Woodward Boundary Study discussion at next BoE meeting

[Anonymous]

McKnight wants it to include BCC! And Whitman!

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/publicinfo/community/school-year-2022-2023/Community-Message-20230222.html

Future School Boundary Analyses (Agenda Item 7.1)

Future openings of two new high schools will require boundary studies in multiple areas throughout the county. The new Charles W. Woodward High School is scheduled to reopen in 2026 and will impact current school boundaries. The clusters included in the superintendent’s recommendation for the boundary scope include Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Montgomery Blair, Albert Einstein, Walter Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Northwood, Wheaton and Walt Whitman high schools. Additional future boundary studies will address midcounty overutilization with the opening of Crown High School (2027) and upcounty with the expansion of Damascus High School (2026).

Let the Sturm und Drang ensue!

[Anonymous]

Sweet Jesus.

-current DCC parent

[Anonymous]

Not surprised to see Whitman and BCC here. It makes sense.

Not doing that will be illogical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not surprised to see Whitman and BCC here. It makes sense.

Not doing that will be illogical.

Sure, but then we’ll have Whitman parents screaming about “bussing,” as we did in the Before Times. They paid a premium to live away from the Poors, and don’t you forget it.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not surprised to see Whitman and BCC here. It makes sense.

Not doing that will be illogical.

Sure, but then we’ll have Whitman parents screaming about “bussing,” as we did in the Before Times. They paid a premium to live away from the Poors, and don’t you forget it.

Just rearrange the boundaries which allows efficient use of resource and also create as much diversity as possible in all schools. Whitman boundary can't be change too much due to where it's located unless solution is long distance bussing. I don't think long distance bussing should be an option, but boundary of Whitman should be adjusted along other schools.

It will help Whitman if it gets a bit more socioeconomic diversity.

[Anonymous]

BOE should do boundary study of Crown and Woodward at the same time. Just do it in advance and make the best possible choice in one go.

[Anonymous]

DCC should include BCC. It's logical choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not surprised to see Whitman and BCC here. It makes sense.

Not doing that will be illogical.

Sure, but then we’ll have Whitman parents screaming about “bussing,” as we did in the Before Times. They paid a premium to live away from the Poors, and don’t you forget it.

Just rearrange the boundaries which allows efficient use of resource and also create as much diversity as possible in all schools. Whitman boundary can't be change too much due to where it's located unless solution is long distance bussing. I don't think long distance bussing should be an option, but boundary of Whitman should be adjusted along other schools.

It will help Whitman if it gets a bit more socioeconomic diversity.

I don’t disagree with you at all. I just remember the vitriol around this issue from a particular Whitman parent on FB again, pre-covid. It was… not pretty. People get very, very nasty when they perceive any decrease in their property values.

[Anonymous]

It's been the BCC parents who have been up in arms...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's been the BCC parents who have been up in arms...

The diversity of BCC vs Whitman and Walter Johnson speaks for itself. Many of us in this cluster were trying to find a school that had strong academics and community with a diverse population, and picked it over western Bethesda and Potomac for that reason. I for one will be very happy if that increases even more with the new boundary studies.

[Anonymous]

I think it’s much needed. If W parents are that scared of socioeconomic diversity, they should move to private schools. There would still be enough of a base for strong schools to remain at their current levels academically. I hope McKnight pushes through the pressure. We can’t just say every child deserves a strong education, as long as it’s NIMBY — this is everyone’s county.

- B-CC alum

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's been the BCC parents who have been up in arms...

No it hasn’t. It’s been the Whitman parents as always.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not surprised to see Whitman and BCC here. It makes sense.

Not doing that will be illogical.

Sure, but then we’ll have Whitman parents screaming about “bussing,” as we did in the Before Times. They paid a premium to live away from the Poors, and don’t you forget it.

Just rearrange the boundaries which allows efficient use of resource and also create as much diversity as possible in all schools. Whitman boundary can't be change too much due to where it's located unless solution is long distance bussing. I don't think long distance bussing should be an option, but boundary of Whitman should be adjusted along other schools.

It will help Whitman if it gets a bit more socioeconomic diversity.

I don’t disagree with you at all. I just remember the vitriol around this issue from a particular Whitman parent on FB again, pre-covid. It was… not pretty. People get very, very nasty when they perceive any decrease in their property values.

School demographics have been proven time and time again to have very little to no impact on “property values”. Try again with the bs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCC should include BCC. It's logical choice.

It was about to, but of course, B-CC parents fought against it back in the day and the county always caters to it.