Wootton or Churchill or RM

[Anonymous]

The teachers and curriculum for the aforementioned high-schools are about the same. Although minor demographic differences that affect overall school averages, it makes no difference for an individual which MCPS school they attend.

[Anonymous]

Dear OP,

Wootton = Centennial HS
Churchill = River Hill HS
RM = very unstable, a Catonsville HS with a school-within-a-school countywide IB magnet program undergoing many changes. May end up being a great investment, but not certain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dear OP,

Wootton = Centennial HS
Churchill = River Hill HS
RM = very unstable, a Catonsville HS with a school-within-a-school countywide IB magnet program undergoing many changes. May end up being a great investment, but not certain.

I was confused by this at first. But then I realized that you're not referring to the school, but rather to real estate.

[Anonymous]

RM, because I have zero interest in living and raising my children in a privilege bubble.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear OP,

Wootton = Centennial HS
Churchill = River Hill HS
RM = very unstable, a Catonsville HS with a school-within-a-school countywide IB magnet program undergoing many changes. May end up being a great investment, but not certain.

I was confused by this at first. But then I realized that you're not referring to the school, but rather to real estate.

I was referring to the schools. RM may undergo many changes as the county changes the magnet definition, scope, eligibility, and openness to neighborhood students. It is a GS7 HS with the magnet included, so around GS 5-6 without. Some magnet classes are open to all students; I think it influences and changes the overall upperclassman dynamic. Plus, the northern of RM is expected to be cut away into Crown. The BOE keeps playing with the idea of relaxing the overcrowding restrictions in order to build up / gentrify Twinbrook. Basically in 5-10 years you can expect a very different school, could be better, could be worse. Unstable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I was referring to the schools. RM may undergo many changes as the county changes the magnet definition, scope, eligibility, and openness to neighborhood students. It is a GS7 HS with the magnet included, so around GS 5-6 without. Some magnet classes are open to all students; I think it influences and changes the overall upperclassman dynamic. Plus, the northern of RM is expected to be cut away into Crown. The BOE keeps playing with the idea of relaxing the overcrowding restrictions in order to build up / gentrify Twinbrook. Basically in 5-10 years you can expect a very different school, could be better, could be worse. Unstable.

No, that is factually incorrect. The Montgomery County Board of Education has ZERO input over this. It's a decision of the Rockville City Council.

[Anonymous]

RM is very over crowded and City of Rockville is debating to put 3300 students school built for 2200 students.

RM shouldn't be compared with other two schools due to being so over crowded.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:RM is very over crowded and City of Rockville is debating to put 3300 students school built for 2200 students.

RM shouldn't be compared with other two schools due to being so over crowded.

Not really. The discussion is whether it's ok to approve development plans that might, hypothetically, some day, result in 3,300 students in a school built for 2,200 students, if nothing else happens before then, even though something will.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The teachers and curriculum for the aforementioned high-schools are about the same. Although minor demographic differences that affect overall school averages, it makes no difference for an individual which MCPS school they attend.

Everyone who has ever given this matter any thought is aware of this. The OP is curious about the demographic and social differences because any MCPS school can provide a rigorous education and competitive cohort.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:RM is very over crowded and City of Rockville is debating to put 3300 students school built for 2200 students.

RM shouldn't be compared with other two schools due to being so over crowded.

Please don’t spread falsehoods. Technically, the city IS discussing allowing up to 3300 students in the school built for 2200; however, no reasonable projections have the school reaching 3300 in 10 years—even with additional development, which takes time to build and populate. Would it eventually get there, sure, it probably would, but the city isn’t likely to pass the vote in a couple days to permit that. It’s more likely that if anything passes, it would be the targeted raising of the limits to permit construction in the Walter Johnson cluster. Less likely is the waiver to allow building downtown that will affect RM.

If you have a child that will be at RM between now and 10 years from now, expect school utilization at 120% now to 135% by the end of the 10 years. Building Crown High School will also result in major boundary changes. We can’t accurately predict which neighborhoods will go to which schools yet.

[Anonymous]

My nephews go to RM. They think the school is very crowded and they are not terribly thrilled about the “diversity”. That doesn’t refer to skin color, but to the behavior of a population of the students. My pick would be Wootton or Quince Orchard (if you would consider that, maybe too far out).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:RM is very over crowded and City of Rockville is debating to put 3300 students school built for 2200 students.

RM shouldn't be compared with other two schools due to being so over crowded.

Not really. The discussion is whether it's ok to approve development plans that might, hypothetically, some day, result in 3,300 students in a school built for 2,200 students, if nothing else happens before then, even though something will.

There is nothing hypothetical about City proposal to raise the limit to 150% of school capacity. That's as real as it gets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:RM is very over crowded and City of Rockville is debating to put 3300 students school built for 2200 students.

RM shouldn't be compared with other two schools due to being so over crowded.

Not really. The discussion is whether it's ok to approve development plans that might, hypothetically, some day, result in 3,300 students in a school built for 2,200 students, if nothing else happens before then, even though something will.

There is nothing hypothetical about City proposal to raise the limit to 150% of school capacity. That's as real as it gets.

Correct. The proposal to raise the limit is real. However, the probability that actual enrollment would ever reach the limit is very low. And the statement that the City of Rockville is debating to put 3,300 students in a school built for 2,200 students is false.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:RM is very over crowded and City of Rockville is debating to put 3300 students school built for 2200 students.

RM shouldn't be compared with other two schools due to being so over crowded.

Please don’t spread falsehoods. Technically, the city IS discussing allowing up to 3300 students in the school built for 2200; however, no reasonable projections have the school reaching 3300 in 10 years—even with additional development, which takes time to build and populate. Would it eventually get there, sure, it probably would, but the city isn’t likely to pass the vote in a couple days to permit that. It’s more likely that if anything passes, it would be the targeted raising of the limits to permit construction in the Walter Johnson cluster. Less likely is the waiver to allow building downtown that will affect RM.

If you have a child that will be at RM between now and 10 years from now, expect school utilization at 120% now to 135% by the end of the 10 years. Building Crown High School will also result in major boundary changes. We can’t accurately predict which neighborhoods will go to which schools yet.

120-135%, wow it seems RM should be avoided by any new house buyers who values education.

Go for Wootton if you are not wealthy. If you have money then go for Churchill. My kid is in middle school in RM cluster and I am not really thrilled with over crowding in RM and even less thrilled with attitude of elected leaders from Rockville to make the over crowding worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:RM is very over crowded and City of Rockville is debating to put 3300 students school built for 2200 students.

RM shouldn't be compared with other two schools due to being so over crowded.

Not really. The discussion is whether it's ok to approve development plans that might, hypothetically, some day, result in 3,300 students in a school built for 2,200 students, if nothing else happens before then, even though something will.

There is nothing hypothetical about City proposal to raise the limit to 150% of school capacity. That's as real as it gets.

Correct. The proposal to raise the limit is real. However, the probability that actual enrollment would ever reach the limit is very low. And the statement that the City of Rockville is debating to put 3,300 students in a school built for 2,200 students is false.

There is actual resolution on table to allow building more housing till school reaches 150%. 70 odd parents participated in testimony over this. Mayor and council are going to vote on this.

What is false here?