What ever happened to Crown HS?

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It sounds like it’s your fault to not being able to afford living across the street of the high school. And it doesn’t matter how you are going to suffer as long as we meet our diversity goal. Majority of Wootton area falls under the uncertainty map, not because they’re a lot closer to crown, simply just they’re more than two miles away to Wootton.

Suffer how, specifically?

Busing, that's how.

But they're already being bused.

no no no.. if they are zoned for a whiter school, then it's "they take the bus".. but if they get zoned for a school that has too many black/brown kids, then it's "they are being bused".

Shade of the kids matters; words matter.

Busing has a widely accepted definition of assigning kids to a school (often farther from home) to increase diversity. So yes, if white kids are zones for a whiter school farther from home it's not busing. I oppose any school assignment based or demographics, so of it were up to me, I would fix all instances of neighborhoods not being assigned to their closest school. This was also the position of the Neighborhood Schools FB group.

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

Students currently assigned to Wootton will be literally across the street from the new high school at Crown, but you think that Wootton shouldn't be included in the boundary study for the new high school at Crown? How about that.

If you mean that triangle, I agree. We’re literally equal distance to both Wootton and crown. Seems we could be bused either way. That kind so of uncertainty is not what I would like to put my kids through.

I'm sorry, PP, but when there's a new high school, there's a boundary study to assign people to go to that high school. That's just how it works. It is possible that you will be reassigned from Wootton to Crown, it is possible that you will stay at Wootton. If "will we be assigned to Wootton or to Crown? we don't know!" ranks high on your list of worries, you're leading a fortunate life.

Or just someone who truly cares about their kids and already struggle to make ends meet by getting an old house in the desired school area but cannot afford losing 20% of it? Seriously, it won’t affect these who are rich and can live more west and south.

DP.. sure, you care about those things, but the BOE is not concerned about your property values, nor should they be.

your kid might take the bus 3 miles one way, then gets rezoned and now takes the bus 3 miles the other way. Someone is going to have uncertainty. That's what happens when a new school is built. If you didn't want any uncertainty, you should have bought literally across the street from the school. Walk zone literally across the street will never get rezoned. There are four factors in drawing boundaries. Diversity is one; geography/proximity is another. Walkers are not rezoned to be bus riders.

Or they might take a bus 6 miles in yet another direction if a school there needs more kids who look like PP's kids to balance the diversity of that school.

Sure, that might happen because diversity has always been one of the factors. That is not new.

It was always a factor on paper but in 2018, a few pro-buwing BOE members prioritized the factor making it a lot more prominent. Despite these activists, virtually no one supports sending kids to schools farther from home based on the skin tone or family's income.

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

Students currently assigned to Wootton will be literally across the street from the new high school at Crown, but you think that Wootton shouldn't be included in the boundary study for the new high school at Crown? How about that.

but but but .. neighborhood schools!

Perhaps you did t hear bit, according to the boundary analysis, 90+ % of MoCo supports neighborhood schools. Conversely, only a small % of MoCo said diversity was important to them.

You keep posting this, but it's only 90% of the handful that self selected to take the survey.

You know, busybodies like you.

Also schools like Wootton are hardly neighborhood schools or people who live near Einstein end up being bussed across county to a completely different neighborhood. There are so many incidents of kids being bussed today to schools which aren't really the closest to where they live I don't think this argument holds water.

So many? Other than those two (which I support moving to the closest school) what other examples are there? By the way, if you're really concerned about proximity, you should have told your woke buddies on the BOE that you preferred proximity to be the top factor instead of diversity.

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

Students currently assigned to Wootton will be literally across the street from the new high school at Crown, but you think that Wootton shouldn't be included in the boundary study for the new high school at Crown? How about that.

If you mean that triangle, I agree. We’re literally equal distance to both Wootton and crown. Seems we could be bused either way. That kind so of uncertainty is not what I would like to put my kids through.

I'm sorry, PP, but when there's a new high school, there's a boundary study to assign people to go to that high school. That's just how it works. It is possible that you will be reassigned from Wootton to Crown, it is possible that you will stay at Wootton. If "will we be assigned to Wootton or to Crown? we don't know!" ranks high on your list of worries, you're leading a fortunate life.

Or just someone who truly cares about their kids and already struggle to make ends meet by getting an old house in the desired school area but cannot afford losing 20% of it? Seriously, it won’t affect these who are rich and can live more west and south.

DP.. sure, you care about those things, but the BOE is not concerned about your property values, nor should they be.

your kid might take the bus 3 miles one way, then gets rezoned and now takes the bus 3 miles the other way. Someone is going to have uncertainty. That's what happens when a new school is built. If you didn't want any uncertainty, you should have bought literally across the street from the school. Walk zone literally across the street will never get rezoned. There are four factors in drawing boundaries. Diversity is one; geography/proximity is another. Walkers are not rezoned to be bus riders.

Or they might take a bus 6 miles in yet another direction if a school there needs more kids who look like PP's kids to balance the diversity of that school.

Sure, that might happen because diversity has always been one of the factors. That is not new.

It was always a factor on paper but in 2018, a few pro-buwing BOE members prioritized the factor making it a lot more prominent. Despite these activists, virtually no one supports sending kids to schools farther from home based on the skin tone or family's income.

Nope, it was a factor even before 2018 not just on paper. I live in an area that got rezoned due to diversity, back in the 1990s.

In any case, you consistenly ignore the fact that some of the neighborhoods in Wootton cluster are closer to Crown HS site than Wootton, and that other neighborhoods are equidistant to both HS. If you really believe in "neighborhood" schools then you should advocate for those closer neighborhoods to go to Crown, and for the neighborhoods that are equidistant to both schools, they may get zoned to Crown because there are four factors, including diversity, capacity, and stability of assignment. And if moving those neighborhoods to Crown fits those other factors, then they should move.

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It sounds like it’s your fault to not being able to afford living across the street of the high school. And it doesn’t matter how you are going to suffer as long as we meet our diversity goal. Majority of Wootton area falls under the uncertainty map, not because they’re a lot closer to crown, simply just they’re more than two miles away to Wootton.

Suffer how, specifically?

Busing, that's how.

But they're already being bused.

no no no.. if they are zoned for a whiter school, then it's "they take the bus".. but if they get zoned for a school that has too many black/brown kids, then it's "they are being bused".

Shade of the kids matters; words matter.

Busing has a widely accepted definition of assigning kids to a school (often farther from home) to increase diversity. So yes, if white kids are zones for a whiter school farther from home it's not busing. I oppose any school assignment based or demographics, so of it were up to me, I would fix all instances of neighborhoods not being assigned to their closest school. This was also the position of the Neighborhood Schools FB group.

Then you should want some of the Wootton and Churchill neighborhoods to get reassigned because they are not zoned for their closest school.


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

Even parts of Churchill cluster is closer to Crown than Churchill, or even closer to QO and maybe NW than Churchill. I agree, those neighborhoods should move out of Churchill.

https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04602map.pdf

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

Students currently assigned to Wootton will be literally across the street from the new high school at Crown, but you think that Wootton shouldn't be included in the boundary study for the new high school at Crown? How about that.

but but but .. neighborhood schools!

Perhaps you did t hear bit, according to the boundary analysis, 90+ % of MoCo supports neighborhood schools. Conversely, only a small % of MoCo said diversity was important to them.

You keep posting this, but it's only 90% of the handful that self selected to take the survey.

You know, busybodies like you.

Also schools like Wootton are hardly neighborhood schools or people who live near Einstein end up being bussed across county to a completely different neighborhood. There are so many incidents of kids being bussed today to schools which aren't really the closest to where they live I don't think this argument holds water.

This was documented in the boundary study final report:

Excluding enrollment in magnet schools and choice programs, approximately 45% of students districtwide do not attend the school closest to them.

But keep in mind their findings from running different models:

While rezoning students to their closest schools reduces average distances to school, it negatively impacts assignment stability

After performing Step One, we see that at the elementary school level, rezoning students to their closest schools only decreases the average distance to school for all elementary students by 0.06 miles. At the middle and high school levels, rezoning all students to their closest schools reduces the average distance to school by 0.21 and 0.36 miles, respectively. Rezoning students to their closest schools requires significant reassignment of students: 18.6% of ES students, 25.0% of MS students, and 23.8% of HS students would need to be rezoned for students to attend their closest school.

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Rezoning students to their closest school has a drastic negative impact on utilization rates

Rezoning elementary school students to their closest school in Step One widens the total range of utilization rates from 62% - 200% to 34% - 225%. This increases the total number of overutilized elementary schools from 20 to 38. The effect is similar at the middle and high school levels, with more schools becoming significantly under- and overutilized.

Schools are built where land is available. And MCPS never buys land; they get all their land through dedication from developers.

Even if we were to try to move them around so every school is at the geographic center of its attendance zone, it would work only until student populations shifted again, then it wouldn't work. Again.

Trying to get everyone to their closest school is a fools errand.

I agree. It's not worth the upheaval especially if it results in even more underutilized and overutilized schools. They should look at all four factors, and make decisions based on the specific circumstances in each study.

Sure. No one wants upheaval just to move kids to a closer school. They also don't want upheaval just to change the demographics of a school. In fact, the boundary analysis showed that demographics shouldn't be a factor at all with most people saying it's not very important to them.

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

Students currently assigned to Wootton will be literally across the street from the new high school at Crown, but you think that Wootton shouldn't be included in the boundary study for the new high school at Crown? How about that.

but but but .. neighborhood schools!

Perhaps you did t hear bit, according to the boundary analysis, 90+ % of MoCo supports neighborhood schools. Conversely, only a small % of MoCo said diversity was important to them.

which is why some of the Wootton neighborhoods would and should be zoned for Crown HS, because it's closer.

Unfortunately the way the boundary policy was revised I. 2018, that don't matter as much as the skin color and family income. If a poor school "needs" UMC whites and Asians, that's where those kids will be bused.

If the umc white/asians live equidistant or closer to the "poor" school, then they should take the bus there, and that's what it looks like for Crown HS. There are some Wootton neighborhoods that are closer or about equidistant to Crown site as Wootton.

Please look at the service map for wootton. Do you even know where Crown HS is being built? HINT: right on the border with Wootton boundary. That means the neighborhood school for that area is Crown HS, not Wootton.
Dufief and Stone Mill neighborhoods are closer to Crown than Wootton; Travilah is about equidistant. So, if you want neighborhood schools, those areas should be zoned for Crown.

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

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It's not Crown they'll bus your UMC white/Asian kids to. It's Gaithersburg or perhaps Northwest, whichever needs them more. Good luck!

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

Students currently assigned to Wootton will be literally across the street from the new high school at Crown, but you think that Wootton shouldn't be included in the boundary study for the new high school at Crown? How about that.

but but but .. neighborhood schools!

Perhaps you did t hear bit, according to the boundary analysis, 90+ % of MoCo supports neighborhood schools. Conversely, only a small % of MoCo said diversity was important to them.

You keep posting this, but it's only 90% of the handful that self selected to take the survey.

You know, busybodies like you.

Also schools like Wootton are hardly neighborhood schools or people who live near Einstein end up being bussed across county to a completely different neighborhood. There are so many incidents of kids being bussed today to schools which aren't really the closest to where they live I don't think this argument holds water.

So many? Other than those two (which I support moving to the closest school) what other examples are there? By the way, if you're really concerned about proximity, you should have told your woke buddies on the BOE that you preferred proximity to be the top factor instead of diversity.

Percentage of students who attend their closest high school:

NEC: 49%
Magruder: 49%
Northwest: 50%
Wootton: 53%
RM: 58%
WJ: 60%
QO: 62%
DCC: 65%
Clarksburg: 67%
Gaithersburg: 68%
Rockville: 72%
Sherwood: 74%
Churchill: 75%
Watkins Mill: 78%
BCC: 82%
Damascus: 86%
Seneca Valley: 89%
Whitman: 94%
Poolesville: 95%

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/publicinfo/Boundary_Analysis/interim-report/02d_Proximity.pdf

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

Students currently assigned to Wootton will be literally across the street from the new high school at Crown, but you think that Wootton shouldn't be included in the boundary study for the new high school at Crown? How about that.

If you mean that triangle, I agree. We’re literally equal distance to both Wootton and crown. Seems we could be bused either way. That kind so of uncertainty is not what I would like to put my kids through.

I'm sorry, PP, but when there's a new high school, there's a boundary study to assign people to go to that high school. That's just how it works. It is possible that you will be reassigned from Wootton to Crown, it is possible that you will stay at Wootton. If "will we be assigned to Wootton or to Crown? we don't know!" ranks high on your list of worries, you're leading a fortunate life.

Or just someone who truly cares about their kids and already struggle to make ends meet by getting an old house in the desired school area but cannot afford losing 20% of it? Seriously, it won’t affect these who are rich and can live more west and south.

DP.. sure, you care about those things, but the BOE is not concerned about your property values, nor should they be.

your kid might take the bus 3 miles one way, then gets rezoned and now takes the bus 3 miles the other way. Someone is going to have uncertainty. That's what happens when a new school is built. If you didn't want any uncertainty, you should have bought literally across the street from the school. Walk zone literally across the street will never get rezoned. There are four factors in drawing boundaries. Diversity is one; geography/proximity is another. Walkers are not rezoned to be bus riders.

Or they might take a bus 6 miles in yet another direction if a school there needs more kids who look like PP's kids to balance the diversity of that school.

Sure, that might happen because diversity has always been one of the factors. That is not new.

It was always a factor on paper but in 2018, a few pro-buwing BOE members prioritized the factor making it a lot more prominent. Despite these activists, virtually no one supports sending kids to schools farther from home based on the skin tone or family's income.

Nope, it was a factor even before 2018 not just on paper. I live in an area that got rezoned due to diversity, back in the 1990s.

In any case, you consistenly ignore the fact that some of the neighborhoods in Wootton cluster are closer to Crown HS site than Wootton, and that other neighborhoods are equidistant to both HS. If you really believe in "neighborhood" schools then you should advocate for those closer neighborhoods to go to Crown, and for the neighborhoods that are equidistant to both schools, they may get zoned to Crown because there are four factors, including diversity, capacity, and stability of assignment. And if moving those neighborhoods to Crown fits those other factors, then they should move.

Let’s guess which elementary school would go to crown? All of them have some parts or all closer to crown than Wootton. Essentially only less than a quarter of the district is safe.

Lakewood? Stonemill? Fallsmead? Dufief? travillah?

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

Students currently assigned to Wootton will be literally across the street from the new high school at Crown, but you think that Wootton shouldn't be included in the boundary study for the new high school at Crown? How about that.

but but but .. neighborhood schools!

Perhaps you did t hear bit, according to the boundary analysis, 90+ % of MoCo supports neighborhood schools. Conversely, only a small % of MoCo said diversity was important to them.

which is why some of the Wootton neighborhoods would and should be zoned for Crown HS, because it's closer.

Unfortunately the way the boundary policy was revised I. 2018, that don't matter as much as the skin color and family income. If a poor school "needs" UMC whites and Asians, that's where those kids will be bused.

If the umc white/asians live equidistant or closer to the "poor" school, then they should take the bus there, and that's what it looks like for Crown HS. There are some Wootton neighborhoods that are closer or about equidistant to Crown site as Wootton.

Please look at the service map for wootton. Do you even know where Crown HS is being built? HINT: right on the border with Wootton boundary. That means the neighborhood school for that area is Crown HS, not Wootton.
Dufief and Stone Mill neighborhoods are closer to Crown than Wootton; Travilah is about equidistant. So, if you want neighborhood schools, those areas should be zoned for Crown.

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

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It's not Crown they'll bus your UMC white/Asian kids to. It's Gaithersburg or perhaps Northwest, whichever needs them more. Good luck!

That’s fear mongering. Crown or quince orchard or Richard Montgomery are the possibilities for Wootton. Others are simply too far away

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

Students currently assigned to Wootton will be literally across the street from the new high school at Crown, but you think that Wootton shouldn't be included in the boundary study for the new high school at Crown? How about that.

but but but .. neighborhood schools!

Perhaps you did t hear bit, according to the boundary analysis, 90+ % of MoCo supports neighborhood schools. Conversely, only a small % of MoCo said diversity was important to them.

which is why some of the Wootton neighborhoods would and should be zoned for Crown HS, because it's closer.

Unfortunately the way the boundary policy was revised I. 2018, that don't matter as much as the skin color and family income. If a poor school "needs" UMC whites and Asians, that's where those kids will be bused.

If the umc white/asians live equidistant or closer to the "poor" school, then they should take the bus there, and that's what it looks like for Crown HS. There are some Wootton neighborhoods that are closer or about equidistant to Crown site as Wootton.

Please look at the service map for wootton. Do you even know where Crown HS is being built? HINT: right on the border with Wootton boundary. That means the neighborhood school for that area is Crown HS, not Wootton.
Dufief and Stone Mill neighborhoods are closer to Crown than Wootton; Travilah is about equidistant. So, if you want neighborhood schools, those areas should be zoned for Crown.

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

-umc white/asian family

It's not Crown they'll bus your UMC white/Asian kids to. It's Gaithersburg or perhaps Northwest, whichever needs them more. Good luck!

That’s fear mongering. Crown or quince orchard or Richard Montgomery are the possibilities for Wootton. Others are simply too far away

You forgot Gaithersburg and Northwest which are also possibilities and, according to the boundary policy, desperately need UMC white and Asian kids.

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

Students currently assigned to Wootton will be literally across the street from the new high school at Crown, but you think that Wootton shouldn't be included in the boundary study for the new high school at Crown? How about that.

but but but .. neighborhood schools!

Perhaps you did t hear bit, according to the boundary analysis, 90+ % of MoCo supports neighborhood schools. Conversely, only a small % of MoCo said diversity was important to them.

which is why some of the Wootton neighborhoods would and should be zoned for Crown HS, because it's closer.

Unfortunately the way the boundary policy was revised I. 2018, that don't matter as much as the skin color and family income. If a poor school "needs" UMC whites and Asians, that's where those kids will be bused.

If the umc white/asians live equidistant or closer to the "poor" school, then they should take the bus there, and that's what it looks like for Crown HS. There are some Wootton neighborhoods that are closer or about equidistant to Crown site as Wootton.

Please look at the service map for wootton. Do you even know where Crown HS is being built? HINT: right on the border with Wootton boundary. That means the neighborhood school for that area is Crown HS, not Wootton.
Dufief and Stone Mill neighborhoods are closer to Crown than Wootton; Travilah is about equidistant. So, if you want neighborhood schools, those areas should be zoned for Crown.

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

-umc white/asian family

It's not Crown they'll bus your UMC white/Asian kids to. It's Gaithersburg or perhaps Northwest, whichever needs them more. Good luck!

That’s fear mongering. Crown or quince orchard or Richard Montgomery are the possibilities for Wootton. Others are simply too far away

You forgot Gaithersburg and Northwest which are also possibilities and, according to the boundary policy, desperately need UMC white and Asian kids.

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

Students currently assigned to Wootton will be literally across the street from the new high school at Crown, but you think that Wootton shouldn't be included in the boundary study for the new high school at Crown? How about that.

If you mean that triangle, I agree. We’re literally equal distance to both Wootton and crown. Seems we could be bused either way. That kind so of uncertainty is not what I would like to put my kids through.

I'm sorry, PP, but when there's a new high school, there's a boundary study to assign people to go to that high school. That's just how it works. It is possible that you will be reassigned from Wootton to Crown, it is possible that you will stay at Wootton. If "will we be assigned to Wootton or to Crown? we don't know!" ranks high on your list of worries, you're leading a fortunate life.

Or just someone who truly cares about their kids and already struggle to make ends meet by getting an old house in the desired school area but cannot afford losing 20% of it? Seriously, it won’t affect these who are rich and can live more west and south.

DP.. sure, you care about those things, but the BOE is not concerned about your property values, nor should they be.

your kid might take the bus 3 miles one way, then gets rezoned and now takes the bus 3 miles the other way. Someone is going to have uncertainty. That's what happens when a new school is built. If you didn't want any uncertainty, you should have bought literally across the street from the school. Walk zone literally across the street will never get rezoned. There are four factors in drawing boundaries. Diversity is one; geography/proximity is another. Walkers are not rezoned to be bus riders.

Or they might take a bus 6 miles in yet another direction if a school there needs more kids who look like PP's kids to balance the diversity of that school.

Sure, that might happen because diversity has always been one of the factors. That is not new.

It was always a factor on paper but in 2018, a few pro-buwing BOE members prioritized the factor making it a lot more prominent. Despite these activists, virtually no one supports sending kids to schools farther from home based on the skin tone or family's income.

Nope, it was a factor even before 2018 not just on paper. I live in an area that got rezoned due to diversity, back in the 1990s.

In any case, you consistenly ignore the fact that some of the neighborhoods in Wootton cluster are closer to Crown HS site than Wootton, and that other neighborhoods are equidistant to both HS. If you really believe in "neighborhood" schools then you should advocate for those closer neighborhoods to go to Crown, and for the neighborhoods that are equidistant to both schools, they may get zoned to Crown because there are four factors, including diversity, capacity, and stability of assignment. And if moving those neighborhoods to Crown fits those other factors, then they should move.

Um. I literally said that diversity always was a factor but that it was boosted to be the top factor in 2018. In any case I agree that neighborhoods closer to Crown should attend Crown. I (along with the Neighborhood Schools FB group) have consistently advocated for kids to attend their closest school, hence the name of the group. The best way to ensure that would be to make diversity the lowest factor and proximity the top factor so that the policy reflects what most people in MoCo value the most.

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

Students currently assigned to Wootton will be literally across the street from the new high school at Crown, but you think that Wootton shouldn't be included in the boundary study for the new high school at Crown? How about that.

but but but .. neighborhood schools!

Perhaps you did t hear bit, according to the boundary analysis, 90+ % of MoCo supports neighborhood schools. Conversely, only a small % of MoCo said diversity was important to them.

which is why some of the Wootton neighborhoods would and should be zoned for Crown HS, because it's closer.

Unfortunately the way the boundary policy was revised I. 2018, that don't matter as much as the skin color and family income. If a poor school "needs" UMC whites and Asians, that's where those kids will be bused.

If the umc white/asians live equidistant or closer to the "poor" school, then they should take the bus there, and that's what it looks like for Crown HS. There are some Wootton neighborhoods that are closer or about equidistant to Crown site as Wootton.

Please look at the service map for wootton. Do you even know where Crown HS is being built? HINT: right on the border with Wootton boundary. That means the neighborhood school for that area is Crown HS, not Wootton.
Dufief and Stone Mill neighborhoods are closer to Crown than Wootton; Travilah is about equidistant. So, if you want neighborhood schools, those areas should be zoned for Crown.

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

-umc white/asian family

It's not Crown they'll bus your UMC white/Asian kids to. It's Gaithersburg or perhaps Northwest, whichever needs them more. Good luck!

That’s fear mongering. Crown or quince orchard or Richard Montgomery are the possibilities for Wootton. Others are simply too far away

You forgot Gaithersburg and Northwest which are also possibilities and, according to the boundary policy, desperately need UMC white and Asian kids.

The goal.of the boundary policy changes (making do wrsoty the top factor) was to make every school as racially balanced as possible. So I don't know why you think Wootton to Gaithersburg or Northwest isn't a possibility.

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

Students currently assigned to Wootton will be literally across the street from the new high school at Crown, but you think that Wootton shouldn't be included in the boundary study for the new high school at Crown? How about that.

but but but .. neighborhood schools!

Perhaps you did t hear bit, according to the boundary analysis, 90+ % of MoCo supports neighborhood schools. Conversely, only a small % of MoCo said diversity was important to them.

which is why some of the Wootton neighborhoods would and should be zoned for Crown HS, because it's closer.

Unfortunately the way the boundary policy was revised I. 2018, that don't matter as much as the skin color and family income. If a poor school "needs" UMC whites and Asians, that's where those kids will be bused.

If the umc white/asians live equidistant or closer to the "poor" school, then they should take the bus there, and that's what it looks like for Crown HS. There are some Wootton neighborhoods that are closer or about equidistant to Crown site as Wootton.

Please look at the service map for wootton. Do you even know where Crown HS is being built? HINT: right on the border with Wootton boundary. That means the neighborhood school for that area is Crown HS, not Wootton.
Dufief and Stone Mill neighborhoods are closer to Crown than Wootton; Travilah is about equidistant. So, if you want neighborhood schools, those areas should be zoned for Crown.

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

-umc white/asian family

It's not Crown they'll bus your UMC white/Asian kids to. It's Gaithersburg or perhaps Northwest, whichever needs them more. Good luck!

That’s fear mongering. Crown or quince orchard or Richard Montgomery are the possibilities for Wootton. Others are simply too far away

+1 The area that may get rezoned to GHS will be King Farm, which currently is zoned for RM.