition/Rollingwood area isn't in the walk zone for BCC, so we are a bit nervous.

As far as I can tell, all of Martin's Additions is within the walking distance (<2.0 miles) of BCC. Your best best for staying at BCC is to get MCPS to remove bus service and reassign you to the BCC walk zone.

You need to be in some odd addition to an existing boundary where you are closer to another HS or on its outer edge to get rezoned. Of course, a lot of overcrowded students at Einstein and WJ will end up at Woodward. What they're not going to do is bus people across the county.

Interesting. So the Einstein boundaries will likely move further south and east?

Don't know but I would expect them to contract, particularly on the side facing Woodward.

+1, Einstein is so overcrowded that I can’t see expansion of their existing boundaries. In order to take the kids from Kensington that go to either BCC or WJ Einstein would have to have multiple current feeders re-zoned elsewhere (Woodlin, Flora Singer and/or Highland). Maybe there’s a world in which that happens, but it would involve a lot of shuffling.

I think it's so hard because you either need take the wealthier kids (Woodlin) out of Einstein and to BCC/Woodward, which increases segregation, or bus low-income kids (Highland) to Woodward, which makes their lives harder especially if they are responsible for caring for younger siblings.

It would be better to move Highland to Wheaton, and move Viers Mill ES to Woodward.

Viers Mill ES is in the walk zone for Wheaton. It would not be in the walk zone for Woodward because it's more than 2 miles.

Sounds like it would not be better....

Viers Mill ES is a 34 minute walk from Wheaton HS, requires crossing two dangerous roads and walking mostly along Randolph Rd.

Maybe you think it shouldn't be in the walk zone, but nonetheless it is in the walk zone - east of the park, that is. West of the park (between the park and the train tracks), they get bus service.

I don't think it's not in the walk zone, but I also am someone who was technically "in the walk zone" for my high school but where it would not have been much different to be bussed to a further school because it was a really long walk. I think when it comes down to it, being "in the walk zone" is not going to be a definitive out from rezoning. A 2-mile radius around high schools is huge and not practical as a limit on changing boundaries.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you think the Martins Addition / Rollingwood neighborhoods in Chevy Chase will remain with BCC? All the other high school options are a hike from there, but a lot of Martins Addition/Rollingwood area isn't in the walk zone for BCC, so we are a bit nervous.

As far as I can tell, all of Martin's Additions is within the walking distance (<2.0 miles) of BCC. Your best best for staying at BCC is to get MCPS to remove bus service and reassign you to the BCC walk zone.

You need to be in some odd addition to an existing boundary where you are closer to another HS or on its outer edge to get rezoned. Of course, a lot of overcrowded students at Einstein and WJ will end up at Woodward. What they're not going to do is bus people across the county.

Interesting. So the Einstein boundaries will likely move further south and east?

Don't know but I would expect them to contract, particularly on the side facing Woodward.

+1, Einstein is so overcrowded that I can’t see expansion of their existing boundaries. In order to take the kids from Kensington that go to either BCC or WJ Einstein would have to have multiple current feeders re-zoned elsewhere (Woodlin, Flora Singer and/or Highland). Maybe there’s a world in which that happens, but it would involve a lot of shuffling.

I think it's so hard because you either need take the wealthier kids (Woodlin) out of Einstein and to BCC/Woodward, which increases segregation, or bus low-income kids (Highland) to Woodward, which makes their lives harder especially if they are responsible for caring for younger siblings.

It would be better to move Highland to Wheaton, and move Viers Mill ES to Woodward.

Viers Mill ES is in the walk zone for Wheaton. It would not be in the walk zone for Woodward because it's more than 2 miles.

Sounds like it would not be better....

Viers Mill ES is a 34 minute walk from Wheaton HS, requires crossing two dangerous roads and walking mostly along Randolph Rd.

Maybe you think it shouldn't be in the walk zone, but nonetheless it is in the walk zone - east of the park, that is. West of the park (between the park and the train tracks), they get bus service.

I don't think it's not in the walk zone, but I also am someone who was technically "in the walk zone" for my high school but where it would not have been much different to be bussed to a further school because it was a really long walk. I think when it comes down to it, being "in the walk zone" is not going to be a definitive out from rezoning. A 2-mile radius around high schools is huge and not practical as a limit on changing boundaries.

The walk zone isn't everything in the two-mile radius of the school, though. For example there is a lot of the B-CC service area east of Connecticut Ave that is within 2 miles of B-CC but gets school bus service (i.e., is not in the walk zone). Walk zones are based on inscrutable decisions by MCPS on where it is and isn't safe to walk.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you think the Martins Addition / Rollingwood neighborhoods in Chevy Chase will remain with BCC? All the other high school options are a hike from there, but a lot of Martins Addition/Rollingwood area isn't in the walk zone for BCC, so we are a bit nervous.

As far as I can tell, all of Martin's Additions is within the walking distance (<2.0 miles) of BCC. Your best best for staying at BCC is to get MCPS to remove bus service and reassign you to the BCC walk zone.

You need to be in some odd addition to an existing boundary where you are closer to another HS or on its outer edge to get rezoned. Of course, a lot of overcrowded students at Einstein and WJ will end up at Woodward. What they're not going to do is bus people across the county.

Interesting. So the Einstein boundaries will likely move further south and east?

Don't know but I would expect them to contract, particularly on the side facing Woodward.

+1, Einstein is so overcrowded that I can’t see expansion of their existing boundaries. In order to take the kids from Kensington that go to either BCC or WJ Einstein would have to have multiple current feeders re-zoned elsewhere (Woodlin, Flora Singer and/or Highland). Maybe there’s a world in which that happens, but it would involve a lot of shuffling.

I think it's so hard because you either need take the wealthier kids (Woodlin) out of Einstein and to BCC/Woodward, which increases segregation, or bus low-income kids (Highland) to Woodward, which makes their lives harder especially if they are responsible for caring for younger siblings.

It would be better to move Highland to Wheaton, and move Viers Mill ES to Woodward.

Viers Mill ES is in the walk zone for Wheaton. It would not be in the walk zone for Woodward because it's more than 2 miles.

Sounds like it would not be better....

Viers Mill ES is a 34 minute walk from Wheaton HS, requires crossing two dangerous roads and walking mostly along Randolph Rd.

Maybe you think it shouldn't be in the walk zone, but nonetheless it is in the walk zone - east of the park, that is. West of the park (between the park and the train tracks), they get bus service.

I don't think it's not in the walk zone, but I also am someone who was technically "in the walk zone" for my high school but where it would not have been much different to be bussed to a further school because it was a really long walk. I think when it comes down to it, being "in the walk zone" is not going to be a definitive out from rezoning. A 2-mile radius around high schools is huge and not practical as a limit on changing boundaries.

The walk zone isn't everything in the two-mile radius of the school, though. For example there is a lot of the B-CC service area east of Connecticut Ave that is within 2 miles of B-CC but gets school bus service (i.e., is not in the walk zone). Walk zones are based on inscrutable decisions by MCPS on where it is and isn't safe to walk.

Ok? Do you get that if you live far away from a school and don't have bus service it 's going to be less of an issue to switch to being bussed to another school, compared to if you live very close to the school?

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Anonymous wrote:Do you think the Martins Addition / Rollingwood neighborhoods in Chevy Chase will remain with BCC? All the other high school options are a hike from there, but a lot of Martins Addition/Rollingwood area isn't in the walk zone for BCC, so we are a bit nervous.

As far as I can tell, all of Martin's Additions is within the walking distance (<2.0 miles) of BCC. Your best best for staying at BCC is to get MCPS to remove bus service and reassign you to the BCC walk zone.

You need to be in some odd addition to an existing boundary where you are closer to another HS or on its outer edge to get rezoned. Of course, a lot of overcrowded students at Einstein and WJ will end up at Woodward. What they're not going to do is bus people across the county.

Interesting. So the Einstein boundaries will likely move further south and east?

Don't know but I would expect them to contract, particularly on the side facing Woodward.

+1, Einstein is so overcrowded that I can’t see expansion of their existing boundaries. In order to take the kids from Kensington that go to either BCC or WJ Einstein would have to have multiple current feeders re-zoned elsewhere (Woodlin, Flora Singer and/or Highland). Maybe there’s a world in which that happens, but it would involve a lot of shuffling.

Yes. And keep in mind the relative sizes of each of these HS buildings, once all the construction is done. B-CC is built for almost 900 more students than Einstein.

Blair 2867
B-CC 2475
WJ 2291
Northwood 2260
Wheaton 2237
Whitman 2231
Woodward 2159
Kennedy 2159
Einstein 1602

I teach at Wheaton and we have 2600. Those are old numbers.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you think the Martins Addition / Rollingwood neighborhoods in Chevy Chase will remain with BCC? All the other high school options are a hike from there, but a lot of Martins Addition/Rollingwood area isn't in the walk zone for BCC, so we are a bit nervous.

As far as I can tell, all of Martin's Additions is within the walking distance (<2.0 miles) of BCC. Your best best for staying at BCC is to get MCPS to remove bus service and reassign you to the BCC walk zone.

You need to be in some odd addition to an existing boundary where you are closer to another HS or on its outer edge to get rezoned. Of course, a lot of overcrowded students at Einstein and WJ will end up at Woodward. What they're not going to do is bus people across the county.

Interesting. So the Einstein boundaries will likely move further south and east?

Don't know but I would expect them to contract, particularly on the side facing Woodward.

+1, Einstein is so overcrowded that I can’t see expansion of their existing boundaries. In order to take the kids from Kensington that go to either BCC or WJ Einstein would have to have multiple current feeders re-zoned elsewhere (Woodlin, Flora Singer and/or Highland). Maybe there’s a world in which that happens, but it would involve a lot of shuffling.

I think it's so hard because you either need take the wealthier kids (Woodlin) out of Einstein and to BCC/Woodward, which increases segregation, or bus low-income kids (Highland) to Woodward, which makes their lives harder especially if they are responsible for caring for younger siblings.

It would be better to move Highland to Wheaton, and move Viers Mill ES to Woodward.

Viers Mill ES is in the walk zone for Wheaton. It would not be in the walk zone for Woodward because it's more than 2 miles.

Sounds like it would not be better....

Viers Mill ES is a 34 minute walk from Wheaton HS, requires crossing two dangerous roads and walking mostly along Randolph Rd.

Maybe you think it shouldn't be in the walk zone, but nonetheless it is in the walk zone - east of the park, that is. West of the park (between the park and the train tracks), they get bus service.

I don't think it's not in the walk zone, but I also am someone who was technically "in the walk zone" for my high school but where it would not have been much different to be bussed to a further school because it was a really long walk. I think when it comes down to it, being "in the walk zone" is not going to be a definitive out from rezoning. A 2-mile radius around high schools is huge and not practical as a limit on changing boundaries.

The walk zone isn't everything in the two-mile radius of the school, though. For example there is a lot of the B-CC service area east of Connecticut Ave that is within 2 miles of B-CC but gets school bus service (i.e., is not in the walk zone). Walk zones are based on inscrutable decisions by MCPS on where it is and isn't safe to walk.

Ok? Do you get that if you live far away from a school and don't have bus service it 's going to be less of an issue to switch to being bussed to another school, compared to if you live very close to the school?

If you're assigned to School A, and you're in the walk zone for School A, MCPS is very unlikely to recommend that you be reassigned to a different school where you will have to receive bus transportation.

So if you're part of a boundary study, and you really don't want to get reassigned, and you live within 1.0/1.5/2.0 miles of your assigned elementary/middle/high school, and you currently receive bus transportation, then you should make every effort to get MCPS to stop providing bus transportation and switch you to being a walker.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you think the Martins Addition / Rollingwood neighborhoods in Chevy Chase will remain with BCC? All the other high school options are a hike from there, but a lot of Martins Addition/Rollingwood area isn't in the walk zone for BCC, so we are a bit nervous.

As far as I can tell, all of Martin's Additions is within the walking distance (<2.0 miles) of BCC. Your best best for staying at BCC is to get MCPS to remove bus service and reassign you to the BCC walk zone.

You need to be in some odd addition to an existing boundary where you are closer to another HS or on its outer edge to get rezoned. Of course, a lot of overcrowded students at Einstein and WJ will end up at Woodward. What they're not going to do is bus people across the county.

Interesting. So the Einstein boundaries will likely move further south and east?

Don't know but I would expect them to contract, particularly on the side facing Woodward.

+1, Einstein is so overcrowded that I can’t see expansion of their existing boundaries. In order to take the kids from Kensington that go to either BCC or WJ Einstein would have to have multiple current feeders re-zoned elsewhere (Woodlin, Flora Singer and/or Highland). Maybe there’s a world in which that happens, but it would involve a lot of shuffling.

I think it's so hard because you either need take the wealthier kids (Woodlin) out of Einstein and to BCC/Woodward, which increases segregation, or bus low-income kids (Highland) to Woodward, which makes their lives harder especially if they are responsible for caring for younger siblings.

It would be better to move Highland to Wheaton, and move Viers Mill ES to Woodward.

Viers Mill ES is in the walk zone for Wheaton. It would not be in the walk zone for Woodward because it's more than 2 miles.

Sounds like it would not be better....

Viers Mill ES is a 34 minute walk from Wheaton HS, requires crossing two dangerous roads and walking mostly along Randolph Rd.

Maybe you think it shouldn't be in the walk zone, but nonetheless it is in the walk zone - east of the park, that is. West of the park (between the park and the train tracks), they get bus service.

I don't think it's not in the walk zone, but I also am someone who was technically "in the walk zone" for my high school but where it would not have been much different to be bussed to a further school because it was a really long walk. I think when it comes down to it, being "in the walk zone" is not going to be a definitive out from rezoning. A 2-mile radius around high schools is huge and not practical as a limit on changing boundaries.

I thought they said being in the walk zone meant you would not be rezoned.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you think the Martins Addition / Rollingwood neighborhoods in Chevy Chase will remain with BCC? All the other high school options are a hike from there, but a lot of Martins Addition/Rollingwood area isn't in the walk zone for BCC, so we are a bit nervous.

As far as I can tell, all of Martin's Additions is within the walking distance (<2.0 miles) of BCC. Your best best for staying at BCC is to get MCPS to remove bus service and reassign you to the BCC walk zone.

You need to be in some odd addition to an existing boundary where you are closer to another HS or on its outer edge to get rezoned. Of course, a lot of overcrowded students at Einstein and WJ will end up at Woodward. What they're not going to do is bus people across the county.

Interesting. So the Einstein boundaries will likely move further south and east?

Don't know but I would expect them to contract, particularly on the side facing Woodward.

+1, Einstein is so overcrowded that I can’t see expansion of their existing boundaries. In order to take the kids from Kensington that go to either BCC or WJ Einstein would have to have multiple current feeders re-zoned elsewhere (Woodlin, Flora Singer and/or Highland). Maybe there’s a world in which that happens, but it would involve a lot of shuffling.

I think it's so hard because you either need take the wealthier kids (Woodlin) out of Einstein and to BCC/Woodward, which increases segregation, or bus low-income kids (Highland) to Woodward, which makes their lives harder especially if they are responsible for caring for younger siblings.

It would be better to move Highland to Wheaton, and move Viers Mill ES to Woodward.

Viers Mill ES is in the walk zone for Wheaton. It would not be in the walk zone for Woodward because it's more than 2 miles.

Sounds like it would not be better....

Viers Mill ES is a 34 minute walk from Wheaton HS, requires crossing two dangerous roads and walking mostly along Randolph Rd.

Maybe you think it shouldn't be in the walk zone, but nonetheless it is in the walk zone - east of the park, that is. West of the park (between the park and the train tracks), they get bus service.

I don't think it's not in the walk zone, but I also am someone who was technically "in the walk zone" for my high school but where it would not have been much different to be bussed to a further school because it was a really long walk. I think when it comes down to it, being "in the walk zone" is not going to be a definitive out from rezoning. A 2-mile radius around high schools is huge and not practical as a limit on changing boundaries.

There's no such thing as "technically" in the walk zone. Either you are, or you aren't. "In the walk zone but I don't want to walk because it's too far and I'd rather get bused to a different school" is not a category that exists in MCPS's boundary studies, as far as I know.

MCPS certainly could reassign areas from walk zone for school X to bus zone for school Y, but they have chosen not do so in every boundary study since 2019, as far as I know.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you think the Martins Addition / Rollingwood neighborhoods in Chevy Chase will remain with BCC? All the other high school options are a hike from there, but a lot of Martins Addition/Rollingwood area isn't in the walk zone for BCC, so we are a bit nervous.

As far as I can tell, all of Martin's Additions is within the walking distance (<2.0 miles) of BCC. Your best best for staying at BCC is to get MCPS to remove bus service and reassign you to the BCC walk zone.

You need to be in some odd addition to an existing boundary where you are closer to another HS or on its outer edge to get rezoned. Of course, a lot of overcrowded students at Einstein and WJ will end up at Woodward. What they're not going to do is bus people across the county.

Interesting. So the Einstein boundaries will likely move further south and east?

Don't know but I would expect them to contract, particularly on the side facing Woodward.

+1, Einstein is so overcrowded that I can’t see expansion of their existing boundaries. In order to take the kids from Kensington that go to either BCC or WJ Einstein would have to have multiple current feeders re-zoned elsewhere (Woodlin, Flora Singer and/or Highland). Maybe there’s a world in which that happens, but it would involve a lot of shuffling.

Yes. And keep in mind the relative sizes of each of these HS buildings, once all the construction is done. B-CC is built for almost 900 more students than Einstein.

Blair 2867
B-CC 2475
WJ 2291
Northwood 2260
Wheaton 2237
Whitman 2231
Woodward 2159
Kennedy 2159
Einstein 1602

I teach at Wheaton and we have 2600. Those are old numbers.

Those are the building capacities, not how many students are enrolled.

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