Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up

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Anonymous wrote:Still can’t get over the fact that Option 3 is going to bus kids who live in the walk zone for one school to another school far away.

Doesn’t the BOE/mcps take some sort of oath or something that they will use taxpayer funds wisely or at least not waste funds? Busing kids WHO CAN AND SHOULD WALK is wasteful and harmful to the environment.

They are spending our hard earned taxpayer dollars after all.

The most savings from boundary studies comes from maximizing capacity. That typically means bussing certain kids to further schools. The walk zones are 2 miles which is enormous. Even if there was an extra school in the DCC you still couldn't have every potential walker assigned to the school closest to them. It is simply impossible to locate the schools perfectly in this way. And buying land and building schools is $$$$$$$ so stop pretending you care about being responsible with taxpayers dollars.

I think most have conveniently forgotten that the Woodward family bequethed the land for Woodward to MCPS, and required it to always be used as a school.

So this would suggest that MCPS has approximately zero money to institute and maintain this rezoning.

Your logic is not like our earth logic

MCPS can’t build a new school. Can they rent space? No? Can they build out existing spaces? No? The only option is to use the free space?

Wait I forget do we care about appropriate use of taxpayer dollars or not? Because YES, free land is cheaper than buying land at market rate

I am PP and that is my point. The fact that we have to use Woodward’s free land suggests that there is little money to implement the rezoning.

Nope.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Still can’t get over the fact that Option 3 is going to bus kids who live in the walk zone for one school to another school far away.

Doesn’t the BOE/mcps take some sort of oath or something that they will use taxpayer funds wisely or at least not waste funds? Busing kids WHO CAN AND SHOULD WALK is wasteful and harmful to the environment.

They are spending our hard earned taxpayer dollars after all.

The most savings from boundary studies comes from maximizing capacity. That typically means bussing certain kids to further schools. The walk zones are 2 miles which is enormous. Even if there was an extra school in the DCC you still couldn't have every potential walker assigned to the school closest to them. It is simply impossible to locate the schools perfectly in this way. And buying land and building schools is $$$$$$$ so stop pretending you care about being responsible with taxpayers dollars.

I think most have conveniently forgotten that the Woodward family bequethed the land for Woodward to MCPS, and required it to always be used as a school.

So this would suggest that MCPS has approximately zero money to institute and maintain this rezoning.

Your logic is not like our earth logic

MCPS can’t build a new school. Can they rent space? No? Can they build out existing spaces? No? The only option is to use the free space?

They can build another school. They have to buy land.

Eminent domain. White Flint Mall.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Still can’t get over the fact that Option 3 is going to bus kids who live in the walk zone for one school to another school far away.

Doesn’t the BOE/mcps take some sort of oath or something that they will use taxpayer funds wisely or at least not waste funds? Busing kids WHO CAN AND SHOULD WALK is wasteful and harmful to the environment.

They are spending our hard earned taxpayer dollars after all.

The most savings from boundary studies comes from maximizing capacity. That typically means bussing certain kids to further schools. The walk zones are 2 miles which is enormous. Even if there was an extra school in the DCC you still couldn't have every potential walker assigned to the school closest to them. It is simply impossible to locate the schools perfectly in this way. And buying land and building schools is $$$$$$$ so stop pretending you care about being responsible with taxpayers dollars.

I think most have conveniently forgotten that the Woodward family bequethed the land for Woodward to MCPS, and required it to always be used as a school.

So this would suggest that MCPS has approximately zero money to institute and maintain this rezoning.

Your logic is not like our earth logic

MCPS can’t build a new school. Can they rent space? No? Can they build out existing spaces? No? The only option is to use the free space?

Wait I forget do we care about appropriate use of taxpayer dollars or not? Because YES, free land is cheaper than buying land at market rate

I am PP and that is my point. The fact that we have to use Woodward’s free land suggests that there is little money to implement the rezoning.

Nope.

Shrug

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Still can’t get over the fact that Option 3 is going to bus kids who live in the walk zone for one school to another school far away.

Doesn’t the BOE/mcps take some sort of oath or something that they will use taxpayer funds wisely or at least not waste funds? Busing kids WHO CAN AND SHOULD WALK is wasteful and harmful to the environment.

They are spending our hard earned taxpayer dollars after all.

The most savings from boundary studies comes from maximizing capacity. That typically means bussing certain kids to further schools. The walk zones are 2 miles which is enormous. Even if there was an extra school in the DCC you still couldn't have every potential walker assigned to the school closest to them. It is simply impossible to locate the schools perfectly in this way. And buying land and building schools is $$$$$$$ so stop pretending you care about being responsible with taxpayers dollars.

I think most have conveniently forgotten that the Woodward family bequethed the land for Woodward to MCPS, and required it to always be used as a school.

So this would suggest that MCPS has approximately zero money to institute and maintain this rezoning.

Your logic is not like our earth logic

MCPS can’t build a new school. Can they rent space? No? Can they build out existing spaces? No? The only option is to use the free space?

They can build another school. They have to buy land.

Eminent domain. White Flint Mall.

That would be amusing

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Still can’t get over the fact that Option 3 is going to bus kids who live in the walk zone for one school to another school far away.

Doesn’t the BOE/mcps take some sort of oath or something that they will use taxpayer funds wisely or at least not waste funds? Busing kids WHO CAN AND SHOULD WALK is wasteful and harmful to the environment.

They are spending our hard earned taxpayer dollars after all.

The most savings from boundary studies comes from maximizing capacity. That typically means bussing certain kids to further schools. The walk zones are 2 miles which is enormous. Even if there was an extra school in the DCC you still couldn't have every potential walker assigned to the school closest to them. It is simply impossible to locate the schools perfectly in this way. And buying land and building schools is $$$$$$$ so stop pretending you care about being responsible with taxpayers dollars.

I think most have conveniently forgotten that the Woodward family bequethed the land for Woodward to MCPS, and required it to always be used as a school.

So this would suggest that MCPS has approximately zero money to institute and maintain this rezoning.

Your logic is not like our earth logic

MCPS can’t build a new school. Can they rent space? No? Can they build out existing spaces? No? The only option is to use the free space?

Wait I forget do we care about appropriate use of taxpayer dollars or not? Because YES, free land is cheaper than buying land at market rate

I am PP and that is my point. The fact that we have to use Woodward’s free land suggests that there is little money to implement the rezoning.

Nope.

Shrug

What you are arguing is that MCPS should spend MORE money to buy land. Eminent domain is absurdly expensive.

These are all just lame excuses to oppose a boundary study that everyone knows is needed and then to pretend kids from the DCC should not be zoned to Woodward. Gmafb

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Still can’t get over the fact that Option 3 is going to bus kids who live in the walk zone for one school to another school far away.

Doesn’t the BOE/mcps take some sort of oath or something that they will use taxpayer funds wisely or at least not waste funds? Busing kids WHO CAN AND SHOULD WALK is wasteful and harmful to the environment.

They are spending our hard earned taxpayer dollars after all.

The most savings from boundary studies comes from maximizing capacity. That typically means bussing certain kids to further schools. The walk zones are 2 miles which is enormous. Even if there was an extra school in the DCC you still couldn't have every potential walker assigned to the school closest to them. It is simply impossible to locate the schools perfectly in this way. And buying land and building schools is $$$$$$$ so stop pretending you care about being responsible with taxpayers dollars.

I think most have conveniently forgotten that the Woodward family bequethed the land for Woodward to MCPS, and required it to always be used as a school.

So this would suggest that MCPS has approximately zero money to institute and maintain this rezoning.

Your logic is not like our earth logic

MCPS can’t build a new school. Can they rent space? No? Can they build out existing spaces? No? The only option is to use the free space?

Wait I forget do we care about appropriate use of taxpayer dollars or not? Because YES, free land is cheaper than buying land at market rate

I am PP and that is my point. The fact that we have to use Woodward’s free land suggests that there is little money to implement the rezoning.

Can you imagine the bad press if MCPS refused free resources, wow

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Still can’t get over the fact that Option 3 is going to bus kids who live in the walk zone for one school to another school far away.

Doesn’t the BOE/mcps take some sort of oath or something that they will use taxpayer funds wisely or at least not waste funds? Busing kids WHO CAN AND SHOULD WALK is wasteful and harmful to the environment.

They are spending our hard earned taxpayer dollars after all.

The most savings from boundary studies comes from maximizing capacity. That typically means bussing certain kids to further schools. The walk zones are 2 miles which is enormous. Even if there was an extra school in the DCC you still couldn't have every potential walker assigned to the school closest to them. It is simply impossible to locate the schools perfectly in this way. And buying land and building schools is $$$$$$$ so stop pretending you care about being responsible with taxpayers dollars.

I think most have conveniently forgotten that the Woodward family bequethed the land for Woodward to MCPS, and required it to always be used as a school.

So this would suggest that MCPS has approximately zero money to institute and maintain this rezoning.

Your logic is not like our earth logic

MCPS can’t build a new school. Can they rent space? No? Can they build out existing spaces? No? The only option is to use the free space?

They can build another school. They have to buy land.

Eminent domain. White Flint Mall.

That would be amusing

It would be super fun to have three high schools in North Bethesda within a mile of each other. Excellent use of taxpayer dollars I must say thank goodness for DCUM

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Still can’t get over the fact that Option 3 is going to bus kids who live in the walk zone for one school to another school far away.

Doesn’t the BOE/mcps take some sort of oath or something that they will use taxpayer funds wisely or at least not waste funds? Busing kids WHO CAN AND SHOULD WALK is wasteful and harmful to the environment.

They are spending our hard earned taxpayer dollars after all.

The most savings from boundary studies comes from maximizing capacity. That typically means bussing certain kids to further schools. The walk zones are 2 miles which is enormous. Even if there was an extra school in the DCC you still couldn't have every potential walker assigned to the school closest to them. It is simply impossible to locate the schools perfectly in this way. And buying land and building schools is $$$$$$$ so stop pretending you care about being responsible with taxpayers dollars.

I think most have conveniently forgotten that the Woodward family bequethed the land for Woodward to MCPS, and required it to always be used as a school.

So this would suggest that MCPS has approximately zero money to institute and maintain this rezoning.

Your logic is not like our earth logic

MCPS can’t build a new school. Can they rent space? No? Can they build out existing spaces? No? The only option is to use the free space?

They can build another school. They have to buy land.

Eminent domain. White Flint Mall.

White Flint is about a mile or so from Woodward.

And original plans for white flint included space for a school. Likely elementary. Then of course likely Woodward/WJ for HS. But who knows what is going on with White Flint now and it looks like mcps would send them to Wheaton/Kennedy anyways.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Still can’t get over the fact that Option 3 is going to bus kids who live in the walk zone for one school to another school far away.

Doesn’t the BOE/mcps take some sort of oath or something that they will use taxpayer funds wisely or at least not waste funds? Busing kids WHO CAN AND SHOULD WALK is wasteful and harmful to the environment.

They are spending our hard earned taxpayer dollars after all.

The most savings from boundary studies comes from maximizing capacity. That typically means bussing certain kids to further schools. The walk zones are 2 miles which is enormous. Even if there was an extra school in the DCC you still couldn't have every potential walker assigned to the school closest to them. It is simply impossible to locate the schools perfectly in this way. And buying land and building schools is $$$$$$$ so stop pretending you care about being responsible with taxpayers dollars.

I think most have conveniently forgotten that the Woodward family bequethed the land for Woodward to MCPS, and required it to always be used as a school.

So this would suggest that MCPS has approximately zero money to institute and maintain this rezoning.

Your logic is not like our earth logic

MCPS can’t build a new school. Can they rent space? No? Can they build out existing spaces? No? The only option is to use the free space?

They can build another school. They have to buy land.

Eminent domain. White Flint Mall.

White Flint is about a mile or so from Woodward.

And original plans for white flint included space for a school. Likely elementary. Then of course likely Woodward/WJ for HS. But who knows what is going on with White Flint now and it looks like mcps would send them to Wheaton/Kennedy anyways.

And WJ is a mile from Woodward.

And DCC high schools are on top of each other too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Still can’t get over the fact that Option 3 is going to bus kids who live in the walk zone for one school to another school far away.

Doesn’t the BOE/mcps take some sort of oath or something that they will use taxpayer funds wisely or at least not waste funds? Busing kids WHO CAN AND SHOULD WALK is wasteful and harmful to the environment.

They are spending our hard earned taxpayer dollars after all.

The most savings from boundary studies comes from maximizing capacity. That typically means bussing certain kids to further schools. The walk zones are 2 miles which is enormous. Even if there was an extra school in the DCC you still couldn't have every potential walker assigned to the school closest to them. It is simply impossible to locate the schools perfectly in this way. And buying land and building schools is $$$$$$$ so stop pretending you care about being responsible with taxpayers dollars.

I think most have conveniently forgotten that the Woodward family bequethed the land for Woodward to MCPS, and required it to always be used as a school.

So this would suggest that MCPS has approximately zero money to institute and maintain this rezoning.

Your logic is not like our earth logic

MCPS can’t build a new school. Can they rent space? No? Can they build out existing spaces? No? The only option is to use the free space?

Wait I forget do we care about appropriate use of taxpayer dollars or not? Because YES, free land is cheaper than buying land at market rate

I am PP and that is my point. The fact that we have to use Woodward’s free land suggests that there is little money to implement the rezoning.

Nope.

Shrug

What you are arguing is that MCPS should spend MORE money to buy land. Eminent domain is absurdly expensive.

These are all just lame excuses to oppose a boundary study that everyone knows is needed and then to pretend kids from the DCC should not be zoned to Woodward. Gmafb

Eminent domain. Use half for school.

Kelo vs. City of New London the other half. Pays for itself.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Still can’t get over the fact that Option 3 is going to bus kids who live in the walk zone for one school to another school far away.

Doesn’t the BOE/mcps take some sort of oath or something that they will use taxpayer funds wisely or at least not waste funds? Busing kids WHO CAN AND SHOULD WALK is wasteful and harmful to the environment.

They are spending our hard earned taxpayer dollars after all.

The most savings from boundary studies comes from maximizing capacity. That typically means bussing certain kids to further schools. The walk zones are 2 miles which is enormous. Even if there was an extra school in the DCC you still couldn't have every potential walker assigned to the school closest to them. It is simply impossible to locate the schools perfectly in this way. And buying land and building schools is $$$$$$$ so stop pretending you care about being responsible with taxpayers dollars.

I think most have conveniently forgotten that the Woodward family bequethed the land for Woodward to MCPS, and required it to always be used as a school.

So this would suggest that MCPS has approximately zero money to institute and maintain this rezoning.

Your logic is not like our earth logic

MCPS can’t build a new school. Can they rent space? No? Can they build out existing spaces? No? The only option is to use the free space?

Wait I forget do we care about appropriate use of taxpayer dollars or not? Because YES, free land is cheaper than buying land at market rate

I am PP and that is my point. The fact that we have to use Woodward’s free land suggests that there is little money to implement the rezoning.

Nope.

Shrug

What you are arguing is that MCPS should spend MORE money to buy land. Eminent domain is absurdly expensive.

These are all just lame excuses to oppose a boundary study that everyone knows is needed and then to pretend kids from the DCC should not be zoned to Woodward. Gmafb

absurd? Fair market value for a blighted area of land.

DCC kids should be educated in the community their parents and guardians chose to reside in. DCC isn't hanging out at Pike and Rose and Montgomery Mall and Bethesda Row....

[Anonymous]

I heard some Bethesda parents are going to propose an alternative option where no DCC students attend Woodward and a new consortium is formed that consists of Whitman, WJ, Churchill, Wootton, RM, BCC, and Woodward.

[Anonymous]

This is why people say don't buy a house for the schools in Montgomery County. All of you W parents mocked Blair, QO, Sherwood, and Blake parents for several years, and now many of you will be attending a school that is way worse performing than any of those schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard some Bethesda parents are going to propose an alternative option where no DCC students attend Woodward and a new consortium is formed that consists of Whitman, WJ, Churchill, Wootton, RM, BCC, and Woodward.

Omg bring it on

The entitlement is stunning

Bringing that entitlement to light will secure the selection of Option 3

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard some Bethesda parents are going to propose an alternative option where no DCC students attend Woodward and a new consortium is formed that consists of Whitman, WJ, Churchill, Wootton, RM, BCC, and Woodward.

How would that address overcrowding in the DCC? Isn’t that one of the main problems here?