What ever happened to Crown HS?

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Thank you for catching my typo. I'll repost.

Not sure if you are aware but in 2018 the BOE made diversity the most important factor in the boundary policy because "increasing diversity is the most important thing we can do for our students." Imagine being in education and actually thinking that. Crazy. In any case, this means that Wootton (and any other student subject to a boundary study) is in danger of being bused. In Wootton's case, kids could be sent to Gaithersburg, Rockville, RM, or Northwest to balance diversity.

Have you looked at the current boundaries?

Also, nobody has said anything about Rockville HS being included in the boundary study. Unlike Quince Orchard HS, which is planned to be included in the boundary study. Somebody as obsessed with boundary studies ought to know these basic facts.

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"There is no rank, rating, or priority for any of the four factors." --MCPS director of capital planning, just now during BOE presentation on current boundary studies.

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I’m seriously thinking about moving. Where in Wootton district is not susceptible to busing to other district? Or maybe have to go to Churchill

Nobody in the Wootton service area will get bused to a high school in a different service area, unless they're in a magnet program.

On the other hand, it is likely that the boundaries of the Wootton service area will change as a result of the Crown HS boundary study, since Wootton will be included in the Crown HS boundary study. But in that case, the people bused to a different high school won't be in the Wootton service area, they'll be in the service area for that high school.

Looks like you typed so much for nothing. Of course the question is asking where in current Wootton service area would be safe

Safe? Safe from what dangers?

Danger of kids being the first batch of a brand new high school and being ripped off

Ripped off? What would they be cheated/defrauded of? Having an old, run-down building instead of a brand-new one?

+1 some of you are seriously ridiculous.

Should we NEVER have any boundary redrawn? Should we never build new schools to address the population growth? What should be done about overcrowded schools? Does it make any sense to have one school over capacity and an adjacent school be under capacity?

Everyone else can move but my neighborhood. NIMBYism at its finest.

Redrawing because of overcrowding is understandable, redrawing to balance farm rate is not

They have to redraw the boundaries. If a kid goes on the bus to school A going north, then the boundaries get redrawn such that the kid now takes the bus to school B going south, about the same distance, I really don't see that as a problem. And it's not like your kid will be *the* only kid in your neighborhood going to a different school.

Many of the boundaries are ridiculous, including Wootton's with that island out that way, and some of the neighborhoods are closer to other schools than Wootton. There are also neighborhoods zoned for Churchill that is pretty far from that school, and those people who live there who scream the loudest about neighborhood schools and "don't bus my kid just for diversity" look very silly.

Also, diversity has always been part of the four factors when drawing boundaries. It's not a new thing. There is no way to draw boundaries giving each factor the same weight. Sometimes, diversity will be given a bit more weight than geography, and sometimes not. There have been at least two boundaries recently where the option that was chosen was not the one that had diversity as the most important factor. This was explained in the Supe's memo, and you could also clearly see it in the options.

I feel like a broken record writing this.

Many people in Western moco fear change especially to school boundaries. They are afraid of diversity and seem to not realize that all these schools are roughly the same.

Nobody thinks a brand new school is the same as Wootton or quince orchard or Richard Montgomery. It needs 4-5 years to get things straight.

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I’m seriously thinking about moving. Where in Wootton district is not susceptible to busing to other district? Or maybe have to go to Churchill

Nobody in the Wootton service area will get bused to a high school in a different service area, unless they're in a magnet program.

On the other hand, it is likely that the boundaries of the Wootton service area will change as a result of the Crown HS boundary study, since Wootton will be included in the Crown HS boundary study. But in that case, the people bused to a different high school won't be in the Wootton service area, they'll be in the service area for that high school.

Looks like you typed so much for nothing. Of course the question is asking where in current Wootton service area would be safe

Safe? Safe from what dangers?

Danger of kids being the first batch of a brand new high school and being ripped off

Ripped off? What would they be cheated/defrauded of? Having an old, run-down building instead of a brand-new one?

+1 some of you are seriously ridiculous.

Should we NEVER have any boundary redrawn? Should we never build new schools to address the population growth? What should be done about overcrowded schools? Does it make any sense to have one school over capacity and an adjacent school be under capacity?

Everyone else can move but my neighborhood. NIMBYism at its finest.

Redrawing because of overcrowding is understandable, redrawing to balance farm rate is not

They have to redraw the boundaries. If a kid goes on the bus to school A going north, then the boundaries get redrawn such that the kid now takes the bus to school B going south, about the same distance, I really don't see that as a problem. And it's not like your kid will be *the* only kid in your neighborhood going to a different school.

Many of the boundaries are ridiculous, including Wootton's with that island out that way, and some of the neighborhoods are closer to other schools than Wootton. There are also neighborhoods zoned for Churchill that is pretty far from that school, and those people who live there who scream the loudest about neighborhood schools and "don't bus my kid just for diversity" look very silly.

Also, diversity has always been part of the four factors when drawing boundaries. It's not a new thing. There is no way to draw boundaries giving each factor the same weight. Sometimes, diversity will be given a bit more weight than geography, and sometimes not. There have been at least two boundaries recently where the option that was chosen was not the one that had diversity as the most important factor. This was explained in the Supe's memo, and you could also clearly see it in the options.

I feel like a broken record writing this.

Many people in Western moco fear change especially to school boundaries. They are afraid of diversity and seem to not realize that all these schools are roughly the same.

Nobody thinks a brand new school is the same as Wootton or quince orchard or Richard Montgomery. It needs 4-5 years to get things straight.

Brand new schools typically attract top teachers from all over the area. It will be a great school.

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I’m seriously thinking about moving. Where in Wootton district is not susceptible to busing to other district? Or maybe have to go to Churchill

Nobody in the Wootton service area will get bused to a high school in a different service area, unless they're in a magnet program.

On the other hand, it is likely that the boundaries of the Wootton service area will change as a result of the Crown HS boundary study, since Wootton will be included in the Crown HS boundary study. But in that case, the people bused to a different high school won't be in the Wootton service area, they'll be in the service area for that high school.

Looks like you typed so much for nothing. Of course the question is asking where in current Wootton service area would be safe

Safe? Safe from what dangers?

Danger of kids being the first batch of a brand new high school and being ripped off

Ripped off? What would they be cheated/defrauded of? Having an old, run-down building instead of a brand-new one?

+1 some of you are seriously ridiculous.

Should we NEVER have any boundary redrawn? Should we never build new schools to address the population growth? What should be done about overcrowded schools? Does it make any sense to have one school over capacity and an adjacent school be under capacity?

Everyone else can move but my neighborhood. NIMBYism at its finest.

Redrawing because of overcrowding is understandable, redrawing to balance farm rate is not

They have to redraw the boundaries. If a kid goes on the bus to school A going north, then the boundaries get redrawn such that the kid now takes the bus to school B going south, about the same distance, I really don't see that as a problem. And it's not like your kid will be *the* only kid in your neighborhood going to a different school.

Many of the boundaries are ridiculous, including Wootton's with that island out that way, and some of the neighborhoods are closer to other schools than Wootton. There are also neighborhoods zoned for Churchill that is pretty far from that school, and those people who live there who scream the loudest about neighborhood schools and "don't bus my kid just for diversity" look very silly.

Also, diversity has always been part of the four factors when drawing boundaries. It's not a new thing. There is no way to draw boundaries giving each factor the same weight. Sometimes, diversity will be given a bit more weight than geography, and sometimes not. There have been at least two boundaries recently where the option that was chosen was not the one that had diversity as the most important factor. This was explained in the Supe's memo, and you could also clearly see it in the options.

I feel like a broken record writing this.

Many people in Western moco fear change especially to school boundaries. They are afraid of diversity and seem to not realize that all these schools are roughly the same.

Nobody thinks a brand new school is the same as Wootton or quince orchard or Richard Montgomery. It needs 4-5 years to get things straight.

Brand new schools typically attract top teachers from all over the area. It will be a great school.

It may become a great school 4-5 years later but certainly not good to be the first batch of students.

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I’m seriously thinking about moving. Where in Wootton district is not susceptible to busing to other district? Or maybe have to go to Churchill

Nobody in the Wootton service area will get bused to a high school in a different service area, unless they're in a magnet program.

On the other hand, it is likely that the boundaries of the Wootton service area will change as a result of the Crown HS boundary study, since Wootton will be included in the Crown HS boundary study. But in that case, the people bused to a different high school won't be in the Wootton service area, they'll be in the service area for that high school.

Looks like you typed so much for nothing. Of course the question is asking where in current Wootton service area would be safe

Safe? Safe from what dangers?

Danger of kids being the first batch of a brand new high school and being ripped off

Ripped off? What would they be cheated/defrauded of? Having an old, run-down building instead of a brand-new one?

+1 some of you are seriously ridiculous.

Should we NEVER have any boundary redrawn? Should we never build new schools to address the population growth? What should be done about overcrowded schools? Does it make any sense to have one school over capacity and an adjacent school be under capacity?

Everyone else can move but my neighborhood. NIMBYism at its finest.

Redrawing because of overcrowding is understandable, redrawing to balance farm rate is not

They have to redraw the boundaries. If a kid goes on the bus to school A going north, then the boundaries get redrawn such that the kid now takes the bus to school B going south, about the same distance, I really don't see that as a problem. And it's not like your kid will be *the* only kid in your neighborhood going to a different school.

Many of the boundaries are ridiculous, including Wootton's with that island out that way, and some of the neighborhoods are closer to other schools than Wootton. There are also neighborhoods zoned for Churchill that is pretty far from that school, and those people who live there who scream the loudest about neighborhood schools and "don't bus my kid just for diversity" look very silly.

Also, diversity has always been part of the four factors when drawing boundaries. It's not a new thing. There is no way to draw boundaries giving each factor the same weight. Sometimes, diversity will be given a bit more weight than geography, and sometimes not. There have been at least two boundaries recently where the option that was chosen was not the one that had diversity as the most important factor. This was explained in the Supe's memo, and you could also clearly see it in the options.

I feel like a broken record writing this.

Many people in Western moco fear change especially to school boundaries. They are afraid of diversity and seem to not realize that all these schools are roughly the same.

Nobody thinks a brand new school is the same as Wootton or quince orchard or Richard Montgomery. It needs 4-5 years to get things straight.

Brand new schools typically attract top teachers from all over the area. It will be a great school.

It may become a great school 4-5 years later but certainly not good to be the first batch of students.

how do you know this? I'm hearing that they are planning to put some really interesting programs in the school. I think it has potential to be a great school. Yes, potential, because no one knows. I realize that people are afraid of the unknown, but we cannot have the status quo with overcrowded schools. If we build a new school, it will need to be occupied, and that will mean boundaries will need to be redrawn.

IMO, it's waaay past time MoCo redrew boundary lines.

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I’m seriously thinking about moving. Where in Wootton district is not susceptible to busing to other district? Or maybe have to go to Churchill

Nobody in the Wootton service area will get bused to a high school in a different service area, unless they're in a magnet program.

On the other hand, it is likely that the boundaries of the Wootton service area will change as a result of the Crown HS boundary study, since Wootton will be included in the Crown HS boundary study. But in that case, the people bused to a different high school won't be in the Wootton service area, they'll be in the service area for that high school.

Looks like you typed so much for nothing. Of course the question is asking where in current Wootton service area would be safe

Safe? Safe from what dangers?

Danger of kids being the first batch of a brand new high school and being ripped off

Ripped off? What would they be cheated/defrauded of? Having an old, run-down building instead of a brand-new one?

+1 some of you are seriously ridiculous.

Should we NEVER have any boundary redrawn? Should we never build new schools to address the population growth? What should be done about overcrowded schools? Does it make any sense to have one school over capacity and an adjacent school be under capacity?

Everyone else can move but my neighborhood. NIMBYism at its finest.

Redrawing because of overcrowding is understandable, redrawing to balance farm rate is not

They have to redraw the boundaries. If a kid goes on the bus to school A going north, then the boundaries get redrawn such that the kid now takes the bus to school B going south, about the same distance, I really don't see that as a problem. And it's not like your kid will be *the* only kid in your neighborhood going to a different school.

Many of the boundaries are ridiculous, including Wootton's with that island out that way, and some of the neighborhoods are closer to other schools than Wootton. There are also neighborhoods zoned for Churchill that is pretty far from that school, and those people who live there who scream the loudest about neighborhood schools and "don't bus my kid just for diversity" look very silly.

Also, diversity has always been part of the four factors when drawing boundaries. It's not a new thing. There is no way to draw boundaries giving each factor the same weight. Sometimes, diversity will be given a bit more weight than geography, and sometimes not. There have been at least two boundaries recently where the option that was chosen was not the one that had diversity as the most important factor. This was explained in the Supe's memo, and you could also clearly see it in the options.

I feel like a broken record writing this.

Many people in Western moco fear change especially to school boundaries. They are afraid of diversity and seem to not realize that all these schools are roughly the same.

Nobody thinks a brand new school is the same as Wootton or quince orchard or Richard Montgomery. It needs 4-5 years to get things straight.

Brand new schools typically attract top teachers from all over the area. It will be a great school.

It may become a great school 4-5 years later but certainly not good to be the first batch of students.

Nice troll stance!

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Not sure if you are aware but in 2018 the BOE made diversity the most important factor in the boundary policy because "increasing diversity is the most important thing we can do for our students.". Imagine being in education and actually thinking that. Crazy. In any case, this means that Wootton (and any other student subject to a boy Daryl study) is in danger of being bused. In Wootton's case, kids could be sent to Gaithersburg, Rockville, RM, or Northwest to balance diversity.

Children are not commodities to trade. If MCPS wants to play politics with lives, then it's time to start firing the MCPS staff.

It's clearly time to vote out the current MC board of education.

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Thank you for catching my typo. I'll repost.

Not sure if you are aware but in 2018 the BOE made diversity the most important factor in the boundary policy because "increasing diversity is the most important thing we can do for our students." Imagine being in education and actually thinking that. Crazy. In any case, this means that Wootton (and any other student subject to a boundary study) is in danger of being bused. In Wootton's case, kids could be sent to Gaithersburg, Rockville, RM, or Northwest to balance diversity.

Have you looked at the current boundaries?

Also, nobody has said anything about Rockville HS being included in the boundary study. Unlike Quince Orchard HS, which is planned to be included in the boundary study. Somebody as obsessed with boundary studies ought to know these basic facts.

Yes. The boundaries are wacky. But they're only going to get wackier when the BOE trots out options that bus a lot of kids all over mid-county to race-balance certain schools. MCPS could very well include Rockville or Gaithersburg 8n this study. If it lines up with Woodward being finished, we can expect a massive 10-12 cluster study where the board will bus a lot of kids.

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Thank you for catching my typo. I'll repost.

Not sure if you are aware but in 2018 the BOE made diversity the most important factor in the boundary policy because "increasing diversity is the most important thing we can do for our students." Imagine being in education and actually thinking that. Crazy. In any case, this means that Wootton (and any other student subject to a boundary study) is in danger of being bused. In Wootton's case, kids could be sent to Gaithersburg, Rockville, RM, or Northwest to balance diversity.

Have you looked at the current boundaries?

Also, nobody has said anything about Rockville HS being included in the boundary study. Unlike Quince Orchard HS, which is planned to be included in the boundary study. Somebody as obsessed with boundary studies ought to know these basic facts.

Yes. The boundaries are wacky. But they're only going to get wackier when the BOE trots out options that bus a lot of kids all over mid-county to race-balance certain schools. MCPS could very well include Rockville or Gaithersburg 8n this study. If it lines up with Woodward being finished, we can expect a massive 10-12 cluster study where the board will bus a lot of kids.

Sounds like they’re going to mess up with this county’s economy

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Thank you for catching my typo. I'll repost.

Not sure if you are aware but in 2018 the BOE made diversity the most important factor in the boundary policy because "increasing diversity is the most important thing we can do for our students." Imagine being in education and actually thinking that. Crazy. In any case, this means that Wootton (and any other student subject to a boundary study) is in danger of being bused. In Wootton's case, kids could be sent to Gaithersburg, Rockville, RM, or Northwest to balance diversity.

Have you looked at the current boundaries?

Also, nobody has said anything about Rockville HS being included in the boundary study. Unlike Quince Orchard HS, which is planned to be included in the boundary study. Somebody as obsessed with boundary studies ought to know these basic facts.

Yes. The boundaries are wacky. But they're only going to get wackier when the BOE trots out options that bus a lot of kids all over mid-county to race-balance certain schools. MCPS could very well include Rockville or Gaithersburg 8n this study. If it lines up with Woodward being finished, we can expect a massive 10-12 cluster study where the board will bus a lot of kids.

Sounds like they’re going to mess up with this county’s economy

Yep. UMC white people are leaving MCPS in droves. It won't beong before they leave the county entirely.

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Thank you for catching my typo. I'll repost.

Not sure if you are aware but in 2018 the BOE made diversity the most important factor in the boundary policy because "increasing diversity is the most important thing we can do for our students." Imagine being in education and actually thinking that. Crazy. In any case, this means that Wootton (and any other student subject to a boundary study) is in danger of being bused. In Wootton's case, kids could be sent to Gaithersburg, Rockville, RM, or Northwest to balance diversity.

Have you looked at the current boundaries?

Also, nobody has said anything about Rockville HS being included in the boundary study. Unlike Quince Orchard HS, which is planned to be included in the boundary study. Somebody as obsessed with boundary studies ought to know these basic facts.

Yes. The boundaries are wacky. But they're only going to get wackier when the BOE trots out options that bus a lot of kids all over mid-county to race-balance certain schools. MCPS could very well include Rockville or Gaithersburg 8n this study. If it lines up with Woodward being finished, we can expect a massive 10-12 cluster study where the board will bus a lot of kids.

So much misinformation here. No, once again, diversity is not "the most important factor." Wootton and Rockville are not adjacent clusters. Gaithersburg is already one of the five clusters to be included in the Crown study, because the Crown HS site is within the Gaithersburg cluster. Across the street is the Wootton cluster. Woodward is a completely separate project, and there will be a separate boundary study which would begin before the Crown study, as Woodward will open a year sooner. Woodward will relieve overcrowding at WJ and the DCC schools.

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Thank you for catching my typo. I'll repost.

Not sure if you are aware but in 2018 the BOE made diversity the most important factor in the boundary policy because "increasing diversity is the most important thing we can do for our students." Imagine being in education and actually thinking that. Crazy. In any case, this means that Wootton (and any other student subject to a boundary study) is in danger of being bused. In Wootton's case, kids could be sent to Gaithersburg, Rockville, RM, or Northwest to balance diversity.

Have you looked at the current boundaries?

Also, nobody has said anything about Rockville HS being included in the boundary study. Unlike Quince Orchard HS, which is planned to be included in the boundary study. Somebody as obsessed with boundary studies ought to know these basic facts.

Yes. The boundaries are wacky. But they're only going to get wackier when the BOE trots out options that bus a lot of kids all over mid-county to race-balance certain schools. MCPS could very well include Rockville or Gaithersburg 8n this study. If it lines up with Woodward being finished, we can expect a massive 10-12 cluster study where the board will bus a lot of kids.

So much misinformation here. No, once again, diversity is not "the most important factor." Wootton and Rockville are not adjacent clusters. Gaithersburg is already one of the five clusters to be included in the Crown study, because the Crown HS site is within the Gaithersburg cluster. Across the street is the Wootton cluster. Woodward is a completely separate project, and there will be a separate boundary study which would begin before the Crown study, as Woodward will open a year sooner. Woodward will relieve overcrowding at WJ and the DCC schools.

Not sure why relieving overcrowding has to mess up the boundary of a school that’s not crowded.

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Thank you for catching my typo. I'll repost.

Not sure if you are aware but in 2018 the BOE made diversity the most important factor in the boundary policy because "increasing diversity is the most important thing we can do for our students." Imagine being in education and actually thinking that. Crazy. In any case, this means that Wootton (and any other student subject to a boundary study) is in danger of being bused. In Wootton's case, kids could be sent to Gaithersburg, Rockville, RM, or Northwest to balance diversity.

Have you looked at the current boundaries?

Also, nobody has said anything about Rockville HS being included in the boundary study. Unlike Quince Orchard HS, which is planned to be included in the boundary study. Somebody as obsessed with boundary studies ought to know these basic facts.

Yes. The boundaries are wacky. But they're only going to get wackier when the BOE trots out options that bus a lot of kids all over mid-county to race-balance certain schools. MCPS could very well include Rockville or Gaithersburg 8n this study. If it lines up with Woodward being finished, we can expect a massive 10-12 cluster study where the board will bus a lot of kids.

So much misinformation here. No, once again, diversity is not "the most important factor." Wootton and Rockville are not adjacent clusters. Gaithersburg is already one of the five clusters to be included in the Crown study, because the Crown HS site is within the Gaithersburg cluster. Across the street is the Wootton cluster. Woodward is a completely separate project, and there will be a separate boundary study which would begin before the Crown study, as Woodward will open a year sooner. Woodward will relieve overcrowding at WJ and the DCC schools.

Not sure why relieving overcrowding has to mess up the boundary of a school that’s not crowded.

Because diversity has been one of the four factors for many many years; because Wootton's boundary, like many others, makes zero sense, and those who yell for "neighborhood schools" need only look at the cluster map to see that some of the neighborhoods zoned for Wootton aren't really in the "neighborhood" zone; they are actually closer to other HSs, including the Crown HS site. As a matter of fact, Crown HS is being built within the Wootton cluster. So, if you want true neighborhood schools, Wootton cluster boundary will need to be redrawn.

https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04234map.pdf

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Thank you for catching my typo. I'll repost.

Not sure if you are aware but in 2018 the BOE made diversity the most important factor in the boundary policy because "increasing diversity is the most important thing we can do for our students." Imagine being in education and actually thinking that. Crazy. In any case, this means that Wootton (and any other student subject to a boundary study) is in danger of being bused. In Wootton's case, kids could be sent to Gaithersburg, Rockville, RM, or Northwest to balance diversity.

Have you looked at the current boundaries?

Also, nobody has said anything about Rockville HS being included in the boundary study. Unlike Quince Orchard HS, which is planned to be included in the boundary study. Somebody as obsessed with boundary studies ought to know these basic facts.

Yes. The boundaries are wacky. But they're only going to get wackier when the BOE trots out options that bus a lot of kids all over mid-county to race-balance certain schools. MCPS could very well include Rockville or Gaithersburg 8n this study. If it lines up with Woodward being finished, we can expect a massive 10-12 cluster study where the board will bus a lot of kids.

So much misinformation here. No, once again, diversity is not "the most important factor." Wootton and Rockville are not adjacent clusters. Gaithersburg is already one of the five clusters to be included in the Crown study, because the Crown HS site is within the Gaithersburg cluster. Across the street is the Wootton cluster. Woodward is a completely separate project, and there will be a separate boundary study which would begin before the Crown study, as Woodward will open a year sooner. Woodward will relieve overcrowding at WJ and the DCC schools.

Not sure why relieving overcrowding has to mess up the boundary of a school that’s not crowded.

Do you think the currently Wootton-zoned kids who live right across Fields Rd from the new high school should not even be considered to be assigned there, and that they must instead continue to be bussed to Wootton? If not, then Wootton needs to be included in the boundary study.