ESS/TPMS/Blair vs Sligo Creek/SSIMS/Northwood

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Anonymous wrote:OP in case you don’t know Northwood High School soon have a new building, too

And when Northwood's new building opens (planned for fall 2025) it is likely some areas currently zoned to Blair will be rezoned to Northwood to relieve some of Blair's overcrowding.

Yeah but not including Takoma Park.

ESS is two blocks from the Blair/Northwood boundary line. It could very easily be rezoned.

I thought MCPS didn’t split towns between schools.

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Anonymous wrote:OP in case you don’t know Northwood High School soon have a new building, too

And when Northwood's new building opens (planned for fall 2025) it is likely some areas currently zoned to Blair will be rezoned to Northwood to relieve some of Blair's overcrowding.

Yeah but not including Takoma Park.

ESS is two blocks from the Blair/Northwood boundary line. It could very easily be rezoned.

I thought MCPS didn’t split towns between schools.

The smaller towns, yes. Not sure where Takoma Park fits in that math.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP in case you don’t know Northwood High School soon have a new building, too

And when Northwood's new building opens (planned for fall 2025) it is likely some areas currently zoned to Blair will be rezoned to Northwood to relieve some of Blair's overcrowding.

Yeah but not including Takoma Park.

ESS is two blocks from the Blair/Northwood boundary line. It could very easily be rezoned.

I thought MCPS didn’t split towns between schools.

However, it seems most likely the areas closer to Northwood nearer the beltway will be the ones getting trimmed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP in case you don’t know Northwood High School soon have a new building, too

And when Northwood's new building opens (planned for fall 2025) it is likely some areas currently zoned to Blair will be rezoned to Northwood to relieve some of Blair's overcrowding.

Yeah but not including Takoma Park.

ESS is two blocks from the Blair/Northwood boundary line. It could very easily be rezoned.

I thought MCPS didn’t split towns between schools.

However, it seems most likely the areas closer to Northwood nearer the beltway will be the ones getting trimmed.

The only Blair-zoned areas near the beltway are right next to Blair. Those are the least likely to get "trimmed."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP in case you don’t know Northwood High School soon have a new building, too

And when Northwood's new building opens (planned for fall 2025) it is likely some areas currently zoned to Blair will be rezoned to Northwood to relieve some of Blair's overcrowding.

Yeah but not including Takoma Park.

ESS is two blocks from the Blair/Northwood boundary line. It could very easily be rezoned.

I thought MCPS didn’t split towns between schools.

They could rezone ESS but not TPMS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP in case you don’t know Northwood High School soon have a new building, too

And when Northwood's new building opens (planned for fall 2025) it is likely some areas currently zoned to Blair will be rezoned to Northwood to relieve some of Blair's overcrowding.

Yeah but not including Takoma Park.

ESS is two blocks from the Blair/Northwood boundary line. It could very easily be rezoned.

I thought MCPS didn’t split towns between schools.

However, it seems most likely the areas closer to Northwood nearer the beltway will be the ones getting trimmed.

The only Blair-zoned areas near the beltway are right next to Blair. Those are the least likely to get "trimmed."

Blair's current location is irrelevant and I disagree since those areas are closest to Northwood which makes the most sense

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP in case you don’t know Northwood High School soon have a new building, too

And when Northwood's new building opens (planned for fall 2025) it is likely some areas currently zoned to Blair will be rezoned to Northwood to relieve some of Blair's overcrowding.

Yeah but not including Takoma Park.

ESS is two blocks from the Blair/Northwood boundary line. It could very easily be rezoned.

I thought MCPS didn’t split towns between schools.

They could rezone ESS but not TPMS.

I know many middle schools are split, but ESS feeds into TPMS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP in case you don’t know Northwood High School soon have a new building, too

And when Northwood's new building opens (planned for fall 2025) it is likely some areas currently zoned to Blair will be rezoned to Northwood to relieve some of Blair's overcrowding.

Yeah but not including Takoma Park.

ESS is two blocks from the Blair/Northwood boundary line. It could very easily be rezoned.

I thought MCPS didn’t split towns between schools.

However, it seems most likely the areas closer to Northwood nearer the beltway will be the ones getting trimmed.

The only Blair-zoned areas near the beltway are right next to Blair. Those are the least likely to get "trimmed."

Blair's current location is irrelevant and I disagree since those areas are closest to Northwood which makes the most sense

Why would Blair's location be irrelevant? Especially if they're aiming to improve proximity as one of the factors.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP in case you don’t know Northwood High School soon have a new building, too

And when Northwood's new building opens (planned for fall 2025) it is likely some areas currently zoned to Blair will be rezoned to Northwood to relieve some of Blair's overcrowding.

Yeah but not including Takoma Park.

ESS is two blocks from the Blair/Northwood boundary line. It could very easily be rezoned.

I thought MCPS didn’t split towns between schools.

LMAO about your "split towns between schools". A lot of kids have to drive from their homes past Blair to get to their "neighborhood" high school. It's total BS. There are several neighborhoods where you can see Blair from their bedroom windows but the assigned HS is Northwood.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP in case you don’t know Northwood High School soon have a new building, too

And when Northwood's new building opens (planned for fall 2025) it is likely some areas currently zoned to Blair will be rezoned to Northwood to relieve some of Blair's overcrowding.

Yeah but not including Takoma Park.

ESS is two blocks from the Blair/Northwood boundary line. It could very easily be rezoned.

I thought MCPS didn’t split towns between schools.

They could rezone ESS but not TPMS.

I know many middle schools are split, but ESS feeds into TPMS.

Yes, I know. But the middle school and the high school boundaries are decided separately. They could, as an example, rezone ESS to Northwood but keep its middle school assignment as is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP in case you don’t know Northwood High School soon have a new building, too

And when Northwood's new building opens (planned for fall 2025) it is likely some areas currently zoned to Blair will be rezoned to Northwood to relieve some of Blair's overcrowding.

Yeah but not including Takoma Park.

ESS is two blocks from the Blair/Northwood boundary line. It could very easily be rezoned.

I thought MCPS didn’t split towns between schools.

They could rezone ESS but not TPMS.

I know many middle schools are split, but ESS feeds into TPMS.

Yes, I know. But the middle school and the high school boundaries are decided separately. They could, as an example, rezone ESS to Northwood but keep its middle school assignment as is.

They could, but it seems pretty unlikely, as that move would fail on all four of the MCPS stated metrics. school utilization, school diversity, student proximity to school, and student assignment stability

On school utilization, moving ESS would not particularly move the needle for Northwood. With only 50-60 graduates per year, moving ESS to Northwood would only net about 240 new students for Northwood.

On diversity, moving ESS to Northwood would make Northwood less diverse by adding Black and brown students to a school that is already majority minority.

On proximity, Blair is more than a mile closer even for the kids closest to the Northwood boundary.

Finally, on school assignment stability, ESS went through a boundary revision relatively recently, the school zone includes parts of Takoma Park, and the community is tightly integrated into the broader Takoma Park community through proximity and the porous nature of the boundary between Takoma Park and Silver Spring.

On every metric, it is suboptimal, which makes me think this is not the direction in which MCPS is going to head. I think it is more likely that the Northwood boundary itself shifts. It's pretty nonsensical, and a legacy of the lack of a comprehensive boundary revision to date. I would not be surprised to see the portions of Northwood cluster closest to DTSS redistricted to Einstein or even BCC.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP in case you don’t know Northwood High School soon have a new building, too

And when Northwood's new building opens (planned for fall 2025) it is likely some areas currently zoned to Blair will be rezoned to Northwood to relieve some of Blair's overcrowding.

Yeah but not including Takoma Park.

ESS is two blocks from the Blair/Northwood boundary line. It could very easily be rezoned.

I thought MCPS didn’t split towns between schools.

However, it seems most likely the areas closer to Northwood nearer the beltway will be the ones getting trimmed.

The only Blair-zoned areas near the beltway are right next to Blair. Those are the least likely to get "trimmed."

Blair's current location is irrelevant and I disagree since those areas are closest to Northwood which makes the most sense

Why would Blair's location be irrelevant? Especially if they're aiming to improve proximity as one of the factors.

It's original location is more representative of it's service area. Consider there are NO HS in that part of the county.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP in case you don’t know Northwood High School soon have a new building, too

And when Northwood's new building opens (planned for fall 2025) it is likely some areas currently zoned to Blair will be rezoned to Northwood to relieve some of Blair's overcrowding.

Yeah but not including Takoma Park.

ESS is two blocks from the Blair/Northwood boundary line. It could very easily be rezoned.

I thought MCPS didn’t split towns between schools.

However, it seems most likely the areas closer to Northwood nearer the beltway will be the ones getting trimmed.

The only Blair-zoned areas near the beltway are right next to Blair. Those are the least likely to get "trimmed."

Blair's current location is irrelevant and I disagree since those areas are closest to Northwood which makes the most sense

Why would Blair's location be irrelevant? Especially if they're aiming to improve proximity as one of the factors.

It's original location is more representative of it's service area. Consider there are NO HS in that part of the county.

It hasn't been at its original location in 25 years. That is irrelevant to this boundary study.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP in case you don’t know Northwood High School soon have a new building, too

And when Northwood's new building opens (planned for fall 2025) it is likely some areas currently zoned to Blair will be rezoned to Northwood to relieve some of Blair's overcrowding.

Yeah but not including Takoma Park.

ESS is two blocks from the Blair/Northwood boundary line. It could very easily be rezoned.

I thought MCPS didn’t split towns between schools.

They could rezone ESS but not TPMS.

I know many middle schools are split, but ESS feeds into TPMS.

Yes, I know. But the middle school and the high school boundaries are decided separately. They could, as an example, rezone ESS to Northwood but keep its middle school assignment as is.

They could, but it seems pretty unlikely, as that move would fail on all four of the MCPS stated metrics. school utilization, school diversity, student proximity to school, and student assignment stability

On school utilization, moving ESS would not particularly move the needle for Northwood. With only 50-60 graduates per year, moving ESS to Northwood would only net about 240 new students for Northwood.

On diversity, moving ESS to Northwood would make Northwood less diverse by adding Black and brown students to a school that is already majority minority.

On proximity, Blair is more than a mile closer even for the kids closest to the Northwood boundary.

Finally, on school assignment stability, ESS went through a boundary revision relatively recently, the school zone includes parts of Takoma Park, and the community is tightly integrated into the broader Takoma Park community through proximity and the porous nature of the boundary between Takoma Park and Silver Spring.

On every metric, it is suboptimal, which makes me think this is not the direction in which MCPS is going to head. I think it is more likely that the Northwood boundary itself shifts. It's pretty nonsensical, and a legacy of the lack of a comprehensive boundary revision to date. I would not be surprised to see the portions of Northwood cluster closest to DTSS redistricted to Einstein or even BCC.

Look, it's a perfectly reasonable plan for them to consider, and I would be surprised if it is not one of the options in the study. Who knows what they will ultimately choose. The point is they need to rezone some 600 kids out of Blair. So, some Blair feeders are going to have to move. Northwood is the only adjacent school that will have a significant number of empty seats. And there are people at ESS who already live right across the street from people zoned for Northwood.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP in case you don’t know Northwood High School soon have a new building, too

And when Northwood's new building opens (planned for fall 2025) it is likely some areas currently zoned to Blair will be rezoned to Northwood to relieve some of Blair's overcrowding.

Yeah but not including Takoma Park.

ESS is two blocks from the Blair/Northwood boundary line. It could very easily be rezoned.

I thought MCPS didn’t split towns between schools.

They could rezone ESS but not TPMS.

I know many middle schools are split, but ESS feeds into TPMS.

Yes, I know. But the middle school and the high school boundaries are decided separately. They could, as an example, rezone ESS to Northwood but keep its middle school assignment as is.

They could, but it seems pretty unlikely, as that move would fail on all four of the MCPS stated metrics. school utilization, school diversity, student proximity to school, and student assignment stability

On school utilization, moving ESS would not particularly move the needle for Northwood. With only 50-60 graduates per year, moving ESS to Northwood would only net about 240 new students for Northwood.

On diversity, moving ESS to Northwood would make Northwood less diverse by adding Black and brown students to a school that is already majority minority.

On proximity, Blair is more than a mile closer even for the kids closest to the Northwood boundary.

Finally, on school assignment stability, ESS went through a boundary revision relatively recently, the school zone includes parts of Takoma Park, and the community is tightly integrated into the broader Takoma Park community through proximity and the porous nature of the boundary between Takoma Park and Silver Spring.

On every metric, it is suboptimal, which makes me think this is not the direction in which MCPS is going to head. I think it is more likely that the Northwood boundary itself shifts. It's pretty nonsensical, and a legacy of the lack of a comprehensive boundary revision to date. I would not be surprised to see the portions of Northwood cluster closest to DTSS redistricted to Einstein or even BCC.

Makes sense to me. They need to look at the proximity to Northwood. I also don't think proximity to Blair's new location is a consideration. It's service area area is a function of its original location at least until another HS is built in the SE part of the county.