Impact of boundary study on real estate

[Anonymous]

There are lot of confusions related to boundary study and decision on crown school. As an existing home owner or potential home buyer, how much stress this adds to your existing stress level?

[Anonymous]

and how you cope with this?

[Anonymous]

I would be sweating if I were zoned for the new Quince Orchard HS or possibly the new Walter Johnson HS. But have to wait for the fate of Crown HS to be decided (open or holding school).

[Anonymous]

Not worried about it at all.

[Anonymous]

We’re zoned for QO currently and also in all of the newest proposed boundary options, so the boundary changes might not impact us negatively at all, but the proposed regions for special programs puts us in a very weak region and will cost us access to Poolesville, which is a very unwelcome change. I’m not sure if/how soon that might impact real estate prices in our neighborhood. It makes me nervous, but I’m planning to sell before the changes go into effect, so hoping there won’t be much of a price drop.

[Anonymous]

Tilden area will surely have negative pressure due to school. I suspect 10-15% downward.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We’re zoned for QO currently and also in all of the newest proposed boundary options, so the boundary changes might not impact us negatively at all, but the proposed regions for special programs puts us in a very weak region and will cost us access to Poolesville, which is a very unwelcome change. I’m not sure if/how soon that might impact real estate prices in our neighborhood. It makes me nervous, but I’m planning to sell before the changes go into effect, so hoping there won’t be much of a price drop.

Poolesville?
You should move because if you think Poolesville was ever a good option you have no idea what a good HS is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are lot of confusions related to boundary study and decision on crown school. As an existing home owner or potential home buyer, how much stress this adds to your existing stress level?

As a current 8th grader and a current 5th grader parent, there is a lot more stress as both kids have to change school after one year in HS and MS in addition to the 20% real estate loss.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We’re zoned for QO currently and also in all of the newest proposed boundary options, so the boundary changes might not impact us negatively at all, but the proposed regions for special programs puts us in a very weak region and will cost us access to Poolesville, which is a very unwelcome change. I’m not sure if/how soon that might impact real estate prices in our neighborhood. It makes me nervous, but I’m planning to sell before the changes go into effect, so hoping there won’t be much of a price drop.

Poolesville?
You should move because if you think Poolesville was ever a good option you have no idea what a good HS is.

Pretty sure the magnet program at Poolesville is pretty darn good. It does not seem like the OP was talking about the regular school environment there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are lot of confusions related to boundary study and decision on crown school. As an existing home owner or potential home buyer, how much stress this adds to your existing stress level?

As a current 8th grader and a current 5th grader parent, there is a lot more stress as both kids have to change school after one year in HS and MS in addition to the 20% real estate loss.

20% loss seems over dramatic. Maybe overall due to the other current pressures on the region but no way are the proposed school changes alone going to result in that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are lot of confusions related to boundary study and decision on crown school. As an existing home owner or potential home buyer, how much stress this adds to your existing stress level?

As a current 8th grader and a current 5th grader parent, there is a lot more stress as both kids have to change school after one year in HS and MS in addition to the 20% real estate loss.

20% loss seems over dramatic. Maybe overall due to the other current pressures on the region but no way are the proposed school changes alone going to result in that.

Some portion can be due to overall situation and some can be due to school, but if some one is changing home due to school then that's the reason for 20% loss. I am not the PP, but in absence of school getting worse, there would be no reason for him/her to sell the house at a 20% loss.

[Anonymous]

If it does go down it is because your home value is as high as it is due to a history of redlining, segregation and exclusionary zoning aimed specifically at excluding Black, Indigenous and other people of color from your neighborhoods.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it does go down it is because your home value is as high as it is due to a history of redlining, segregation and exclusionary zoning aimed specifically at excluding Black, Indigenous and other people of color from your neighborhoods.

MoCo was nearly 100% white in the era post-Civil rights. There hasn't been redlining or exclusionary zoning or segregation since POCs started moving into the County. But please proceed with your ignorance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We’re zoned for QO currently and also in all of the newest proposed boundary options, so the boundary changes might not impact us negatively at all, but the proposed regions for special programs puts us in a very weak region and will cost us access to Poolesville, which is a very unwelcome change. I’m not sure if/how soon that might impact real estate prices in our neighborhood. It makes me nervous, but I’m planning to sell before the changes go into effect, so hoping there won’t be much of a price drop.

Poolesville?
You should move because if you think Poolesville was ever a good option you have no idea what a good HS is.

Pretty sure the magnet program at Poolesville is pretty darn good. It does not seem like the OP was talking about the regular school environment there.

Sure only in the reality of the minds of the dumb parents. People need to understand the history of magnet programs. Poolesville magnet isn't any better than other traditional HS experience in MOCO. It's a joke. Love that parents think their darlings are so smart for getting in.

Magnet programs are to racially balance schools nothing more.

[Anonymous]

I am in 20854 zoned for whitman and unlikely to change and wanting to sell within the next year or sooner — if anyone wants to buy mine