Second round options for Woodward boundary study

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Anonymous wrote:So our PTA is recommending voting for all four options even though I think that's kind of stupid. We're not affected by any of them. What do you all recommend as being the best and why?

Don't vote for any of them-- they don't solve the real problems and leave Wheaton overcrowded (or require tons of money in capital funding to add space there there that wouldn't be needed if anyone was willing to inconvenience WJ or BCC families even a little.)

Tell them instead they should move Sargent Shriver from Wheaton to Woodward, Farmland from Woodward to WJ, and move some Kensington kids into Einstein.

Shriver is entirely within the Wheaton walk zone. It shouldn't be moved.

They can move Wheaton Woods and/or Brookhaven from Wheaton to Woodward instead.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So our PTA is recommending voting for all four options even though I think that's kind of stupid. We're not affected by any of them. What do you all recommend as being the best and why?

Don't vote for any of them-- they don't solve the real problems and leave Wheaton overcrowded (or require tons of money in capital funding to add space there there that wouldn't be needed if anyone was willing to inconvenience WJ or BCC families even a little.)

Tell them instead they should move Sargent Shriver from Wheaton to Woodward, Farmland from Woodward to WJ, and move some Kensington kids into Einstein.

Shriver is entirely within the Wheaton walk zone. It shouldn't be moved.

And Kensington is within the Einstein walk zone. Not everyone can be zoned to the schools they can walk to and still make everything work out. It's not okay for Wheaton to remain overcrowded (or for MCPS to ask for funding for unnecessary construction) as under the current options. So do a little shifting and rather than have the Shriver kids walk to Wheaton, have the Kensington kids walk to Einstein instead.

Not according to the option maps. Shriver is fully shaded as being in the walk zone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So our PTA is recommending voting for all four options even though I think that's kind of stupid. We're not affected by any of them. What do you all recommend as being the best and why?

Don't vote for any of them-- they don't solve the real problems and leave Wheaton overcrowded (or require tons of money in capital funding to add space there there that wouldn't be needed if anyone was willing to inconvenience WJ or BCC families even a little.)

Tell them instead they should move Sargent Shriver from Wheaton to Woodward, Farmland from Woodward to WJ, and move some Kensington kids into Einstein.

Shriver is entirely within the Wheaton walk zone. It shouldn't be moved.

And Kensington is within the Einstein walk zone. Not everyone can be zoned to the schools they can walk to and still make everything work out. It's not okay for Wheaton to remain overcrowded (or for MCPS to ask for funding for unnecessary construction) as under the current options. So do a little shifting and rather than have the Shriver kids walk to Wheaton, have the Kensington kids walk to Einstein instead.

Not according to the option maps. Shriver is fully shaded as being in the walk zone.

The walk zone is over two miles. Only a very small section would make that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So our PTA is recommending voting for all four options even though I think that's kind of stupid. We're not affected by any of them. What do you all recommend as being the best and why?

Don't vote for any of them-- they don't solve the real problems and leave Wheaton overcrowded (or require tons of money in capital funding to add space there there that wouldn't be needed if anyone was willing to inconvenience WJ or BCC families even a little.)

Tell them instead they should move Sargent Shriver from Wheaton to Woodward, Farmland from Woodward to WJ, and move some Kensington kids into Einstein.

Shriver is entirely within the Wheaton walk zone. It shouldn't be moved.

And Kensington is within the Einstein walk zone. Not everyone can be zoned to the schools they can walk to and still make everything work out. It's not okay for Wheaton to remain overcrowded (or for MCPS to ask for funding for unnecessary construction) as under the current options. So do a little shifting and rather than have the Shriver kids walk to Wheaton, have the Kensington kids walk to Einstein instead.

Not all parts of Kensington are walkable. The town is not walkable nor is it safe.

You move the town and Wheaton to Woodward.

The town is not less walkable to Einstein than other areas that currently walk to Einstein.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So our PTA is recommending voting for all four options even though I think that's kind of stupid. We're not affected by any of them. What do you all recommend as being the best and why?

Don't vote for any of them-- they don't solve the real problems and leave Wheaton overcrowded (or require tons of money in capital funding to add space there there that wouldn't be needed if anyone was willing to inconvenience WJ or BCC families even a little.)

Tell them instead they should move Sargent Shriver from Wheaton to Woodward, Farmland from Woodward to WJ, and move some Kensington kids into Einstein.

Shriver is entirely within the Wheaton walk zone. It shouldn't be moved.

And Kensington is within the Einstein walk zone. Not everyone can be zoned to the schools they can walk to and still make everything work out. It's not okay for Wheaton to remain overcrowded (or for MCPS to ask for funding for unnecessary construction) as under the current options. So do a little shifting and rather than have the Shriver kids walk to Wheaton, have the Kensington kids walk to Einstein instead.

Not all parts of Kensington are walkable. The town is not walkable nor is it safe.

You move the town and Wheaton to Woodward.

Ha! Different poster here but my child walks *through* the town of Kensington every day as a walker to Einstein.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So our PTA is recommending voting for all four options even though I think that's kind of stupid. We're not affected by any of them. What do you all recommend as being the best and why?

Don't vote for any of them-- they don't solve the real problems and leave Wheaton overcrowded (or require tons of money in capital funding to add space there there that wouldn't be needed if anyone was willing to inconvenience WJ or BCC families even a little.)

Tell them instead they should move Sargent Shriver from Wheaton to Woodward, Farmland from Woodward to WJ, and move some Kensington kids into Einstein.

It's a pooor idea. Walk zone should be left untouched. No need to put kids in bus who can walk to school.

I support shifting a portion of Kensington to Einsteitn if they can walk as well.

Minimize bus rides if it's not needed. Let's not do crazy stuff.

- Sargent parent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So our PTA is recommending voting for all four options even though I think that's kind of stupid. We're not affected by any of them. What do you all recommend as being the best and why?

Don't vote for any of them-- they don't solve the real problems and leave Wheaton overcrowded (or require tons of money in capital funding to add space there there that wouldn't be needed if anyone was willing to inconvenience WJ or BCC families even a little.)

Tell them instead they should move Sargent Shriver from Wheaton to Woodward, Farmland from Woodward to WJ, and move some Kensington kids into Einstein.

It's a pooor idea. Walk zone should be left untouched. No need to put kids in bus who can walk to school.

I support shifting a portion of Kensington to Einsteitn if they can walk as well.

Minimize bus rides if it's not needed. Let's not do crazy stuff.

- Sargent parent

+1 Shriver is pretty close to Wheaton HS

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So our PTA is recommending voting for all four options even though I think that's kind of stupid. We're not affected by any of them. What do you all recommend as being the best and why?

Don't vote for any of them-- they don't solve the real problems and leave Wheaton overcrowded (or require tons of money in capital funding to add space there there that wouldn't be needed if anyone was willing to inconvenience WJ or BCC families even a little.)

Tell them instead they should move Sargent Shriver from Wheaton to Woodward, Farmland from Woodward to WJ, and move some Kensington kids into Einstein.

Shriver is entirely within the Wheaton walk zone. It shouldn't be moved.

And Kensington is within the Einstein walk zone. Not everyone can be zoned to the schools they can walk to and still make everything work out. It's not okay for Wheaton to remain overcrowded (or for MCPS to ask for funding for unnecessary construction) as under the current options. So do a little shifting and rather than have the Shriver kids walk to Wheaton, have the Kensington kids walk to Einstein instead.

Not all parts of Kensington are walkable. The town is not walkable nor is it safe.

You move the town and Wheaton to Woodward.

The town is not less walkable to Einstein than other areas that currently walk to Einstein.

They're not going to split articulate the TOK from the rest of Kensington-Parkwood because of the region 1/3 divide. They could move all of K-P to Einstein but there's not enough room.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So our PTA is recommending voting for all four options even though I think that's kind of stupid. We're not affected by any of them. What do you all recommend as being the best and why?

Don't vote for any of them-- they don't solve the real problems and leave Wheaton overcrowded (or require tons of money in capital funding to add space there there that wouldn't be needed if anyone was willing to inconvenience WJ or BCC families even a little.)

Tell them instead they should move Sargent Shriver from Wheaton to Woodward, Farmland from Woodward to WJ, and move some Kensington kids into Einstein.

Shriver is entirely within the Wheaton walk zone. It shouldn't be moved.

And Kensington is within the Einstein walk zone. Not everyone can be zoned to the schools they can walk to and still make everything work out. It's not okay for Wheaton to remain overcrowded (or for MCPS to ask for funding for unnecessary construction) as under the current options. So do a little shifting and rather than have the Shriver kids walk to Wheaton, have the Kensington kids walk to Einstein instead.

Not all parts of Kensington are walkable. The town is not walkable nor is it safe.

You move the town and Wheaton to Woodward.

Ha! Different poster here but my child walks *through* the town of Kensington every day as a walker to Einstein.

That is the small section on the other side but its true. TOK is special. Send them to Woodward.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So our PTA is recommending voting for all four options even though I think that's kind of stupid. We're not affected by any of them. What do you all recommend as being the best and why?

Don't vote for any of them-- they don't solve the real problems and leave Wheaton overcrowded (or require tons of money in capital funding to add space there there that wouldn't be needed if anyone was willing to inconvenience WJ or BCC families even a little.)

Tell them instead they should move Sargent Shriver from Wheaton to Woodward, Farmland from Woodward to WJ, and move some Kensington kids into Einstein.

Shriver is entirely within the Wheaton walk zone. It shouldn't be moved.

And Kensington is within the Einstein walk zone. Not everyone can be zoned to the schools they can walk to and still make everything work out. It's not okay for Wheaton to remain overcrowded (or for MCPS to ask for funding for unnecessary construction) as under the current options. So do a little shifting and rather than have the Shriver kids walk to Wheaton, have the Kensington kids walk to Einstein instead.

Not all parts of Kensington are walkable. The town is not walkable nor is it safe.

You move the town and Wheaton to Woodward.

The town is not less walkable to Einstein than other areas that currently walk to Einstein.

They're not going to split articulate the TOK from the rest of Kensington-Parkwood because of the region 1/3 divide. They could move all of K-P to Einstein but there's not enough room.

You'd have to move students out of Einstein to do that and TOK would not be agreeable due to the lack of course offerings. They'd have to "fix" Einstein and they aren't going to.

[Anonymous]

Omg the entire boundary study isn’t about the ToK. Focus people!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Omg the entire boundary study isn’t about the ToK. Focus people!

The TOK is very small so obsessing over it makes no sense and will not make a big difference. There is space at Woodward or WJ for them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So our PTA is recommending voting for all four options even though I think that's kind of stupid. We're not affected by any of them. What do you all recommend as being the best and why?

Don't vote for any of them-- they don't solve the real problems and leave Wheaton overcrowded (or require tons of money in capital funding to add space there there that wouldn't be needed if anyone was willing to inconvenience WJ or BCC families even a little.)

Tell them instead they should move Sargent Shriver from Wheaton to Woodward, Farmland from Woodward to WJ, and move some Kensington kids into Einstein.

Shriver is entirely within the Wheaton walk zone. It shouldn't be moved.

And Kensington is within the Einstein walk zone. Not everyone can be zoned to the schools they can walk to and still make everything work out. It's not okay for Wheaton to remain overcrowded (or for MCPS to ask for funding for unnecessary construction) as under the current options. So do a little shifting and rather than have the Shriver kids walk to Wheaton, have the Kensington kids walk to Einstein instead.

Not all parts of Kensington are walkable. The town is not walkable nor is it safe.

You move the town and Wheaton to Woodward.

The town is not less walkable to Einstein than other areas that currently walk to Einstein.

They're not going to split articulate the TOK from the rest of Kensington-Parkwood because of the region 1/3 divide. They could move all of K-P to Einstein but there's not enough room.

You'd have to move students out of Einstein to do that and TOK would not be agreeable due to the lack of course offerings. They'd have to "fix" Einstein and they aren't going to.

When the student population changes, the courses do as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Omg the entire boundary study isn’t about the ToK. Focus people!

People are talking about ToK because it's an area that could be moved to Einstein with some other shuffling to make room (e.g. woodlin to BCC) l, and it would advance geography and demographics. But geography is clearly only a priority when it maintains racial segregation, not when it reduces it. That's bussing (even when there are no buses involved) /s

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Omg the entire boundary study isn’t about the ToK. Focus people!

The TOK is very small so obsessing over it makes no sense and will not make a big difference. There is space at Woodward or WJ for them.

TOK is also really small…how many students are we talking per class year? 25? I get that their protection is ridiculous but it’s not solving any big problems here.