Ashburton COSA

[Anonymous]

Ashburton ES is offering a COSA for students going into 2nd-5th grade to go to Wyngate or Luxmanor. There aren’t too many details that they’ve provided other than that there won’t be any transportation arranged. Is anyone actually going to take advantage of this? Is the overcrowding materially worse this year? My rising 3rd grader at Ashburton has always been in class sizes of about 24-25. Are the classroom sizes materially smaller at other ES?

[Anonymous]

Interesting. The class sizes at Ashburton, Luxmanor, and Wyngate would all be similar. But Luxmanor and Wyngate have available capacity in their buildings, while Ashburton is overcapacity.

[Anonymous]

So they are offering everyone a blanket cosa, automatically approved, no reason needed? I have never heard of that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So they are offering everyone a blanket cosa, automatically approved, no reason needed? I have never heard of that.

They did something similar in Clarksburg a few years back as a way to address serious overcrowding.

[Anonymous]

The lengths to which MCPS will go to avoid redrawing boundaries is shocking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So they are offering everyone a blanket cosa, automatically approved, no reason needed? I have never heard of that.

They did something similar in Clarksburg a few years back as a way to address serious overcrowding.

But this was a temporary measure while a new ES was being built. In this case, no new ES is planned for this cluster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So they are offering everyone a blanket cosa, automatically approved, no reason needed? I have never heard of that.

They did something similar in Clarksburg a few years back as a way to address serious overcrowding.

But this was a temporary measure while a new ES was being built. In this case, no new ES is planned for this cluster.

This is also being described as a temporary option for Ashburton. Maybe it's a signal that an ES boundary study will be part of the next CIP?

[Anonymous]

Bethesda Elementary is doing the same, to Somerset. Rising third grader has consistently had class sizes of 28 to 31. Older kid did too.

[Anonymous]

Not a great solution - It's just going to generate a transportation hassle for parents and make the class sizes bigger at Wyngate and Luxmanor. Plus, Luxmanor feeds another middle school, so potential friendship issues down the line.

[Anonymous]

Is this for 25-26 only, or if you're granted the COSA you'd finish out at the new school through 5th grade?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this for 25-26 only, or if you're granted the COSA you'd finish out at the new school through 5th grade?

When a COSA is granted it lasts through the rest of the grade levels at the school.

[Anonymous]

There’s rumors that they also will grant a COSA younger siblings (ie rising K and 1st) if the older sibling chooses to move.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda Elementary is doing the same, to Somerset. Rising third grader has consistently had class sizes of 28 to 31. Older kid did too.

Again, outrageous. There was a limited boundary study for Bethesda, Somerset, and Westbrook ES to address this same issue in 2021.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda Elementary is doing the same, to Somerset. Rising third grader has consistently had class sizes of 28 to 31. Older kid did too.

Again, outrageous. There was a limited boundary study for Bethesda, Somerset, and Westbrook ES to address this same issue in 2021.

And they redrew the boundaries, but apparently it wasn’t enough.

[Anonymous]

The MCPS planners to estimate enrollment projections are consistently so far off the mark. This is precisely why regular boundary studies are needed. There is no excuse for some schools to be at 60% enrollment when a neighboring school is over 100%.