Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The only schools with lower than 20% FARMS (for high school) are Whitman, Wooten, Poolesville, Churchill, and WJ.

I think WJ is at 18%

Why not just let anyone go to Whitman if they can provide their own transportation? It’s under capacity.

I would be open to that only if they put the out of boundary kids under heavy scrutiny in admissions. Looking at grades, discipline records etc, so that way the wrong kids don’t get in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maximizing walkers is the low hanging fruit. It doesn't cost extra money, it's (usually) popular with the neighboring areas, and it's good for sustainability. Obviously some schools' walk zones will need to be larger or smaller than others, based on the building capacity, nearby highways or other barriers considered hazardous, etc. But I would really like to see them come up with new options with this as a foundational goal, and show their work.

Increasing walking zones won’t help lower the absentee rate. Kids already skip school when it is actually raining or when it’s predicted to rain on their walk home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The only schools with lower than 20% FARMS (for high school) are Whitman, Wooten, Poolesville, Churchill, and WJ.

I think WJ is at 18%

Why not just let anyone go to Whitman if they can provide their own transportation? It’s under capacity.

I would be open to that only if they put the out of boundary kids under heavy scrutiny in admissions. Looking at grades, discipline records etc, so that way the wrong kids don’t get in.

God, I hope this is sarcasm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maximizing walkers is the low hanging fruit. It doesn't cost extra money, it's (usually) popular with the neighboring areas, and it's good for sustainability. Obviously some schools' walk zones will need to be larger or smaller than others, based on the building capacity, nearby highways or other barriers considered hazardous, etc. But I would really like to see them come up with new options with this as a foundational goal, and show their work.

Increasing walking zones won’t help lower the absentee rate. Kids already skip school when it is actually raining or when it’s predicted to rain on their walk home.

+1
Also, how many kids at the 1.9.mile mark actually walk to school, especially inexpensive areas? I'd wager most carpool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maximizing walkers is the low hanging fruit. It doesn't cost extra money, it's (usually) popular with the neighboring areas, and it's good for sustainability. Obviously some schools' walk zones will need to be larger or smaller than others, based on the building capacity, nearby highways or other barriers considered hazardous, etc. But I would really like to see them come up with new options with this as a foundational goal, and show their work.

Increasing walking zones won’t help lower the absentee rate. Kids already skip school when it is actually raining or when it’s predicted to rain on their walk home.

Did the PP you are responding to make the claim that they would help absentee rates?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone explain why this is happening? I live in clarksburg.

MCPS is opening up a new school (or reopening) on Old Georgetown Road, close to WJ. They already owned the property, tore down the old school and rebuilt. Its now being used as a holding school for two+ years till another school is being rebuilt. So, they are changing the boundaries to make WJ and other schools less overcrowded. All our high schools are huge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maximizing walkers is the low hanging fruit. It doesn't cost extra money, it's (usually) popular with the neighboring areas, and it's good for sustainability. Obviously some schools' walk zones will need to be larger or smaller than others, based on the building capacity, nearby highways or other barriers considered hazardous, etc. But I would really like to see them come up with new options with this as a foundational goal, and show their work.

Increasing walking zones won’t help lower the absentee rate. Kids already skip school when it is actually raining or when it’s predicted to rain on their walk home.

+1
Also, how many kids at the 1.9.mile mark actually walk to school, especially inexpensive areas? I'd wager most carpool.

Carpooling only works if parents or other kids can drive them. I know many who walk that far. Or, bike or scooter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The only schools with lower than 20% FARMS (for high school) are Whitman, Wooten, Poolesville, Churchill, and WJ.

I think WJ is at 18%

Why not just let anyone go to Whitman if they can provide their own transportation? It’s under capacity.

I would be open to that only if they put the out of boundary kids under heavy scrutiny in admissions. Looking at grades, discipline records etc, so that way the wrong kids don’t get in.

Lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The only schools with lower than 20% FARMS (for high school) are Whitman, Wooten, Poolesville, Churchill, and WJ.

I think WJ is at 18%

Why not just let anyone go to Whitman if they can provide their own transportation? It’s under capacity.

I would be open to that only if they put the out of boundary kids under heavy scrutiny in admissions. Looking at grades, discipline records etc, so that way the wrong kids don’t get in.

Wrong kids.. this isn't private school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maximizing walkers is the low hanging fruit. It doesn't cost extra money, it's (usually) popular with the neighboring areas, and it's good for sustainability. Obviously some schools' walk zones will need to be larger or smaller than others, based on the building capacity, nearby highways or other barriers considered hazardous, etc. But I would really like to see them come up with new options with this as a foundational goal, and show their work.

Increasing walking zones won’t help lower the absentee rate. Kids already skip school when it is actually raining or when it’s predicted to rain on their walk home.

+1
Also, how many kids at the 1.9.mile mark actually walk to school, especially inexpensive areas? I'd wager most carpool.

Carpooling only works if parents or other kids can drive them. I know many who walk that far. Or, bike or scooter.

So….decrease the walk zones to a mile?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone explain why this is happening? I live in clarksburg.

MCPS is opening up a new school (or reopening) on Old Georgetown Road, close to WJ. They already owned the property, tore down the old school and rebuilt. Its now being used as a holding school for two+ years till another school is being rebuilt. So, they are changing the boundaries to make WJ and other schools less overcrowded. All our high schools are huge.

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maximizing walkers is the low hanging fruit. It doesn't cost extra money, it's (usually) popular with the neighboring areas, and it's good for sustainability. Obviously some schools' walk zones will need to be larger or smaller than others, based on the building capacity, nearby highways or other barriers considered hazardous, etc. But I would really like to see them come up with new options with this as a foundational goal, and show their work.

Increasing walking zones won’t help lower the absentee rate. Kids already skip school when it is actually raining or when it’s predicted to rain on their walk home.

+1
Also, how many kids at the 1.9.mile mark actually walk to school, especially inexpensive areas? I'd wager most carpool.

Carpooling only works if parents or other kids can drive them. I know many who walk that far. Or, bike or scooter.

It feels like there would be data on this.

Narrators voice: and yet, there was no data.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maximizing walkers is the low hanging fruit. It doesn't cost extra money, it's (usually) popular with the neighboring areas, and it's good for sustainability. Obviously some schools' walk zones will need to be larger or smaller than others, based on the building capacity, nearby highways or other barriers considered hazardous, etc. But I would really like to see them come up with new options with this as a foundational goal, and show their work.

Increasing walking zones won’t help lower the absentee rate. Kids already skip school when it is actually raining or when it’s predicted to rain on their walk home.

+1
Also, how many kids at the 1.9.mile mark actually walk to school, especially inexpensive areas? I'd wager most carpool.

Carpooling only works if parents or other kids can drive them. I know many who walk that far. Or, bike or scooter.

So….decrease the walk zones to a mile?

Oh so we don't care about budgets now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maximizing walkers is the low hanging fruit. It doesn't cost extra money, it's (usually) popular with the neighboring areas, and it's good for sustainability. Obviously some schools' walk zones will need to be larger or smaller than others, based on the building capacity, nearby highways or other barriers considered hazardous, etc. But I would really like to see them come up with new options with this as a foundational goal, and show their work.

Increasing walking zones won’t help lower the absentee rate. Kids already skip school when it is actually raining or when it’s predicted to rain on their walk home.

+1
Also, how many kids at the 1.9.mile mark actually walk to school, especially inexpensive areas? I'd wager most carpool.

Carpooling only works if parents or other kids can drive them. I know many who walk that far. Or, bike or scooter.

I forgot most of the kids in Bethesda have their own cars. Their parents think they are so poor because they could only afford to give their kids a Honda and not Lexus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maximizing walkers is the low hanging fruit. It doesn't cost extra money, it's (usually) popular with the neighboring areas, and it's good for sustainability. Obviously some schools' walk zones will need to be larger or smaller than others, based on the building capacity, nearby highways or other barriers considered hazardous, etc. But I would really like to see them come up with new options with this as a foundational goal, and show their work.

Increasing walking zones won’t help lower the absentee rate. Kids already skip school when it is actually raining or when it’s predicted to rain on their walk home.

+1
Also, how many kids at the 1.9.mile mark actually walk to school, especially inexpensive areas? I'd wager most carpool.

Carpooling only works if parents or other kids can drive them. I know many who walk that far. Or, bike or scooter.

So….decrease the walk zones to a mile?

Oh so we don't care about budgets now?

?
What?