Second round options for Woodward boundary study

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Anonymous wrote:The problem for future Woodward families is not so much boundaries. All second round options give that school a chance to develop into a good school over years - the area has many educated families and is growing.

The problem is ridiculous regional plan that gives Woodward focus on arts which appeals to maybe 5% of families at best. With that focus Woodward will have limited class offerings in courses that actually matter in real world - math, science, humanities. So students in Woodward cluster will have option to apply to humanities in WJ (most will chose this option), apply to STEM in Wheaton (very few) or apply to IB in Kennedy (nobody). This will leave Woodward half capacity with drama and photography enthusiasts, and unhappy others that didn't make the list for WJ.

So instead of solving overcrowding and creating a decent new school given its nice location, they will ruin it from the get go by placing a useless and highly specialized magnet in it.

Future Woodward parents should focus their energy on kicking and screaming against the new regional plan, instead of nitpicking between Option A and Option B.

This is kinda funny. Woodward will have far more than most schools have or you can go to MC, which is what the rest of us are forced to do if we want advanced classes. Lots of kids want the arts. The reason for Woodward is WJ so you all cannot complain now that you have it. Arts kids can be extremely smart.

"extremely smart"? but they and their parents have terrible judgment to enable mere hobbies as part of their high school education and college and life preparedness. lots of kids want to play soccer. they should have a soccer magnet too. give me a break. do art after school for fun

NP.

Wowwwww with this comment.

NP #2.

Yea, I agree with it. Don't you?

No, definitely not. I think arts are important.

That may be true, but it's no place for the school to spend resources for the arts hobbies. Just enrich your kid at home on how to use a coloring book.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The problem for future Woodward families is not so much boundaries. All second round options give that school a chance to develop into a good school over years - the area has many educated families and is growing.

The problem is ridiculous regional plan that gives Woodward focus on arts which appeals to maybe 5% of families at best. With that focus Woodward will have limited class offerings in courses that actually matter in real world - math, science, humanities. So students in Woodward cluster will have option to apply to humanities in WJ (most will chose this option), apply to STEM in Wheaton (very few) or apply to IB in Kennedy (nobody). This will leave Woodward half capacity with drama and photography enthusiasts, and unhappy others that didn't make the list for WJ.

So instead of solving overcrowding and creating a decent new school given its nice location, they will ruin it from the get go by placing a useless and highly specialized magnet in it.

Future Woodward parents should focus their energy on kicking and screaming against the new regional plan, instead of nitpicking between Option A and Option B.

This is kinda funny. Woodward will have far more than most schools have or you can go to MC, which is what the rest of us are forced to do if we want advanced classes. Lots of kids want the arts. The reason for Woodward is WJ so you all cannot complain now that you have it. Arts kids can be extremely smart.

"extremely smart"? but they and their parents have terrible judgment to enable mere hobbies as part of their high school education and college and life preparedness. lots of kids want to play soccer. they should have a soccer magnet too. give me a break. do art after school for fun

NP.

Wowwwww with this comment.

NP #2.

Yea, I agree with it. Don't you?

No, definitely not. I think arts are important.

Definitely not important enough to have 6 High Schools with Arts magnets. 1 art class for kids who opt into it is fine. kids can do band camp if they want.

[Anonymous]

It is irresponsible for a school district that is slipping in academic rankings to start not one but six highly specialized art magnets that serve very few. And it is especially irresponsible to place it in a new school that has yet to establish itself and attract good students. Instead, it will attract kids that think that being a youtuber is a viable career path.

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Anonymous wrote:The problem for future Woodward families is not so much boundaries. All second round options give that school a chance to develop into a good school over years - the area has many educated families and is growing.

The problem is ridiculous regional plan that gives Woodward focus on arts which appeals to maybe 5% of families at best. With that focus Woodward will have limited class offerings in courses that actually matter in real world - math, science, humanities. So students in Woodward cluster will have option to apply to humanities in WJ (most will chose this option), apply to STEM in Wheaton (very few) or apply to IB in Kennedy (nobody). This will leave Woodward half capacity with drama and photography enthusiasts, and unhappy others that didn't make the list for WJ.

So instead of solving overcrowding and creating a decent new school given its nice location, they will ruin it from the get go by placing a useless and highly specialized magnet in it.

Future Woodward parents should focus their energy on kicking and screaming against the new regional plan, instead of nitpicking between Option A and Option B.

This is kinda funny. Woodward will have far more than most schools have or you can go to MC, which is what the rest of us are forced to do if we want advanced classes. Lots of kids want the arts. The reason for Woodward is WJ so you all cannot complain now that you have it. Arts kids can be extremely smart.

"extremely smart"? but they and their parents have terrible judgment to enable mere hobbies as part of their high school education and college and life preparedness. lots of kids want to play soccer. they should have a soccer magnet too. give me a break. do art after school for fun

NP.

Wowwwww with this comment.

NP #2.

Yea, I agree with it. Don't you?

No, definitely not. I think arts are important.

That may be true, but it's no place for the school to spend resources for the arts hobbies. Just enrich your kid at home on how to use a coloring book.

I guess this is the attitude that will soon be getting us 60 minutes of math required through eighth grade, to the detriment of foreign languages and the arts.

[Anonymous]

I guess this is the attitude that will soon be getting us 60 minutes of math required through eighth grade, to the detriment of foreign languages and the arts.

60 minutes of math is required in pretty much every country in the world. And it is not done at the detriment of foreign languages. Art, on the other hand, is not focus in high school curriculums anywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess this is the attitude that will soon be getting us 60 minutes of math required through eighth grade, to the detriment of foreign languages and the arts.

60 minutes of math is required in pretty much every country in the world. And it is not done at the detriment of foreign languages. Art, on the other hand, is not focus in high school curriculums anywhere.

Really? I had not seen that cited as a reason for the new Maryland law, which will be an outlier in the US. And I’m not sure how it gets implemented in middle school without cutting a class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess this is the attitude that will soon be getting us 60 minutes of math required through eighth grade, to the detriment of foreign languages and the arts.

60 minutes of math is required in pretty much every country in the world. And it is not done at the detriment of foreign languages. Art, on the other hand, is not focus in high school curriculums anywhere.

+1 arts is a waste of time. your kid will just work at starbucks

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I guess this is the attitude that will soon be getting us 60 minutes of math required through eighth grade, to the detriment of foreign languages and the arts.

60 minutes of math is required in pretty much every country in the world. And it is not done at the detriment of foreign languages. Art, on the other hand, is not focus in high school curriculums anywhere.

Really? I had not seen that cited as a reason for the new Maryland law, which will be an outlier in the US. And I’m not sure how it gets implemented in middle school without cutting a class.

i hope it's painting that gets cut! great new law! thank the lawyers and their right brain.

[Anonymous]

The attitude toward the arts is tragic. I went to a high school with an arts magnet and I actually was not part of it, although I did take an elective or two and participate in an after school club. The artsy kids found a creative outlet and they found their people there. I know it kept some of them on the right path and helped them to succeed academically. There were also some top across the board academic students in the program.

But honestly…. Those of you who think arts have no value, are you also the people complaining that they don’t teach novels in schools anymore? Do you think that is somehow different?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The attitude toward the arts is tragic. I went to a high school with an arts magnet and I actually was not part of it, although I did take an elective or two and participate in an after school club. The artsy kids found a creative outlet and they found their people there. I know it kept some of them on the right path and helped them to succeed academically. There were also some top across the board academic students in the program.

But honestly…. Those of you who think arts have no value, are you also the people complaining that they don’t teach novels in schools anymore? Do you think that is somehow different?

It's not the purpose of public education for artsy kids to find a creative outlet for their people. What's wrong with you?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The attitude toward the arts is tragic. I went to a high school with an arts magnet and I actually was not part of it, although I did take an elective or two and participate in an after school club. The artsy kids found a creative outlet and they found their people there. I know it kept some of them on the right path and helped them to succeed academically. There were also some top across the board academic students in the program.

But honestly…. Those of you who think arts have no value, are you also the people complaining that they don’t teach novels in schools anymore? Do you think that is somehow different?

It's not the purpose of public education for artsy kids to find a creative outlet for their people. What's wrong with you?

I get that we are not speaking the same language here, but I thought keeping kids motivated to be successful in school was very much part of the point of public education.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The attitude toward the arts is tragic. I went to a high school with an arts magnet and I actually was not part of it, although I did take an elective or two and participate in an after school club. The artsy kids found a creative outlet and they found their people there. I know it kept some of them on the right path and helped them to succeed academically. There were also some top across the board academic students in the program.

But honestly…. Those of you who think arts have no value, are you also the people complaining that they don’t teach novels in schools anymore? Do you think that is somehow different?

It's not the purpose of public education for artsy kids to find a creative outlet for their people. What's wrong with you?

I get that we are not speaking the same language here, but I thought keeping kids motivated to be successful in school was very much part of the point of public education.

creative outlet? that's education? how about some reading, writing, and math proficiency. who cares about how they can use crayolas. some kids like to fly kites. it's an outlet. let's have a kite flying magnet and use tax dollars for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The attitude toward the arts is tragic. I went to a high school with an arts magnet and I actually was not part of it, although I did take an elective or two and participate in an after school club. The artsy kids found a creative outlet and they found their people there. I know it kept some of them on the right path and helped them to succeed academically. There were also some top across the board academic students in the program.

But honestly…. Those of you who think arts have no value, are you also the people complaining that they don’t teach novels in schools anymore? Do you think that is somehow different?

Yes, it is very different. Students will get exposed to good art through English, History and some other classes. And it is not that art has no value. It is that people making a living creating art are a very small fraction of population. High school is not a place to accommodate those very few talented ones. Most of them go through regular high school education and end up just fine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The attitude toward the arts is tragic. I went to a high school with an arts magnet and I actually was not part of it, although I did take an elective or two and participate in an after school club. The artsy kids found a creative outlet and they found their people there. I know it kept some of them on the right path and helped them to succeed academically. There were also some top across the board academic students in the program.

But honestly…. Those of you who think arts have no value, are you also the people complaining that they don’t teach novels in schools anymore? Do you think that is somehow different?

It's not the purpose of public education for artsy kids to find a creative outlet for their people. What's wrong with you?

I get that we are not speaking the same language here, but I thought keeping kids motivated to be successful in school was very much part of the point of public education.

creative outlet? that's education? how about some reading, writing, and math proficiency. who cares about how they can use crayolas. some kids like to fly kites. it's an outlet. let's have a kite flying magnet and use tax dollars for it.

lol kite design for 9th graders. how to string a kite for 10th graders

[Anonymous]

NP We should have arts magnets. let alone 6 high schools with them. Joke county shooting itself in the foot.