Yes, they are. It has a capacity of less than 200 seats. |
There are no Woodward families yet. |
The perennial MCPS Capital projects problem: Overcrowded schools get funded before schools that aren't overcrowded. |
This. Eventually, Woodward families will come from WJ, DCC, and maybe even Whitman and BCC. But in true MCPS fashion, no one yet knows who will be a Woodward family |
Should be relatively obvious from the communities most heavily engaged during Woodward planning. Read: "W families. Mostly WJ." |
Thank you! |
The DCC schools were overcrowded before WJ. It's just that westside parents have more influence so you went to the front of the line. |
No but who cares if they're somewhere else |
Please stop all this east side/west side stuff. Interested parties from all clusters should be coming together to advocate for this funding to be restored. |
I’m OP. This is in fact why I posted this. I don’t have access to WJ, etc PTAs. We Northwood parents appreciate your support. And for the 97%’er, nothing says you’re not valued to a down county kid than an uncompleted school and grounds and having to get up ridiculously early to accommodate everyone else. |
Not that PP. Great. Now let's see all clusters, especially W's, from where, presumably, the necessary tax revenue would disproportionately come on a per-household basis, advocate for that very much needed, inside-the-beltway/east of Rock Creek high school that was strawmanned down to clear the way for capital to be spent on the Woodward reopening. |
You think MCPS should have completed the boundary study 3 years before the school is supposed to open? I don't. |
I have no problem with MCPS deciding to rebuild a school on a property they already own that's located between WJ, Wheaton, and Einstein. The issue is they should have been rebuilding and opening it in a timely and equitable manner. |
I sympathize to a point, but it's not really fair to claim you're not valued when the whole reason for this holding school situation is to enable Northwood to get a brand spanking new and larger building of their own. As compared to several other really not valued communities who have nothing like that in sight. |
Sure, no one knows with absolute certainty until approval, but the writing is on the wall and you have the order a bit out of whack: WJ, primarily. Then adjustments to Whitman, BCC, Einstein and Wheaton, but not clearing the projected overcrowding of the latter two. More of Einstein might be sent east to Northwood when it's complete (partially). Blair would see more students passing right by on the way to Northwood, too. A very small number of DCC students accessing the Woodward magnet program when that can be stood up (? Phase III). The end result will be relatively comfortable capacity and relatively reasonable catchment boundaries for the Ws/BCC, and continued overcrowding and less reasonable catchment boundaries for the DCC. |