Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The saddest thing about this process is that DCC students will be hearing over and over again that their schools are bad and they don't have high performing cohorts, regardless of the reality. Think about the message you send in public forums like this one before you post/speak.

THEY KNOW.

(my God, you're naive)

Are you saying THEY KNOW that they are not capable of being high achieving? Or that they know that you think that?

Our kids are very capable if given the opportunities but we simply don’t have them outside of Blair and Wheaton. Our school actively discourages anything past calc ab as they refuse to offer anything past bc.

But that's not the type of comment I'm referring to. I'm referring to the constant references to strong cohorts at Bethesda schools. Newsflash - the Whitman kids are not all geniuses. Most are quite average.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The saddest thing about this process is that DCC students will be hearing over and over again that their schools are bad and they don't have high performing cohorts, regardless of the reality. Think about the message you send in public forums like this one before you post/speak.

I appreciate this comment as a DCC parent. It’s also wild to see people lose their minds over getting rezoned to Blair. We’re already zoned for Blair, and so many of our nearby neighbors wish they were zoned for Blair.

(I understand not wanting to be bused far away, but let’s not pretend that was the only way this came up negatively among west county folks.)

For us it we want our kids to walk to school. They can with B-CC right around the corner for us. Blair is far in traffic and with stops. Not happening for us. We would move before we did it. (We will not go private.) We are not anti-diversity. We like the cluster because it is diverse. (Keep in mind our kids have been bussed to Rosemary Hills to create diversity.)

I mean, I get that. I live in DTSS because I like the pedestrian life so it definitely sucks that our closest high school is outside the beltway. I do feel like the reactions here are highlighting the huge mistake it was not to build a high school downtown— if proximity is indeed everyone’s top concern!

They need a school for dtss and takoma.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The saddest thing about this process is that DCC students will be hearing over and over again that their schools are bad and they don't have high performing cohorts, regardless of the reality. Think about the message you send in public forums like this one before you post/speak.

THEY KNOW.

(my God, you're naive)

Are you saying THEY KNOW that they are not capable of being high achieving? Or that they know that you think that?

Our kids are very capable if given the opportunities but we simply don’t have them outside of Blair and Wheaton. Our school actively discourages anything past calc ab as they refuse to offer anything past bc.

But that's not the type of comment I'm referring to. I'm referring to the constant references to strong cohorts at Bethesda schools. Newsflash - the Whitman kids are not all geniuses. Most are quite average.

Yes but if they are they have the opportunity which our kids don’t.

[Anonymous]

They want to make the demographics more equal. Opening up a school in DTSS or Takoma does bot solve that issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who on the BOE would vociferously support Option 3 and is it the Apple ballot?

I’m not sure any of the current members would. Lynne definitely would have, which is why I did not vote for her. I am very against bussing of this type when it is completely avoidable.

[Anonymous]

Hispanics will comprise the largest % of the Woodward student body regardless of the option selected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hispanics will comprise the largest % of the Woodward student body regardless of the option selected.

Given how close Walter Johnson and Woodward are to each other I would have expected some attempt to balance demographics between the two schools.

[Anonymous]

Cam someone lay out each option objectively?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hispanics will comprise the largest % of the Woodward student body regardless of the option selected.

Given how close Walter Johnson and Woodward are to each other I would have expected some attempt to balance demographics between the two schools.

that's option 3, isn't it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cam someone lay out each option objectively?

If you're in the Woodward zone...

Option 1 keeps Woodward closest to status quo. Half of WJ cohort (current Tilden elementary schools). But adds in crappy Loiederman in place of North Bethesda Middle. It's the most white option, but still westside story.

Option 2 seems most likely because it balanced enrollment numbers. But 1 is better if you like being as close to status quo as possible and don't want elementary schools to be broken up.

Option 3 is complete social engineering, instead of moderate social engineering like the other ones. You may end up at a high school far away.

Option 4 You get Parkland kids instead of Loiederman bringing down Woodward.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cam someone lay out each option objectively?

If you're in the Woodward zone...

Option 1 keeps Woodward closest to status quo. Half of WJ cohort (current Tilden elementary schools). But adds in crappy Loiederman in place of North Bethesda Middle. It's the most white option, but still westside story.

Option 2 seems most likely because it balanced enrollment numbers. But 1 is better if you like being as close to status quo as possible and don't want elementary schools to be broken up.

Option 3 is complete social engineering, instead of moderate social engineering like the other ones. You may end up at a high school far away.

Option 4 You get Parkland kids instead of Loiederman bringing down Woodward.

Wow, so objective!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hispanics will comprise the largest % of the Woodward student body regardless of the option selected.

Given how close Walter Johnson and Woodward are to each other I would have expected some attempt to balance demographics between the two schools.

that's option 3, isn't it?

In Option 3, Walter Johnson has a 33% FARMS rate and Woodward has a 47% FARMS rate. That's a pretty big difference. Obviously they can't make it exactly the same but did they even try?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cam someone lay out each option objectively?

If you're in the Woodward zone...

Option 1 keeps Woodward closest to status quo. Half of WJ cohort (current Tilden elementary schools). But adds in crappy Loiederman in place of North Bethesda Middle. It's the most white option, but still westside story.

Option 2 seems most likely because it balanced enrollment numbers. But 1 is better if you like being as close to status quo as possible and don't want elementary schools to be broken up.

Option 3 is complete social engineering, instead of moderate social engineering like the other ones. You may end up at a high school far away.

Option 4 You get Parkland kids instead of Loiederman bringing down Woodward.

Here is a great example of toxic discourse that our kids should not have to listen to. Makes you wonder who are the people bringing down schools that bring together diverse communities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hispanics will comprise the largest % of the Woodward student body regardless of the option selected.

Given how close Walter Johnson and Woodward are to each other I would have expected some attempt to balance demographics between the two schools.

that's option 3, isn't it?

In Option 3, Walter Johnson has a 33% FARMS rate and Woodward has a 47% FARMS rate. That's a pretty big difference. Obviously they can't make it exactly the same but did they even try?

True, better to balance out the property value hit between the North Bethesda Middle and Tilden Middle segments of current WJ that is being broken up. North Bethesda Middle homes won that lotto

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cam someone lay out each option objectively?

If you're in the Woodward zone...

Option 1 keeps Woodward closest to status quo. Half of WJ cohort (current Tilden elementary schools). But adds in crappy Loiederman in place of North Bethesda Middle. It's the most white option, but still westside story.

Option 2 seems most likely because it balanced enrollment numbers. But 1 is better if you like being as close to status quo as possible and don't want elementary schools to be broken up.

Option 3 is complete social engineering, instead of moderate social engineering like the other ones. You may end up at a high school far away.

Option 4 You get Parkland kids instead of Loiederman bringing down Woodward.

Wow, so objective!

Facts are facts, painful as they may be to you.