Concerned about buying in WJ cluster because of re-zoning

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Many posters are taking posts wrong way. It's clear that house prices are linked with test scores when it comes to WJ. Relating it with race and segregation is simply taking the focus away from OP's concern of house prices in WJ cluster going down.

Or from owning the fact that their kids bring down test scores. While easy to blame others or history, it doesn't change the fact that they aren't keeping up. [/quote a more economically diverse school will have a lower average

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many posters are taking posts wrong way. It's clear that house prices are linked with test scores when it comes to WJ. Relating it with race and segregation is simply taking the focus away from OP's concern of house prices in WJ cluster going down.

Schools are one of many factors that affect housing prices. The manner by which schools are presently assessed is superficial and misleading.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many posters are taking posts wrong way. It's clear that house prices are linked with test scores when it comes to WJ. Relating it with race and segregation is simply taking the focus away from OP's concern of house prices in WJ cluster going down.

Schools are one of many factors that affect housing prices. The manner by which schools are presently assessed is superficial and misleading.

Or aligned with true market priorities and not disingenuous talking points

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's projected both WJ and Einstein will be 800 over capacity when Woodward opens. At least 1600 spots will be filled from these schools The remaining 1100 will go to the other nearby schools, namely, B-CC and Kennedy.

I'd be shocked if they drew at all from BCC or Kennedy. BCC is 95% inside the beltway. Woodward is in Rockville.

Kennedy seems unlikely. Although there's some overcrowding there, they have that covered by an addition.

Although Kennedy isn't near Woodward's boundary, B-CC is which makes it more likely. Sure, it won't be overcrowded but there's so much going on with other nearby schools I can imagine some boundary tweaks will happen to shift a few hundred kids around.

I have a 7th grader at Silver Creek. It was made very clear that the expectation should not be that all kids who go to Silver Creek will graduate from B-CC. Those that are within the 2 mile radius to B-CC were the only ones the admin said could pretty much count on it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's projected both WJ and Einstein will be 800 over capacity when Woodward opens. At least 1600 spots will be filled from these schools The remaining 1100 will go to the other nearby schools, namely, B-CC and Kennedy.

I'd be shocked if they drew at all from BCC or Kennedy. BCC is 95% inside the beltway. Woodward is in Rockville.

Kennedy seems unlikely. Although there's some overcrowding there, they have that covered by an addition.

Although Kennedy isn't near Woodward's boundary, B-CC is which makes it more likely. Sure, it won't be overcrowded but there's so much going on with other nearby schools I can imagine some boundary tweaks will happen to shift a few hundred kids around.

I have a 7th grader at Silver Creek. It was made very clear that the expectation should not be that all kids who go to Silver Creek will graduate from B-CC. Those that are within the 2 mile radius to B-CC were the only ones the admin said could pretty much count on it.

Huh? Who said this and when? (from a parent of SC kid)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many posters are taking posts wrong way. It's clear that house prices are linked with test scores when it comes to WJ. Relating it with race and segregation is simply taking the focus away from OP's concern of house prices in WJ cluster going down.

Schools are one of many factors that affect housing prices. The manner by which schools are presently assessed is superficial and misleading.

Or aligned with true market priorities and not disingenuous talking points

This whole discussion over school ratings is nonsense. There was a time when school ratings did not exist. If we change things to evaluate schools on how they are serving the most needy kids and find that Watkins mill is the most effective school housing prices there will not magically go up. Home buyers will know demographics regardless of how you want officially rate schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's projected both WJ and Einstein will be 800 over capacity when Woodward opens. At least 1600 spots will be filled from these schools The remaining 1100 will go to the other nearby schools, namely, B-CC and Kennedy.

I'd be shocked if they drew at all from BCC or Kennedy. BCC is 95% inside the beltway. Woodward is in Rockville.

Kennedy seems unlikely. Although there's some overcrowding there, they have that covered by an addition.

Although Kennedy isn't near Woodward's boundary, B-CC is which makes it more likely. Sure, it won't be overcrowded but there's so much going on with other nearby schools I can imagine some boundary tweaks will happen to shift a few hundred kids around.

I have a 7th grader at Silver Creek. It was made very clear that the expectation should not be that all kids who go to Silver Creek will graduate from B-CC. Those that are within the 2 mile radius to B-CC were the only ones the admin said could pretty much count on it.

Certainly your 7th grader will go to BCC. Where else would they go? Woodward won't be open in time for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's projected both WJ and Einstein will be 800 over capacity when Woodward opens. At least 1600 spots will be filled from these schools The remaining 1100 will go to the other nearby schools, namely, B-CC and Kennedy.

I'd be shocked if they drew at all from BCC or Kennedy. BCC is 95% inside the beltway. Woodward is in Rockville.

Kennedy seems unlikely. Although there's some overcrowding there, they have that covered by an addition.

Although Kennedy isn't near Woodward's boundary, B-CC is which makes it more likely. Sure, it won't be overcrowded but there's so much going on with other nearby schools I can imagine some boundary tweaks will happen to shift a few hundred kids around.

I have a 7th grader at Silver Creek. It was made very clear that the expectation should not be that all kids who go to Silver Creek will graduate from B-CC. Those that are within the 2 mile radius to B-CC were the only ones the admin said could pretty much count on it.

Certainly your 7th grader will go to BCC. Where else would they go? Woodward won't be open in time for them.

Clearly pp is speaking about long term

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many posters are taking posts wrong way. It's clear that house prices are linked with test scores when it comes to WJ. Relating it with race and segregation is simply taking the focus away from OP's concern of house prices in WJ cluster going down.

Schools are one of many factors that affect housing prices. The manner by which schools are presently assessed is superficial and misleading.

Superficial and misleading, but ratings do affect houses prices. OP was simply concerned about it and many in same situation will be concerned about it.

[Anonymous]

I don’t see why it is wrong to be concerned with WJ neighborhoods being zoned out of WJ and potentially to the DCC which will cost those owners tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars and turn their lives upside down.

If the wanted to be in the DCC they would have taken the discount and moved there

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t see why it is wrong to be concerned with WJ neighborhoods being zoned out of WJ and potentially to the DCC which will cost those owners tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars and turn their lives upside down.

If the wanted to be in the DCC they would have taken the discount and moved there

+1

Not sure why some posters think it has to do with segregation and all that. No one wants to lose money in house because amount won't be a small one if you lose.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t see why it is wrong to be concerned with WJ neighborhoods being zoned out of WJ and potentially to the DCC which will cost those owners tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars and turn their lives upside down.

If the wanted to be in the DCC they would have taken the discount and moved there

+1

Not sure why some posters think it has to do with segregation and all that. No one wants to lose money in house because amount won't be a small one if you lose.

It's true that both Woodward and B-CC should be zoned for the DCC since they're both located down county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t see why it is wrong to be concerned with WJ neighborhoods being zoned out of WJ and potentially to the DCC which will cost those owners tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars and turn their lives upside down.

If the wanted to be in the DCC they would have taken the discount and moved there

+1

Not sure why some posters think it has to do with segregation and all that. No one wants to lose money in house because amount won't be a small one if you lose.

It's true that both Woodward and B-CC should be zoned for the DCC since they're both located down county.

Or even better form two new consortium for Kennedy, Einstein, Woodward and Walter Johnson and another with Blair, Wheaton, Northwood, and B-CC then give them greater autonomy.

[Anonymous]

I'd seriously consider buying in the western edge of Einstein's boundary to get a nice bump when Woodward merges Einstein with WJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t see why it is wrong to be concerned with WJ neighborhoods being zoned out of WJ and potentially to the DCC which will cost those owners tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars and turn their lives upside down.

If the wanted to be in the DCC they would have taken the discount and moved there

+1

Not sure why some posters think it has to do with segregation and all that. No one wants to lose money in house because amount won't be a small one if you lose.

It's true that both Woodward and B-CC should be zoned for the DCC since they're both located down county.

Or even better form two new consortium for Kennedy, Einstein, Woodward and Walter Johnson and another with Blair, Wheaton, Northwood, and B-CC then give them greater autonomy.

Creating more SES diversity within the consortiums is a great idea to help better integrate the county. Segregation has gone on for too long.