Will Woodward be on par with Whitman and Churchill?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It looks like it will be part of the DCC. There is a reason schools are put in the consortium. It is a mechanism to give middle class parents hope that even if they buy is a lesser zone that there is hope for a better school helping to prevent economic flight as suburban poverty has crept up as the cities have become vogue again. It also allows for load balancing as numbers swing wildly when you have lots of dense low income housing in a particular area.

If lots of DCC kids end up at Woodward and it is positioned as an overflow school it will simply not be well regarded and its metrics will reflect that.

I'd like ranch dressing with that word salad, please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It looks like it will be part of the DCC. There is a reason schools are put in the consortium. It is a mechanism to give middle class parents hope that even if they buy is a lesser zone that there is hope for a better school helping to prevent economic flight as suburban poverty has crept up as the cities have become vogue again. It also allows for load balancing as numbers swing wildly when you have lots of dense low income housing in a particular area.

If lots of DCC kids end up at Woodward and it is positioned as an overflow school it will simply not be well regarded and its metrics will reflect that.

According to your personal crystal ball? MCPS has not said or suggested that the DCC would be expanded.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Will Woodward be on par with Whitman and Churchill?

What was it like decades ago (the original), pre-closure?

What does "on par with Whitman and Churchill" mean, specifically? Please explain.

Will they have wealthy parents, do drugs, get drunk and still get into a good college? Well, of course, yes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It looks like it will be part of the DCC. There is a reason schools are put in the consortium. It is a mechanism to give middle class parents hope that even if they buy is a lesser zone that there is hope for a better school helping to prevent economic flight as suburban poverty has crept up as the cities have become vogue again. It also allows for load balancing as numbers swing wildly when you have lots of dense low income housing in a particular area.

If lots of DCC kids end up at Woodward and it is positioned as an overflow school it will simply not be well regarded and its metrics will reflect that.

According to your personal crystal ball? MCPS has not said or suggested that the DCC would be expanded.

It’s so funny watching you clutch your pearls every time someone suggests DCC kids could end up at Woodward. Get over it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It looks like it will be part of the DCC. There is a reason schools are put in the consortium. It is a mechanism to give middle class parents hope that even if they buy is a lesser zone that there is hope for a better school helping to prevent economic flight as suburban poverty has crept up as the cities have become vogue again. It also allows for load balancing as numbers swing wildly when you have lots of dense low income housing in a particular area.

If lots of DCC kids end up at Woodward and it is positioned as an overflow school it will simply not be well regarded and its metrics will reflect that.

According to your personal crystal ball? MCPS has not said or suggested that the DCC would be expanded.

It’s so funny watching you clutch your pearls every time someone suggests DCC kids could end up at Woodward. Get over it.

PP you're responding to. I'm a current DCC parent whose kids will graduate before Woodward opens. I was just sharing correct information.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It looks like it will be part of the DCC. There is a reason schools are put in the consortium. It is a mechanism to give middle class parents hope that even if they buy is a lesser zone that there is hope for a better school helping to prevent economic flight as suburban poverty has crept up as the cities have become vogue again. It also allows for load balancing as numbers swing wildly when you have lots of dense low income housing in a particular area.

If lots of DCC kids end up at Woodward and it is positioned as an overflow school it will simply not be well regarded and its metrics will reflect that.

I heard from a friend that Woodward will not be in the DCC but BCC will be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It looks like it will be part of the DCC. There is a reason schools are put in the consortium. It is a mechanism to give middle class parents hope that even if they buy is a lesser zone that there is hope for a better school helping to prevent economic flight as suburban poverty has crept up as the cities have become vogue again. It also allows for load balancing as numbers swing wildly when you have lots of dense low income housing in a particular area.

If lots of DCC kids end up at Woodward and it is positioned as an overflow school it will simply not be well regarded and its metrics will reflect that.

The DCC has a lot of cleanup to do. Right now, everyone flocks to Blair, Einstein and Wheaton. Those schools are over capacity and hard to get into. Northwood and Kennedy are the laggard schools and they're under capacity.

If Woodward is going to be added to the DCC, then I imagine it will just keep Kennedy and Northwood at the bottom of the pile as the less desirable schools within the DCC. So for that reason, I hope it's not in the DCC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It looks like it will be part of the DCC. There is a reason schools are put in the consortium. It is a mechanism to give middle class parents hope that even if they buy is a lesser zone that there is hope for a better school helping to prevent economic flight as suburban poverty has crept up as the cities have become vogue again. It also allows for load balancing as numbers swing wildly when you have lots of dense low income housing in a particular area.

If lots of DCC kids end up at Woodward and it is positioned as an overflow school it will simply not be well regarded and its metrics will reflect that.

The DCC has a lot of cleanup to do. Right now, everyone flocks to Blair, Einstein and Wheaton. Those schools are over capacity and hard to get into. Northwood and Kennedy are the laggard schools and they're under capacity.

If Woodward is going to be added to the DCC, then I imagine it will just keep Kennedy and Northwood at the bottom of the pile as the less desirable schools within the DCC. So for that reason, I hope it's not in the DCC.

By that argument why even keep the DCC. I mean what value does it add?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Will Woodward be on par with Whitman and Churchill?

What was it like decades ago (the original), pre-closure?

Yes, Woodward will be more or less the same as Whitman and Churchill and any other MCPS HS that offers the same courses and curriculum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It looks like it will be part of the DCC. There is a reason schools are put in the consortium. It is a mechanism to give middle class parents hope that even if they buy is a lesser zone that there is hope for a better school helping to prevent economic flight as suburban poverty has crept up as the cities have become vogue again. It also allows for load balancing as numbers swing wildly when you have lots of dense low income housing in a particular area.

If lots of DCC kids end up at Woodward and it is positioned as an overflow school it will simply not be well regarded and its metrics will reflect that.

The DCC has a lot of cleanup to do. Right now, everyone flocks to Blair, Einstein and Wheaton. Those schools are over capacity and hard to get into. Northwood and Kennedy are the laggard schools and they're under capacity.

If Woodward is going to be added to the DCC, then I imagine it will just keep Kennedy and Northwood at the bottom of the pile as the less desirable schools within the DCC. So for that reason, I hope it's not in the DCC.

FACT CHECK (2022-2023 data)
Northwood: enrollment 1,796; capacity 1,526
Kennedy: enrollment 1,827; capacity 2,159

But the PP's comment does indicate who they consider to be "everyone" (i.e., somebody) vs. who they consider to be not-everyone (i.e., nobody).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It looks like it will be part of the DCC. There is a reason schools are put in the consortium. It is a mechanism to give middle class parents hope that even if they buy is a lesser zone that there is hope for a better school helping to prevent economic flight as suburban poverty has crept up as the cities have become vogue again. It also allows for load balancing as numbers swing wildly when you have lots of dense low income housing in a particular area.

If lots of DCC kids end up at Woodward and it is positioned as an overflow school it will simply not be well regarded and its metrics will reflect that.

I heard from a friend that Woodward will not be in the DCC but BCC will be.

My neighbor's dentist's sister-in-law's dog-groomer's cousin's lawyer said Damascus will be in the DCC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It looks like it will be part of the DCC. There is a reason schools are put in the consortium. It is a mechanism to give middle class parents hope that even if they buy is a lesser zone that there is hope for a better school helping to prevent economic flight as suburban poverty has crept up as the cities have become vogue again. It also allows for load balancing as numbers swing wildly when you have lots of dense low income housing in a particular area.

If lots of DCC kids end up at Woodward and it is positioned as an overflow school it will simply not be well regarded and its metrics will reflect that.

The DCC has a lot of cleanup to do. Right now, everyone flocks to Blair, Einstein and Wheaton. Those schools are over capacity and hard to get into. Northwood and Kennedy are the laggard schools and they're under capacity.

If Woodward is going to be added to the DCC, then I imagine it will just keep Kennedy and Northwood at the bottom of the pile as the less desirable schools within the DCC. So for that reason, I hope it's not in the DCC.

All the DCC are the laggard schools, a few are merely more desirable compared to the lesser options those parents are zoned to. Good schools are not part of a consortium. The county is structured this way for a reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It looks like it will be part of the DCC. There is a reason schools are put in the consortium. It is a mechanism to give middle class parents hope that even if they buy is a lesser zone that there is hope for a better school helping to prevent economic flight as suburban poverty has crept up as the cities have become vogue again. It also allows for load balancing as numbers swing wildly when you have lots of dense low income housing in a particular area.

If lots of DCC kids end up at Woodward and it is positioned as an overflow school it will simply not be well regarded and its metrics will reflect that.

According to your personal crystal ball? MCPS has not said or suggested that the DCC would be expanded.

It’s so funny watching you clutch your pearls every time someone suggests DCC kids could end up at Woodward. Get over it.

PP you're responding to. I'm a current DCC parent whose kids will graduate before Woodward opens. I was just sharing correct information.

Did you find that information in your crystal ball?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It looks like it will be part of the DCC. There is a reason schools are put in the consortium. It is a mechanism to give middle class parents hope that even if they buy is a lesser zone that there is hope for a better school helping to prevent economic flight as suburban poverty has crept up as the cities have become vogue again. It also allows for load balancing as numbers swing wildly when you have lots of dense low income housing in a particular area.

If lots of DCC kids end up at Woodward and it is positioned as an overflow school it will simply not be well regarded and its metrics will reflect that.

According to your personal crystal ball? MCPS has not said or suggested that the DCC would be expanded.

It’s so funny watching you clutch your pearls every time someone suggests DCC kids could end up at Woodward. Get over it.

PP you're responding to. I'm a current DCC parent whose kids will graduate before Woodward opens. I was just sharing correct information.

Did you find that information in your crystal ball?

Why would a crystal ball be necessary to state, correctly: "MCPS has not said or suggested that the DCC would be expanded."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It looks like it will be part of the DCC. There is a reason schools are put in the consortium. It is a mechanism to give middle class parents hope that even if they buy is a lesser zone that there is hope for a better school helping to prevent economic flight as suburban poverty has crept up as the cities have become vogue again. It also allows for load balancing as numbers swing wildly when you have lots of dense low income housing in a particular area.

If lots of DCC kids end up at Woodward and it is positioned as an overflow school it will simply not be well regarded and its metrics will reflect that.

The DCC has a lot of cleanup to do. Right now, everyone flocks to Blair, Einstein and Wheaton. Those schools are over capacity and hard to get into. Northwood and Kennedy are the laggard schools and they're under capacity.

If Woodward is going to be added to the DCC, then I imagine it will just keep Kennedy and Northwood at the bottom of the pile as the less desirable schools within the DCC. So for that reason, I hope it's not in the DCC.

All the DCC are the laggard schools, a few are merely more desirable compared to the lesser options those parents are zoned to. Good schools are not part of a consortium. The county is structured this way for a reason.

Well, the best school in the county that produces the most scholars by far, the most NMSFs by far, the most winners by far, the most influential by far, the most ivies, the best college outcomes, the crown jewel of the county, is in the DCC.
The ones in the Ws (looking at you Churchill and Whitman) are the county's embarrassments.