With Woodward High School opening, are they also going to change the MS boundaries?

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Anonymous wrote:It's called survival instinct and it's burned into humans' DNA.

Fortunately, we have brains and self-awareness, and can learn to overcome some innate fears.

Or can, if we want to. Some like tribalism and nativism.

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Anonymous wrote:Make up your mind, eh? Either the report (done by WXY) is trash, OR the report is solid and should be used for decision-making. One OR the other, not both.

Holy False Dichotomy, Batman!

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Anonymous wrote:It's called survival instinct and it's burned into humans' DNA.

Fortunately, we have brains and self-awareness, and can learn to overcome some innate fears.

Or can, if we want to. Some like tribalism and nativism.

Yes, but the instinct is still there, in everyone, which was my point.

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Anonymous wrote:Make up your mind, eh? Either the report (done by WXY) is trash, OR the report is solid and should be used for decision-making. One OR the other, not both.

Holy False Dichotomy, Batman!

So you want a third option? For example, a junk consultant produced a junk report with super-awesome, super-valid results?

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Anonymous wrote:Just wondering about when Woodward HS opens 2026, and MCPS redraws boundaries for Woodward, WJ and I am assuming Einstein, are they also going to redraw the boundaries for North Bethesda MS, Tilden MS and Silver Creek MS?

For example, DS will be in MS in 2026 - what is the likelyhood he will stay with his cohort through 8th grade or will they all be split up?

Will DS be in 6th? Because Unfortunately, the Woodward/Northwood project might be delayed one year by the County Council due to budget shortfalls.

DP.
My child will be in HS in 2026, and a junior at WJ. If they redraw boundaries, will they, at least, grandfather kids who're already there?

Juniors and Seniors stay in their old school.

Or at least that is what happened with the Seneca Valley rezoning. The grandfathering decision is part of the superintendent's recommendation, and the Woodward recommendation will be written by a yet-to-be-named superintendent.

As far as I know, it's happened in all recent (~20 years or so) boundary studies. If you have evidence to the contrary, please provide it.

Before Seneca Valley, when was the last boundary study to populate a new high school building?

My point wasn't to say that grandfathering of juniors and seniors is unlikely, just to point out that there will be different and unknown people making the decisions in 2025.

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Before Seneca Valley, when was the last boundary study to populate a new high school building?

My point wasn't to say that grandfathering of juniors and seniors is unlikely, just to point out that there will be different and unknown people making the decisions in 2025.

Seneca Valley is a new building, but not a new high school.

All of the boundary changes have grandfathered the highest grade(s) at the school. Yes, it will be different people making the decisions, just like it was different people making the decisions in the upcounty boundary study, but it doesn't follow that the decisions will be different.

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Anonymous wrote:Just wondering about when Woodward HS opens 2026, and MCPS redraws boundaries for Woodward, WJ and I am assuming Einstein, are they also going to redraw the boundaries for North Bethesda MS, Tilden MS and Silver Creek MS?

For example, DS will be in MS in 2026 - what is the likelyhood he will stay with his cohort through 8th grade or will they all be split up?

Will DS be in 6th? Because Unfortunately, the Woodward/Northwood project might be delayed one year by the County Council due to budget shortfalls.

DP.
My child will be in HS in 2026, and a junior at WJ. If they redraw boundaries, will they, at least, grandfather kids who're already there?

Juniors and Seniors stay in their old school.

Or at least that is what happened with the Seneca Valley rezoning. The grandfathering decision is part of the superintendent's recommendation, and the Woodward recommendation will be written by a yet-to-be-named superintendent.

As far as I know, it's happened in all recent (~20 years or so) boundary studies. If you have evidence to the contrary, please provide it.

Before Seneca Valley, when was the last boundary study to populate a new high school building?

My point wasn't to say that grandfathering of juniors and seniors is unlikely, just to point out that there will be different and unknown people making the decisions in 2025.

There's also a different boundary policy. There's also about to be a different Non-discrimination policy which will enable MCPS to do whatever it wants under the guise of anti-racism. As soon as that policy is passed, the party is over.

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Before Seneca Valley, when was the last boundary study to populate a new high school building?

My point wasn't to say that grandfathering of juniors and seniors is unlikely, just to point out that there will be different and unknown people making the decisions in 2025.

Seneca Valley is a new building, but not a new high school.

All of the boundary changes have grandfathered the highest grade(s) at the school. Yes, it will be different people making the decisions, just like it was different people making the decisions in the upcounty boundary study, but it doesn't follow that the decisions will be different.

No one said that decisions will be different.

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Before Seneca Valley, when was the last boundary study to populate a new high school building?

My point wasn't to say that grandfathering of juniors and seniors is unlikely, just to point out that there will be different and unknown people making the decisions in 2025.

Seneca Valley is a new building, but not a new high school.

All of the boundary changes have grandfathered the highest grade(s) at the school. Yes, it will be different people making the decisions, just like it was different people making the decisions in the upcounty boundary study, but it doesn't follow that the decisions will be different.

I'm really not trying to have a debate. To the PP who asked the original question: just take answers here with a grain of salt.

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Anonymous wrote:Just wondering about when Woodward HS opens 2026, and MCPS redraws boundaries for Woodward, WJ and I am assuming Einstein, are they also going to redraw the boundaries for North Bethesda MS, Tilden MS and Silver Creek MS?

For example, DS will be in MS in 2026 - what is the likelyhood he will stay with his cohort through 8th grade or will they all be split up?

Will DS be in 6th? Because Unfortunately, the Woodward/Northwood project might be delayed one year by the County Council due to budget shortfalls.

DP.
My child will be in HS in 2026, and a junior at WJ. If they redraw boundaries, will they, at least, grandfather kids who're already there?

Juniors and Seniors stay in their old school.

Or at least that is what happened with the Seneca Valley rezoning. The grandfathering decision is part of the superintendent's recommendation, and the Woodward recommendation will be written by a yet-to-be-named superintendent.

As far as I know, it's happened in all recent (~20 years or so) boundary studies. If you have evidence to the contrary, please provide it.

Before Seneca Valley, when was the last boundary study to populate a new high school building?

My point wasn't to say that grandfathering of juniors and seniors is unlikely, just to point out that there will be different and unknown people making the decisions in 2025.

There's also a different boundary policy. There's also about to be a different Non-discrimination policy which will enable MCPS to do whatever it wants under the guise of anti-racism. As soon as that policy is passed, the party is over.

Which party would that be? The discrimination party?

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Anonymous wrote:Just wondering about when Woodward HS opens 2026, and MCPS redraws boundaries for Woodward, WJ and I am assuming Einstein, are they also going to redraw the boundaries for North Bethesda MS, Tilden MS and Silver Creek MS?

For example, DS will be in MS in 2026 - what is the likelyhood he will stay with his cohort through 8th grade or will they all be split up?

Will DS be in 6th? Because Unfortunately, the Woodward/Northwood project might be delayed one year by the County Council due to budget shortfalls.

DP.
My child will be in HS in 2026, and a junior at WJ. If they redraw boundaries, will they, at least, grandfather kids who're already there?

Yes. They've already said that.

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Anonymous wrote:Just wondering about when Woodward HS opens 2026, and MCPS redraws boundaries for Woodward, WJ and I am assuming Einstein, are they also going to redraw the boundaries for North Bethesda MS, Tilden MS and Silver Creek MS?

For example, DS will be in MS in 2026 - what is the likelyhood he will stay with his cohort through 8th grade or will they all be split up?

Will DS be in 6th? Because Unfortunately, the Woodward/Northwood project might be delayed one year by the County Council due to budget shortfalls.

DP.
My child will be in HS in 2026, and a junior at WJ. If they redraw boundaries, will they, at least, grandfather kids who're already there?

Juniors and Seniors stay in their old school.

Or at least that is what happened with the Seneca Valley rezoning. The grandfathering decision is part of the superintendent's recommendation, and the Woodward recommendation will be written by a yet-to-be-named superintendent.

As far as I know, it's happened in all recent (~20 years or so) boundary studies. If you have evidence to the contrary, please provide it.

Before Seneca Valley, when was the last boundary study to populate a new high school building?

My point wasn't to say that grandfathering of juniors and seniors is unlikely, just to point out that there will be different and unknown people making the decisions in 2025.

There's also a different boundary policy. There's also about to be a different Non-discrimination policy which will enable MCPS to do whatever it wants under the guise of anti-racism. As soon as that policy is passed, the party is over.

Which party would that be? The discrimination party?

The party of reason and sanity. The changes they're making to ACA are absolutely nuts. MCPS is about to encode anti-racism (which is racism) into everything everything it does. They are redefining racism to mean a disparity of outcomes by race which is terrible because it ignores everything but race.

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Anonymous wrote:Just wondering about when Woodward HS opens 2026, and MCPS redraws boundaries for Woodward, WJ and I am assuming Einstein, are they also going to redraw the boundaries for North Bethesda MS, Tilden MS and Silver Creek MS?

For example, DS will be in MS in 2026 - what is the likelyhood he will stay with his cohort through 8th grade or will they all be split up?

Will DS be in 6th? Because Unfortunately, the Woodward/Northwood project might be delayed one year by the County Council due to budget shortfalls.

DP.
My child will be in HS in 2026, and a junior at WJ. If they redraw boundaries, will they, at least, grandfather kids who're already there?

Juniors and Seniors stay in their old school.

Or at least that is what happened with the Seneca Valley rezoning. The grandfathering decision is part of the superintendent's recommendation, and the Woodward recommendation will be written by a yet-to-be-named superintendent.

As far as I know, it's happened in all recent (~20 years or so) boundary studies. If you have evidence to the contrary, please provide it.

Before Seneca Valley, when was the last boundary study to populate a new high school building?

My point wasn't to say that grandfathering of juniors and seniors is unlikely, just to point out that there will be different and unknown people making the decisions in 2025.

There's also a different boundary policy. There's also about to be a different Non-discrimination policy which will enable MCPS to do whatever it wants under the guise of anti-racism. As soon as that policy is passed, the party is over.

Which party would that be? The discrimination party?

The party of reason and sanity. The changes they're making to ACA are absolutely nuts. MCPS is about to encode anti-racism (which is racism) into everything everything it does. They are redefining racism to mean a disparity of outcomes by race which is terrible because it ignores everything but race.

Do tell, how is anti-racism racism? I’d love your specific answer, especially give that race is a primary variable in student performance even when controlled for SES. Poverty is not a proxy for race. Black men raised in wealthy families are less likely than their white wealthy male peers to graduate from college. Black children of college graduates are less like than their white peers to graduate from college. Tests are also disproportionately disadvantageous to black students, particularly black girls. Race does matter. And we see this not just in educational outcomes but in areas like medicine, too. Why does that bother you? Until we fix root issues of racism and bias, we’ll never shake inequality and racism and hold all students back - and our society and economy back. Though, obviously, some people like the status quo ....

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There's also a different boundary policy. There's also about to be a different Non-discrimination policy which will enable MCPS to do whatever it wants under the guise of anti-racism. As soon as that policy is passed, the party is over.

Which party would that be? The discrimination party?

The party of reason and sanity. The changes they're making to ACA are absolutely nuts. MCPS is about to encode anti-racism (which is racism) into everything everything it does. They are redefining racism to mean a disparity of outcomes by race which is terrible because it ignores everything but race.

The comments they received on the draft policy revision were 2-to-1 in favor of the changes.

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Do tell, how is anti-racism racism? I’d love your specific answer, especially give that race is a primary variable in student performance even when controlled for SES. Poverty is not a proxy for race. Black men raised in wealthy families are less likely than their white wealthy male peers to graduate from college. Black children of college graduates are less like than their white peers to graduate from college. Tests are also disproportionately disadvantageous to black students, particularly black girls. Race does matter. And we see this not just in educational outcomes but in areas like medicine, too. Why does that bother you? Until we fix root issues of racism and bias, we’ll never shake inequality and racism and hold all students back - and our society and economy back. Though, obviously, some people like the status quo ....

NP. Because my Asian grandmother, born in a sugar cane shack without running water or toilet, wasn't allowed to attend schools. Yet all three of her children went to college. I served with Latino's with similar stories. From our perspective, Whites are not the only racists.