
Oh so that's where all the $ went. No wonder there was a budget shortfall |
It seems to me there could suddenly be a lot of *over*capacity at the high school level.
-- Woodward will add 2,200 new seats. -- Crown will add about the same (2,200) -- Damascus expansion will add 700 new seats That makes a total of 5,100 new student placements at the high-school level in 2027. I don't think there is currently overcrowding to the tune of 5,100 high-school students. Is there? If not, is there thought that they will seek to close a high school in this process? If not, what will be done with all the new extra capacity? |
I don't begrudge them hiring consultants to manage this behemoth of a boundary study. They last time they redrew HS boundaries there were only 3 clusters in scope--now there are 19! |
Not in that part of the county. Per usual MCPS focuses all their attention to the wrong details. |
The Damascus expansion is still TBD, so there won't room to assign new students there in 2027. "Due to fiscal constraints, the County Council shifted the expenditures for the Damascus High School Major Capital Project to the out-years of the adopted FY 2025−2030 CIP with a “to be determined” completion date." https://gis.mcpsmd.org/cipmasterpdfs/CIP26_Chapter4Damascus.pdf |
Not really. The most overcrowded HS are: WJ +761 (over capacity) Wheaton +523 Blair +381 Einstein +362 Quince Orchard +314 Churchill +246 Clarksburg +219 |
I’m old enough to remember when the representative from the last firm they hired for a broad boundary analysis (WXY) broke down in tears during a town hall because parents were apparently being too mean. Hopefully the new firm is a bit more effective. |
Closing would not be the right decision. Thats what they did with some schools decades ago only to repopen those previous sites/land. They will probably go by 2020 census data and keep an eye on how policies the current white house makes will effect people moving in and out of the county. |
I’m old enough to remember racist a-holes hijacking that meeting, refusing to allow the consultants to do their presentation and feedback conversations, and acting like whining children.
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I think they just use actual school enrollment data, supplemented with projections based on known approved projects. |
Easier to list the HS not at capacity. For south MoCo, Wootton and Blair are not at capacity. https://gis.mcpsmd.org/cipmasterpdfs/CIP26_AppendixE.pdf |
Huh??? Blair is 381 OVER capacity. |
yea, sorry, meant BCC. |
also Whitman |
Kennedy and Springbrook and are also under capacity. |