Northwood @ Woodward

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But aren’t all the details being provided too late for Northwood families to jump ship? Students are already committed for next year

Last fall when they first proposed extending the two years at Woodward to three, they gave families extra time to change their rankings if they wanted to.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VU71xOd4ORcSTgYRb-G2jZ5PcMok2YWL/view?usp=drive_link

[Anonymous]

Yes, but what about the families who are in bounds? Aren't you assigned to your home school if no other placements come through?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but what about the families who are in bounds? Aren't you assigned to your home school if no other placements come through?

Yes, you are. So you're right, a certain portion of the population will be left with no choice in the matter.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Come to the County Council meeting on Monday, April 8, 7pm and help protest the delayed auditorium!

Sure...to help the WJ families that are now PO'd that there is now a Phase III and it won't get all done by the time they move in. I mean, it isn't right, either, but we didn't hear much support for the Northwood situation from them a few years back when the plan became phased in the first place, with the lack of facilities detailed above.

No amount of advocacy at this point will get an auditorium in place for the Northwood kids.

WJ families should be grateful they are getting a new school and they've had their school remodeled unlike other schools.

Give me a break. WJ families will be glad to have their own school back once Woodward reopens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but what about the families who are in bounds? Aren't you assigned to your home school if no other placements come through?

No, it depends on where you rank your home school out of the five schools. If you rank your home school first, you'll be assigned there. If you rank your home school second, you'll be assigned to either your first choice school or your home school. If you rank your home school third, fourth, or fifth, there is no way to know where you'll be assigned and no home school preference.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, but what about the families who are in bounds? Aren't you assigned to your home school if no other placements come through?

No, it depends on where you rank your home school out of the five schools. If you rank your home school first, you'll be assigned there. If you rank your home school second, you'll be assigned to either your first choice school or your home school. If you rank your home school third, fourth, or fifth, there is no way to know where you'll be assigned and no home school preference.

Somebody has to go to Northwood. There's no way if everyone put Northwood in the bottom tiers that MCPS can honor that preference for everyone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, but what about the families who are in bounds? Aren't you assigned to your home school if no other placements come through?

No, it depends on where you rank your home school out of the five schools. If you rank your home school first, you'll be assigned there. If you rank your home school second, you'll be assigned to either your first choice school or your home school. If you rank your home school third, fourth, or fifth, there is no way to know where you'll be assigned and no home school preference.

Somebody has to go to Northwood. There's no way if everyone put Northwood in the bottom tiers that MCPS can honor that preference for everyone.

Of course. I'm sure there are many families still interested in going to Northwood that would not rank it at the bottom.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Come to the County Council meeting on Monday, April 8, 7pm and help protest the delayed auditorium!

Sure...to help the WJ families that are now PO'd that there is now a Phase III and it won't get all done by the time they move in. I mean, it isn't right, either, but we didn't hear much support for the Northwood situation from them a few years back when the plan became phased in the first place, with the lack of facilities detailed above.

No amount of advocacy at this point will get an auditorium in place for the Northwood kids.

WJ families should be grateful they are getting a new school and they've had their school remodeled unlike other schools.

Give me a break. WJ families will be glad to have their own school back once Woodward reopens.

What does this even mean? They are moving WJ families to Woodard, so they are reducing the population. It could be you moving.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, but what about the families who are in bounds? Aren't you assigned to your home school if no other placements come through?

No, it depends on where you rank your home school out of the five schools. If you rank your home school first, you'll be assigned there. If you rank your home school second, you'll be assigned to either your first choice school or your home school. If you rank your home school third, fourth, or fifth, there is no way to know where you'll be assigned and no home school preference.

Somebody has to go to Northwood. There's no way if everyone put Northwood in the bottom tiers that MCPS can honor that preference for everyone.

Of course. I'm sure there are many families still interested in going to Northwood that would not rank it at the bottom.

Northwood would be far better than Kennedy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, but what about the families who are in bounds? Aren't you assigned to your home school if no other placements come through?

No, it depends on where you rank your home school out of the five schools. If you rank your home school first, you'll be assigned there. If you rank your home school second, you'll be assigned to either your first choice school or your home school. If you rank your home school third, fourth, or fifth, there is no way to know where you'll be assigned and no home school preference.

Somebody has to go to Northwood. There's no way if everyone put Northwood in the bottom tiers that MCPS can honor that preference for everyone.

Of course. I'm sure there are many families still interested in going to Northwood that would not rank it at the bottom.

Northwood would be far better than Kennedy.

If MCPS had been honest about how the new school is not even 70% finished, all families would have marked it as last.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, but what about the families who are in bounds? Aren't you assigned to your home school if no other placements come through?

No, it depends on where you rank your home school out of the five schools. If you rank your home school first, you'll be assigned there. If you rank your home school second, you'll be assigned to either your first choice school or your home school. If you rank your home school third, fourth, or fifth, there is no way to know where you'll be assigned and no home school preference.

Somebody has to go to Northwood. There's no way if everyone put Northwood in the bottom tiers that MCPS can honor that preference for everyone.

Of course. I'm sure there are many families still interested in going to Northwood that would not rank it at the bottom.

Northwood would be far better than Kennedy.

If MCPS had been honest about how the new school is not even 70% finished, all families would have marked it as last.

Where do you get that figure from?

[Anonymous]

They seem to be making good progress.

https://www.hessconstructionwoodwardhs.com/progress-updates

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, but what about the families who are in bounds? Aren't you assigned to your home school if no other placements come through?

No, it depends on where you rank your home school out of the five schools. If you rank your home school first, you'll be assigned there. If you rank your home school second, you'll be assigned to either your first choice school or your home school. If you rank your home school third, fourth, or fifth, there is no way to know where you'll be assigned and no home school preference.

Somebody has to go to Northwood. There's no way if everyone put Northwood in the bottom tiers that MCPS can honor that preference for everyone.

Of course. I'm sure there are many families still interested in going to Northwood that would not rank it at the bottom.

Northwood would be far better than Kennedy.

If MCPS had been honest about how the new school is not even 70% finished, all families would have marked it as last.

I'd rather have a mostly done school than our old school with lots of issues.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, but what about the families who are in bounds? Aren't you assigned to your home school if no other placements come through?

No, it depends on where you rank your home school out of the five schools. If you rank your home school first, you'll be assigned there. If you rank your home school second, you'll be assigned to either your first choice school or your home school. If you rank your home school third, fourth, or fifth, there is no way to know where you'll be assigned and no home school preference.

Somebody has to go to Northwood. There's no way if everyone put Northwood in the bottom tiers that MCPS can honor that preference for everyone.

Of course. I'm sure there are many families still interested in going to Northwood that would not rank it at the bottom.

Northwood would be far better than Kennedy.

If MCPS had been honest about how the new school is not even 70% finished, all families would have marked it as last.

I'd rather have a mostly done school than our old school with lots of issues.

FYI new schools have lots of issues too and MCPS doesn’t do maintenance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Come to the County Council meeting on Monday, April 8, 7pm and help protest the delayed auditorium!

Sure...to help the WJ families that are now PO'd that there is now a Phase III and it won't get all done by the time they move in. I mean, it isn't right, either, but we didn't hear much support for the Northwood situation from them a few years back when the plan became phased in the first place, with the lack of facilities detailed above.

No amount of advocacy at this point will get an auditorium in place for the Northwood kids.

WJ families should be grateful they are getting a new school and they've had their school remodeled unlike other schools.

Give me a break. WJ families will be glad to have their own school back once Woodward reopens.

Yeah, WJ is over capacity by 700 students - that's a whole elementary school. BOE did WJ families no favors with the Northwood holding school plan, delaying the long awaited relief for overcrowding by now-3 years.