Boundary Study Scope Recommendation for Reopening Woodward HS

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03/30/2023 18:45

Subject: Boundary Study Scope Recommendation for Reopening Woodward HS

Anonymous

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/CQERNL6D6F05/$file/ADOPTED%20Boundary%20Scope%20Rec%20Reopen%20Charles%20W.%20Wood%20HS%20Revised.pdf

They are going to look at the boundaries of 8 high schools and 14 middle schools (no ES). Due to the scope, they are hiring a consultant to help with facilitation and community engagement during the process.

Resolved, That the scope of the boundary study to establish the service area for the reopening of Charles W. Woodward High School includes the following high schools:
• Bethesda Chevy-Chase
• Montgomery Blair
• John F. Kennedy
• Albert Einstein
• Northwood
• Walter Johnson
• Wheaton
• Walt Whitman

includes the following middle schools:
• Argyle
• Eastern
• A. Mario Loiederman
• Newport Mill
• North Bethesda
• Parkland
• Thomas W. Pyle
• Odessa Shannon
• Silver Creek
• Silver Spring International
• Sligo
• Takoma Park
• Tilden
• Westland

Resolved, That an anticipated timeline for the boundary study process to determine the service area for the reopening of Charles W. Woodward High School is provided below:
• Spring 2023—Request for Proposal is released
• Summer 2023—Board of Education approves consultant
• Fall 2023—Montgomery County Public Schools staff and consultant prepare for community engagement process and provide stakeholders with meeting information
• Early 2024–Fall 2024—Boundary Study process (community meetings, option development, feedback)
• Early 2025—Boundary Study report is released
• Winter 2025 (February)—Superintendent’s recommendation on the boundary study is released
• Winter 2025 (February–March)—Board of Education work sessions, public hearings, and action on the superintendent’s recommendation on the boundary study

This should give this forum plenty to squabble about for the next two years.