Elementary school boundary studies

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Yes, it's a possibility. My personal opinion of the likeliest outcome is for Clarksburg ES to go to Rocky Hill/Clarksburg and Cabin Branch ES to go to Neelsville/Seneca Valley. But I have been wrong before!

I agree with this prediction. The question is mainly which areas will be zoned to which.

It's actually called Clarksburg #9, not Cabin Branch ES at this point. I wouldn't be surprised if not all of Cabin Branch residents are assigned to the new school.

Yes, it's called Clarksburg ES #9 because that's how MCPS refers to not-yet-named schools, but it is the elementary school that MCPS is building in Cabin Branch.

All of Cabin Branch is assigned to Neelsville MS and Seneca Valley HS:

https://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/NeelsvilleMS.pdf
https://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/SenecaValleyHS.pdf

If some Cabin Branch students were sent to Clarksburg ES instead of the ES in Cabin Branch, that would create a gratuitous split articulation at Clarksburg ES, and I can't think of anybody who would benefit from that.

But maybe you're thinking of Pulte's proposed development on Ten Mile Creek, on the other side of Clarksburg Road from Cabin Branch? That is assigned to Rocky Hill MS/Clarksburg HS. However, students in that development wouldn't be in the walk zone for the ES in Cabin Branch anyway, at least not without a crossing guard.

I guess they should be referring to the new school as Seneca Valley ES #8.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, OP, it looks like this obsessed poster is going to keep trying to hijack your thread.

[Anonymous]

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Yes, it's a possibility. My personal opinion of the likeliest outcome is for Clarksburg ES to go to Rocky Hill/Clarksburg and Cabin Branch ES to go to Neelsville/Seneca Valley. But I have been wrong before!

I agree with this prediction. The question is mainly which areas will be zoned to which.

It's actually called Clarksburg #9, not Cabin Branch ES at this point. I wouldn't be surprised if not all of Cabin Branch residents are assigned to the new school.

Yes, it's called Clarksburg ES #9 because that's how MCPS refers to not-yet-named schools, but it is the elementary school that MCPS is building in Cabin Branch.

All of Cabin Branch is assigned to Neelsville MS and Seneca Valley HS:

https://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/NeelsvilleMS.pdf
https://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/SenecaValleyHS.pdf

If some Cabin Branch students were sent to Clarksburg ES instead of the ES in Cabin Branch, that would create a gratuitous split articulation at Clarksburg ES, and I can't think of anybody who would benefit from that.

But maybe you're thinking of Pulte's proposed development on Ten Mile Creek, on the other side of Clarksburg Road from Cabin Branch? That is assigned to Rocky Hill MS/Clarksburg HS. However, students in that development wouldn't be in the walk zone for the ES in Cabin Branch anyway, at least not without a crossing guard.

I think it's safe to assume all of Cabin Branch will be assigned to the new school. Their goal is to get Clarksburg ES all the way down to below its capacity of 311, so we need to see just how small of an area would comprise ~300 ES students. Everyone else (projected to be 455 students overcapacity in 2023) would easily fit within the new school (capacity 721).

[Anonymous]

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Yes, it's a possibility. My personal opinion of the likeliest outcome is for Clarksburg ES to go to Rocky Hill/Clarksburg and Cabin Branch ES to go to Neelsville/Seneca Valley. But I have been wrong before!

I agree with this prediction. The question is mainly which areas will be zoned to which.

It's actually called Clarksburg #9, not Cabin Branch ES at this point. I wouldn't be surprised if not all of Cabin Branch residents are assigned to the new school.

Yes, it's called Clarksburg ES #9 because that's how MCPS refers to not-yet-named schools, but it is the elementary school that MCPS is building in Cabin Branch.

All of Cabin Branch is assigned to Neelsville MS and Seneca Valley HS:

https://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/NeelsvilleMS.pdf
https://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/SenecaValleyHS.pdf

If some Cabin Branch students were sent to Clarksburg ES instead of the ES in Cabin Branch, that would create a gratuitous split articulation at Clarksburg ES, and I can't think of anybody who would benefit from that.

But maybe you're thinking of Pulte's proposed development on Ten Mile Creek, on the other side of Clarksburg Road from Cabin Branch? That is assigned to Rocky Hill MS/Clarksburg HS. However, students in that development wouldn't be in the walk zone for the ES in Cabin Branch anyway, at least not without a crossing guard.

I think it's safe to assume all of Cabin Branch will be assigned to the new school. Their goal is to get Clarksburg ES all the way down to below its capacity of 311, so we need to see just how small of an area would comprise ~300 ES students. Everyone else (projected to be 455 students overcapacity in 2023) would easily fit within the new school (capacity 721).

Don't assume it's safe. The planning department rep specifically said no one knows yet which kids will be attending the school. Besides, you have to remember, that they are not assigning students just based on geography. They are also looking at other factors, including demographics. I think the only thing that is safe to assume is that Clarksburg cluster elementary schools and Seneca Valley cluster elementary schools will be part of the study.

[Anonymous]

DP. Safe to assume? No. Highly likely? Yes. Especially because almost all of Cabin Branch will be within a 1.0 mile walk of the school, and none of Cabin Branch is within walking distance of any other elementary school.

[Anonymous]

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Yes, it's a possibility. My personal opinion of the likeliest outcome is for Clarksburg ES to go to Rocky Hill/Clarksburg and Cabin Branch ES to go to Neelsville/Seneca Valley. But I have been wrong before!

I agree with this prediction. The question is mainly which areas will be zoned to which.

It's actually called Clarksburg #9, not Cabin Branch ES at this point. I wouldn't be surprised if not all of Cabin Branch residents are assigned to the new school.

Yes, it's called Clarksburg ES #9 because that's how MCPS refers to not-yet-named schools, but it is the elementary school that MCPS is building in Cabin Branch.

All of Cabin Branch is assigned to Neelsville MS and Seneca Valley HS:

https://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/NeelsvilleMS.pdf
https://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/SenecaValleyHS.pdf

If some Cabin Branch students were sent to Clarksburg ES instead of the ES in Cabin Branch, that would create a gratuitous split articulation at Clarksburg ES, and I can't think of anybody who would benefit from that.

But maybe you're thinking of Pulte's proposed development on Ten Mile Creek, on the other side of Clarksburg Road from Cabin Branch? That is assigned to Rocky Hill MS/Clarksburg HS. However, students in that development wouldn't be in the walk zone for the ES in Cabin Branch anyway, at least not without a crossing guard.

I think it's safe to assume all of Cabin Branch will be assigned to the new school. Their goal is to get Clarksburg ES all the way down to below its capacity of 311, so we need to see just how small of an area would comprise ~300 ES students. Everyone else (projected to be 455 students overcapacity in 2023) would easily fit within the new school (capacity 721).

Don't assume it's safe. The planning department rep specifically said no one knows yet which kids will be attending the school. Besides, you have to remember, that they are not assigning students just based on geography. They are also looking at other factors, including demographics. I think the only thing that is safe to assume is that Clarksburg cluster elementary schools and Seneca Valley cluster elementary schools will be part of the study.

I still think the areas that were just reassigned to Neelsville/Seneca Valley are not going to be re-reassigned back to Rocky Hill/Clarksburg. That would go 100% against the stability factor as well as the demographics factor and the utilization factor.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Yes, it's a possibility. My personal opinion of the likeliest outcome is for Clarksburg ES to go to Rocky Hill/Clarksburg and Cabin Branch ES to go to Neelsville/Seneca Valley. But I have been wrong before!

I agree with this prediction. The question is mainly which areas will be zoned to which.

It's actually called Clarksburg #9, not Cabin Branch ES at this point. I wouldn't be surprised if not all of Cabin Branch residents are assigned to the new school.

Yes, it's called Clarksburg ES #9 because that's how MCPS refers to not-yet-named schools, but it is the elementary school that MCPS is building in Cabin Branch.

All of Cabin Branch is assigned to Neelsville MS and Seneca Valley HS:

https://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/NeelsvilleMS.pdf
https://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/SenecaValleyHS.pdf

If some Cabin Branch students were sent to Clarksburg ES instead of the ES in Cabin Branch, that would create a gratuitous split articulation at Clarksburg ES, and I can't think of anybody who would benefit from that.

But maybe you're thinking of Pulte's proposed development on Ten Mile Creek, on the other side of Clarksburg Road from Cabin Branch? That is assigned to Rocky Hill MS/Clarksburg HS. However, students in that development wouldn't be in the walk zone for the ES in Cabin Branch anyway, at least not without a crossing guard.

I think it's safe to assume all of Cabin Branch will be assigned to the new school. Their goal is to get Clarksburg ES all the way down to below its capacity of 311, so we need to see just how small of an area would comprise ~300 ES students. Everyone else (projected to be 455 students overcapacity in 2023) would easily fit within the new school (capacity 721).

Don't assume it's safe. The planning department rep specifically said no one knows yet which kids will be attending the school. Besides, you have to remember, that they are not assigning students just based on geography. They are also looking at other factors, including demographics. I think the only thing that is safe to assume is that Clarksburg cluster elementary schools and Seneca Valley cluster elementary schools will be part of the study.

I still think the areas that were just reassigned to Neelsville/Seneca Valley are not going to be re-reassigned back to Rocky Hill/Clarksburg. That would go 100% against the stability factor as well as the demographics factor and the utilization factor.

I agree. That said, I think if they were to split Cabin Branch, it would most likely be that part of the neighborhood will attend the new Cabin Branch elementary school and the other part will be assigned to an existing school that already articulates to Neelsville/Seneca Valley- like Gibbs.

[Anonymous]

You can "not buy it" all you want, but it is what happened. Policy was sent around for review, Board member Jill Ortman Fouse, at the table during the board meeting, added the word "especially." There was discussion, and it passed, not unanimously, and barely as I recall.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Yes, it's a possibility. My personal opinion of the likeliest outcome is for Clarksburg ES to go to Rocky Hill/Clarksburg and Cabin Branch ES to go to Neelsville/Seneca Valley. But I have been wrong before!

I agree with this prediction. The question is mainly which areas will be zoned to which.

It's actually called Clarksburg #9, not Cabin Branch ES at this point. I wouldn't be surprised if not all of Cabin Branch residents are assigned to the new school.

Yes, it's called Clarksburg ES #9 because that's how MCPS refers to not-yet-named schools, but it is the elementary school that MCPS is building in Cabin Branch.

All of Cabin Branch is assigned to Neelsville MS and Seneca Valley HS:

https://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/NeelsvilleMS.pdf
https://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/SenecaValleyHS.pdf

If some Cabin Branch students were sent to Clarksburg ES instead of the ES in Cabin Branch, that would create a gratuitous split articulation at Clarksburg ES, and I can't think of anybody who would benefit from that.

But maybe you're thinking of Pulte's proposed development on Ten Mile Creek, on the other side of Clarksburg Road from Cabin Branch? That is assigned to Rocky Hill MS/Clarksburg HS. However, students in that development wouldn't be in the walk zone for the ES in Cabin Branch anyway, at least not without a crossing guard.

I think it's safe to assume all of Cabin Branch will be assigned to the new school. Their goal is to get Clarksburg ES all the way down to below its capacity of 311, so we need to see just how small of an area would comprise ~300 ES students. Everyone else (projected to be 455 students overcapacity in 2023) would easily fit within the new school (capacity 721).

Don't assume it's safe. The planning department rep specifically said no one knows yet which kids will be attending the school. Besides, you have to remember, that they are not assigning students just based on geography. They are also looking at other factors, including demographics. I think the only thing that is safe to assume is that Clarksburg cluster elementary schools and Seneca Valley cluster elementary schools will be part of the study.

I still think the areas that were just reassigned to Neelsville/Seneca Valley are not going to be re-reassigned back to Rocky Hill/Clarksburg. That would go 100% against the stability factor as well as the demographics factor and the utilization factor.

I agree. That said, I think if they were to split Cabin Branch, it would most likely be that part of the neighborhood will attend the new Cabin Branch elementary school and the other part will be assigned to an existing school that already articulates to Neelsville/Seneca Valley- like Gibbs.

But then who else would be assigned to the new school? They'd leave it half-empty?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Yes, it's a possibility. My personal opinion of the likeliest outcome is for Clarksburg ES to go to Rocky Hill/Clarksburg and Cabin Branch ES to go to Neelsville/Seneca Valley. But I have been wrong before!

I agree with this prediction. The question is mainly which areas will be zoned to which.

It's actually called Clarksburg #9, not Cabin Branch ES at this point. I wouldn't be surprised if not all of Cabin Branch residents are assigned to the new school.

Yes, it's called Clarksburg ES #9 because that's how MCPS refers to not-yet-named schools, but it is the elementary school that MCPS is building in Cabin Branch.

All of Cabin Branch is assigned to Neelsville MS and Seneca Valley HS:

https://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/NeelsvilleMS.pdf
https://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/SenecaValleyHS.pdf

If some Cabin Branch students were sent to Clarksburg ES instead of the ES in Cabin Branch, that would create a gratuitous split articulation at Clarksburg ES, and I can't think of anybody who would benefit from that.

But maybe you're thinking of Pulte's proposed development on Ten Mile Creek, on the other side of Clarksburg Road from Cabin Branch? That is assigned to Rocky Hill MS/Clarksburg HS. However, students in that development wouldn't be in the walk zone for the ES in Cabin Branch anyway, at least not without a crossing guard.

I think it's safe to assume all of Cabin Branch will be assigned to the new school. Their goal is to get Clarksburg ES all the way down to below its capacity of 311, so we need to see just how small of an area would comprise ~300 ES students. Everyone else (projected to be 455 students overcapacity in 2023) would easily fit within the new school (capacity 721).

Don't assume it's safe. The planning department rep specifically said no one knows yet which kids will be attending the school. Besides, you have to remember, that they are not assigning students just based on geography. They are also looking at other factors, including demographics. I think the only thing that is safe to assume is that Clarksburg cluster elementary schools and Seneca Valley cluster elementary schools will be part of the study.

I still think the areas that were just reassigned to Neelsville/Seneca Valley are not going to be re-reassigned back to Rocky Hill/Clarksburg. That would go 100% against the stability factor as well as the demographics factor and the utilization factor.

I agree. That said, I think if they were to split Cabin Branch, it would most likely be that part of the neighborhood will attend the new Cabin Branch elementary school and the other part will be assigned to an existing school that already articulates to Neelsville/Seneca Valley- like Gibbs.

But then who else would be assigned to the new school? They'd leave it half-empty?

Germantown kids.

[Anonymous]

From where? For what reason?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From where? For what reason?

Demographic reasons potentially. It's not beyond the realms of possibility. Clarksburg kids go to Germantown schools now and Germantown kids go to Clarksburg schools. If the BOE sees that putting all Cabin Branch kids in the new school isn't going to achieve their goal of enhancing diversity, they will select an option that will, and that could mean bringing in kids from other areas.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Yes, it's a possibility. My personal opinion of the likeliest outcome is for Clarksburg ES to go to Rocky Hill/Clarksburg and Cabin Branch ES to go to Neelsville/Seneca Valley. But I have been wrong before!

I agree with this prediction. The question is mainly which areas will be zoned to which.

It's actually called Clarksburg #9, not Cabin Branch ES at this point. I wouldn't be surprised if not all of Cabin Branch residents are assigned to the new school.

Yes, it's called Clarksburg ES #9 because that's how MCPS refers to not-yet-named schools, but it is the elementary school that MCPS is building in Cabin Branch.

All of Cabin Branch is assigned to Neelsville MS and Seneca Valley HS:

https://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/NeelsvilleMS.pdf
https://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/SenecaValleyHS.pdf

If some Cabin Branch students were sent to Clarksburg ES instead of the ES in Cabin Branch, that would create a gratuitous split articulation at Clarksburg ES, and I can't think of anybody who would benefit from that.

But maybe you're thinking of Pulte's proposed development on Ten Mile Creek, on the other side of Clarksburg Road from Cabin Branch? That is assigned to Rocky Hill MS/Clarksburg HS. However, students in that development wouldn't be in the walk zone for the ES in Cabin Branch anyway, at least not without a crossing guard.

I think it's safe to assume all of Cabin Branch will be assigned to the new school. Their goal is to get Clarksburg ES all the way down to below its capacity of 311, so we need to see just how small of an area would comprise ~300 ES students. Everyone else (projected to be 455 students overcapacity in 2023) would easily fit within the new school (capacity 721).

Don't assume it's safe. The planning department rep specifically said no one knows yet which kids will be attending the school. Besides, you have to remember, that they are not assigning students just based on geography. They are also looking at other factors, including demographics. I think the only thing that is safe to assume is that Clarksburg cluster elementary schools and Seneca Valley cluster elementary schools will be part of the study.

I still think the areas that were just reassigned to Neelsville/Seneca Valley are not going to be re-reassigned back to Rocky Hill/Clarksburg. That would go 100% against the stability factor as well as the demographics factor and the utilization factor.

I agree. That said, I think if they were to split Cabin Branch, it would most likely be that part of the neighborhood will attend the new Cabin Branch elementary school and the other part will be assigned to an existing school that already articulates to Neelsville/Seneca Valley- like Gibbs.

But then who else would be assigned to the new school? They'd leave it half-empty?

Given all the building going on near Cabin Branch and in the Clarksburg area, it won’t be half empty long, if ever.

[Anonymous]

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Given all the building going on near Cabin Branch and in the Clarksburg area, it won’t be half empty long, if ever.

Actually Clarksburg is approaching build-out.

[Anonymous]

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Given all the building going on near Cabin Branch and in the Clarksburg area, it won’t be half empty long, if ever.

Actually Clarksburg is approaching build-out.

The combined capacity of all of the Clarksburg and Seneca Valley cluster elementary schools is 7,115, and will be 7,836 once the new school opens. According to MCPS's projections, the combined enrollment of all of these schools in 2026-27 is forecasted to be 7,083. Maybe they're building the new school because even they don't trust their own projections?