Overcrowding at Walter johnson

[Anonymous]

And? lots of schools are overcrowded. They will have Wooton as the overflow school to send those 700 kids in a few years when its done being a holding school.

[Anonymous]

Blair has 3,500 kids this year and is 630 over capacity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Blair has 3,500 kids this year and is 630 over capacity.

The simple fix to that is stop taking non-DCC kids into Blair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And? lots of schools are overcrowded. They will have Wooton as the overflow school to send those 700 kids in a few years when its done being a holding school.

You mean Woodward.

[Anonymous]

And yet the country council wants to UPZONE to build more multifamily housing, when we have no school infrastructure to support this housing.

It's nuts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For the first time in history, more than 3,000 students entered Walter Johnson (WJ) to begin the school year. The total number, 3,028 (as of Sept. 30), is more than 700 students over the school’s capacity.

https://mocoshow.com/2024/10/07/walter-johnson-high-school-surpasses-3000-students-for-the-first-time/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFxNCpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHbrBvq7wJFXxXXGLj6n0x-UmShJ4V8QZKfd9LcLQdQtPdW7i6ZAtADy7ZQ_aem_JBHsd6WhhPZFNupEuSoLmA&sfnsn=mo

It's insane and then we have inept BOE member making decisions. WJ is unbearable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Blair has 3,500 kids this year and is 630 over capacity.

3500 should never be a HS size. It's just not good for kids. Half of our taxes goes for this and we get school with 3500 kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair has 3,500 kids this year and is 630 over capacity.

3500 should never be a HS size. It's just not good for kids. Half of our taxes goes for this and we get school with 3500 kids.

Some schools in New York have bigger size, i.e. Stuyvesant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair has 3,500 kids this year and is 630 over capacity.

3500 should never be a HS size. It's just not good for kids. Half of our taxes goes for this and we get school with 3500 kids.

Some schools in New York have bigger size, i.e. Stuyvesant.

Are they set up for that many? Our schools aren't with one cafeteria, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair has 3,500 kids this year and is 630 over capacity.

3500 should never be a HS size. It's just not good for kids. Half of our taxes goes for this and we get school with 3500 kids.

Some schools in New York have bigger size, i.e. Stuyvesant.

Um but NYC is a little bigger and more concentrated than MoCo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair has 3,500 kids this year and is 630 over capacity.

3500 should never be a HS size. It's just not good for kids. Half of our taxes goes for this and we get school with 3500 kids.

Not half our taxes, although it should be (and was when our schools were excellent). Now more like 46%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair has 3,500 kids this year and is 630 over capacity.

3500 should never be a HS size. It's just not good for kids. Half of our taxes goes for this and we get school with 3500 kids.

Some schools in New York have bigger size, i.e. Stuyvesant.

Are they set up for that many? Our schools aren't with one cafeteria, etc.

Nope. Blair has one cafeteria and one lunch period for the entire school. Kids sprawl out all over the place, including hallways, classrooms and outside (it’s a closed campus so they can’t leave). I can’t imagine how some of them actually buy lunch. My kid always packs.