24 kids in kindergarten?? That is insane!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

1. Better odds does not mean for certain. Given the history of this project no one should assume it will be done in 2018.

2. MCPS has not said how many kids from each school will move to the new school. I may be mistaken, but I haven't seen that number. MCPS should disclose that information so parents will know if their schools will still be over capacity (with some relief) after the new school opens.

3. If Cold Springs is being underutilized then yes, they should put kid from other schools like Richie Park. It's a waste. Oh but that would lead to overcrowding at Frost and Wootton--perish the thought. Certainly we can't allow that cluster to see any overcrowding.

I assume that they haven't said this, because they don't officially know it yet, because they haven't done the boundary study yet.

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/planning/BoundProcessDescription.pdf

If they did say it before the boundary study, everybody would be screaming about MCPS's lack of transparency and community involvement.

And if the new elementary school does open in 2018, do you really want to put kids in Cold Spring ES for four years? What do you think parents would say, if MCPS said, "Your child who is now in Ritchie Park is going to Cold Spring for four years. But they're not going to go to Frost or Wootton, and if they're still in elementary school in 2018, we'll move them back to a RM cluster elementary school, and if you have other children in elementary school in 2018 or after, they won't go there either, because this plan is for four years only."?

This is my point. They say it's going to bring relief to the overcrowded elementary schools in the cluster but there's nothing that says some schools will still see some overcrowding. Yes, in aggregate there will be plenty of space but that says nothing of the individual schools. They've known for years where the 5th elementary school will be built. I have to think they have some idea of where the new boundaries are.

And no. I wouldn't move the kids to Cold Springs for 4 years and then back to the RM cluster for middle or high school. Look at the boundaries for Richie Park. It is split in half by the Wootton cluster. Half is to the north and half is to the south. It makes no sense. Rezoning some of those schools to the underutilized Cold Springs would make sense on a permanent basis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

1. Better odds does not mean for certain. Given the history of this project no one should assume it will be done in 2018.

2. MCPS has not said how many kids from each school will move to the new school. I may be mistaken, but I haven't seen that number. MCPS should disclose that information so parents will know if their schools will still be over capacity (with some relief) after the new school opens.

3. If Cold Springs is being underutilized then yes, they should put kid from other schools like Richie Park. It's a waste. Oh but that would lead to overcrowding at Frost and Wootton--perish the thought. Certainly we can't allow that cluster to see any overcrowding.

I assume that they haven't said this, because they don't officially know it yet, because they haven't done the boundary study yet.

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/planning/BoundProcessDescription.pdf

If they did say it before the boundary study, everybody would be screaming about MCPS's lack of transparency and community involvement.

And if the new elementary school does open in 2018, do you really want to put kids in Cold Spring ES for four years? What do you think parents would say, if MCPS said, "Your child who is now in Ritchie Park is going to Cold Spring for four years. But they're not going to go to Frost or Wootton, and if they're still in elementary school in 2018, we'll move them back to a RM cluster elementary school, and if you have other children in elementary school in 2018 or after, they won't go there either, because this plan is for four years only."?

This is my point. They say it's going to bring relief to the overcrowded elementary schools in the cluster but there's nothing that says some schools will still see some overcrowding. Yes, in aggregate there will be plenty of space but that says nothing of the individual schools. They've known for years where the 5th elementary school will be built. I have to think they have some idea of where the new boundaries are.

And no. I wouldn't move the kids to Cold Springs for 4 years and then back to the RM cluster for middle or high school. Look at the boundaries for Richie Park. It is split in half by the Wootton cluster. Half is to the north and half is to the south. It makes no sense. Rezoning some of those schools to the underutilized Cold Springs would make sense on a permanent basis.

I would send my kids to Cold Spring. I am sure they wouldn't move them. They just graduate and move to JW.

[Anonymous]

Starr doesn't care about the RM cluster. He wants us to rot in hell at the expense of the Churchill and Wootton plutocrats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Starr doesn't care about the RM cluster. He wants us to rot in hell at the expense of the Churchill and Wootton plutocrats.

Yes, you keep saying that. Or somebody keeps saying that. I haven't seen any evidence for it, though. Or any reason why he would want the RM cluster to rot in hell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Starr doesn't care about the RM cluster. He wants us to rot in hell at the expense of the Churchill and Wootton plutocrats.

Yes, you keep saying that. Or somebody keeps saying that. I haven't seen any evidence for it, though. Or any reason why he would want the RM cluster to rot in hell.

I keep seeing this, too. For that PP, either put up some concrete evidence or STFU. You're not helping...or are you just trolling?

-Signed an RM parent.

[Anonymous]

Not the PP, but what he/she is saying makes a lot of sense to me (at least it seems that it is fact).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think that there is a big difference between some of the FOCUS schools at 40% FARMS and some of the Title I schools at 70% or more FARMS. I have a child at each. At the 40% FARMS, there is an incredible amount of parental involvement, dedicated community, many advanced students, etc. At the 70% FARMS, the school can't even get enough volunteers to have a PTA.

I so agree with this. My kid goes to a focus school in Gaithersburg that we absolutely love. Great teachers, lots of parental support and a very involved PTA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Starr doesn't care about the RM cluster. He wants us to rot in hell at the expense of the Churchill and Wootton plutocrats.

I get the sentiment especially when relief for overcrowded RM schools is delayed while under capacity schools get a brand new building (in at least one case). But I don't think those decisions are up to Starr. In fact it was the Board of Education that recommended RM elementary school #5 be built by 2015. But the County Council voted to keep the opening date at 2017. Then this year they delayed it until 2018. You may have legitimate reasons to not like Starr but the delay of the cluster's 5th elementary was the Council's doing, not his.