Woodward HS boundary study - BCC, Blair, Einstein, WJ, Kennedy, Northwood, Wheaton, Whitman impacts

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Anonymous wrote:The crash volume at Connecticut/EW is similar to that on Veirs Mill for crossings to NM/Einstein. Fewer crashes at Denfeld/Connecticut and Adams/Connecticut than at EW/Connecticut.

It's not just Connecticut. It's all the other big roads, too. Randolph, Georgia, Veirs Mill, University...

To be consistent, MCPS has to either pull busing from BCC and make them cross Connecticut too, or add busing for all of the DCC schools across all of the big roads. I don't think people in Bethesda and Chevy Chase would be happy with the first alternative, which I kind of understand. For the second alternative, MCPS would have to buy a lot more buses and hire a lot more bus drivers, when there's already a shortage. There's no good solution, except actually making the big roads safe, which is not under MCPS control.

And actually it's not just the DCC. Kids in the east county have to cross New Hampshire. Kids in Rockville-Aspen Hill have to cross Norbeck. Kids in the upcounty have to cross 355, 28, Great Seneca, Germantown Road, etc.

Basically, whenever you're driving around, and you see a school crossing sign, you have to think, would I feel safe letting my kids cross there? If you wouldn't, that's a problem.

Seriously, you think that kids who are a few years from independence cannot cross a street with a traffic light? They can drive, but not cross the road? The infantilizing has got to stop.

There are roads I don’t feel comfortable crossing. And adults die trying to cross them. We have huge roads with horrible distracted drivers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The crash volume at Connecticut/EW is similar to that on Veirs Mill for crossings to NM/Einstein. Fewer crashes at Denfeld/Connecticut and Adams/Connecticut than at EW/Connecticut.

It's not just Connecticut. It's all the other big roads, too. Randolph, Georgia, Veirs Mill, University...

To be consistent, MCPS has to either pull busing from BCC and make them cross Connecticut too, or add busing for all of the DCC schools across all of the big roads. I don't think people in Bethesda and Chevy Chase would be happy with the first alternative, which I kind of understand. For the second alternative, MCPS would have to buy a lot more buses and hire a lot more bus drivers, when there's already a shortage. There's no good solution, except actually making the big roads safe, which is not under MCPS control.

And actually it's not just the DCC. Kids in the east county have to cross New Hampshire. Kids in Rockville-Aspen Hill have to cross Norbeck. Kids in the upcounty have to cross 355, 28, Great Seneca, Germantown Road, etc.

Basically, whenever you're driving around, and you see a school crossing sign, you have to think, would I feel safe letting my kids cross there? If you wouldn't, that's a problem.

Seriously, you think that kids who are a few years from independence cannot cross a street with a traffic light? They can drive, but not cross the road? The infantilizing has got to stop.

They can start with BCC and the kids who are getting bus service so that they don’t have to cross Connecticut.

[Anonymous]

The reason to move ToK to Einstein would be to have kids attend the school closest to them. As a bonus, it would reduce segregation by income and race. ToK is closer to Einstein than at least one other feeder (Woodlin). It is more efficient to have children attend the school closest to them even if they are still bussed. That being said, if Einstein needs to lose two feeders on net then I would guess this may not be possible as school capacity is obviously a major issue.

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Anonymous wrote:The reason to move ToK to Einstein would be to have kids attend the school closest to them. As a bonus, it would reduce segregation by income and race. ToK is closer to Einstein than at least one other feeder (Woodlin). It is more efficient to have children attend the school closest to them even if they are still bussed. That being said, if Einstein needs to lose two feeders on net then I would guess this may not be possible as school capacity is obviously a major issue.

I think the only group more concerned about Einstein aside from ToK, is the Garrett Park crowd. Can you imagine splitting up that elementary school? The lower income in the condos and towns would go to Woodward while the more affluent would go to Einstein.

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Anonymous wrote:What will most likely happen is that Kensington Parkwood Elementary will be added to the DCC cluster with Einstein being the home school. As a result two present Einstein feeder elementary schools will be moved further inside.

Being the whitest school in Montgomery County, the Einstein teams needs these test scores and lack of diversity to balance out what they have.

Not sure what you meant, but Whitman is the whitest school.

Whitest in the DCC?

That poster is just another in the long line of annoying people who like to provoke the ToK parents. Those of us in Kensington and zoned for Einstein don’t have any desire for Parkwood to be added to Einstein. Einstein already has the lowest capacity of the schools in this boundary study and is terribly overcrowded. I don’t want my kid attending school in portables just because someone is trying to stick it to the ToK parents.

New word - what is a Tok parent?

"Town of Kensington." Town residents are zoned to WJ, while others with Kensington addresses but outside the town limits are zoned for Einstein.

Some outside the ToK with Kensington addresses go to Einstein. Many go to WJ, too. Postal addresses have no bearing on MCPS.

Yes, but the easternmost part of MCPS's boundary line for Kensington-Parkwood/WJ is clearly based on the Town of Kensington's boundary line:

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I don't know how long this arrangement has been in place, or if it is codified anywhere, but it will be interesting to see if there are any new boundary options that make changes.

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Anonymous wrote:What will most likely happen is that Kensington Parkwood Elementary will be added to the DCC cluster with Einstein being the home school. As a result two present Einstein feeder elementary schools will be moved further inside.

Being the whitest school in Montgomery County, the Einstein teams needs these test scores and lack of diversity to balance out what they have.

Not sure what you meant, but Whitman is the whitest school.

Whitest in the DCC?

That poster is just another in the long line of annoying people who like to provoke the ToK parents. Those of us in Kensington and zoned for Einstein don’t have any desire for Parkwood to be added to Einstein. Einstein already has the lowest capacity of the schools in this boundary study and is terribly overcrowded. I don’t want my kid attending school in portables just because someone is trying to stick it to the ToK parents.

New word - what is a Tok parent?

"Town of Kensington." Town residents are zoned to WJ, while others with Kensington addresses but outside the town limits are zoned for Einstein.

Some outside the ToK with Kensington addresses go to Einstein. Many go to WJ, too. Postal addresses have no bearing on MCPS.

Yes, but the easternmost part of MCPS's boundary line for Kensington-Parkwood/WJ is clearly based on the Town of Kensington's boundary line:

Town:


School:


I don't know how long this arrangement has been in place, or if it is codified anywhere, but it will be interesting to see if there are any new boundary options that make changes.

Looks like someone was "greased" one way or the other

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What will most likely happen is that Kensington Parkwood Elementary will be added to the DCC cluster with Einstein being the home school. As a result two present Einstein feeder elementary schools will be moved further inside.

Being the whitest school in Montgomery County, the Einstein teams needs these test scores and lack of diversity to balance out what they have.

Not sure what you meant, but Whitman is the whitest school.

Whitest in the DCC?

That poster is just another in the long line of annoying people who like to provoke the ToK parents. Those of us in Kensington and zoned for Einstein don’t have any desire for Parkwood to be added to Einstein. Einstein already has the lowest capacity of the schools in this boundary study and is terribly overcrowded. I don’t want my kid attending school in portables just because someone is trying to stick it to the ToK parents.

New word - what is a Tok parent?

"Town of Kensington." Town residents are zoned to WJ, while others with Kensington addresses but outside the town limits are zoned for Einstein.

Some outside the ToK with Kensington addresses go to Einstein. Many go to WJ, too. Postal addresses have no bearing on MCPS.

Yes, but the easternmost part of MCPS's boundary line for Kensington-Parkwood/WJ is clearly based on the Town of Kensington's boundary line:

Town:


School:


I don't know how long this arrangement has been in place, or if it is codified anywhere, but it will be interesting to see if there are any new boundary options that make changes.

You see how the residents are reacting to having a bear roam their neighborhood. Can you imagine the reaction if someone from outside the line got in.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What will most likely happen is that Kensington Parkwood Elementary will be added to the DCC cluster with Einstein being the home school. As a result two present Einstein feeder elementary schools will be moved further inside.

Being the whitest school in Montgomery County, the Einstein teams needs these test scores and lack of diversity to balance out what they have.

Not sure what you meant, but Whitman is the whitest school.

Whitest in the DCC?

That poster is just another in the long line of annoying people who like to provoke the ToK parents. Those of us in Kensington and zoned for Einstein don’t have any desire for Parkwood to be added to Einstein. Einstein already has the lowest capacity of the schools in this boundary study and is terribly overcrowded. I don’t want my kid attending school in portables just because someone is trying to stick it to the ToK parents.

New word - what is a Tok parent?

"Town of Kensington." Town residents are zoned to WJ, while others with Kensington addresses but outside the town limits are zoned for Einstein.

Some outside the ToK with Kensington addresses go to Einstein. Many go to WJ, too. Postal addresses have no bearing on MCPS.

Yes, but the easternmost part of MCPS's boundary line for Kensington-Parkwood/WJ is clearly based on the Town of Kensington's boundary line:

Town:


School:


I don't know how long this arrangement has been in place, or if it is codified anywhere, but it will be interesting to see if there are any new boundary options that make changes.

Someone on this forum must’ve grown up in the Town of Kensington in 1960s - 80s. Do the boundaries date to that era for some reason? Of course, if these or other boundaries change, the priority should be easing the capacity issues at Einstein.

[Anonymous]

Einstein only opened in the late 90's, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Einstein only opened in the late 90's, right?

Blair: 1934
BCC: 1934
Wheaton: 1954
WJ: 1956
Northwood: 1956
Einstein: 1962
Whitman: 1962
Kennedy: 1964

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Einstein only opened in the late 90's, right?

That’s when the school was renovated.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What will most likely happen is that Kensington Parkwood Elementary will be added to the DCC cluster with Einstein being the home school. As a result two present Einstein feeder elementary schools will be moved further inside.

Being the whitest school in Montgomery County, the Einstein teams needs these test scores and lack of diversity to balance out what they have.

Not sure what you meant, but Whitman is the whitest school.

Whitest in the DCC?

That poster is just another in the long line of annoying people who like to provoke the ToK parents. Those of us in Kensington and zoned for Einstein don’t have any desire for Parkwood to be added to Einstein. Einstein already has the lowest capacity of the schools in this boundary study and is terribly overcrowded. I don’t want my kid attending school in portables just because someone is trying to stick it to the ToK parents.

New word - what is a Tok parent?

"Town of Kensington." Town residents are zoned to WJ, while others with Kensington addresses but outside the town limits are zoned for Einstein.

Some outside the ToK with Kensington addresses go to Einstein. Many go to WJ, too. Postal addresses have no bearing on MCPS.

Yes, but the easternmost part of MCPS's boundary line for Kensington-Parkwood/WJ is clearly based on the Town of Kensington's boundary line:

Town:


School:


I don't know how long this arrangement has been in place, or if it is codified anywhere, but it will be interesting to see if there are any new boundary options that make changes.

You see how the residents are reacting to having a bear roam their neighborhood. Can you imagine the reaction if someone from outside the line got in.

That bear was zoned for BCC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The reason to move ToK to Einstein would be to have kids attend the school closest to them. As a bonus, it would reduce segregation by income and race. ToK is closer to Einstein than at least one other feeder (Woodlin). It is more efficient to have children attend the school closest to them even if they are still bussed. That being said, if Einstein needs to lose two feeders on net then I would guess this may not be possible as school capacity is obviously a major issue.

It sounds good in theory but the problem is Einstein doesn't have space. The goal here is to move kids out of Einstein.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reason to move ToK to Einstein would be to have kids attend the school closest to them. As a bonus, it would reduce segregation by income and race. ToK is closer to Einstein than at least one other feeder (Woodlin). It is more efficient to have children attend the school closest to them even if they are still bussed. That being said, if Einstein needs to lose two feeders on net then I would guess this may not be possible as school capacity is obviously a major issue.

It sounds good in theory but the problem is Einstein doesn't have space. The goal here is to move kids out of Einstein.

Yes, the idea of proximity goes out the window in the DCC because of schools like Blair with 3000+ students that serve an area with no other schools but have moved locations.

[Anonymous]

If they send the TOK kids to Einstein doesn't that mean that the entirety of KP Elementary would be rezoned to Einstein?