What ever happened to Crown HS?

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Anonymous wrote:There will be a boundary study that starts about 18 months before Crown is expected to open, to decide on the Crown boundaries.

Isn't 18 months optimistic? I feel like even the new RM elementary school boundaries took longer than that... And there will be 10 times as many angry people when it comes to Crown.

That means MCPS will start the boundary analysis in late 2024 or early 25 in order to start in Fall 26? Yikes. 2022 seems more realistic unless MCPS is just railroading it through? But they'd still need to pick the teachers at least a year before to prepare, and planning curriculum / courses least a year before that to know what teachers they need. 2022 seems like the latest they can start on this?

They want to limit the political fallout to as short a time as possible.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There will be a boundary study that starts about 18 months before Crown is expected to open, to decide on the Crown boundaries.

Isn't 18 months optimistic? I feel like even the new RM elementary school boundaries took longer than that... And there will be 10 times as many angry people when it comes to Crown.

That means MCPS will start the boundary analysis in late 2024 or early 25 in order to start in Fall 26? Yikes. 2022 seems more realistic unless MCPS is just railroading it through? But they'd still need to pick the teachers at least a year before to prepare, and planning curriculum / courses least a year before that to know what teachers they need. 2022 seems like the latest they can start on this?

They want to limit the political fallout to as short a time as possible.

18 months is the norm.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There will be a boundary study that starts about 18 months before Crown is expected to open, to decide on the Crown boundaries.

Isn't 18 months optimistic? I feel like even the new RM elementary school boundaries took longer than that... And there will be 10 times as many angry people when it comes to Crown.

That means MCPS will start the boundary analysis in late 2024 or early 25 in order to start in Fall 26? Yikes. 2022 seems more realistic unless MCPS is just railroading it through? But they'd still need to pick the teachers at least a year before to prepare, and planning curriculum / courses least a year before that to know what teachers they need. 2022 seems like the latest they can start on this?

They want to limit the political fallout to as short a time as possible.

Exactly. Pro-busers have taken their foot off the gas pedal because they know that the can get busing done piece by piece with little resistance instead of all at one. Crown will bust up QO and Wootton while Woodward will bust up WJ, BCC, Whitman, and Churchill.

[Anonymous]

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Exactly. Pro-busers have taken their foot off the gas pedal because they know that the can get busing done piece by piece with little resistance instead of all at one. Crown will bust up QO and Wootton while Woodward will bust up WJ, BCC, Whitman, and Churchill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There will be a boundary study that starts about 18 months before Crown is expected to open, to decide on the Crown boundaries.

Isn't 18 months optimistic? I feel like even the new RM elementary school boundaries took longer than that... And there will be 10 times as many angry people when it comes to Crown.

That means MCPS will start the boundary analysis in late 2024 or early 25 in order to start in Fall 26? Yikes. 2022 seems more realistic unless MCPS is just railroading it through? But they'd still need to pick the teachers at least a year before to prepare, and planning curriculum / courses least a year before that to know what teachers they need. 2022 seems like the latest they can start on this?

They want to limit the political fallout to as short a time as possible.

Exactly. Pro-busers have taken their foot off the gas pedal because they know that the can get busing done piece by piece with little resistance instead of all at one. Crown will bust up QO and Wootton while Woodward will bust up WJ, BCC, Whitman, and Churchill.

Wootton will be under capacity by 2026. Not sure how to justify that while RM, Gaithersburg, QO and Northwest will all be over capacity.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There will be a boundary study that starts about 18 months before Crown is expected to open, to decide on the Crown boundaries.

Isn't 18 months optimistic? I feel like even the new RM elementary school boundaries took longer than that... And there will be 10 times as many angry people when it comes to Crown.

That means MCPS will start the boundary analysis in late 2024 or early 25 in order to start in Fall 26? Yikes. 2022 seems more realistic unless MCPS is just railroading it through? But they'd still need to pick the teachers at least a year before to prepare, and planning curriculum / courses least a year before that to know what teachers they need. 2022 seems like the latest they can start on this?

They want to limit the political fallout to as short a time as possible.

Exactly. Pro-busers have taken their foot off the gas pedal because they know that the can get busing done piece by piece with little resistance instead of all at one. Crown will bust up QO and Wootton while Woodward will bust up WJ, BCC, Whitman, and Churchill.

Wootton will be under capacity by 2026. Not sure how to justify that while RM, Gaithersburg, QO and Northwest will all be over capacity.

Because RM can't provide all of the wealth that will be needed to balance the population... You have to leave some at RM for the same reason.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There will be a boundary study that starts about 18 months before Crown is expected to open, to decide on the Crown boundaries.

Isn't 18 months optimistic? I feel like even the new RM elementary school boundaries took longer than that... And there will be 10 times as many angry people when it comes to Crown.

That means MCPS will start the boundary analysis in late 2024 or early 25 in order to start in Fall 26? Yikes. 2022 seems more realistic unless MCPS is just railroading it through? But they'd still need to pick the teachers at least a year before to prepare, and planning curriculum / courses least a year before that to know what teachers they need. 2022 seems like the latest they can start on this?

They want to limit the political fallout to as short a time as possible.

Exactly. Pro-busers have taken their foot off the gas pedal because they know that the can get busing done piece by piece with little resistance instead of all at one. Crown will bust up QO and Wootton while Woodward will bust up WJ, BCC, Whitman, and Churchill.

Wootton will be under capacity by 2026. Not sure how to justify that while RM, Gaithersburg, QO and Northwest will all be over capacity.

Because RM can't provide all of the wealth that will be needed to balance the population... You have to leave some at RM for the same reason.

The houses in Crown are more expensive than the not so rich north Potomac neighborhoods. But are they dare to buss rich willow neighborhoods to crown? Sounds like just exploiting the middle class.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There will be a boundary study that starts about 18 months before Crown is expected to open, to decide on the Crown boundaries.

Isn't 18 months optimistic? I feel like even the new RM elementary school boundaries took longer than that... And there will be 10 times as many angry people when it comes to Crown.

That means MCPS will start the boundary analysis in late 2024 or early 25 in order to start in Fall 26? Yikes. 2022 seems more realistic unless MCPS is just railroading it through? But they'd still need to pick the teachers at least a year before to prepare, and planning curriculum / courses least a year before that to know what teachers they need. 2022 seems like the latest they can start on this?

They want to limit the political fallout to as short a time as possible.

Exactly. Pro-busers have taken their foot off the gas pedal because they know that the can get busing done piece by piece with little resistance instead of all at one. Crown will bust up QO and Wootton while Woodward will bust up WJ, BCC, Whitman, and Churchill.

Wootton will be under capacity by 2026. Not sure how to justify that while RM, Gaithersburg, QO and Northwest will all be over capacity.

The area right across Fields Rd from Crown HS is currently zoned to Wootton. That is why it will be included in the boundary study.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There will be a boundary study that starts about 18 months before Crown is expected to open, to decide on the Crown boundaries.

Isn't 18 months optimistic? I feel like even the new RM elementary school boundaries took longer than that... And there will be 10 times as many angry people when it comes to Crown.

That means MCPS will start the boundary analysis in late 2024 or early 25 in order to start in Fall 26? Yikes. 2022 seems more realistic unless MCPS is just railroading it through? But they'd still need to pick the teachers at least a year before to prepare, and planning curriculum / courses least a year before that to know what teachers they need. 2022 seems like the latest they can start on this?

They want to limit the political fallout to as short a time as possible.

Exactly. Pro-busers have taken their foot off the gas pedal because they know that the can get busing done piece by piece with little resistance instead of all at one. Crown will bust up QO and Wootton while Woodward will bust up WJ, BCC, Whitman, and Churchill.

Wootton will be under capacity by 2026. Not sure how to justify that while RM, Gaithersburg, QO and Northwest will all be over capacity.

Because RM can't provide all of the wealth that will be needed to balance the population... You have to leave some at RM for the same reason.

The houses in Crown are more expensive than the not so rich north Potomac neighborhoods. But are they dare to buss rich willow neighborhoods to crown? Sounds like just exploiting the middle class.

It's not only about $. It's also about race. They want to move a lot of Asians out of Wootton and QO and sprinkle them around to underperforming schools north and east while busing black and brown kids into Wootton and QO.

[Anonymous]

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It's not only about $. It's also about race. They want to move a lot of Asians out of Wootton and QO and sprinkle them around to underperforming schools north and east while busing black and brown kids into Wootton and QO.

[Anonymous]

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It's not only about $. It's also about race. They want to move a lot of Asians out of Wootton and QO and sprinkle them around to underperforming schools north and east while busing black and brown kids into Wootton and QO.

That was the reasoning the BOE gave back when they altered the boundary policy to weigh diversity so heavily.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

It's not only about $. It's also about race. They want to move a lot of Asians out of Wootton and QO and sprinkle them around to underperforming schools north and east while busing black and brown kids into Wootton and QO.

That was the reasoning the BOE gave back when they altered the boundary policy to weigh diversity so heavily.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There will be a boundary study that starts about 18 months before Crown is expected to open, to decide on the Crown boundaries.

Isn't 18 months optimistic? I feel like even the new RM elementary school boundaries took longer than that... And there will be 10 times as many angry people when it comes to Crown.

That means MCPS will start the boundary analysis in late 2024 or early 25 in order to start in Fall 26? Yikes. 2022 seems more realistic unless MCPS is just railroading it through? But they'd still need to pick the teachers at least a year before to prepare, and planning curriculum / courses least a year before that to know what teachers they need. 2022 seems like the latest they can start on this?

They want to limit the political fallout to as short a time as possible.

Exactly. Pro-busers have taken their foot off the gas pedal because they know that the can get busing done piece by piece with little resistance instead of all at one. Crown will bust up QO and Wootton while Woodward will bust up WJ, BCC, Whitman, and Churchill.

Wootton will be under capacity by 2026. Not sure how to justify that while RM, Gaithersburg, QO and Northwest will all be over capacity.

The area right across Fields Rd from Crown HS is currently zoned to Wootton. That is why it will be included in the boundary study.

Certainly hope that’s the only area impacted by crown.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Wootton will be under capacity by 2026. Not sure how to justify that while RM, Gaithersburg, QO and Northwest will all be over capacity.

Because RM can't provide all of the wealth that will be needed to balance the population... You have to leave some at RM for the same reason.

The houses in Crown are more expensive than the not so rich north Potomac neighborhoods. But are they dare to buss rich willow neighborhoods to crown? Sounds like just exploiting the middle class.

It's not only about $. It's also about race. They want to move a lot of Asians out of Wootton and QO and sprinkle them around to underperforming schools north and east while busing black and brown kids into Wootton and QO.

There are not very many Asians in QO. They have the least around the area.

https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departmen...ar/schools/04125.pdf

NW has more: https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departmen...ar/schools/04246.pdf

Wootton has the most: https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departmen...ar/schools/04234.pdf

Probably 10% of RM comes from magnets
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departmen...ar/schools/04201.pdf

It's an SES thing, more so than race thing, IMO.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There will be a boundary study that starts about 18 months before Crown is expected to open, to decide on the Crown boundaries.

Isn't 18 months optimistic? I feel like even the new RM elementary school boundaries took longer than that... And there will be 10 times as many angry people when it comes to Crown.

That means MCPS will start the boundary analysis in late 2024 or early 25 in order to start in Fall 26? Yikes. 2022 seems more realistic unless MCPS is just railroading it through? But they'd still need to pick the teachers at least a year before to prepare, and planning curriculum / courses least a year before that to know what teachers they need. 2022 seems like the latest they can start on this?

They want to limit the political fallout to as short a time as possible.

Exactly. Pro-busers have taken their foot off the gas pedal because they know that the can get busing done piece by piece with little resistance instead of all at one. Crown will bust up QO and Wootton while Woodward will bust up WJ, BCC, Whitman, and Churchill.

Wootton will be under capacity by 2026. Not sure how to justify that while RM, Gaithersburg, QO and Northwest will all be over capacity.

The area right across Fields Rd from Crown HS is currently zoned to Wootton. That is why it will be included in the boundary study.

Certainly hope that’s the only area impacted by crown.

Dufief is closer to Crown than it is to Wootton.