Elementary school boundary studies

[Anonymous]

The new CIP will be released this month. It should provide more info about their thinking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A teacher at Neelseville actually told the students that the kids from Cabin Branch were moved because there can't be too many black and brown students at the school. Something for you to look forward to, OP.

I hope they'll leave Clarksburg ES open for all of the Rocky Hill kids to attend instead of creating a split.

I wouldn't be surprised if they keep the split but let's see. At the first meeting, the Planning director said that they do not know yet which neighborhoods will feed the new school and that the neighborhood where the school is located doesn't necessarily mean that the particular neighborhood will be assigned to it.

If they can walk to it, they'll be assigned to it (unless they can walk to a different school). Most of Cabin Branch will be in the walk zone for the Cabin Branch ES.

Keep in mind that there is also discussion of closing Clarksburg ES and moving everyone to the Cabin Branch ES.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Back in 2018 the BOE made demographics/diversity the top factor in the boundary policy. So who knows what they'll do?

No, they didn't, don't hijack this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A teacher at Neelseville actually told the students that the kids from Cabin Branch were moved because there can't be too many black and brown students at the school. Something for you to look forward to, OP.

I hope they'll leave Clarksburg ES open for all of the Rocky Hill kids to attend instead of creating a split.

I wouldn't be surprised if they keep the split but let's see. At the first meeting, the Planning director said that they do not know yet which neighborhoods will feed the new school and that the neighborhood where the school is located doesn't necessarily mean that the particular neighborhood will be assigned to it.

If they can walk to it, they'll be assigned to it (unless they can walk to a different school). Most of Cabin Branch will be in the walk zone for the Cabin Branch ES.

Keep in mind that there is also discussion of closing Clarksburg ES and moving everyone to the Cabin Branch ES.

In the meeting, they said Clarksburg ES will stay open. I know Phase 2 of Cabin Branch is going to be walkable and for some of Phase 1. There are parts of phase 1 though that would not be in the walk zone like the homes closer to W. Old Baltimore Rd. I wouldn't be surprised if they split Cabin Branch.

[Anonymous]

We were redistricted from Rocky Hill/CHS to Neelsville/SVHS. We were very involved in both schools and leaving those school communities was hard. We discovered both Neelsville and SVHS are wonderful places and our children are very happy there. We are proud to be part of both school communities. Neelsville has a caring and supportive administration, strong teaching staff, and excellent counselors. Yes, the building is old (though my child says it’s “fine”) but the people who lead Neelsville make it special. Our experience with Seneca has been excellent too. I hope one day people give these school communities a chance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We were redistricted from Rocky Hill/CHS to Neelsville/SVHS. We were very involved in both schools and leaving those school communities was hard. We discovered both Neelsville and SVHS are wonderful places and our children are very happy there. We are proud to be part of both school communities. Neelsville has a caring and supportive administration, strong teaching staff, and excellent counselors. Yes, the building is old (though my child says it’s “fine”) but the people who lead Neelsville make it special. Our experience with Seneca has been excellent too. I hope one day people give these school communities a chance.

Agree 100%. I just hope they don't split up the Cabin Branch kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A teacher at Neelseville actually told the students that the kids from Cabin Branch were moved because there can't be too many black and brown students at the school. Something for you to look forward to, OP.

I hope they'll leave Clarksburg ES open for all of the Rocky Hill kids to attend instead of creating a split.

I wouldn't be surprised if they keep the split but let's see. At the first meeting, the Planning director said that they do not know yet which neighborhoods will feed the new school and that the neighborhood where the school is located doesn't necessarily mean that the particular neighborhood will be assigned to it.

If they can walk to it, they'll be assigned to it (unless they can walk to a different school). Most of Cabin Branch will be in the walk zone for the Cabin Branch ES.

Keep in mind that there is also discussion of closing Clarksburg ES and moving everyone to the Cabin Branch ES.

Yes, at least going by MCPS Transportation's definition of "can walk to it"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We were redistricted from Rocky Hill/CHS to Neelsville/SVHS. We were very involved in both schools and leaving those school communities was hard. We discovered both Neelsville and SVHS are wonderful places and our children are very happy there. We are proud to be part of both school communities. Neelsville has a caring and supportive administration, strong teaching staff, and excellent counselors. Yes, the building is old (though my child says it’s “fine”) but the people who lead Neelsville make it special. Our experience with Seneca has been excellent too. I hope one day people give these school communities a chance.

LOL you must have very low standards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For new elementary schools, they will take the surrounding areas zoned to existing schools, and subdivide them into smaller areas. Then there will be a variety of options created, with different areas put together to form possible boundaries. The superintendent will recommend one of the options, and the board has the final vote yes or no (or they can ask for additional options, but they rarely do).

Don't forget that the smallest unit of analysis is a census tract. So no matter what happens, people will always stay with their census tract.

Incorrect. The smallest unit of analysis is NOT a census tract, and there are many many census tracts that do not go to the same schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We were redistricted from Rocky Hill/CHS to Neelsville/SVHS. We were very involved in both schools and leaving those school communities was hard. We discovered both Neelsville and SVHS are wonderful places and our children are very happy there. We are proud to be part of both school communities. Neelsville has a caring and supportive administration, strong teaching staff, and excellent counselors. Yes, the building is old (though my child says it’s “fine”) but the people who lead Neelsville make it special. Our experience with Seneca has been excellent too. I hope one day people give these school communities a chance.

LOL you must have very low standards.

That's the DCUM way!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For new elementary schools, they will take the surrounding areas zoned to existing schools, and subdivide them into smaller areas. Then there will be a variety of options created, with different areas put together to form possible boundaries. The superintendent will recommend one of the options, and the board has the final vote yes or no (or they can ask for additional options, but they rarely do).

Don't forget that the smallest unit of analysis is a census tract. So no matter what happens, people will always stay with their census tract.

Incorrect. The smallest unit of analysis is NOT a census tract, and there are many many census tracts that do not go to the same schools.

Thats incorrect. They cannot assign demographics below the census tract level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For new elementary schools, they will take the surrounding areas zoned to existing schools, and subdivide them into smaller areas. Then there will be a variety of options created, with different areas put together to form possible boundaries. The superintendent will recommend one of the options, and the board has the final vote yes or no (or they can ask for additional options, but they rarely do).

Don't forget that the smallest unit of analysis is a census tract. So no matter what happens, people will always stay with their census tract.

Incorrect. The smallest unit of analysis is NOT a census tract, and there are many many census tracts that do not go to the same schools.

Thats incorrect. They cannot assign demographics below the census tract level.

The PP is correct that many census tracts contain neighborhoods with different school boundaries.

You find a bunch just looking at the map.

http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/tract/st24_md/c24031_montgomery/DC10CT_C24031_004.pdf

For example, tract 7040 has areas zoned for both Oakland Terrace and Flora Singer. (In fact, both schools' buildings are within that same tract.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Back in 2018 the BOE made demographics/diversity the top factor in the boundary policy. So who knows what they'll do?

No, they didn't, don't hijack this thread.

They certainly did. And just because you don't want to talk about the boundary policy in a thread about [checks thread title] elementary school boundary studies doesn't make it hijacking. Everyone needs to know what the BOE did so they can make informed decisions. I know you'd prefer that people were kept in the dark but we are done tolerating MCPS opacity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Back in 2018 the BOE made demographics/diversity the top factor in the boundary policy. So who knows what they'll do?

No, they didn't, don't hijack this thread.

They certainly did. And just because you don't want to talk about the boundary policy in a thread about [checks thread title] elementary school boundary studies doesn't make it hijacking. Everyone needs to know what the BOE did so they can make informed decisions. I know you'd prefer that people were kept in the dark but we are done tolerating MCPS opacity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Back in 2018 the BOE made demographics/diversity the top factor in the boundary policy. So who knows what they'll do?

Sure, but it's still only one of four factors. The other factors still matter.

Not as much unfortunately.