Taylor's Feb. Rec for Woodward Boundary Study

[Anonymous]

In Silver Spring in walking distance of Blair and still assigned to a school not within walking distance. Not happy with this at all plus the dissolution of the DCC. Lots of unhappy neighbors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In Silver Spring in walking distance of Blair and still assigned to a school not within walking distance. Not happy with this at all plus the dissolution of the DCC. Lots of unhappy neighbors.

But they did improve the walk zone for Blair, reassigning North and South Four Corners to Blair from Northwood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In Silver Spring in walking distance of Blair and still assigned to a school not within walking distance. Not happy with this at all plus the dissolution of the DCC. Lots of unhappy neighbors.

Never ceases to amaze me how people within walking distance of Blair don't understand that it's never gonna be possible to have everyone within walking distance of Blair assigned to Blair. (Especially since it's not like they're that far from Northwood, either.)

[Anonymous]

It’s great that YOU are happy but don’t expect EVERYONE to be happy for you. Why do some neighborhoods get to walk and others don’t? Come tell me how you feel when your kids literally ride a bus 10 minutes past a school they can walk to.

[Anonymous]

Woodlin families are generally fine with Einstein but extremely disappointed to lose Sligo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In Silver Spring in walking distance of Blair and still assigned to a school not within walking distance. Not happy with this at all plus the dissolution of the DCC. Lots of unhappy neighbors.

Never ceases to amaze me how people within walking distance of Blair don't understand that it's never gonna be possible to have everyone within walking distance of Blair assigned to Blair. (Especially since it's not like they're that far from Northwood, either.)

+1

The issue is that there’s no high school inside the beltway and TKPK/downtown SS are getting assigned to Blair because it’s far but still closer than Northwood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They did add an engineering magnet to Northwood which does help with its course offerings. Though I don't know that they really have any details about it yet so who knows if it will be any good.

Is it? I feel like what the DCC schools need is a humanities option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They did add an engineering magnet to Northwood which does help with its course offerings. Though I don't know that they really have any details about it yet so who knows if it will be any good.

Is it? I feel like what the DCC schools need is a humanities option.

There are humanities options at many schools, especially IB. Einstien has humanities/IB, so stem at Northwood would make sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s great that YOU are happy but don’t expect EVERYONE to be happy for you. Why do some neighborhoods get to walk and others don’t? Come tell me how you feel when your kids literally ride a bus 10 minutes past a school they can walk to.

You know that's happening now and its normal. And, with the DCC, families choose schools with a 10 minute bus ride as their home schools don't have what their kids need or want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In Silver Spring in walking distance of Blair and still assigned to a school not within walking distance. Not happy with this at all plus the dissolution of the DCC. Lots of unhappy neighbors.

Never ceases to amaze me how people within walking distance of Blair don't understand that it's never gonna be possible to have everyone within walking distance of Blair assigned to Blair. (Especially since it's not like they're that far from Northwood, either.)

+1

The issue is that there’s no high school inside the beltway and TKPK/downtown SS are getting assigned to Blair because it’s far but still closer than Northwood.

If anywhere there needs to be a new HS there.

[Anonymous]

So is the expectation of folks that live close to Blair that folks in TK be bussed past Blair to Northwood so they can walk to school? I don't get it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So is the expectation of folks that live close to Blair that folks in TK be bussed past Blair to Northwood so they can walk to school? I don't get it

They need to relook at them maps but that’s not reasonable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So is the expectation of folks that live close to Blair that folks in TK be bussed past Blair to Northwood so they can walk to school? I don't get it

Blair and Northwood are like 5 minutes from each other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So is the expectation of folks that live close to Blair that folks in TK be bussed past Blair to Northwood so they can walk to school? I don't get it

Blair and Northwood are like 5 minutes from each other.

So your answer is yes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So is the expectation of folks that live close to Blair that folks in TK be bussed past Blair to Northwood so they can walk to school? I don't get it

Blair and Northwood are like 5 minutes from each other.

Not with traffic.