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Anonymous wrote:Is there any reason why are people assuming that DCC students will be rezoned only to Woodward, and not to WJ as well? They are going to try to reduce disparities in FARMS rates between neighboring schools as well as they reasonably can, right?

This doesn't make sense as it would be a terrible commute for DCC. It makes more sense to pull from BCC, WJ, and and some of the other local W schools, and maybe parts of Einstein. I don't want my kids making that commute.

There are feeders to Einstein and Wheaton that are not a terrible commute to Woodward (Oakland Terrace and Viers Mill in particular). And the bottom line is Einstein is very overcrowded, so some of those kids will have to be sent to Woodward. I love the Bethesda parents on here who act like everything is based on their whims. No, WJ is not the only consideration here, and you can bet your bottom dollar that the BOE is not going to just ignore the DCC because that is not a good look for equity considerations. There is no chance they tell the lower income families down county that their kids have to stay in overcrowded schools with portable trailers so that the Bethesda snowflakes have enough space and can all maintain their little bubble. Give me a break.

As a OTES parent, the commute would be terrible. Einstein, Wheaton, and Northwood are much closer. It makes no sense.

They need to open an additional DCC high school.

Oakland Terrace is less than 5 minutes from Parkwood, which goes to WJ, which is the same distance as it will be from Woodward. There may be other reasons OTES doesn’t get zoned to Woodward but the commute, given it’s proximity to Parkwood, isn’t one of them. It’s a utilization issue. There are too many kids at Einstein, Blair, and WJ, and that is in no way going to decrease over the coming years, so Blair will get some of its kids sent to Northwood and Einstein and WJ will have some of their kids sent to Woodward.

Parts of OTES are not close to Parkland or Woodward. And clearly you don’t drive Conn Ave or the other roads in the morning. It would be a nightmare to go back and forth twice a day.

Come on, the OTES catchment area is not that big, there is no part of the catchment area that is more than a mile or so from any other part. Why would your HS kid not take the bus, because it would in no way be a nightmare to go the less than 5 miles from say GA Ave and Plyers Mill to Woodward. And if your kid can’t handle traveling 5 miles to get to school they have bigger problems.

Players Mill does not go to Woodward. 5 mikes here could be 30-60 minutes.

GA Ave from Viers Mill to Dennis is roughly the north boundary for OTES, this area includes GA and Plyers Mill, so if OTES got re-zoned for Woodward those neighborhoods would go there. Those areas are also the farthest points from Woodward in the OTES boundary and are still only about 5 miles away. I’ve lived here for 15 years and it does not take 60 minutes to get from there to the area where Woodward is even in the worst of rush hour, let alone at 7 am and 2:30 pm for HS transportation purposes. 30 minutes is not a huge deal for getting to and from school.

It is a big deal when you drive your kids and then have to wait in a pick up line

Why would you have to drive your HS age kid to and from school if a bus will take them?!

We have never gotten a bus. We have always had to drive to an mcps school. And, why would you not drive your kids? And high school starts at 13-14. Too young to drive.

If you are the at the far ends of the OTES boundary you will get a bus either way to HS, whether it’s to Einstein or Woodward, because it’s out of the walk zone for both schools. To be honest there are very few areas in bounds for OTES that would be a safe walk to Einstein regardless of distance given the need to cross Connecticut and/or University, but if a bus will take my kids to school there is no need for me to drive them no matter what school it is.

University yes, but there are zero areas in bounds for OTES where you would cross Connecticut to get to Einstein.

You can cross at Conn lower down. It would not be safe to walk but it is walkable.

Sounds like a simple and inexpensive pedestrian bridge would correct this issue.

Students from Rock View have been crossing Connecticut to get to Einstein for decades without needing a pedestrian bridge. No one from Oakland Terrace would need to cross Connecticut.

We would cross Conn Ave to get there. What are you talking about? Plus many streets don’t have sidewalks.

If you are zoned to Oakland Terrace, you are on the same side of Connecticut that Einstein is, the eastern side. Why would you cross it?

We are not on the same side. You may be confusing schools. And, it would not make sense to pull Newport Mills kids and send them to Woodward when Einstein is right there.

You're located west of Connecticut? Then you're not zoned for OTES. All of OTES is east of Connecticut.

Maybe she doesn’t know Connecticut curves there to the left.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there any reason why are people assuming that DCC students will be rezoned only to Woodward, and not to WJ as well? They are going to try to reduce disparities in FARMS rates between neighboring schools as well as they reasonably can, right?

This doesn't make sense as it would be a terrible commute for DCC. It makes more sense to pull from BCC, WJ, and and some of the other local W schools, and maybe parts of Einstein. I don't want my kids making that commute.

There are feeders to Einstein and Wheaton that are not a terrible commute to Woodward (Oakland Terrace and Viers Mill in particular). And the bottom line is Einstein is very overcrowded, so some of those kids will have to be sent to Woodward. I love the Bethesda parents on here who act like everything is based on their whims. No, WJ is not the only consideration here, and you can bet your bottom dollar that the BOE is not going to just ignore the DCC because that is not a good look for equity considerations. There is no chance they tell the lower income families down county that their kids have to stay in overcrowded schools with portable trailers so that the Bethesda snowflakes have enough space and can all maintain their little bubble. Give me a break.

As a OTES parent, the commute would be terrible. Einstein, Wheaton, and Northwood are much closer. It makes no sense.

They need to open an additional DCC high school.

Oakland Terrace is less than 5 minutes from Parkwood, which goes to WJ, which is the same distance as it will be from Woodward. There may be other reasons OTES doesn’t get zoned to Woodward but the commute, given it’s proximity to Parkwood, isn’t one of them. It’s a utilization issue. There are too many kids at Einstein, Blair, and WJ, and that is in no way going to decrease over the coming years, so Blair will get some of its kids sent to Northwood and Einstein and WJ will have some of their kids sent to Woodward.

Parts of OTES are not close to Parkland or Woodward. And clearly you don’t drive Conn Ave or the other roads in the morning. It would be a nightmare to go back and forth twice a day.

Come on, the OTES catchment area is not that big, there is no part of the catchment area that is more than a mile or so from any other part. Why would your HS kid not take the bus, because it would in no way be a nightmare to go the less than 5 miles from say GA Ave and Plyers Mill to Woodward. And if your kid can’t handle traveling 5 miles to get to school they have bigger problems.

Players Mill does not go to Woodward. 5 mikes here could be 30-60 minutes.

GA Ave from Viers Mill to Dennis is roughly the north boundary for OTES, this area includes GA and Plyers Mill, so if OTES got re-zoned for Woodward those neighborhoods would go there. Those areas are also the farthest points from Woodward in the OTES boundary and are still only about 5 miles away. I’ve lived here for 15 years and it does not take 60 minutes to get from there to the area where Woodward is even in the worst of rush hour, let alone at 7 am and 2:30 pm for HS transportation purposes. 30 minutes is not a huge deal for getting to and from school.

It is a big deal when you drive your kids and then have to wait in a pick up line

Why would you have to drive your HS age kid to and from school if a bus will take them?!

We have never gotten a bus. We have always had to drive to an mcps school. And, why would you not drive your kids? And high school starts at 13-14. Too young to drive.

If you are the at the far ends of the OTES boundary you will get a bus either way to HS, whether it’s to Einstein or Woodward, because it’s out of the walk zone for both schools. To be honest there are very few areas in bounds for OTES that would be a safe walk to Einstein regardless of distance given the need to cross Connecticut and/or University, but if a bus will take my kids to school there is no need for me to drive them no matter what school it is.

University yes, but there are zero areas in bounds for OTES where you would cross Connecticut to get to Einstein.

You can cross at Conn lower down. It would not be safe to walk but it is walkable.

Sounds like a simple and inexpensive pedestrian bridge would correct this issue.

Students from Rock View have been crossing Connecticut to get to Einstein for decades without needing a pedestrian bridge. No one from Oakland Terrace would need to cross Connecticut.

We would cross Conn Ave to get there. What are you talking about? Plus many streets don’t have sidewalks.

If you are zoned to Oakland Terrace, you are on the same side of Connecticut that Einstein is, the eastern side. Why would you cross it?

We are not on the same side. You may be confusing schools. And, it would not make sense to pull Newport Mills kids and send them to Woodward when Einstein is right there.

You're located west of Connecticut? Then you're not zoned for OTES. All of OTES is east of Connecticut.

Maybe she doesn’t know Connecticut curves there to the left.

Really? I thought that was PG county?

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I think some of y’all are confusing University Blvd and Conn. Ave. University curves off of Connecticut just past Conn. & Plyers Mill intersection.

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Anonymous wrote:I think some of y’all are confusing University Blvd and Conn. Ave. University curves off of Connecticut just past Conn. & Plyers Mill intersection.

This is incorrect. At the split University is to the right and takes you up to Wheaton Mall. Connecticut veers to the left. After you pass Kaiser Permanente and continue a bit, you will pass Rock View ES on the left.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there any reason why are people assuming that DCC students will be rezoned only to Woodward, and not to WJ as well? They are going to try to reduce disparities in FARMS rates between neighboring schools as well as they reasonably can, right?

This doesn't make sense as it would be a terrible commute for DCC. It makes more sense to pull from BCC, WJ, and and some of the other local W schools, and maybe parts of Einstein. I don't want my kids making that commute.

There are feeders to Einstein and Wheaton that are not a terrible commute to Woodward (Oakland Terrace and Viers Mill in particular). And the bottom line is Einstein is very overcrowded, so some of those kids will have to be sent to Woodward. I love the Bethesda parents on here who act like everything is based on their whims. No, WJ is not the only consideration here, and you can bet your bottom dollar that the BOE is not going to just ignore the DCC because that is not a good look for equity considerations. There is no chance they tell the lower income families down county that their kids have to stay in overcrowded schools with portable trailers so that the Bethesda snowflakes have enough space and can all maintain their little bubble. Give me a break.

As a OTES parent, the commute would be terrible. Einstein, Wheaton, and Northwood are much closer. It makes no sense.

They need to open an additional DCC high school.

Oakland Terrace is less than 5 minutes from Parkwood, which goes to WJ, which is the same distance as it will be from Woodward. There may be other reasons OTES doesn’t get zoned to Woodward but the commute, given it’s proximity to Parkwood, isn’t one of them. It’s a utilization issue. There are too many kids at Einstein, Blair, and WJ, and that is in no way going to decrease over the coming years, so Blair will get some of its kids sent to Northwood and Einstein and WJ will have some of their kids sent to Woodward.

Oh I get it. You want to send poor kids from Einstein to Woodard so that you can get more poor kids away from Larlx at Blair? People are funny.

This literally makes no sense. Oakland Terrace has the 2nd lowest FARMS rate of the Einstein feeders, and how the hell would re-zoning Oakland Terrace to Woodward “keep poor kids away from Larlx at Blair”? Did you just dip into the wine early?

You seem to have jumped forward a number of steps to presume and propose which schools in the DCC would, if any, get sent to Woodward. I suggest taking a chill pill.

DP, but since Woodward is being reopened to address overcrowding at WJ and two DCC high schools, how would some of the DCC elementaries not end up there?

The idea that people are fervently debating specific schools like it’s a done deal is ridiculous. In fact, it’s entirely possible that DCC enrollment is entirely based on individual student choice and that no specific school is assigned.

I don’t disagree about debating specific schools—that’s silly at this point.

But your premise that individual choice will be the decider here is equally absurd. There’s no student choice at the elementary level, and they’re going to have to assign DCC elementaries to Woodward to relieve overcrowding in the DCC.

You seem to be so invested in this that you lack reading comprehension. I have made zero suggestions about anything only to point out other potential options. I think you should take a breather and relax because you are making a fool of yourself. BOE will decide. They have years to make that decision. And nobody knows what they will do.

The point of the DCC is to have school choice. That is one reason why some of us who could afford to move stay.

So is it absurd to suggest a possibility for determining enrollment at Woodward would not be based on boundaries but only choice? Because that’s what’s being said here.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there any reason why are people assuming that DCC students will be rezoned only to Woodward, and not to WJ as well? They are going to try to reduce disparities in FARMS rates between neighboring schools as well as they reasonably can, right?

This doesn't make sense as it would be a terrible commute for DCC. It makes more sense to pull from BCC, WJ, and and some of the other local W schools, and maybe parts of Einstein. I don't want my kids making that commute.

There are feeders to Einstein and Wheaton that are not a terrible commute to Woodward (Oakland Terrace and Viers Mill in particular). And the bottom line is Einstein is very overcrowded, so some of those kids will have to be sent to Woodward. I love the Bethesda parents on here who act like everything is based on their whims. No, WJ is not the only consideration here, and you can bet your bottom dollar that the BOE is not going to just ignore the DCC because that is not a good look for equity considerations. There is no chance they tell the lower income families down county that their kids have to stay in overcrowded schools with portable trailers so that the Bethesda snowflakes have enough space and can all maintain their little bubble. Give me a break.

As a OTES parent, the commute would be terrible. Einstein, Wheaton, and Northwood are much closer. It makes no sense.

They need to open an additional DCC high school.

Oakland Terrace is less than 5 minutes from Parkwood, which goes to WJ, which is the same distance as it will be from Woodward. There may be other reasons OTES doesn’t get zoned to Woodward but the commute, given it’s proximity to Parkwood, isn’t one of them. It’s a utilization issue. There are too many kids at Einstein, Blair, and WJ, and that is in no way going to decrease over the coming years, so Blair will get some of its kids sent to Northwood and Einstein and WJ will have some of their kids sent to Woodward.

Oh I get it. You want to send poor kids from Einstein to Woodard so that you can get more poor kids away from Larlx at Blair? People are funny.

This literally makes no sense. Oakland Terrace has the 2nd lowest FARMS rate of the Einstein feeders, and how the hell would re-zoning Oakland Terrace to Woodward “keep poor kids away from Larlx at Blair”? Did you just dip into the wine early?

You seem to have jumped forward a number of steps to presume and propose which schools in the DCC would, if any, get sent to Woodward. I suggest taking a chill pill.

DP, but since Woodward is being reopened to address overcrowding at WJ and two DCC high schools, how would some of the DCC elementaries not end up there?

The idea that people are fervently debating specific schools like it’s a done deal is ridiculous. In fact, it’s entirely possible that DCC enrollment is entirely based on individual student choice and that no specific school is assigned.

I don’t disagree about debating specific schools—that’s silly at this point.

But your premise that individual choice will be the decider here is equally absurd. There’s no student choice at the elementary level, and they’re going to have to assign DCC elementaries to Woodward to relieve overcrowding in the DCC.

You seem to be so invested in this that you lack reading comprehension. I have made zero suggestions about anything only to point out other potential options. I think you should take a breather and relax because you are making a fool of yourself. BOE will decide. They have years to make that decision. And nobody knows what they will do.

The point of the DCC is to have school choice. That is one reason why some of us who could afford to move stay.

So is it absurd to suggest a possibility for determining enrollment at Woodward would not be based on boundaries but only choice? Because that’s what’s being said here.

I can’t see any scenario in which Woodward could be filled by choice only. If given the choice most WJ families would not opt to go to Woodward, nor would most DCC families.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there any reason why are people assuming that DCC students will be rezoned only to Woodward, and not to WJ as well? They are going to try to reduce disparities in FARMS rates between neighboring schools as well as they reasonably can, right?

This doesn't make sense as it would be a terrible commute for DCC. It makes more sense to pull from BCC, WJ, and and some of the other local W schools, and maybe parts of Einstein. I don't want my kids making that commute.

There are feeders to Einstein and Wheaton that are not a terrible commute to Woodward (Oakland Terrace and Viers Mill in particular). And the bottom line is Einstein is very overcrowded, so some of those kids will have to be sent to Woodward. I love the Bethesda parents on here who act like everything is based on their whims. No, WJ is not the only consideration here, and you can bet your bottom dollar that the BOE is not going to just ignore the DCC because that is not a good look for equity considerations. There is no chance they tell the lower income families down county that their kids have to stay in overcrowded schools with portable trailers so that the Bethesda snowflakes have enough space and can all maintain their little bubble. Give me a break.

I don’t think any Bethesda parents are saying that. I’ve never heard WJ parents say things like this. They understand DCC schools will be included in the boundary study. And the PP seems to be from the DCC.

But I think its fair to say that no one will be 100% happy when they do the boundary study (are they ever?). Thankfully, we are getting a brand new school to alleviate the overcrowding and hopefully provide a performing arts center of excellence. We are very fortunate, aren’t we?

I mean, you can just read the previous page of the thread to see the people who are saying that.

I’m not sure who you are arguing with but I’ve read the thread and can assure you that they don’t exist.

Nobody is trying to deny DCC schools anything and surely the BOE will ultimately decide. There are however a lot of people are asking legitimate questions about how this is all going to work given basic constraints.

WJ is currently 2,800 and over capacity of 2,300.
Woodward will have capacity of 2,160 with about 500 seats reserved for magnet students.
North Bethesda MS is 1,000.
Tilden MS is 1,400.

So as a first order of business, if Woodard is in a cluster with Tilden MS and a performing arts magnet, it will open effectively at full capacity. WJ on the other hand will have probably 1,000 seats available but as people are pointing out, there is a question of how many of these seats would essentially be reserved to accommodate a huge amount of permitted development at Strathmore, WMAL towers, White Flint Mall, etc. Not to mention the fact that this specific area of North Bethesda is targeted by the county for more high density development as part of its Thrive plan. How many seats will need to be reserved? I guess the demographers will tell us. In the end, there will probably not be enough capacity to accommodate half of Rock View ES.

Your reading comprehension leaves something to be desired then, because there are plenty of posts here ignoring that the stated purpose of Woodward is to relieve overcrowding at WJ and the DCC, not WJ first and then the DCC if possible, or WJ and a 500 seat magnet and then the DCC if possible. Nowhere has MCPS committed to reserving 500 seats at Woodward for a county wide magnet. There are also multiple split articulation MS in MCPS, they do not need to keep the Tilden cluster together, especially when talking about a HS whose whole purpose is to alleviate overcrowding at multiple HS.

You are a weird person. Like the person that keeps arguing about the BOE putting diversity above other factors. Give it a rest already. You seem to lack both reading comprehension and common sense.

There's nothing weird about what this PP said at all. They're right on all counts.

Very true. The BOE cares little about safety of children and teachers (January fiasco) or education (foundational educational programs, or the magnet and special needs fiasco). I've come to realize is that ALL they care about is their own personal agendas.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there any reason why are people assuming that DCC students will be rezoned only to Woodward, and not to WJ as well? They are going to try to reduce disparities in FARMS rates between neighboring schools as well as they reasonably can, right?

This doesn't make sense as it would be a terrible commute for DCC. It makes more sense to pull from BCC, WJ, and and some of the other local W schools, and maybe parts of Einstein. I don't want my kids making that commute.

There are feeders to Einstein and Wheaton that are not a terrible commute to Woodward (Oakland Terrace and Viers Mill in particular). And the bottom line is Einstein is very overcrowded, so some of those kids will have to be sent to Woodward. I love the Bethesda parents on here who act like everything is based on their whims. No, WJ is not the only consideration here, and you can bet your bottom dollar that the BOE is not going to just ignore the DCC because that is not a good look for equity considerations. There is no chance they tell the lower income families down county that their kids have to stay in overcrowded schools with portable trailers so that the Bethesda snowflakes have enough space and can all maintain their little bubble. Give me a break.

As a OTES parent, the commute would be terrible. Einstein, Wheaton, and Northwood are much closer. It makes no sense.

They need to open an additional DCC high school.

Oakland Terrace is less than 5 minutes from Parkwood, which goes to WJ, which is the same distance as it will be from Woodward. There may be other reasons OTES doesn’t get zoned to Woodward but the commute, given it’s proximity to Parkwood, isn’t one of them. It’s a utilization issue. There are too many kids at Einstein, Blair, and WJ, and that is in no way going to decrease over the coming years, so Blair will get some of its kids sent to Northwood and Einstein and WJ will have some of their kids sent to Woodward.

Oh I get it. You want to send poor kids from Einstein to Woodard so that you can get more poor kids away from Larlx at Blair? People are funny.

This literally makes no sense. Oakland Terrace has the 2nd lowest FARMS rate of the Einstein feeders, and how the hell would re-zoning Oakland Terrace to Woodward “keep poor kids away from Larlx at Blair”? Did you just dip into the wine early?

You seem to have jumped forward a number of steps to presume and propose which schools in the DCC would, if any, get sent to Woodward. I suggest taking a chill pill.

DP, but since Woodward is being reopened to address overcrowding at WJ and two DCC high schools, how would some of the DCC elementaries not end up there?

The idea that people are fervently debating specific schools like it’s a done deal is ridiculous. In fact, it’s entirely possible that DCC enrollment is entirely based on individual student choice and that no specific school is assigned.

I don’t disagree about debating specific schools—that’s silly at this point.

But your premise that individual choice will be the decider here is equally absurd. There’s no student choice at the elementary level, and they’re going to have to assign DCC elementaries to Woodward to relieve overcrowding in the DCC.

You seem to be so invested in this that you lack reading comprehension. I have made zero suggestions about anything only to point out other potential options. I think you should take a breather and relax because you are making a fool of yourself. BOE will decide. They have years to make that decision. And nobody knows what they will do.

The point of the DCC is to have school choice. That is one reason why some of us who could afford to move stay.

So is it absurd to suggest a possibility for determining enrollment at Woodward would not be based on boundaries but only choice? Because that’s what’s being said here.

I can’t see any scenario in which Woodward could be filled by choice only. If given the choice most WJ families would not opt to go to Woodward, nor would most DCC families.

I could, but you'd have to fire the current board.

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Anonymous wrote:I think some of y’all are confusing University Blvd and Conn. Ave. University curves off of Connecticut just past Conn. & Plyers Mill intersection.

This is incorrect. At the split University is to the right and takes you up to Wheaton Mall. Connecticut veers to the left. After you pass Kaiser Permanente and continue a bit, you will pass Rock View ES on the left.

Yes, but we need to get on Connecticut to get onto University to get there except if you do a cut through.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there any reason why are people assuming that DCC students will be rezoned only to Woodward, and not to WJ as well? They are going to try to reduce disparities in FARMS rates between neighboring schools as well as they reasonably can, right?

This doesn't make sense as it would be a terrible commute for DCC. It makes more sense to pull from BCC, WJ, and and some of the other local W schools, and maybe parts of Einstein. I don't want my kids making that commute.

There are feeders to Einstein and Wheaton that are not a terrible commute to Woodward (Oakland Terrace and Viers Mill in particular). And the bottom line is Einstein is very overcrowded, so some of those kids will have to be sent to Woodward. I love the Bethesda parents on here who act like everything is based on their whims. No, WJ is not the only consideration here, and you can bet your bottom dollar that the BOE is not going to just ignore the DCC because that is not a good look for equity considerations. There is no chance they tell the lower income families down county that their kids have to stay in overcrowded schools with portable trailers so that the Bethesda snowflakes have enough space and can all maintain their little bubble. Give me a break.

As a OTES parent, the commute would be terrible. Einstein, Wheaton, and Northwood are much closer. It makes no sense.

They need to open an additional DCC high school.

Oakland Terrace is less than 5 minutes from Parkwood, which goes to WJ, which is the same distance as it will be from Woodward. There may be other reasons OTES doesn’t get zoned to Woodward but the commute, given it’s proximity to Parkwood, isn’t one of them. It’s a utilization issue. There are too many kids at Einstein, Blair, and WJ, and that is in no way going to decrease over the coming years, so Blair will get some of its kids sent to Northwood and Einstein and WJ will have some of their kids sent to Woodward.

Oh I get it. You want to send poor kids from Einstein to Woodard so that you can get more poor kids away from Larlx at Blair? People are funny.

This literally makes no sense. Oakland Terrace has the 2nd lowest FARMS rate of the Einstein feeders, and how the hell would re-zoning Oakland Terrace to Woodward “keep poor kids away from Larlx at Blair”? Did you just dip into the wine early?

You seem to have jumped forward a number of steps to presume and propose which schools in the DCC would, if any, get sent to Woodward. I suggest taking a chill pill.

DP, but since Woodward is being reopened to address overcrowding at WJ and two DCC high schools, how would some of the DCC elementaries not end up there?

The idea that people are fervently debating specific schools like it’s a done deal is ridiculous. In fact, it’s entirely possible that DCC enrollment is entirely based on individual student choice and that no specific school is assigned.

I don’t disagree about debating specific schools—that’s silly at this point.

But your premise that individual choice will be the decider here is equally absurd. There’s no student choice at the elementary level, and they’re going to have to assign DCC elementaries to Woodward to relieve overcrowding in the DCC.

You seem to be so invested in this that you lack reading comprehension. I have made zero suggestions about anything only to point out other potential options. I think you should take a breather and relax because you are making a fool of yourself. BOE will decide. They have years to make that decision. And nobody knows what they will do.

The point of the DCC is to have school choice. That is one reason why some of us who could afford to move stay.

So is it absurd to suggest a possibility for determining enrollment at Woodward would not be based on boundaries but only choice? Because that’s what’s being said here.

I can’t see any scenario in which Woodward could be filled by choice only. If given the choice most WJ families would not opt to go to Woodward, nor would most DCC families.

If they had a specific program we wanted, we'd go and be willing to do the drive. But, if a closer school DCC has what we want, why make that drive just for a fancier new school?

Obviously they will shift some WJ and upcountry kids but the question is what other schools will they shift around - Einstein, or other DCC? And, would it be part of the DCC?

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Anonymous wrote:I think some of y’all are confusing University Blvd and Conn. Ave. University curves off of Connecticut just past Conn. & Plyers Mill intersection.

This is incorrect. At the split University is to the right and takes you up to Wheaton Mall. Connecticut veers to the left. After you pass Kaiser Permanente and continue a bit, you will pass Rock View ES on the left.

Coming from Plyers Mill, you go on Conn till you hit the split. Either way, it makes no sense to basically pass Einstein to get to Woodward except if Woodward has something amazing to offer.

[Anonymous]

Ya’ll are going to be screaming “Woodward is for DCC overcrowding” until you are senile. The fact is that Northwood expansion will do more for DCC overcrowding than Woodward will and just going down the numbers it’s unlikely that Woodward will accommodate more than 500 DCC students when it opens and that number will need to decline over time as more housing gets built in North Bethesda, which the county not only plans to do buy is also prioritizing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ya’ll are going to be screaming “Woodward is for DCC overcrowding” until you are senile. The fact is that Northwood expansion will do more for DCC overcrowding than Woodward will and just going down the numbers it’s unlikely that Woodward will accommodate more than 500 DCC students when it opens and that number will need to decline over time as more housing gets built in North Bethesda, which the county not only plans to do buy is also prioritizing.

Woodward will help with DCC overcrowding indirectly by dealing with overcrowding in MCPS in general. Some people sem to have this fantasy that their boundaries will remain in tact while those poor DCC kids will be bused across the county to Woodward. This will never happen. Woodward's boundaries will be carved out of those from the adjacent schools and those will also be adjusted. This cascade of adjustments can be used to help with overcrowding as it propagates through the boundaries. The county could save a ton of money on transportation by making more sensible boundaries; for example, is it Wootten that has the long narrow boundary where the school is at the far end and a separate island off to the north? People who literally live across the street from Wootten, Einstein or Blair don't attend those schools. In the case of Blair, I get it since there are no high-schools in the SE part of the county, but there others border on ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ya’ll are going to be screaming “Woodward is for DCC overcrowding” until you are senile. The fact is that Northwood expansion will do more for DCC overcrowding than Woodward will and just going down the numbers it’s unlikely that Woodward will accommodate more than 500 DCC students when it opens and that number will need to decline over time as more housing gets built in North Bethesda, which the county not only plans to do buy is also prioritizing.

Or just reading the actual stated purpose of the re-opening of Woodward Northwood is definitely going to help with Blair’s overcrowding issue but Einstein is just as overcrowded as WJ and Blair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ya’ll are going to be screaming “Woodward is for DCC overcrowding” until you are senile. The fact is that Northwood expansion will do more for DCC overcrowding than Woodward will and just going down the numbers it’s unlikely that Woodward will accommodate more than 500 DCC students when it opens and that number will need to decline over time as more housing gets built in North Bethesda, which the county not only plans to do buy is also prioritizing.

Woodward will help with DCC overcrowding indirectly by dealing with overcrowding in MCPS in general. Some people sem to have this fantasy that their boundaries will remain in tact while those poor DCC kids will be bused across the county to Woodward. This will never happen. Woodward's boundaries will be carved out of those from the adjacent schools and those will also be adjusted. This cascade of adjustments can be used to help with overcrowding as it propagates through the boundaries. The county could save a ton of money on transportation by making more sensible boundaries; for example, is it Wootten that has the long narrow boundary where the school is at the far end and a separate island off to the north? People who literally live across the street from Wootten, Einstein or Blair don't attend those schools. In the case of Blair, I get it since there are no high-schools in the SE part of the county, but there others border on ridiculous.

Blair has around 3,000 students. It will be easier for students to move around if 200-500 students are moved to other school.