Boundary study - BCC

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Anonymous wrote:I would suggest the neighborhoods/areas that are on the border of Chevy Chase/SS won't get re-zoned because BCC would lose it's much needed diversity.

Isn't SS more diverse than CC?

Yes, but not the area adjacent to CC which is a short distance to BCC. Nevertheless, reducing transit costs, and dealing with utilization, are also important.

MCPS/BoE really, really need to start expecting high school students to use public transit where it's available. All the RideOn and Metrobus routes already in the area, plus the Metro, plus the Purple Line which is supposed to open in fall 2026.

That is what DCPS does - they offer free public transit during school hours. It also lets them start school at a reasonable hour.

There already is Kids Ride Free on RideOn and Metrobus in Montgomery County.

In DC it also includes metrorail.

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When will the new boundaries go into affect? We are right near western Avenue I hope we can still go to the school.

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Anonymous wrote:When will the new boundaries go into affect? We are right near western Avenue I hope we can still go to the school.

They will start taking effect in the fall of 2026.

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Is there a chance they will move kids from BCC to Whitman? I believe that is the only HS closer to us in the southwest part of the catchment?

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Anonymous wrote:When will the new boundaries go into affect? We are right near western Avenue I hope we can still go to the school.

They will start taking effect in the fall of 2026.

Will they grandfather in kids already at BCC or they will have to switch?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would suggest the neighborhoods/areas that are on the border of Chevy Chase/SS won't get re-zoned because BCC would lose it's much needed diversity.

Isn't SS more diverse than CC?

Yes, but not the area adjacent to CC which is a short distance to BCC. Nevertheless, reducing transit costs, and dealing with utilization, are also important.

MCPS/BoE really, really need to start expecting high school students to use public transit where it's available. All the RideOn and Metrobus routes already in the area, plus the Metro, plus the Purple Line which is supposed to open in fall 2026.

That is what DCPS does - they offer free public transit during school hours. It also lets them start school at a reasonable hour.

MoCo is much less dense and has fewer transit options than DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would suggest the neighborhoods/areas that are on the border of Chevy Chase/SS won't get re-zoned because BCC would lose it's much needed diversity.

Isn't SS more diverse than CC?

Yes, but not the area adjacent to CC which is a short distance to BCC. Nevertheless, reducing transit costs, and dealing with utilization, are also important.

MCPS/BoE really, really need to start expecting high school students to use public transit where it's available. All the RideOn and Metrobus routes already in the area, plus the Metro, plus the Purple Line which is supposed to open in fall 2026.

That is what DCPS does - they offer free public transit during school hours. It also lets them start school at a reasonable hour.

MoCo is much less dense and has fewer transit options than DC.

We are talking about B-CC.

And, just because there isn't transit everywhere, doesn't mean we shouldn't use transit where there is transit.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When will the new boundaries go into affect? We are right near western Avenue I hope we can still go to the school.

They will start taking effect in the fall of 2026.

Will they grandfather in kids already at BCC or they will have to switch?

Juniors and seniors stay. Freshmen and sophomores go to the new school.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there a chance they will move kids from BCC to Whitman? I believe that is the only HS closer to us in the southwest part of the catchment?

Anything is possible but I would think they'd only move people in rare cases when it's needed to balance the bigger picture. People in general want to leave things the way they are and they understand that. The study they commissioned a while ago end up moving about 10% of the school assignments but that was the upper band.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there a chance they will move kids from BCC to Whitman? I believe that is the only HS closer to us in the southwest part of the catchment?

Anything is possible but I would think they'd only move people in rare cases when it's needed to balance the bigger picture. People in general want to leave things the way they are and they understand that. The study they commissioned a while ago end up moving about 10% of the school assignments but that was the upper band.

Which study are you referring to? The countywide boundary analysis did not move any students. I think it's been decades since the boundaries for BCC itself have changed.

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It seems like a lot of kids moved between Somerset and Westbrook through the boundary study.

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Tons of BCC kids already use public transit, esp the kids coming from SS. I have been stuck behind an unloading J2 bus en route to morning drop off on EW hwy many times to attest to this.

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Anonymous wrote:When will the new boundaries go into affect? We are right near western Avenue I hope we can still go to the school.

They will start taking effect in the fall of 2026.

Will they grandfather in kids already at BCC or they will have to switch?

They've always grandfathered in the past. That would be really wrong not to do that, but I wouldn't get worked up over this. Especially if you aren't on the edge of its boundary andcloser to another school.

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Anonymous wrote:It seems like a lot of kids moved between Somerset and Westbrook through the boundary study.

Yes, but those were all within the BCC cluster.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there a chance they will move kids from BCC to Whitman? I believe that is the only HS closer to us in the southwest part of the catchment?

Anything is possible but I would think they'd only move people in rare cases when it's needed to balance the bigger picture. People in general want to leave things the way they are and they understand that. The study they commissioned a while ago end up moving about 10% of the school assignments but that was the upper band.

It'll take a lot of high schools at 10% a pop to fill Woodward.