That is true for every extracurricular activity. But I don't think MCPS should just stop having extracurricular activities. |
I don't hate sports but I also don't feel it should be funded with tax dollars. The schools need to focus on basics which they already struggle with. |
Blair may have more portables, but WJ's more than twice as many kids over capacity than Blair. DCC is not getting a new school. DCC is getting a school that is being replaced and expanded. Big difference. |
If WJ were supportive, they'd be offering their auditorium and fields to Northwood during the remodel. They are concerned as their kids may go to Woodward. |
They wouldn't be stopping having extracurricular's. One has nothing to do with the other. They would provide it at a different location. |
One has nothing to do with the other. |
How, exactly, would WJ do this? |
Blair is overcrowded because it houses the CAP magnet and the Math and Science Magnet. Kennedy has space, why not move those programs there? Overcrowding at Blair solved! |
DCC is not getting a new school. DCC is getting a school that is being replaced and expanded. Big difference. Is Blair in the DCC? Because last I checked, Woodward is being opened to relieve overcrowding at WJ and the DCC. It is really hard for some people to let go of their automatic W vs DCC lense |
DCC is not getting a new school. DCC is getting a school that is being replaced and expanded. Big difference. Northwood, which is in the DCC, is being replaced and expanded. Woodward is being opened to relieve overcrowding at WJ and at all of the DCC high schools. Ergo DCC is getting a replaced and expanded school (Northwood) and will benefit from the same new school that WJ will benefit from (Woodward). |
Just stop |
Plus, Kennedy was just expanded too. |
Northwood, which is in the DCC, is being replaced and expanded. Woodward is being opened to relieve overcrowding at WJ and at all of the DCC high schools. Ergo DCC is getting a replaced and expanded school (Northwood) and will benefit from the same new school that WJ will benefit from (Woodward). Not the same at all. |
Northwood is getting a new and larger building. Kennedy just got a larger building. Their space will alleviate Blair's overcrowding, and probably some of Wheaton's and Einstein's. Woodward is reopening as a new building. Its space will alleviate WJ's overcrowding and probably the rest of Wheaton's and Einstein's. BCC and Whitman are in the study too to allow for additional options that may make things work better. |
Look at the projections (currently to 2029-30): WW/BCC/WJ Capacity 6992 Enrollment 7359 (367 over capacity, or 5%) Blair/Northwood/Kennedy Capacity 7308 Enrollment 7302 (6 under capacity, or 0%) Einstein/Wheaton Capacity 3839 Enrollment 4756 (917 over capacity, or 24%) This includes new Northwood capacity but not Woodward. And WJ has all the overage in the first set -- WW & BCC remain under capacity (and could take on some small amount of shift). And Blair has all the overage in the second set, while both Wheaton and Einstein are over in the third. This is versus current catchments. Even to get to that enrollment = capacity for the middle three, you'd need to bus large numbers past Blair and up to Northwood, shifting some of Northwood to Kennedy. And that's with none of the overage from Einstein & Wheaton -- all that Northwood & Kennedy capacity is used already. This means large portions of Einstein and Wheaton will need to go to Woodward or shift to BCC, presuming Woodward naturally assumes more of the existing WJ catchment than needed to alleviate WJ's overcrowding. Possibly even some of the lower Northwood and Blair catchments to even out the enrollment vs. capacity once Woodward's 2160 comes online after Northwood moves out (the additional 540 might come online in a later phase, now, if funded). That's 882 seats across 8 high schools in 2029-30, and we know that the DCC is likely to continue growing faster than WW/BCC/WJ after the current projection timeline, so there might be greater shifts than some anticipate. Unless the Ws keep up the pressure, of course. Then we'll have the expected: overcrowded DCC and under capacity Ws, with no solution for inside-the-beltway/east of the MARC tracks. |