2nd round options for Crown/Damascus HS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well as a family in the Wayside district, I am pleased with these options. It made no sense to put these kids on buses and drive them to Wootton every day. My house will keep its value!!

You must not know that currently a significant number of kids at Wayside are doing the reverse commute over the one lane bridge each day. It's been that way for over 20 years. People who say that Wayside families are too far from Wootton don't realize that half their school population is already closer to Wootton. Not that I'm suggesting they move Wayside families to Frost/Wootton vs. Hoover/Churchill but that argument about putting kids on buses really doesn't hold water.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Options C& D do make more sense geographically for Churchill
Option B has kids from Bells Mill - who live literally next to or across street from Cabin John, moving to Hoover, while kids from Travilah bus past Hoover (& Frost?) to get to cabin John. Why not just leave all of bells mill at cabin John - the entire elementary school zone surrounds cabin John!

quote=Anonymous] strongly agree!

[Anonymous]

Options A & B force kids from Bells Mill away from Cabin John --- which is *literally* next door to Bells Mill -- and send them to Hoover. That will require them to cross Tuckerman, when they could otherwise walk to Cabin John without crossing a single road.

At the same time, those same Options A & B will bus kids from Potomac and Travilah, past Hoover(!), and send them to fill Cabin John.

I think the person preparing that part of the Options was either drunk or high.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Options A & B force kids from Bells Mill away from Cabin John --- which is *literally* next door to Bells Mill -- and send them to Hoover. That will require them to cross Tuckerman, when they could otherwise walk to Cabin John without crossing a single road.

At the same time, those same Options A & B will bus kids from Potomac and Travilah, past Hoover(!), and send them to fill Cabin John.

I think the person preparing that part of the Options was either drunk or high.

I'm really hoping they either fix this or go with C or D for this reason. Especially given recent MoCo traffic tragedies, we should avoid having MS kids not just cross, but walk along Tuckerman, just to get to school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Options A & B force kids from Bells Mill away from Cabin John --- which is *literally* next door to Bells Mill -- and send them to Hoover. That will require them to cross Tuckerman, when they could otherwise walk to Cabin John without crossing a single road.

At the same time, those same Options A & B will bus kids from Potomac and Travilah, past Hoover(!), and send them to fill Cabin John.

I think the person preparing that part of the Options was either drunk or high.

I'm really hoping they either fix this or go with C or D for this reason. Especially given recent MoCo traffic tragedies, we should avoid having MS kids not just cross, but walk along Tuckerman, just to get to school.

The answer to this one is SIDEWALKS. It's absurd that they have kids walk along Tuckerman--it's so dangerous in the morning when cars drive on the same shoulder where the kids are walking so they can scoot around the many cars trying to turn left.

But I think that's solvable (with sidewalks) in a way that is separate from the boundary issue.

I hate all of these options because of the split articulation. They're proposing special programs in each region. So they can assign kids to schools in a way with zero (or almost zero) split articulation. Yes, it will end up with uneven capacity utilization of schools. But then all they have to do is set the maximum enrollment in those special programs to match. I'd much rather our school not be awarded a 'special program' (and have a nearby school get it) if it means that none in the county need to have split articulation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well as a family in the Wayside district, I am pleased with these options. It made no sense to put these kids on buses and drive them to Wootton every day. My house will keep its value!!

You must not know that currently a significant number of kids at Wayside are doing the reverse commute over the one lane bridge each day. It's been that way for over 20 years. People who say that Wayside families are too far from Wootton don't realize that half their school population is already closer to Wootton. Not that I'm suggesting they move Wayside families to Frost/Wootton vs. Hoover/Churchill but that argument about putting kids on buses really doesn't hold water.

Oh I do realize it lol. The neighborhoods on the other side of the bridge still have to go to Wayside for five years. Wayside was always mostly for neighborhoods around Wayside. Then developers paid off politicians to have the homes zoned to Churchill to increase value. You bought into it...you should have bought on our side of the bridge.

[Anonymous]

Meow!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well as a family in the Wayside district, I am pleased with these options. It made no sense to put these kids on buses and drive them to Wootton every day. My house will keep its value!!

You must not know that currently a significant number of kids at Wayside are doing the reverse commute over the one lane bridge each day. It's been that way for over 20 years. People who say that Wayside families are too far from Wootton don't realize that half their school population is already closer to Wootton. Not that I'm suggesting they move Wayside families to Frost/Wootton vs. Hoover/Churchill but that argument about putting kids on buses really doesn't hold water.

Oh I do realize it lol. The neighborhoods on the other side of the bridge still have to go to Wayside for five years. Wayside was always mostly for neighborhoods around Wayside. Then developers paid off politicians to have the homes zoned to Churchill to increase value. You bought into it...you should have bought on our side of the bridge.

It’s really not that far for your side of bridge to go to Wootton too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well as a family in the Wayside district, I am pleased with these options. It made no sense to put these kids on buses and drive them to Wootton every day. My house will keep its value!!

You must not know that currently a significant number of kids at Wayside are doing the reverse commute over the one lane bridge each day. It's been that way for over 20 years. People who say that Wayside families are too far from Wootton don't realize that half their school population is already closer to Wootton. Not that I'm suggesting they move Wayside families to Frost/Wootton vs. Hoover/Churchill but that argument about putting kids on buses really doesn't hold water.

Oh I do realize it lol. The neighborhoods on the other side of the bridge still have to go to Wayside for five years. Wayside was always mostly for neighborhoods around Wayside. Then developers paid off politicians to have the homes zoned to Churchill to increase value. You bought into it...you should have bought on our side of the bridge.

It’s really not that far for your side of bridge to go to Wootton too.

Why would you have an elementary school on one side and HS on other. The Churchill zoning makes the most sense, and seems like that's where it will end up. Sell your house if you are unhappy.

[Anonymous]

Happy to see these option. My house value in Wayside won't go down.

[Anonymous]

This round is so much better than round 1. I'm pretty shocked.

[Anonymous]

Lmao Wayside parents tried to play the game and still failed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lmao Wayside parents tried to play the game and still failed.

Um, I think it was a victory. Four out of five in their favor. Being a squeaky wheel works.

[Anonymous]

Looks like Clarksburg families who got moved to SV a few years ago are getting moved back to Clarksburg? They must be jumping through the roof.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lmao Wayside parents tried to play the game and still failed.

Nah, it was a hige win for Wayside.