Put us back in Frost! checks last dates of renovation of Frost and Cabin John Actually nevermind we're good. |
Again this problem is not solvable by bussing. Bussing will only make the ripple effect in a few schools be extended to more schools. |
MCPS buses over 100,000 students, twice a day. This boundary study will almost certainly reduce busing by reassigning students in potential walk zones. |
. Tell that to the people in outburbs of Clarksburg who had 20 minute bus rides go to 45 minute ones when they were moved to SV. Nice try! |
I don't need to, because these people do not exist - as you would know, if you lived here, which you don't. Anybody can look at the bus routes to find that out. |
It’s just time for Horizon Hill to be zoned to CS. Silly that they cross Falls to go to RP when CS is under capacity. |
That's a lie. Look at the CIP planning numbers. Show me the school and I'll tell you which boundary can be shifted to somewhere with capacity. Even Crown didn't need to be built. |
We've just put out an article detailing all of the boundary discussions in the recent BOE meeting including the full slides.
https://moderatelymoco.com/mcps-boundary-studies-updates-from-2-27-24-boe-meeting-woodward-crown-damascus-high-schools/ |
I love you. |
Are they seriously pushing back decades overdue renovations to be "TBD"? What an unbelievable embarrassment for a district that collects such a massive sum of property taxes. |
+1. All the kids who live near Crown who currently take the bus to Gaithersburg or Wootton will become walkers. That's a good thing. |
Name a neighborhood in wootton that’s actually walkable to crown? |
Island in the upper right: https://www.redfin.com/school/136910/MD/Rockville/Thomas-S-Wootton-High-School/ |
Most obviously: the Washingtonian area, which is literally across Fields Road from the Crown HS site. https://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/WoottonHS.pdf There are also some areas south of 28 that look like they're within 2.0 miles walking distance of the Crown HS site, some of which are also within walking distance of Wootton. |
Redistricting based on ethnicity is on the way out given legal concerns in this day and age, for better or worse. Arlington Public Schools just removed demographics as one of the criteria for boundary adjustments. Bussing is on the way out there. Also many communities of color now prefer not to be bussed past other schools simply for the sake of diversity. (They’d like to be able to walk to school as well.) This is a complete 180 from the prevailing philosophy 20 years ago. In Arlington, proximity (walkability) and alignment will govern boundaries going forward. In fact the last major boundary changes there in 2018 only further segregated wealthy and white students away from students of color. I wouldn’t be surprised to see MCPS move in a similar direction. It’s unfortunate, but as a society we’re kind of moving backwards, towards more segregation, as other priorities come to the forefront. |