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

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Anonymous wrote:Option 8 is not one of the options they will consider. They dismissed it. They will consider Options 7 and 1, and a new Option 11, which would put Bethesda, CCES, NCC, and RH a MS#2, and RCF, Westbrook, Somerset at Westland. It has terrible utllization numbers (MS#2 at 115% in 2022-23 and westland at 69%) and they acknowledge they won't pass it, but want to be able to discuss it. They will also consider Option 6, which they also agree they have no intention of passing, but they want to be able to discuss it.

Really, it's down to 7 and 1.

Where is there any detail about option 11?

I too am confused by this Option 11. This has been a long public process, to dump in another option at the last minute without any public input or consultation is egregiously poor on behalf of the BOE if it is true that it is being discussed. An awful BOE seems par for the course though.

Option 1 will probably not in the end be endorsed because it is a political non-starter as it leaves MS#2 with more spare capacity than Westland. However Westland must accommodate the downtown Bethesda sector plan.

In fact, 1 would just flip the capacity burden from MS2 to Westland, while 7 is basically vice-versa.

In 2021, 7 would leave Westland at 81% and MS2 at 96%. 1 would leave Westland at 92% and MS2 at 82%.

I wouldn't believe any of these projections though. We know that there will be substantial growth throughout this area, but the key question is which will grow fastest. That will be the school that deserves the lower capacity.

Not when one school has ample room to expand - doubling the size of Westland was actually considered by the site selection committee - and one doesn't have any.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Option 8 is not one of the options they will consider. They dismissed it. They will consider Options 7 and 1, and a new Option 11, which would put Bethesda, CCES, NCC, and RH a MS#2, and RCF, Westbrook, Somerset at Westland. It has terrible utllization numbers (MS#2 at 115% in 2022-23 and westland at 69%) and they acknowledge they won't pass it, but want to be able to discuss it. They will also consider Option 6, which they also agree they have no intention of passing, but they want to be able to discuss it.

Really, it's down to 7 and 1.

Where is there any detail about option 11?

Option 11 is an attempt to have a school from the West and the East be bused to achieve integration (BE comes to MS#2, RCF (both programs) stay at Westland)

IMHO, 1 is still the best option for the LONG-TERM benefit of the cluster. Balanced demographics/FARMS and both school have capacity to grow

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Option 8 is not one of the options they will consider. They dismissed it. They will consider Options 7 and 1, and a new Option 11, which would put Bethesda, CCES, NCC, and RH a MS#2, and RCF, Westbrook, Somerset at Westland. It has terrible utllization numbers (MS#2 at 115% in 2022-23 and westland at 69%) and they acknowledge they won't pass it, but want to be able to discuss it. They will also consider Option 6, which they also agree they have no intention of passing, but they want to be able to discuss it.

Really, it's down to 7 and 1.

Where is there any detail about option 11?

Option 11 is an attempt to have a school from the West and the East be bused to achieve integration (BE comes to MS#2, RCF (both programs) stay at Westland)

IMHO, 1 is still the best option for the LONG-TERM benefit of the cluster. Balanced demographics/FARMS and both school have capacity to grow

And yes, that is just your opinion. The idea that MS#2 should sit at 82% capacity while all taxpayers must pay more to expand Westland larger and earlier than expected is a waste of resources for such an extravagance.