2nd round options for Crown/Damascus HS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So when they said they wanted to minimize split articulation and maximize walk zones, they thought that meant sending Ritchie Park to Frost and then to RM? Is Ritchie Park the only ES going to Frost that does not then go onto Wootton? And now Wayside is not going to Wootton in 3/4 options? Make it make sense.

Yes, in all options, Frost kids go to Wootton or RM. In all options, Ritchie Park is the only ES group at Frost going to RM. In option A, that Ritchie Park cohort is 30 kids per grade.

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Anonymous wrote:are churchill and wootton upset about the loss of entry to the Blair magnet?

Not really. Someone (like me) are more worried about the exacerbation of pressure-cooker environment in the future when the top achievers can't choose to leave. The new STEM program together with a stronger RMIB will undoubtedly make Region 4 the best in a few years. If Blair teachers can choose to move, they will move to Region 4.

Wow.

If I were a Blair SMCS teacher, I can either stay at Blair with the current cohort of existing students through the end of their tenure, so not move to a new SMCS like at Wootton when it supposedly opens. Then figure out where I want to be at the time the new regional students arrive, if I care to move at all.

Or I can jump ship right away to try to go to a new SMCS program, Wootton or not, and get in to help possibly build the new program. But only if I were young and enthusiastic.

Or a teacher might want to work students, parents, and administrators who provide an environment in which they want to work.

The students attending Blair in 2027 won’t be any less bright or focused than the current students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe they are going to send 500 more students to Damascus but they won’t expand the school until 2031.

I get that more people here are concerned about the Crown boundary options, but the impact on Damascus when the expansion is years away needs more attention.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Region 4 is so strong with many strong academic kids and programs. There are a ton of Asians and whites there. It is quite unfair in terms of equity compared to other regions.

In that case, MCPS should compensate by allocating additional resources to the newer programs with kids who aren’t “academically strong” in your estimation. They can circle back to region 4 once every other region has everything they need.

After all “strong academic kids” will thrive no matter what, right? They’re strong! They’re academic! They’re the right races to succeed!

/sarcasm

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:are churchill and wootton upset about the loss of entry to the Blair magnet?

Not really. Someone (like me) are more worried about the exacerbation of pressure-cooker environment in the future when the top achievers can't choose to leave. The new STEM program together with a stronger RMIB will undoubtedly make Region 4 the best in a few years. If Blair teachers can choose to move, they will move to Region 4.

Wow.

If I were a Blair SMCS teacher, I can either stay at Blair with the current cohort of existing students through the end of their tenure, so not move to a new SMCS like at Wootton when it supposedly opens. Then figure out where I want to be at the time the new regional students arrive, if I care to move at all.

Or I can jump ship right away to try to go to a new SMCS program, Wootton or not, and get in to help possibly build the new program. But only if I were young and enthusiastic.

Or a teacher might want to work students, parents, and administrators who provide an environment in which they want to work.

The students attending Blair in 2027 won’t be any less bright or focused than the current students.

I'd suggest to focus on boundary study topic in this thread.

[Anonymous]

Why did they decide to move Dufief out of region four and into five? How did they determine the zones? Of all the original Wootton feeder elementary schools, Dufief is the most demographically diverse and least wealthy and the only one to get "kicked out".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why did they decide to move Dufief out of region four and into five? How did they determine the zones? Of all the original Wootton feeder elementary schools, Dufief is the most demographically diverse and least wealthy and the only one to get "kicked out".

You nailed it. Last round Lakewood and Stonemill parents were very loud so they were heard.

[Anonymous]

Is there another round of options after this? Or are these the final four options they will choose from?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why did they decide to move Dufief out of region four and into five? How did they determine the zones? Of all the original Wootton feeder elementary schools, Dufief is the most demographically diverse and least wealthy and the only one to get "kicked out".

You nailed it. Last round Lakewood and Stonemill parents were very loud so they were heard.

I am not Stonemill parents, but I know Stonemill parents are really loud. They ask friends and family that are not zoned to Stonemill to share links on social media and and fill out surveys and vote them to stay at wotton HS. I think loud babies get their wishes.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it like the Woodward options where they try to keep the richer schools happy at the expense of the poorer schools?

But of course! Can’t have Churchill and Wooton feeling less special than BCC and Whitman!

There is no need to disturb Churchill and Wootton for a high school built to alleviate other schools overcrowding.

The FARMS and EML rates go down at both Churchill and Wooton in most, if not all, of the options.

Not sure I’d call 8.3 to 8.2 a significant decrease.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When will be available on the website?

How did RM magically become under capacity with nobody being zoned out?

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Anonymous wrote:Why did they decide to move Dufief out of region four and into five? How did they determine the zones? Of all the original Wootton feeder elementary schools, Dufief is the most demographically diverse and least wealthy and the only one to get "kicked out".

You nailed it. Last round Lakewood and Stonemill parents were very loud so they were heard.

I am not Stonemill parents, but I know Stonemill parents are really loud. They ask friends and family that are not zoned to Stonemill to share links on social media and and fill out surveys and vote them to stay at wotton HS. I think loud babies get their wishes.

If their whole community is so against it and it is feasible to not touch them, why not? Why people want to hurt a community just because they’re so loud?
Do the least harm. Wootton is under capacity to start with and crown is built for other overcrowding schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why did they decide to move Dufief out of region four and into five? How did they determine the zones? Of all the original Wootton feeder elementary schools, Dufief is the most demographically diverse and least wealthy and the only one to get "kicked out".

You nailed it. Last round Lakewood and Stonemill parents were very loud so they were heard.

I am not Stonemill parents, but I know Stonemill parents are really loud. They ask friends and family that are not zoned to Stonemill to share links on social media and and fill out surveys and vote them to stay at wotton HS. I think loud babies get their wishes.

If their whole community is so against it and it is feasible to not touch them, why not? Why people want to hurt a community just because they’re so loud?
Do the least harm. Wootton is under capacity to start with and crown is built for other overcrowding schools.

You could say the same thing about Dufief. They have maybe 30 kids per class TOTAL and don't make any difference in overcrowding/utilization where ever they attend. So why harm? They have been at Wootton for 50 years.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So when they said they wanted to minimize split articulation and maximize walk zones, they thought that meant sending Ritchie Park to Frost and then to RM? Is Ritchie Park the only ES going to Frost that does not then go onto Wootton? And now Wayside is not going to Wootton in 3/4 options? Make it make sense.

Yes, in all options, Frost kids go to Wootton or RM. In all options, Ritchie Park is the only ES group at Frost going to RM. In option A, that Ritchie Park cohort is 30 kids per grade.

Yeah that’s horrible. If I recall correctly RPES is the smallest one in the county? Perhaps smallest along with Coldspring? In any event having <10% of a school split articulate especially from MS to HS makes no sense. Not sure what they could do to fix other then keeping Julius West a bit overcrowded or send RP to Wootton and being ok with Churchill being a bit overcrowded (assuming they shift back some proposed areas being moved to Wootton). However seems like either of those should be more palatable than what you’ve described with RPES.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why did they decide to move Dufief out of region four and into five? How did they determine the zones? Of all the original Wootton feeder elementary schools, Dufief is the most demographically diverse and least wealthy and the only one to get "kicked out".

You nailed it. Last round Lakewood and Stonemill parents were very loud so they were heard.

I am not Stonemill parents, but I know Stonemill parents are really loud. They ask friends and family that are not zoned to Stonemill to share links on social media and and fill out surveys and vote them to stay at wotton HS. I think loud babies get their wishes.

If their whole community is so against it and it is feasible to not touch them, why not? Why people want to hurt a community just because they’re so loud?
Do the least harm. Wootton is under capacity to start with and crown is built for other overcrowding schools.

You could say the same thing about Dufief. They have maybe 30 kids per class TOTAL and don't make any difference in overcrowding/utilization where ever they attend. So why harm? They have been at Wootton for 50 years.

The only thing I can think of is that Dufief is the most geographically close school to Crown in its entirety of all of the Wootton schools.