Initial boundary options for Crown/Damascus study

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Anonymous wrote:In what school year is this supposed to kick in?

Applications for the new regionalized programs will begin in January 2026, for the 2026-27 school year.

That's separate from the boundary study. The new boundaries will begin phasing in in Fall 2027.

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Anonymous wrote:So they will be picking one of these four options? Or are the four options just ideas that can be changed?

These are not the final options, they are very preliminary looks at possibilities. There will be more options in the fall.

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Option 2 is HORRIBLE. Horizon Hill resident here. We lose so much continuity because we lost most of our cohort to go to Cabin John for middle school only to RETURN only PART of the original cohort at RM.

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Looking at the articulation data, options 2 and 4 will create a mess with split articulations. I really hope they decide against options with so much disruption.

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Anonymous wrote:Option 2 is HORRIBLE. Horizon Hill resident here. We lose so much continuity because we lost most of our cohort to go to Cabin John for middle school only to RETURN only PART of the original cohort at RM.

Both option 2 and 4 create too many split articulations. They should not even be the options.

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Anonymous wrote:Looking at the articulation data, options 2 and 4 will create a mess with split articulations. I really hope they decide against options with so much disruption.

Yeah I don’t know why on earth MCPS thinks so many split articulated ESs are ok?

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Is anyone else unhappy knowing their kid will be forced to change schools as a sophomore?

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How do you all read the map? Are these all HS rezone only? Or MS zone as well?

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Anonymous wrote:They're not gonna move Kentlands/Lakelands to gaithersburg high. Way too much money and influence there for them to do that. (not to mention it would be insane logistically)

Check out the Woodward study (option 3). That’s what they are considering for Chevy Chase and Farmland.

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Anonymous wrote:Is anyone else unhappy knowing their kid will be forced to change schools as a sophomore?

Me. I really do not want my kids to change school at 10th grade. Will the new school even have the courses they can take?

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Anonymous wrote:How do you all read the map? Are these all HS rezone only? Or MS zone as well?

I think the interactive map is the easiest to understand. On the left side, you can search by address if you are interested in a certain area. And on the right side, there's a way to select what you want to see (option 1/2/3, middle vs high school, etc).

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Anonymous wrote:Looking at the articulation data, options 2 and 4 will create a mess with split articulations. I really hope they decide against options with so much disruption.

Yeah I don’t know why on earth MCPS thinks so many split articulated ESs are ok?

It's because they didn't scope in ES to the study. Had they done that, it could have been fixed!

[Anonymous]

I am having a very hard time looking at these maps. Maybe it’s because I’m on my phone. Is there any change to the Laytonsville articulation pattern?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking at the articulation data, options 2 and 4 will create a mess with split articulations. I really hope they decide against options with so much disruption.

Yeah I don’t know why on earth MCPS thinks so many split articulated ESs are ok?

It's because they didn't scope in ES to the study. Had they done that, it could have been fixed!

Yeah - but given that they didn't scope in ES, I think they have to (or at least should) work around existing elementary boundaries rather than completely ignoring them when drawing middle and high school boundaries.

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Anonymous wrote:Am I reading this right ? Cabin Branch elementary school would feed into Poolesville High School. Really ? Have not they considered the distance

It's not much further than where they go now which is Seneca Valley.