Do the recommendations re: BCC boundary study come out today?

[Anonymous]

PP, your statement has got some major inaccuracies that I've seen repeated elsewhere on this site. You said:

"1. MS#2 site selection: Two sites for MS#2 were proposed that made more logical sense than the current location.

The first was to co-locate at RHES. Amazingly, the RCF neighborhood opposed this option because at the time they believed that access to Westland was better for their property values."

The first MS#2 site selection committee selected the Rosemary Hills/Lyttonsville Local Park as the site for the new middle school. This would have been close to, but not co-located with RHES. The Rock Creek Forest ES reps on the committee advocated for that site, on the premise that locating a middle school close to the RCF and Rosemary Hills neighborhoods would be beneficial to the families in the neighborhood, many of whom face transportation issues. Sounds familiar, right? The opposition that arose did not come from the Rock Creek Forest community but rather from the Lyttonsville and Rosemary Hills communities which attend RHES and NCC/CCES schools! So, you've got members of the CCES/NCC/RH communities to thank for scuttling both of the larger MS#2 school sites under consideration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP, your statement has got some major inaccuracies that I've seen repeated elsewhere on this site. You said:

"1. MS#2 site selection: Two sites for MS#2 were proposed that made more logical sense than the current location.

The first was to co-locate at RHES. Amazingly, the RCF neighborhood opposed this option because at the time they believed that access to Westland was better for their property values."

The first MS#2 site selection committee selected the Rosemary Hills/Lyttonsville Local Park as the site for the new middle school. This would have been close to, but not co-located with RHES. The Rock Creek Forest ES reps on the committee advocated for that site, on the premise that locating a middle school close to the RCF and Rosemary Hills neighborhoods would be beneficial to the families in the neighborhood, many of whom face transportation issues. Sounds familiar, right? The opposition that arose did not come from the Rock Creek Forest community but rather from the Lyttonsville and Rosemary Hills communities which attend RHES and NCC/CCES schools! So, you've got members of the CCES/NCC/RH communities to thank for scuttling both of the larger MS#2 school sites under consideration.

YES. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/maryland-schools-insider/post/timeline-in-bethesda-chevy-chase-a-school-becomes-a-park-becomes-an-almost-school/2011/11/09/gIQAPT6A5M_blog.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP, your statement has got some major inaccuracies that I've seen repeated elsewhere on this site. You said:

"1. MS#2 site selection: Two sites for MS#2 were proposed that made more logical sense than the current location.

The first was to co-locate at RHES. Amazingly, the RCF neighborhood opposed this option because at the time they believed that access to Westland was better for their property values."

The first MS#2 site selection committee selected the Rosemary Hills/Lyttonsville Local Park as the site for the new middle school. This would have been close to, but not co-located with RHES. The Rock Creek Forest ES reps on the committee advocated for that site, on the premise that locating a middle school close to the RCF and Rosemary Hills neighborhoods would be beneficial to the families in the neighborhood, many of whom face transportation issues. Sounds familiar, right? The opposition that arose did not come from the Rock Creek Forest community but rather from the Lyttonsville and Rosemary Hills communities which attend RHES and NCC/CCES schools! So, you've got members of the CCES/NCC/RH communities to thank for scuttling both of the larger MS#2 school sites under consideration.

Not exactly. The Lyttonsville and Rosemary Hills communities objected to the school at Rosemary Hills/Lyttonsville Local Park because the location had certain historical significance. In addition, it provided an important recreational space for the nearby residents of multi-family dwellings. Finally, the site, at least in part, was developed with Program Open Space funds, which restricted conversion from park use without undertaking a significant replacement process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP, your statement has got some major inaccuracies that I've seen repeated elsewhere on this site. You said:

"1. MS#2 site selection: Two sites for MS#2 were proposed that made more logical sense than the current location.

The first was to co-locate at RHES. Amazingly, the RCF neighborhood opposed this option because at the time they believed that access to Westland was better for their property values."

The first MS#2 site selection committee selected the Rosemary Hills/Lyttonsville Local Park as the site for the new middle school. This would have been close to, but not co-located with RHES. The Rock Creek Forest ES reps on the committee advocated for that site, on the premise that locating a middle school close to the RCF and Rosemary Hills neighborhoods would be beneficial to the families in the neighborhood, many of whom face transportation issues. Sounds familiar, right? The opposition that arose did not come from the Rock Creek Forest community but rather from the Lyttonsville and Rosemary Hills communities which attend RHES and NCC/CCES schools! So, you've got members of the CCES/NCC/RH communities to thank for scuttling both of the larger MS#2 school sites under consideration.

YES. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/maryland-schools-insider/post/timeline-in-bethesda-chevy-chase-a-school-becomes-a-park-becomes-an-almost-school/2011/11/09/gIQAPT6A5M_blog.html

Thanks for posting. This is interesting and I'm new to the district so I didn't know the background. Since all the schools in the area are overcrowded, one of these other sites may yet be developed into a school.

Has there been any discussion of an additional HS in this part of the county? If development continues, it doesn't seem possible that all these kids are going to fit into BCC. Maybe splitting the district and creating a Rock Creek Forest High School could happen down the road.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP, your statement has got some major inaccuracies that I've seen repeated elsewhere on this site. You said:

"1. MS#2 site selection: Two sites for MS#2 were proposed that made more logical sense than the current location.

The first was to co-locate at RHES. Amazingly, the RCF neighborhood opposed this option because at the time they believed that access to Westland was better for their property values."

The first MS#2 site selection committee selected the Rosemary Hills/Lyttonsville Local Park as the site for the new middle school. This would have been close to, but not co-located with RHES. The Rock Creek Forest ES reps on the committee advocated for that site, on the premise that locating a middle school close to the RCF and Rosemary Hills neighborhoods would be beneficial to the families in the neighborhood, many of whom face transportation issues. Sounds familiar, right? The opposition that arose did not come from the Rock Creek Forest community but rather from the Lyttonsville and Rosemary Hills communities which attend RHES and NCC/CCES schools! So, you've got members of the CCES/NCC/RH communities to thank for scuttling both of the larger MS#2 school sites under consideration.

Not exactly. The Lyttonsville and Rosemary Hills communities objected to the school at Rosemary Hills/Lyttonsville Local Park because the location had certain historical significance. In addition, it provided an important recreational space for the nearby residents of multi-family dwellings. Finally, the site, at least in part, was developed with Program Open Space funds, which restricted conversion from park use without undertaking a significant replacement process.

PP here. Thank you for adding the detail about the reasons for the opposition. My point stands that opposition did not arise from the RCF community, but rather from the RH and Lyttonsville communities (which feed into CCES and NCC). RCF supported the location of the new middle school close to the eastern edge of the cluster in order to provide access to the families in the RCF, RH, and Lyttonsville areas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Moral of the story is two things, (1) be careful what you wish for and (2) that people need to take a bigger picture view.

1. MS#2 site selection: Two sites for MS#2 were proposed that made more logical sense than the current location.

The first was to co-locate at RHES. Amazingly, the RCF neighborhood opposed this option because at the time they believed that access to Westland was better for their property values. Now the parents at RCF want to be at the closer school, which for some reason pisses off CCES and NCC parents on this board.

A second option was a site off Jones Bridge that was opposed by Chevy Chase communities. Now the Chevy Chase parents are unhappy about capacity and overcrowding when a closer and larger site was available.

The site of MS#2 never made any sense to me, up in Kensington smack in the middle of a residential neighborhood. Personally, I always thought Lynnbrook School/Park was the most logical location, but it was oddly never even considered.

2. Capacity: First of all, it is important to note that limiting factor in all capacity questions for the cluster is what can be accommodated at BCC HS. There cannot be two MSs with a total of 3000 students, but BCC HS only having capacity for 2400 students (which is where it will be after its current and final expansion).

Second, it is important to note that while the projections say that Westland will be under capacity, everyone knows that MCPS projections are a joke. In response to the Chevy Chase Lake sector plan, the western half of BES was sent to Bradley Hills, BES was expanded, MS#2 was built and CCES and NCC will terminate at 5th grade. However the Chevy Chase Lake sector plan, also projected BES to have 517 students, it now has 599.

Current growth at BES is exceeding all expectations, there are over a thousand new multi-family units that have been built in boundary in the last 2 years and about 600 more units slated to open in the next year. Add to that the 8 million square feet called for under downtown Bethesda sector plan and it is easy to imagine that any spare capacity at Westland is already accounted for.

In addition, I am not sure people are aware that the Westbard sector plan also calls for changing boundaries to send more kids from that area to Westland. This proposal seems less likely to occur right now because the MCPS Capital Improvement Budget released today calls for expanding both Pyle and Whitman, likely to account for expected Westbard growth.

"A second option was a site off Jones Bridge that was opposed by Chevy Chase communities. Now the Chevy Chase parents are unhappy about capacity and overcrowding when a closer and larger site was available.

The site of MS#2 never made any sense to me, up in Kensington smack in the middle of a residential neighborhood. Personally, I always thought Lynnbrook School/Park was the most logical location, but it was oddly never even considered."

The (second) site selection included 25 sites, the bulk of which were eliminated in very early on (as they couldn't sustain a school and were included for show purposes). The Jones Bridge site was the second choice. Interestingly, people pointed out that its large size (almost 2.5 times the size of the current site) provided flexibility to MCPS and that the site was not utilized heavily. There were concerns about obtaining the site from M-NCPPC without a blood-letting. Yes, it was not recommended to the Board of Idiots, but if those idiots actually rejected the current site, it would have been the only one left for consideration, as all other options were rejected (in part, because no neighborhood wanted to lose their parks).

As for Lynbrook, it also required a deal with M-NCPPC, which it was inclined to make, but if you don't understand the current site, how can you understand Lynbrook? The streets are narrower, and the traffic would have been crazy. The plus to it was its walkability.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP, your statement has got some major inaccuracies that I've seen repeated elsewhere on this site. You said:

"1. MS#2 site selection: Two sites for MS#2 were proposed that made more logical sense than the current location.

The first was to co-locate at RHES. Amazingly, the RCF neighborhood opposed this option because at the time they believed that access to Westland was better for their property values."

The first MS#2 site selection committee selected the Rosemary Hills/Lyttonsville Local Park as the site for the new middle school. This would have been close to, but not co-located with RHES. The Rock Creek Forest ES reps on the committee advocated for that site, on the premise that locating a middle school close to the RCF and Rosemary Hills neighborhoods would be beneficial to the families in the neighborhood, many of whom face transportation issues. Sounds familiar, right? The opposition that arose did not come from the Rock Creek Forest community but rather from the Lyttonsville and Rosemary Hills communities which attend RHES and NCC/CCES schools! So, you've got members of the CCES/NCC/RH communities to thank for scuttling both of the larger MS#2 school sites under consideration.

Not exactly. The Lyttonsville and Rosemary Hills communities objected to the school at Rosemary Hills/Lyttonsville Local Park because the location had certain historical significance. In addition, it provided an important recreational space for the nearby residents of multi-family dwellings. Finally, the site, at least in part, was developed with Program Open Space funds, which restricted conversion from park use without undertaking a significant replacement process.

PP here. Thank you for adding the detail about the reasons for the opposition. My point stands that opposition did not arise from the RCF community, but rather from the RH and Lyttonsville communities (which feed into CCES and NCC). RCF supported the location of the new middle school close to the eastern edge of the cluster in order to provide access to the families in the RCF, RH, and Lyttonsville areas.

Don't mention it, but, to be fair, I don't think we can call guilt by association for the NCC and CCES people because, before the BOE, they weren't making the arguments against the park.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP, your statement has got some major inaccuracies that I've seen repeated elsewhere on this site. You said:

"1. MS#2 site selection: Two sites for MS#2 were proposed that made more logical sense than the current location.

The first was to co-locate at RHES. Amazingly, the RCF neighborhood opposed this option because at the time they believed that access to Westland was better for their property values."

The first MS#2 site selection committee selected the Rosemary Hills/Lyttonsville Local Park as the site for the new middle school. This would have been close to, but not co-located with RHES. The Rock Creek Forest ES reps on the committee advocated for that site, on the premise that locating a middle school close to the RCF and Rosemary Hills neighborhoods would be beneficial to the families in the neighborhood, many of whom face transportation issues. Sounds familiar, right? The opposition that arose did not come from the Rock Creek Forest community but rather from the Lyttonsville and Rosemary Hills communities which attend RHES and NCC/CCES schools! So, you've got members of the CCES/NCC/RH communities to thank for scuttling both of the larger MS#2 school sites under consideration.

YES. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/maryland-schools-insider/post/timeline-in-bethesda-chevy-chase-a-school-becomes-a-park-becomes-an-almost-school/2011/11/09/gIQAPT6A5M_blog.html

Thanks for posting. This is interesting and I'm new to the district so I didn't know the background. Since all the schools in the area are overcrowded, one of these other sites may yet be developed into a school.

Has there been any discussion of an additional HS in this part of the county? If development continues, it doesn't seem possible that all these kids are going to fit into BCC. Maybe splitting the district and creating a Rock Creek Forest High School could happen down the road.

Who knows? Your comment raises an interesting side note, though. During the fight over where to site the new school, people near that site proposed that the Jones Bridge Road site could be turned into a new B-CC HS, and the old B-CC HS could be the second middle school, as it met many of the criteria (central location, size,etc.). Of course, the people near the Jones Bridge site opposed the idea, and, mysteriously, their streets were made one-way out of their community (probably because of the new WR traffic). The BOE certainly wasn't going to consider the idea, so it never saw the light of day. When you read over these many pages (unbelievable!), especially with the complains about overcrowding and development, you (well, at least I) start to wonder what the possibilities would have been. 32 acres is a big sight for a high school down county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP, your statement has got some major inaccuracies that I've seen repeated elsewhere on this site. You said:

"1. MS#2 site selection: Two sites for MS#2 were proposed that made more logical sense than the current location.

The first was to co-locate at RHES. Amazingly, the RCF neighborhood opposed this option because at the time they believed that access to Westland was better for their property values."

The first MS#2 site selection committee selected the Rosemary Hills/Lyttonsville Local Park as the site for the new middle school. This would have been close to, but not co-located with RHES. The Rock Creek Forest ES reps on the committee advocated for that site, on the premise that locating a middle school close to the RCF and Rosemary Hills neighborhoods would be beneficial to the families in the neighborhood, many of whom face transportation issues. Sounds familiar, right? The opposition that arose did not come from the Rock Creek Forest community but rather from the Lyttonsville and Rosemary Hills communities which attend RHES and NCC/CCES schools! So, you've got members of the CCES/NCC/RH communities to thank for scuttling both of the larger MS#2 school sites under consideration.

YES. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/maryland-schools-insider/post/timeline-in-bethesda-chevy-chase-a-school-becomes-a-park-becomes-an-almost-school/2011/11/09/gIQAPT6A5M_blog.html

This is not the full story. The Rock Creek Forest Civic Association reformed precisely to oppose the Coffield Community Center site. So while maybe RCFES parents perhaps were in favor, the RCF homeowners were opposed. Generally because it seems they feared that it would ghettoize the eastern part of the cluster and make it easier for RCF to ultimately get jettisoned out of the cluster which would affect property values. The quotes in the Washington Post blog below speak for themselves.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/where-we-live/post/bethesda-chevy-chase-school-plan-creates-real-estate-paradox/2012/01/04/gIQA7dZtaP_blog.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/where-we-live/post/bethesda-chevy-chase-middle-school-debate-heats-up/2012/01/11/gIQArdifrP_blog.html

PP however was also wrong, Lynnbrook ES was considered but ultimately rejected in favor of the Rock Creek Hills site.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP, your statement has got some major inaccuracies that I've seen repeated elsewhere on this site. You said:

"1. MS#2 site selection: Two sites for MS#2 were proposed that made more logical sense than the current location.

The first was to co-locate at RHES. Amazingly, the RCF neighborhood opposed this option because at the time they believed that access to Westland was better for their property values."

The first MS#2 site selection committee selected the Rosemary Hills/Lyttonsville Local Park as the site for the new middle school. This would have been close to, but not co-located with RHES. The Rock Creek Forest ES reps on the committee advocated for that site, on the premise that locating a middle school close to the RCF and Rosemary Hills neighborhoods would be beneficial to the families in the neighborhood, many of whom face transportation issues. Sounds familiar, right? The opposition that arose did not come from the Rock Creek Forest community but rather from the Lyttonsville and Rosemary Hills communities which attend RHES and NCC/CCES schools! So, you've got members of the CCES/NCC/RH communities to thank for scuttling both of the larger MS#2 school sites under consideration.

YES. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/maryland-schools-insider/post/timeline-in-bethesda-chevy-chase-a-school-becomes-a-park-becomes-an-almost-school/2011/11/09/gIQAPT6A5M_blog.html

Thanks for posting. This is interesting and I'm new to the district so I didn't know the background. Since all the schools in the area are overcrowded, one of these other sites may yet be developed into a school.

Has there been any discussion of an additional HS in this part of the county? If development continues, it doesn't seem possible that all these kids are going to fit into BCC. Maybe splitting the district and creating a Rock Creek Forest High School could happen down the road.

Who knows? Your comment raises an interesting side note, though. During the fight over where to site the new school, people near that site proposed that the Jones Bridge Road site could be turned into a new B-CC HS, and the old B-CC HS could be the second middle school, as it met many of the criteria (central location, size,etc.). Of course, the people near the Jones Bridge site opposed the idea, and, mysteriously, their streets were made one-way out of their community (probably because of the new WR traffic). The BOE certainly wasn't going to consider the idea, so it never saw the light of day. When you read over these many pages (unbelievable!), especially with the complains about overcrowding and development, you (well, at least I) start to wonder what the possibilities would have been. 32 acres is a big sight for a high school down county.

The MCPS Capital Improvement Program budget, that was released today, provides excellent insight into what is planned.

BCC cluster: MS#2, BCC expansion (will be the last ever), and mysteriously an expansion of RH is proposed. RH is the only ES in the cluster with spare capacity right now, however it is not usable capacity because both CCES and NCC are over capacity. It is important to note that Lyttonsville Sector Plan is currently under consideration, so this might be tied into that. Sligo MS in Silver Spring and also has spare capacity and SS-International MS has an expansion budgeted too. So it is possible that Lyttonsville might get moved out of the cluster to accommodate both the Chevy Chase Lake and downtown Bethesda sector plans. Or... I am sensing that some of the new multi-family apartments in downtown Bethesda might get bussed over there, as there would not be a strong political constituency to oppose it because ridiculously there is nothing planned to address over capacity at any of the other ESs in the cluster.

Whitman cluster: Expansion of Pyle and Whitman is planned, most likely to address the Westbard sector plan.

WJ: Tilden MS will move back to the Tilden Ln site, which will be renovated and expanded. But most interestingly, it looks like a new HS will be re-opened at the Woodward HS site where Tilden is now. It looks like it will take a lot of current WJ students north of the Beltway and it says that they want to make boundaries include Downcounty Consortium schools, like Einstein.

This could mean that WJ would be able to take some current Whitman capacity which could have a knock-on effect with BCC, etc. But... it seems that touching BCC and Whitman boundaries is dangerous, judging by the responses on MS#2 in this thread. And this all presupposes that these morons at BOE/MCPS and the Council/Planning Board actually have longer term plans, or even medium term plans. Judging by the inadequacy of the capital improvement budget, I seriously doubt that they do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP, your statement has got some major inaccuracies that I've seen repeated elsewhere on this site. You said:

"1. MS#2 site selection: Two sites for MS#2 were proposed that made more logical sense than the current location.

The first was to co-locate at RHES. Amazingly, the RCF neighborhood opposed this option because at the time they believed that access to Westland was better for their property values."

The first MS#2 site selection committee selected the Rosemary Hills/Lyttonsville Local Park as the site for the new middle school. This would have been close to, but not co-located with RHES. The Rock Creek Forest ES reps on the committee advocated for that site, on the premise that locating a middle school close to the RCF and Rosemary Hills neighborhoods would be beneficial to the families in the neighborhood, many of whom face transportation issues. Sounds familiar, right? The opposition that arose did not come from the Rock Creek Forest community but rather from the Lyttonsville and Rosemary Hills communities which attend RHES and NCC/CCES schools! So, you've got members of the CCES/NCC/RH communities to thank for scuttling both of the larger MS#2 school sites under consideration.

YES. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/maryland-schools-insider/post/timeline-in-bethesda-chevy-chase-a-school-becomes-a-park-becomes-an-almost-school/2011/11/09/gIQAPT6A5M_blog.html

Thanks for posting. This is interesting and I'm new to the district so I didn't know the background. Since all the schools in the area are overcrowded, one of these other sites may yet be developed into a school.

Has there been any discussion of an additional HS in this part of the county? If development continues, it doesn't seem possible that all these kids are going to fit into BCC. Maybe splitting the district and creating a Rock Creek Forest High School could happen down the road.

Who knows? Your comment raises an interesting side note, though. During the fight over where to site the new school, people near that site proposed that the Jones Bridge Road site could be turned into a new B-CC HS, and the old B-CC HS could be the second middle school, as it met many of the criteria (central location, size,etc.). Of course, the people near the Jones Bridge site opposed the idea, and, mysteriously, their streets were made one-way out of their community (probably because of the new WR traffic). The BOE certainly wasn't going to consider the idea, so it never saw the light of day. When you read over these many pages (unbelievable!), especially with the complains about overcrowding and development, you (well, at least I) start to wonder what the possibilities would have been. 32 acres is a big sight for a high school down county.

The MCPS Capital Improvement Program budget, that was released today, provides excellent insight into what is planned.

BCC cluster: MS#2, BCC expansion (will be the last ever), and mysteriously an expansion of RH is proposed. RH is the only ES in the cluster with spare capacity right now, however it is not usable capacity because both CCES and NCC are over capacity. It is important to note that Lyttonsville Sector Plan is currently under consideration, so this might be tied into that. Sligo MS in Silver Spring and also has spare capacity and SS-International MS has an expansion budgeted too. So it is possible that Lyttonsville might get moved out of the cluster to accommodate both the Chevy Chase Lake and downtown Bethesda sector plans. Or... I am sensing that some of the new multi-family apartments in downtown Bethesda might get bussed over there, as there would not be a strong political constituency to oppose it because ridiculously there is nothing planned to address over capacity at any of the other ESs in the cluster.

Whitman cluster: Expansion of Pyle and Whitman is planned, most likely to address the Westbard sector plan.

WJ: Tilden MS will move back to the Tilden Ln site, which will be renovated and expanded. But most interestingly, it looks like a new HS will be re-opened at the Woodward HS site where Tilden is now. It looks like it will take a lot of current WJ students north of the Beltway and it says that they want to make boundaries include Downcounty Consortium schools, like Einstein.

This could mean that WJ would be able to take some current Whitman capacity which could have a knock-on effect with BCC, etc. But... it seems that touching BCC and Whitman boundaries is dangerous, judging by the responses on MS#2 in this thread. And this all presupposes that these morons at BOE/MCPS and the Council/Planning Board actually have longer term plans, or even medium term plans. Judging by the inadequacy of the capital improvement budget, I seriously doubt that they do.

Thank you for the interesting analysis. Regarding one point, "But... it seems that touching BCC and Whitman boundaries is dangerous, judging by the responses on MS#2 in this thread," I'm not sure you should bank on it. The county and BOE have so Balkanized the communities that they know. even if the communities have the ability to go to court, there is no way the communities can muster enough resources to sustain a prolonged battle against them. The reality is that they will do what they want because they can, and like all good fascists, they will dismiss those who dare contradict them, while exacting taxes to do it. Like a boot stomping on a human face.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know there are people who don't like the RHPS/NCC/CCES pairing, but there are also people who do like it, myself included.

IME, people hate the idea of it but most people who go through it (not all obviously) grow to like having a k-2 school and 3-5/6 school.

I really liked the 3-6 school also. I thought it had some advantages over K-5.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since RCF is such an outlier maybe it would be better to move the boundary closer to Silver Spring for middle and high school? If proximity and travel time truly are of tantamount importance.

If I recall correctly were they not previously zoned for a different high school?

No

[Anonymous]

It is a mark of how crazy this thread is that someone is seriously suggesting that kids in downtown Bethesda be sent to a different school if they live in one of the buildings being built.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is a mark of how crazy this thread is that someone is seriously suggesting that kids in downtown Bethesda be sent to a different school if they live in one of the buildings being built.

Would you clarify? It sounds like you're talking about the school being built, which can't be right. What do you mean?