Second round options for Woodward boundary study

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You can't look at the DCC, say "this is bad" but claim sending a bunch of students from Einstein, Northwood and Blair to BCC and Whitman is going to be good for the low income schools. GMAFB

Isn’t the idea that students from Whitman and BCC will go to Einstein, Northwood and Blair? If the programs are good enough, they will come.

Right, the programs that will receive practically zero resources will be awesome s/

Look at how many kids.are clamoring to attend the IB program at Kennedy.

+1. They tried this. It has not worked out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Perhaps getting out of the DCC is really what Einstein (and Kennedy) need.

I don’t see Blair or Northwood parents on these threads complaining, so assume they are getting what they want out of this. Wheaton is complaining but that only seems to be due to the 500 seat build out (don’t fully understand that one).

I don’t see current WJ families being redistricted to Woodward complaining (at least in this round of options - original option 3 was a disaster).

So I agree it is a mistake to lump all the DcC together in this, each school now has separate interests and needs to self-advocate.

I'm a current WJ family. Only 1 option preserves my with WJ. If I get Woodward, my neighborhood will not be happy.

Also, WJ Woodward Wheaton Kennedy is a terrible zone. We used to have Churchill but got a DCC school instead (Wheaton). Awful

Einstein has it good so stop complaining.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But would add that it's highly motivated students with access to transportation and extra time. Their highly motivated peers with jobs, sibling care responsibilities, and without access to transportation get left behind. The opposite of equity.

I agree they could do much better on the transportation front but it’s not the school district’s responsibility to solve for families who add childcare and job responsibilities on teens.

[Anonymous]

DP

I prefer to have my home school be strong (currently WJ, but chance we go to Woodward) than hang my hat on my kid doing to a watered down magnet in the ghetto of current DCC. Woodward is being slated as an arts magnet. What a major waste

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DP

I prefer to have my home school be strong (currently WJ, but chance we go to Woodward) than hang my hat on my kid doing to a watered down magnet in the ghetto of current DCC. Woodward is being slated as an arts magnet. What a major waste

Is APEX going to continue given the boundary and regional study changes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But would add that it's highly motivated students with access to transportation and extra time. Their highly motivated peers with jobs, sibling care responsibilities, and without access to transportation get left behind. The opposite of equity.

I agree they could do much better on the transportation front but it’s not the school district’s responsibility to solve for families who add childcare and job responsibilities on teens.

It is the district's responsibility not to limit opportunities at their home school by hollowing put the high achieving cohort

[Anonymous]

They could do so much more with the Medical magnets. We are home to NIH!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DP

I prefer to have my home school be strong (currently WJ, but chance we go to Woodward) than hang my hat on my kid doing to a watered down magnet in the ghetto of current DCC. Woodward is being slated as an arts magnet. What a major waste

If my 4-bedroom home on a quarter acre on a quiet leafy street is “the ghetto,” then I don’t think words mean anything anymore.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You can't look at the DCC, say "this is bad" but claim sending a bunch of students from Einstein, Northwood and Blair to BCC and Whitman is going to be good for the low income schools. GMAFB

Who said DCC was bad? I think mcps is saying DCC is great, so great it should be available to all students in the county.

Not at all. Do you even understand how the DCC works? The regional program model is nothing like a consortium model.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Perhaps getting out of the DCC is really what Einstein (and Kennedy) need.

I don’t see Blair or Northwood parents on these threads complaining, so assume they are getting what they want out of this. Wheaton is complaining but that only seems to be due to the 500 seat build out (don’t fully understand that one).

I don’t see current WJ families being redistricted to Woodward complaining (at least in this round of options - original option 3 was a disaster).

So I agree it is a mistake to lump all the DcC together in this, each school now has separate interests and needs to self-advocate.

I'm a current WJ family. Only 1 option preserves my with WJ. If I get Woodward, my neighborhood will not be happy.

Also, WJ Woodward Wheaton Kennedy is a terrible zone. We used to have Churchill but got a DCC school instead (Wheaton). Awful

Einstein has it good so stop complaining.

I have a kid at Wheaton and we are really happy with it compared to the other child’s school. Teachers are great, students friendly, and admin does a really good job.

Woodward will be another W school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DP

I prefer to have my home school be strong (currently WJ, but chance we go to Woodward) than hang my hat on my kid doing to a watered down magnet in the ghetto of current DCC. Woodward is being slated as an arts magnet. What a major waste

Ghetto. Too funny. Go private already. You are too good for public.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can't look at the DCC, say "this is bad" but claim sending a bunch of students from Einstein, Northwood and Blair to BCC and Whitman is going to be good for the low income schools. GMAFB

You are pulling out the smarter kids and uplifting those schools while offering less at the other schools then screaming about bad test scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Perhaps getting out of the DCC is really what Einstein (and Kennedy) need.

I don’t see Blair or Northwood parents on these threads complaining, so assume they are getting what they want out of this. Wheaton is complaining but that only seems to be due to the 500 seat build out (don’t fully understand that one).

I don’t see current WJ families being redistricted to Woodward complaining (at least in this round of options - original option 3 was a disaster).

So I agree it is a mistake to lump all the DcC together in this, each school now has separate interests and needs to self-advocate.

Why would you assume this? Maybe talk to the community before making statements like this or don't say anything at all if you don't know.

As far as the Wheaton issue, I don't fully understand why Wheaton's capacity went up by 500 seats from the first boundary options or why a full 500 students zoned for Wheaton are anticipated to go to Edison full time. It's been weeks since they announced the miraculous added capacity and there has been nothing in writing to explain it, nor did the Superintendent propose any funding to build out capacity at Wheaton or Edison in his latest CIP.

I don’t see Blair or Northwood parents ON THIS THREAD OR OTHER THREADS complaining. Blair parents are very vocal and powerful, I know that.

I only see threads about Einstein (and Wheaton) so that makes me think Einstein is the one school not getting what they want.

Blair will be fine. Northwood will not see many changes goid or bad but gets new programs.

Regardless of this plan or not the academics need to be looked at and improved at some of these schools, especially Einstein or families who cannot get into other schools will flee.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I also would view Einstein as being in the strongest Region- with powerhouses Blair, BCC and Whitman. How can that be a bad thing?

Because Einstein folks want the home school to stay strong. I have zero desire to cart my child to Whitman. Being in a region with Whitman is not a plus for me.

But it’s not just about you, PP. it’s about all the kids. Some will really benefit from the opportunity to go to Whitman, BCC, Blair or Northwood (they do have a wonderful theater program). Some will be better off staying at Einstein. Perhaps your chances of getting into Blair improve under this model too.

Placing highly qualified teachers in wealthy schools and siphoning off high achieving students (but only the ones with cars or that can swing a long commute) from low income schools does not help all kids. On the contrary it helps a small number of kids and hurts the majority.

+100

Locating the most rigorous, most sought-after programs in the highest SES schools, as they're doing in Region 1 (not sure about the others) is so backwards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I also would view Einstein as being in the strongest Region- with powerhouses Blair, BCC and Whitman. How can that be a bad thing?

Because Einstein folks want the home school to stay strong. I have zero desire to cart my child to Whitman. Being in a region with Whitman is not a plus for me.

But it’s not just about you, PP. it’s about all the kids. Some will really benefit from the opportunity to go to Whitman, BCC, Blair or Northwood (they do have a wonderful theater program). Some will be better off staying at Einstein. Perhaps your chances of getting into Blair improve under this model too.

Placing highly qualified teachers in wealthy schools and siphoning off high achieving students (but only the ones with cars or that can swing a long commute) from low income schools does not help all kids. On the contrary it helps a small number of kids and hurts the majority.

+100

Locating the most rigorous, most sought-after programs in the highest SES schools, as they're doing in Region 1 (not sure about the others) is so backwards.

Adding on - not only highest-SES schools in terms of student demographics, but also the most resourced schools in terms of current course offerings.