BOE members ask to add elementary schools to Woodward, Crown, Damascus boundary studies

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Anonymous wrote:Crown has a projected capacity of 2200.

WALKERS (How many is this?):
There used to be an interactive planning tool where it was possible to determine the number of students within this boundary? I don't know how many children this actually is.
1- Rio portion of Fallsmead (Wootton HS).
2- West boundary of Forest Oak MS (Gaithersburg HS). Helps reduce a Top-10.
3- West of 270 portion of Julius West MS (Richard Montgomery HS) - Key West / Research Blvd area. Helps reduce a Top-10.
4 - A small triangle from Frost MS (Wootton HS). A smaller group.
5 - Ridgeview MS / QO - Fields Road ES portion. Reduces a Top-10.

AFTER WALKERS CAPACITY ISSUES TO SOLVE:
#1 - Quince Orchard HS -478. SOLUTION: Pull from both:
(A) Lakeland Parks MS (both QO and Northwest HS) - Reduces overcrowding at two Top-10 overcrowded schools. Feeds ~ 350-400 HS students per year into QO.
(B) Ridgeview MS (QO HS). Feeds ~ 250-300 HS students per year into QO. May not be necessary to pull from - depends on exact # pulled from Lakelands Parks MS.
#2 - Northwest HS -383. SOLUTION: Just pull from Lakeland Parks MS until both QO and NW numbers balance out.

Once you get to this point, there isn't that much capacity left, so I think Gaithersburg, College Gardens and Rosemont are off the table.

#3 - Richard Montgomery HS -368. SOLUTION: Excluding walkers and Richie Park, omit from the study.
(A) Magruder HS can take 194 students.
(B) Richie Park ES (also West MS / RM HS, but on the same side of 270 along Wootton Parkway within walking distance of Wootton) should rightfully be moved to Wootton HS.
#4 - Gaithersburg HS -184. SOLUTION: Excluding walkers, omit from the study.
(A) College Gardens ES / Rosemont ES is under Gaithersburg HS. Gaithersburg HS is adjacent Watkins Mill HS which has 169 capacity.

MIDDLE SCHOOL CAPACITY ISSUES:
In moving the northern portions of Cabin John MS (Wootton HS), CJMS would likely lose about 400 to 500 MS students.
Ridgeview MS (178), Hoover MS (107), Lakelands MS (80) currently has 365 Middle School slots excess capacity.
OPTION A: CJMS can regain up to 350 students (500 - 157 Churchill overcapacity) by shifting Frost and Hoover MS boundaries (to backfill CJMS). In turn, Hoover and Frost can absorb the remaining 150 CJMS students.
OPTION B: CJMS pulls a smaller amount from north, and the remainder from the east (WJ overcapacity is projected at 692, but Woodward should correct this?).

A lot of wishful thinking there.

You're making it sound like decisions have already been made without presenting them to the Public?

The BOE does this all the time (albeit not with boundaries that I'm aware) so everyone should keep an eye on them.

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Anonymous wrote:For anyone to suggest that Rosemont or College Gardens or Washington Grove should move to Crown is seriously crazy. Those boundaries need to shift east where there is existing capacity, not west. If space is such an issue at RM, then Magruder HS can take 194 students. Rosemont and Washington Grove are under Gaithersburg HS, which can shift students north to Watkins Mill HS which has 169 capacity.

Similarly, Richie Park ES (also West MS / RM HS, but on the same side of 270 along Wootton Parkway within walking distance of Wootton) should rightfully be moved to Wootton HS. That also frees up slots for students closer to Crown on the same side of 270. That makes way more sense than moving College Gardens ES (on the other side of 270) to Crown HS.

? If you look the map, CGES neighborhood is closer to where Crown HS will be than Macgruder or GHS. They'd have to cross 370 to get to GHS, or 270 to get to Crown.

Six of one, half a dozen of the other, but Crown is closer. And since Crown is being built, they aren't going to shit CGES to Macgruder.

Looks like someone working at 850 Hungerford is licking their chops?

? I live in the RPES cluster. CGES is closer to Crown than GHS. That's just fact.

And children might be tempted to cross a very dangerous road known as Interstate 270. The first time a kid tries walking home I hope the person who approved it is arrested for negligence. Part of the reason why parents want proximity is for it to be safe for their children. Something that apparently MCPS has forgotten about?

How would that be any different than someone walking to GHS? They'd have to cross 370.

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Anonymous wrote:For anyone to suggest that Rosemont or College Gardens or Washington Grove should move to Crown is seriously crazy. Those boundaries need to shift east where there is existing capacity, not west. If space is such an issue at RM, then Magruder HS can take 194 students. Rosemont and Washington Grove are under Gaithersburg HS, which can shift students north to Watkins Mill HS which has 169 capacity.

Similarly, Richie Park ES (also West MS / RM HS, but on the same side of 270 along Wootton Parkway within walking distance of Wootton) should rightfully be moved to Wootton HS. That also frees up slots for students closer to Crown on the same side of 270. That makes way more sense than moving College Gardens ES (on the other side of 270) to Crown HS.

? If you look the map, CGES neighborhood is closer to where Crown HS will be than Macgruder or GHS. They'd have to cross 370 to get to GHS, or 270 to get to Crown.

Six of one, half a dozen of the other, but Crown is closer. And since Crown is being built, they aren't going to shit CGES to Macgruder.

Looks like someone working at 850 Hungerford is licking their chops?

? I live in the RPES cluster. CGES is closer to Crown than GHS. That's just fact.

No wonder you kept saying RPES should move to Wootton

? You realize there is more than one person posting, right?

I have never stated that RPES would or should move to Wootton.

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Anonymous wrote:For anyone to suggest that Rosemont or College Gardens or Washington Grove should move to Crown is seriously crazy. Those boundaries need to shift east where there is existing capacity, not west. If space is such an issue at RM, then Magruder HS can take 194 students. Rosemont and Washington Grove are under Gaithersburg HS, which can shift students north to Watkins Mill HS which has 169 capacity.

Similarly, Richie Park ES (also West MS / RM HS, but on the same side of 270 along Wootton Parkway within walking distance of Wootton) should rightfully be moved to Wootton HS. That also frees up slots for students closer to Crown on the same side of 270. That makes way more sense than moving College Gardens ES (on the other side of 270) to Crown HS.

? If you look the map, CGES neighborhood is closer to where Crown HS will be than Macgruder or GHS. They'd have to cross 370 to get to GHS, or 270 to get to Crown.

Six of one, half a dozen of the other, but Crown is closer. And since Crown is being built, they aren't going to shit CGES to Macgruder.

Looks like someone working at 850 Hungerford is licking their chops?

? I live in the RPES cluster. CGES is closer to Crown than GHS. That's just fact.

And children might be tempted to cross a very dangerous road known as Interstate 270. The first time a kid tries walking home I hope the person who approved it is arrested for negligence. Part of the reason why parents want proximity is for it to be safe for their children. Something that apparently MCPS has forgotten about?

There are plenty of schools which have 270 running through their attendance areas.

+1 Fallsgrove and Horizon Hill has to cross 270 to get to JW and RM.

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Anonymous wrote:For anyone to suggest that Rosemont or College Gardens or Washington Grove should move to Crown is seriously crazy. Those boundaries need to shift east where there is existing capacity, not west. If space is such an issue at RM, then Magruder HS can take 194 students. Rosemont and Washington Grove are under Gaithersburg HS, which can shift students north to Watkins Mill HS which has 169 capacity.

Similarly, Richie Park ES (also West MS / RM HS, but on the same side of 270 along Wootton Parkway within walking distance of Wootton) should rightfully be moved to Wootton HS. That also frees up slots for students closer to Crown on the same side of 270. That makes way more sense than moving College Gardens ES (on the other side of 270) to Crown HS.

? If you look the map, CGES neighborhood is closer to where Crown HS will be than Macgruder or GHS. They'd have to cross 370 to get to GHS, or 270 to get to Crown.

Six of one, half a dozen of the other, but Crown is closer. And since Crown is being built, they aren't going to shit CGES to Macgruder.

Looks like someone working at 850 Hungerford is licking their chops?

? I live in the RPES cluster. CGES is closer to Crown than GHS. That's just fact.

And children might be tempted to cross a very dangerous road known as Interstate 270. The first time a kid tries walking home I hope the person who approved it is arrested for negligence. Part of the reason why parents want proximity is for it to be safe for their children. Something that apparently MCPS has forgotten about?

There are plenty of schools which have 270 running through their attendance areas.

+1 Fallsgrove and Horizon Hill has to cross 270 to get to JW and RM.

I think the point is QO and NW have the greatest needs that can't be addressed by means other than Crown. MCPS doesn't even need to utilize Crown to deal with Gaithersburg and RM High Schools to fix the problem - it's a make-believe "crisis" by leaving out schools with capacity from the boundary changes. If MCPS wants to reduce the commute times of kids traveling an hour to school, versus providing benefits for Carver, they could do that too. Also, if MCPS is planning to perpetuate the boundary issue with CJMS, that's yet another artificial "crisis" that could be resolved using existing capacity at other schools as well.

I hope every parent fully understands the impact of taking slots away just to give candy to friends and family? Shame on you all.

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Anonymous wrote:For anyone to suggest that Rosemont or College Gardens or Washington Grove should move to Crown is seriously crazy. Those boundaries need to shift east where there is existing capacity, not west. If space is such an issue at RM, then Magruder HS can take 194 students. Rosemont and Washington Grove are under Gaithersburg HS, which can shift students north to Watkins Mill HS which has 169 capacity.

Similarly, Richie Park ES (also West MS / RM HS, but on the same side of 270 along Wootton Parkway within walking distance of Wootton) should rightfully be moved to Wootton HS. That also frees up slots for students closer to Crown on the same side of 270. That makes way more sense than moving College Gardens ES (on the other side of 270) to Crown HS.

? If you look the map, CGES neighborhood is closer to where Crown HS will be than Macgruder or GHS. They'd have to cross 370 to get to GHS, or 270 to get to Crown.

Six of one, half a dozen of the other, but Crown is closer. And since Crown is being built, they aren't going to shit CGES to Macgruder.

Looks like someone working at 850 Hungerford is licking their chops?

? I live in the RPES cluster. CGES is closer to Crown than GHS. That's just fact.

And children might be tempted to cross a very dangerous road known as Interstate 270. The first time a kid tries walking home I hope the person who approved it is arrested for negligence. Part of the reason why parents want proximity is for it to be safe for their children. Something that apparently MCPS has forgotten about?

There are plenty of schools which have 270 running through their attendance areas.

+1 Fallsgrove and Horizon Hill has to cross 270 to get to JW and RM.

I think the point is QO and NW have the greatest needs that can't be addressed by means other than Crown. MCPS doesn't even need to utilize Crown to deal with Gaithersburg and RM High Schools to fix the problem - it's a make-believe "crisis" by leaving out schools with capacity from the boundary changes. If MCPS wants to reduce the commute times of kids traveling an hour to school, versus providing benefits for Carver, they could do that too. Also, if MCPS is planning to perpetuate the boundary issue with CJMS, that's yet another artificial "crisis" that could be resolved using existing capacity at other schools as well.

I hope every parent fully understands the impact of taking slots away just to give candy to friends and family? Shame on you all.

That's an odd thing to say about a $180 million capital project for a new high school.

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Anonymous wrote:For anyone to suggest that Rosemont or College Gardens or Washington Grove should move to Crown is seriously crazy. Those boundaries need to shift east where there is existing capacity, not west. If space is such an issue at RM, then Magruder HS can take 194 students. Rosemont and Washington Grove are under Gaithersburg HS, which can shift students north to Watkins Mill HS which has 169 capacity.

Similarly, Richie Park ES (also West MS / RM HS, but on the same side of 270 along Wootton Parkway within walking distance of Wootton) should rightfully be moved to Wootton HS. That also frees up slots for students closer to Crown on the same side of 270. That makes way more sense than moving College Gardens ES (on the other side of 270) to Crown HS.

? If you look the map, CGES neighborhood is closer to where Crown HS will be than Macgruder or GHS. They'd have to cross 370 to get to GHS, or 270 to get to Crown.

Six of one, half a dozen of the other, but Crown is closer. And since Crown is being built, they aren't going to shit CGES to Macgruder.

Looks like someone working at 850 Hungerford is licking their chops?

? I live in the RPES cluster. CGES is closer to Crown than GHS. That's just fact.

And children might be tempted to cross a very dangerous road known as Interstate 270. The first time a kid tries walking home I hope the person who approved it is arrested for negligence. Part of the reason why parents want proximity is for it to be safe for their children. Something that apparently MCPS has forgotten about?

There are plenty of schools which have 270 running through their attendance areas.

+1 Fallsgrove and Horizon Hill has to cross 270 to get to JW and RM.

I think the point is QO and NW have the greatest needs that can't be addressed by means other than Crown. MCPS doesn't even need to utilize Crown to deal with Gaithersburg and RM High Schools to fix the problem - it's a make-believe "crisis" by leaving out schools with capacity from the boundary changes. If MCPS wants to reduce the commute times of kids traveling an hour to school, versus providing benefits for Carver, they could do that too. Also, if MCPS is planning to perpetuate the boundary issue with CJMS, that's yet another artificial "crisis" that could be resolved using existing capacity at other schools as well.

I hope every parent fully understands the impact of taking slots away just to give candy to friends and family? Shame on you all.

That's an odd thing to say about a $180 million capital project for a new high school.

All I want is these new boundaries to maximize REAL diversity.

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Anonymous wrote:For anyone to suggest that Rosemont or College Gardens or Washington Grove should move to Crown is seriously crazy. Those boundaries need to shift east where there is existing capacity, not west. If space is such an issue at RM, then Magruder HS can take 194 students. Rosemont and Washington Grove are under Gaithersburg HS, which can shift students north to Watkins Mill HS which has 169 capacity.

Similarly, Richie Park ES (also West MS / RM HS, but on the same side of 270 along Wootton Parkway within walking distance of Wootton) should rightfully be moved to Wootton HS. That also frees up slots for students closer to Crown on the same side of 270. That makes way more sense than moving College Gardens ES (on the other side of 270) to Crown HS.

? If you look the map, CGES neighborhood is closer to where Crown HS will be than Macgruder or GHS. They'd have to cross 370 to get to GHS, or 270 to get to Crown.

Six of one, half a dozen of the other, but Crown is closer. And since Crown is being built, they aren't going to shit CGES to Macgruder.

Looks like someone working at 850 Hungerford is licking their chops?

? I live in the RPES cluster. CGES is closer to Crown than GHS. That's just fact.

And children might be tempted to cross a very dangerous road known as Interstate 270. The first time a kid tries walking home I hope the person who approved it is arrested for negligence. Part of the reason why parents want proximity is for it to be safe for their children. Something that apparently MCPS has forgotten about?

There are plenty of schools which have 270 running through their attendance areas.

+1 Fallsgrove and Horizon Hill has to cross 270 to get to JW and RM.

I think the point is QO and NW have the greatest needs that can't be addressed by means other than Crown. MCPS doesn't even need to utilize Crown to deal with Gaithersburg and RM High Schools to fix the problem - it's a make-believe "crisis" by leaving out schools with capacity from the boundary changes. If MCPS wants to reduce the commute times of kids traveling an hour to school, versus providing benefits for Carver, they could do that too. Also, if MCPS is planning to perpetuate the boundary issue with CJMS, that's yet another artificial "crisis" that could be resolved using existing capacity at other schools as well.

I hope every parent fully understands the impact of taking slots away just to give candy to friends and family? Shame on you all.

Northwest can give some students to Seneca valley and Seneca valley gives some to Damascus, then problem solved.
QO can shed 200 students to Wootton. So 200 students surplus for QO is manageable.
RM and Gaithersburg can give to Magruder and Sherwood.

This solves most of overcrowding issues of the five schools. There is no need to build crown at all.

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Anonymous wrote:For anyone to suggest that Rosemont or College Gardens or Washington Grove should move to Crown is seriously crazy. Those boundaries need to shift east where there is existing capacity, not west. If space is such an issue at RM, then Magruder HS can take 194 students. Rosemont and Washington Grove are under Gaithersburg HS, which can shift students north to Watkins Mill HS which has 169 capacity.

Similarly, Richie Park ES (also West MS / RM HS, but on the same side of 270 along Wootton Parkway within walking distance of Wootton) should rightfully be moved to Wootton HS. That also frees up slots for students closer to Crown on the same side of 270. That makes way more sense than moving College Gardens ES (on the other side of 270) to Crown HS.

? If you look the map, CGES neighborhood is closer to where Crown HS will be than Macgruder or GHS. They'd have to cross 370 to get to GHS, or 270 to get to Crown.

Six of one, half a dozen of the other, but Crown is closer. And since Crown is being built, they aren't going to shit CGES to Macgruder.

Looks like someone working at 850 Hungerford is licking their chops?

? I live in the RPES cluster. CGES is closer to Crown than GHS. That's just fact.

And children might be tempted to cross a very dangerous road known as Interstate 270. The first time a kid tries walking home I hope the person who approved it is arrested for negligence. Part of the reason why parents want proximity is for it to be safe for their children. Something that apparently MCPS has forgotten about?

There are plenty of schools which have 270 running through their attendance areas.

+1 Fallsgrove and Horizon Hill has to cross 270 to get to JW and RM.

I think the point is QO and NW have the greatest needs that can't be addressed by means other than Crown. MCPS doesn't even need to utilize Crown to deal with Gaithersburg and RM High Schools to fix the problem - it's a make-believe "crisis" by leaving out schools with capacity from the boundary changes. If MCPS wants to reduce the commute times of kids traveling an hour to school, versus providing benefits for Carver, they could do that too. Also, if MCPS is planning to perpetuate the boundary issue with CJMS, that's yet another artificial "crisis" that could be resolved using existing capacity at other schools as well.

I hope every parent fully understands the impact of taking slots away just to give candy to friends and family? Shame on you all.

Northwest can give some students to Seneca valley and Seneca valley gives some to Damascus, then problem solved.
QO can shed 200 students to Wootton. So 200 students surplus for QO is manageable.
RM and Gaithersburg can give to Magruder and Sherwood.

This solves most of overcrowding issues of the five schools. There is no need to build crown at all.

Forgot to mention Watkins Mill which can take another 200 students. So there is no overcrowding issue at all.

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Anonymous wrote:For anyone to suggest that Rosemont or College Gardens or Washington Grove should move to Crown is seriously crazy. Those boundaries need to shift east where there is existing capacity, not west. If space is such an issue at RM, then Magruder HS can take 194 students. Rosemont and Washington Grove are under Gaithersburg HS, which can shift students north to Watkins Mill HS which has 169 capacity.

Similarly, Richie Park ES (also West MS / RM HS, but on the same side of 270 along Wootton Parkway within walking distance of Wootton) should rightfully be moved to Wootton HS. That also frees up slots for students closer to Crown on the same side of 270. That makes way more sense than moving College Gardens ES (on the other side of 270) to Crown HS.

? If you look the map, CGES neighborhood is closer to where Crown HS will be than Macgruder or GHS. They'd have to cross 370 to get to GHS, or 270 to get to Crown.

Six of one, half a dozen of the other, but Crown is closer. And since Crown is being built, they aren't going to shit CGES to Macgruder.

Looks like someone working at 850 Hungerford is licking their chops?

? I live in the RPES cluster. CGES is closer to Crown than GHS. That's just fact.

And children might be tempted to cross a very dangerous road known as Interstate 270. The first time a kid tries walking home I hope the person who approved it is arrested for negligence. Part of the reason why parents want proximity is for it to be safe for their children. Something that apparently MCPS has forgotten about?

There are plenty of schools which have 270 running through their attendance areas.

+1 Fallsgrove and Horizon Hill has to cross 270 to get to JW and RM.

I think the point is QO and NW have the greatest needs that can't be addressed by means other than Crown. MCPS doesn't even need to utilize Crown to deal with Gaithersburg and RM High Schools to fix the problem - it's a make-believe "crisis" by leaving out schools with capacity from the boundary changes. If MCPS wants to reduce the commute times of kids traveling an hour to school, versus providing benefits for Carver, they could do that too. Also, if MCPS is planning to perpetuate the boundary issue with CJMS, that's yet another artificial "crisis" that could be resolved using existing capacity at other schools as well.

I hope every parent fully understands the impact of taking slots away just to give candy to friends and family? Shame on you all.

Northwest can give some students to Seneca valley and Seneca valley gives some to Damascus, then problem solved.
QO can shed 200 students to Wootton. So 200 students surplus for QO is manageable.
RM and Gaithersburg can give to Magruder and Sherwood.

This solves most of overcrowding issues of the five schools. There is no need to build crown at all.

Forgot to mention Watkins Mill which can take another 200 students. So there is no overcrowding issue at all.

Macgruder and Sherwood are far from RM.

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Anonymous wrote:For anyone to suggest that Rosemont or College Gardens or Washington Grove should move to Crown is seriously crazy. Those boundaries need to shift east where there is existing capacity, not west. If space is such an issue at RM, then Magruder HS can take 194 students. Rosemont and Washington Grove are under Gaithersburg HS, which can shift students north to Watkins Mill HS which has 169 capacity.

Similarly, Richie Park ES (also West MS / RM HS, but on the same side of 270 along Wootton Parkway within walking distance of Wootton) should rightfully be moved to Wootton HS. That also frees up slots for students closer to Crown on the same side of 270. That makes way more sense than moving College Gardens ES (on the other side of 270) to Crown HS.

? If you look the map, CGES neighborhood is closer to where Crown HS will be than Macgruder or GHS. They'd have to cross 370 to get to GHS, or 270 to get to Crown.

Six of one, half a dozen of the other, but Crown is closer. And since Crown is being built, they aren't going to shit CGES to Macgruder.

Looks like someone working at 850 Hungerford is licking their chops?

? I live in the RPES cluster. CGES is closer to Crown than GHS. That's just fact.

And children might be tempted to cross a very dangerous road known as Interstate 270. The first time a kid tries walking home I hope the person who approved it is arrested for negligence. Part of the reason why parents want proximity is for it to be safe for their children. Something that apparently MCPS has forgotten about?

There are plenty of schools which have 270 running through their attendance areas.

+1 Fallsgrove and Horizon Hill has to cross 270 to get to JW and RM.

I think the point is QO and NW have the greatest needs that can't be addressed by means other than Crown. MCPS doesn't even need to utilize Crown to deal with Gaithersburg and RM High Schools to fix the problem - it's a make-believe "crisis" by leaving out schools with capacity from the boundary changes. If MCPS wants to reduce the commute times of kids traveling an hour to school, versus providing benefits for Carver, they could do that too. Also, if MCPS is planning to perpetuate the boundary issue with CJMS, that's yet another artificial "crisis" that could be resolved using existing capacity at other schools as well.

I hope every parent fully understands the impact of taking slots away just to give candy to friends and family? Shame on you all.

Northwest can give some students to Seneca valley and Seneca valley gives some to Damascus, then problem solved.
QO can shed 200 students to Wootton. So 200 students surplus for QO is manageable.
RM and Gaithersburg can give to Magruder and Sherwood.

This solves most of overcrowding issues of the five schools. There is no need to build crown at all.

Forgot to mention Watkins Mill which can take another 200 students. So there is no overcrowding issue at all.

Macgruder and Sherwood are far from RM.

Magruder borders with RM. some of RM can shift to Gaithersburg and then Gaithersburg shift to Magruder and Sherwood. Less bussing as well.

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Anonymous wrote:For anyone to suggest that Rosemont or College Gardens or Washington Grove should move to Crown is seriously crazy. Those boundaries need to shift east where there is existing capacity, not west. If space is such an issue at RM, then Magruder HS can take 194 students. Rosemont and Washington Grove are under Gaithersburg HS, which can shift students north to Watkins Mill HS which has 169 capacity.

Similarly, Richie Park ES (also West MS / RM HS, but on the same side of 270 along Wootton Parkway within walking distance of Wootton) should rightfully be moved to Wootton HS. That also frees up slots for students closer to Crown on the same side of 270. That makes way more sense than moving College Gardens ES (on the other side of 270) to Crown HS.

? If you look the map, CGES neighborhood is closer to where Crown HS will be than Macgruder or GHS. They'd have to cross 370 to get to GHS, or 270 to get to Crown.

Six of one, half a dozen of the other, but Crown is closer. And since Crown is being built, they aren't going to shit CGES to Macgruder.

Looks like someone working at 850 Hungerford is licking their chops?

? I live in the RPES cluster. CGES is closer to Crown than GHS. That's just fact.

And children might be tempted to cross a very dangerous road known as Interstate 270. The first time a kid tries walking home I hope the person who approved it is arrested for negligence. Part of the reason why parents want proximity is for it to be safe for their children. Something that apparently MCPS has forgotten about?

There are plenty of schools which have 270 running through their attendance areas.

+1 Fallsgrove and Horizon Hill has to cross 270 to get to JW and RM.

I think the point is QO and NW have the greatest needs that can't be addressed by means other than Crown. MCPS doesn't even need to utilize Crown to deal with Gaithersburg and RM High Schools to fix the problem - it's a make-believe "crisis" by leaving out schools with capacity from the boundary changes. If MCPS wants to reduce the commute times of kids traveling an hour to school, versus providing benefits for Carver, they could do that too. Also, if MCPS is planning to perpetuate the boundary issue with CJMS, that's yet another artificial "crisis" that could be resolved using existing capacity at other schools as well.

I hope every parent fully understands the impact of taking slots away just to give candy to friends and family? Shame on you all.

That's an odd thing to say about a $180 million capital project for a new high school.

All I want is these new boundaries to maximize REAL diversity.

Well, you're in luck. The boundary policy says MCPS must especially strive to increase diversity.

You left out the part to maximize diversity with busing.

Yes! And to achieve a balance of 1/3 black, 1/3 white, and 1/3 Hispanic.

Don't forget the 1/3 Asian!

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Anonymous wrote:For anyone to suggest that Rosemont or College Gardens or Washington Grove should move to Crown is seriously crazy. Those boundaries need to shift east where there is existing capacity, not west. If space is such an issue at RM, then Magruder HS can take 194 students. Rosemont and Washington Grove are under Gaithersburg HS, which can shift students north to Watkins Mill HS which has 169 capacity.

Similarly, Richie Park ES (also West MS / RM HS, but on the same side of 270 along Wootton Parkway within walking distance of Wootton) should rightfully be moved to Wootton HS. That also frees up slots for students closer to Crown on the same side of 270. That makes way more sense than moving College Gardens ES (on the other side of 270) to Crown HS.

? If you look the map, CGES neighborhood is closer to where Crown HS will be than Macgruder or GHS. They'd have to cross 370 to get to GHS, or 270 to get to Crown.

Six of one, half a dozen of the other, but Crown is closer. And since Crown is being built, they aren't going to shit CGES to Macgruder.

Looks like someone working at 850 Hungerford is licking their chops?

? I live in the RPES cluster. CGES is closer to Crown than GHS. That's just fact.

And children might be tempted to cross a very dangerous road known as Interstate 270. The first time a kid tries walking home I hope the person who approved it is arrested for negligence. Part of the reason why parents want proximity is for it to be safe for their children. Something that apparently MCPS has forgotten about?

There are plenty of schools which have 270 running through their attendance areas.

+1 Fallsgrove and Horizon Hill has to cross 270 to get to JW and RM.

I think the point is QO and NW have the greatest needs that can't be addressed by means other than Crown. MCPS doesn't even need to utilize Crown to deal with Gaithersburg and RM High Schools to fix the problem - it's a make-believe "crisis" by leaving out schools with capacity from the boundary changes. If MCPS wants to reduce the commute times of kids traveling an hour to school, versus providing benefits for Carver, they could do that too. Also, if MCPS is planning to perpetuate the boundary issue with CJMS, that's yet another artificial "crisis" that could be resolved using existing capacity at other schools as well.

I hope every parent fully understands the impact of taking slots away just to give candy to friends and family? Shame on you all.

That's an odd thing to say about a $180 million capital project for a new high school.

All I want is these new boundaries to maximize REAL diversity.

Well, you're in luck. The boundary policy says MCPS must especially strive to increase diversity.

You left out the part to maximize diversity with busing.

Yes! And to achieve a balance of 1/3 black, 1/3 white, and 1/3 Hispanic.

Don't forget the 1/3 Asian!

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Anonymous wrote:For anyone to suggest that Rosemont or College Gardens or Washington Grove should move to Crown is seriously crazy. Those boundaries need to shift east where there is existing capacity, not west. If space is such an issue at RM, then Magruder HS can take 194 students. Rosemont and Washington Grove are under Gaithersburg HS, which can shift students north to Watkins Mill HS which has 169 capacity.

Similarly, Richie Park ES (also West MS / RM HS, but on the same side of 270 along Wootton Parkway within walking distance of Wootton) should rightfully be moved to Wootton HS. That also frees up slots for students closer to Crown on the same side of 270. That makes way more sense than moving College Gardens ES (on the other side of 270) to Crown HS.

? If you look the map, CGES neighborhood is closer to where Crown HS will be than Macgruder or GHS. They'd have to cross 370 to get to GHS, or 270 to get to Crown.

Six of one, half a dozen of the other, but Crown is closer. And since Crown is being built, they aren't going to shit CGES to Macgruder.

Looks like someone working at 850 Hungerford is licking their chops?

? I live in the RPES cluster. CGES is closer to Crown than GHS. That's just fact.

And children might be tempted to cross a very dangerous road known as Interstate 270. The first time a kid tries walking home I hope the person who approved it is arrested for negligence. Part of the reason why parents want proximity is for it to be safe for their children. Something that apparently MCPS has forgotten about?

There are plenty of schools which have 270 running through their attendance areas.

+1 Fallsgrove and Horizon Hill has to cross 270 to get to JW and RM.

I think the point is QO and NW have the greatest needs that can't be addressed by means other than Crown. MCPS doesn't even need to utilize Crown to deal with Gaithersburg and RM High Schools to fix the problem - it's a make-believe "crisis" by leaving out schools with capacity from the boundary changes. If MCPS wants to reduce the commute times of kids traveling an hour to school, versus providing benefits for Carver, they could do that too. Also, if MCPS is planning to perpetuate the boundary issue with CJMS, that's yet another artificial "crisis" that could be resolved using existing capacity at other schools as well.

I hope every parent fully understands the impact of taking slots away just to give candy to friends and family? Shame on you all.

Northwest can give some students to Seneca valley and Seneca valley gives some to Damascus, then problem solved.
QO can shed 200 students to Wootton. So 200 students surplus for QO is manageable.
RM and Gaithersburg can give to Magruder and Sherwood.

This solves most of overcrowding issues of the five schools. There is no need to build crown at all.

Forgot to mention Watkins Mill which can take another 200 students. So there is no overcrowding issue at all.

Macgruder and Sherwood are far from RM.

Magruder borders with RM. some of RM can shift to Gaithersburg and then Gaithersburg shift to Magruder and Sherwood. Less bussing as well.

And Sherwood borders the NEC, and the NEC borders the DCC, and the leg bone connects to the thigh bone, and the thigh bone connects to the hip bone, and next thing you know, the boundary study will involve all 216 (?) schools in MCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:For anyone to suggest that Rosemont or College Gardens or Washington Grove should move to Crown is seriously crazy. Those boundaries need to shift east where there is existing capacity, not west. If space is such an issue at RM, then Magruder HS can take 194 students. Rosemont and Washington Grove are under Gaithersburg HS, which can shift students north to Watkins Mill HS which has 169 capacity.

Similarly, Richie Park ES (also West MS / RM HS, but on the same side of 270 along Wootton Parkway within walking distance of Wootton) should rightfully be moved to Wootton HS. That also frees up slots for students closer to Crown on the same side of 270. That makes way more sense than moving College Gardens ES (on the other side of 270) to Crown HS.

? If you look the map, CGES neighborhood is closer to where Crown HS will be than Macgruder or GHS. They'd have to cross 370 to get to GHS, or 270 to get to Crown.

Six of one, half a dozen of the other, but Crown is closer. And since Crown is being built, they aren't going to shit CGES to Macgruder.

Looks like someone working at 850 Hungerford is licking their chops?

? I live in the RPES cluster. CGES is closer to Crown than GHS. That's just fact.

And children might be tempted to cross a very dangerous road known as Interstate 270. The first time a kid tries walking home I hope the person who approved it is arrested for negligence. Part of the reason why parents want proximity is for it to be safe for their children. Something that apparently MCPS has forgotten about?

There are plenty of schools which have 270 running through their attendance areas.

+1 Fallsgrove and Horizon Hill has to cross 270 to get to JW and RM.

I think the point is QO and NW have the greatest needs that can't be addressed by means other than Crown. MCPS doesn't even need to utilize Crown to deal with Gaithersburg and RM High Schools to fix the problem - it's a make-believe "crisis" by leaving out schools with capacity from the boundary changes. If MCPS wants to reduce the commute times of kids traveling an hour to school, versus providing benefits for Carver, they could do that too. Also, if MCPS is planning to perpetuate the boundary issue with CJMS, that's yet another artificial "crisis" that could be resolved using existing capacity at other schools as well.

I hope every parent fully understands the impact of taking slots away just to give candy to friends and family? Shame on you all.

Northwest can give some students to Seneca valley and Seneca valley gives some to Damascus, then problem solved.
QO can shed 200 students to Wootton. So 200 students surplus for QO is manageable.
RM and Gaithersburg can give to Magruder and Sherwood.

This solves most of overcrowding issues of the five schools. There is no need to build crown at all.

Forgot to mention Watkins Mill which can take another 200 students. So there is no overcrowding issue at all.

Macgruder and Sherwood are far from RM.

Magruder borders with RM. some of RM can shift to Gaithersburg and then Gaithersburg shift to Magruder and Sherwood. Less bussing as well.

And Sherwood borders the NEC, and the NEC borders the DCC, and the leg bone connects to the thigh bone, and the thigh bone connects to the hip bone, and next thing you know, the boundary study will involve all 216 (?) schools in MCPS.

Not sure why tax payers have to pay 200 millions to build an unnecessary school.