Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up

[Anonymous]

Option 3 has got to be the throw away option.

[Anonymous]

When will this take effect? If a student is in their last year of MS then will they be moved to a new school for 1 year??

[Anonymous]

I have not read all 11 pages, because I cannot believe all of you are so ridiculous to think that any of these are a final option, or anything close to it. Have you never been part of a bounday study? This is step 1, show options that represent each of the 4 factors. Step 2 will show some balance (one can only hope, as usually step 2 is shown at the same time as step 1).

This has been a huge waste of time to date

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The Garrett Park to Wheaton commute is also a nightmare.

Garrett Park Council recently voted on this and unanimously approved their support of option #3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Option 3 has got to be the throw away option.

It has united DCUM in opposition to it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have not read all 11 pages, because I cannot believe all of you are so ridiculous to think that any of these are a final option, or anything close to it. Have you never been part of a bounday study? This is step 1, show options that represent each of the 4 factors. Step 2 will show some balance (one can only hope, as usually step 2 is shown at the same time as step 1).

This has been a huge waste of time to date

No, I haven't been part of a boundary study before, I bet most of us haven't. Is this really how they always do it? The "ignore balance and come up with 4 options that prioritize only one factor each" is actually the way MCPS asks them to do it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have not read all 11 pages, because I cannot believe all of you are so ridiculous to think that any of these are a final option, or anything close to it. Have you never been part of a bounday study? This is step 1, show options that represent each of the 4 factors. Step 2 will show some balance (one can only hope, as usually step 2 is shown at the same time as step 1).

This has been a huge waste of time to date

Disagree. If people don’t speak up, they could easily end up with some variation of option 3. And we may end up with that even with lots of folks speaking up in opposition.

My kids would have to get up so early for the bus under option 3. I don’t know what we will do. Probably move once the boundaries are set.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Cool, cool. None of these options changes where we’re zoned so I guess I go by who my kids classmates will be…/

What neighborhood are you in?

Somerset. All options have us still at BCC. I’m happy about that

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Option 3 has got to be the throw away option.

It has united DCUM in opposition to it.

Do you think those lower income clusters are going to benefit from being shipped across town? Do you think their parents want the extra commuting time and costs, much less to be surrounded by a bunch of affluent families who most definitely don't want it? I think the universal feedback is people want to attend local schools in their neighborhoods that aren't overcrowded. If they can enhance diversity and minimize overcrowding around the edges, then great! Anything else is an exercise in social engineering and will make just about everyone unhappy.

[Anonymous]

I listened to the zoom call and did not like the happy/cheery attitudes of the speakers. This is very disruptive to people’s families with all the bussing across county in option 3 and they are laughing and so proud of all their tools.

That seemed incredibly tone deaf to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Option 3 has got to be the throw away option.

It has united DCUM in opposition to it.

Do you think those lower income clusters are going to benefit from being shipped across town? Do you think their parents want the extra commuting time and costs, much less to be surrounded by a bunch of affluent families who most definitely don't want it? I think the universal feedback is people want to attend local schools in their neighborhoods that aren't overcrowded. If they can enhance diversity and minimize overcrowding around the edges, then great! Anything else is an exercise in social engineering and will make just about everyone unhappy.

It’s unreasonable unless they plan to provide transportation weekends and evenings for sports and other activities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cool, cool. None of these options changes where we’re zoned so I guess I go by who my kids classmates will be…/

What neighborhood are you in?

Somerset. All options have us still at BCC. I’m happy about that

None of the options had Whitman students going elsewhere as I recall. Maybe some of them should be taken cross county and not to a magnet program for equity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I listened to the zoom call and did not like the happy/cheery attitudes of the speakers. This is very disruptive to people’s families with all the bussing across county in option 3 and they are laughing and so proud of all their tools.

That seemed incredibly tone deaf to me.

They're consultants getting paid to take the arrows for the Board! They're not affected by the results. I wouldn't read too much into it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just reminding everyone that every option is going to have people within walking distance of one school sent to a different school further away, and neighbors on neighboring streets zoned to different schools. That's inevitable due to the geography of where schools are located and the nature of boundaries. It is true of some people now and will be true of different people in different options. The fact that it is true of you personally in one or another of the options does not make that option any worse than the others. Feel free to complain that you personally don't like it, but please try to restrain yourself on the "this is a terrible option because my family happens to be the ones close to X school who have to take a bus somewhere further away."

Very true. In the current system we can walk to Northwood and Blair but are zoned for Einstein. Only one of the four options switches us to a school we could walk to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cool, cool. None of these options changes where we’re zoned so I guess I go by who my kids classmates will be…/

What neighborhood are you in?

Somerset. All options have us still at BCC. I’m happy about that

None of the options had Whitman students going elsewhere as I recall. Maybe some of them should be taken cross county and not to a magnet program for equity.

Not happening. They'd rather import a token number of students (i.e., bus kids) from across the county in the name of DEI. MCPS still has to think about property tax revenues and they ain't killing the golden goose.