New Woodward High School

[Anonymous]

Can someone just confirm- to the best of your knowledge they won’t redistrict Whitman to go to Woodward?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone just confirm- to the best of your knowledge they won’t redistrict Whitman to go to Woodward?

Nobody can guarantee anything - and anyone who tells you differently is lying. It is true that as of now, it is likely that the boundaries for Whitman wouldn't be changed - but no one can guarantee anything about school boundaries.

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Why are you so worried about this? If you know there is inequity between schools, then you should be advocating to fix that. Instead, you only care about your kid getting what you think you deserve because you bought an overpriced house in a certain school district. Or you are classist, racist, etc

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Anonymous wrote:Since no one knows which students will attend Woodward, the only unhappy people are the neighbors. Boy have they put up a fuss, but tens of thousands of future students outweigh the NIMBYs. You moved in next to a school. The school is expanding, back to its original use, a high school. Yes, a larger high school, but that is the way MCPS builds them now. Don't like it, move.

Nothing in the news about neighbors. They seem fine with it.

Judging by their comments at the community updates the past couple years, they are absolutely not fine with it. However, the option which MCPS ultimately selected and is proceeding with is one that removes fewer trees than several others that were under consideration.

The trees are all gone. They were clear cut weeks ago.

There were other options that would have removed even more of them on the Edson side.

MCPS removed all the trees. They are gone.
Everyone should be happy with MCPS destroying the tree canopy in Montgomery County. Climate change is a hoax.

the edson "forest" is still there.

The Edson forest has a lot of advocates. There were not as many vociferous preservationists for the other trees.

Instead, the people wanted a stadium, and a baseball field, and a softball field, and tennis courts, and basketball courts, and adequate parking...

You mean a normal high school.

Yes, exactly

But they didn't get it. No outdoor basketball courts, because you know

There are outdoor basketball courts next to the bus loop:

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/facilities/construction/project/Woodward%20HS%20Meeting%20-Community%20Engagement%20Session%2003.09.22-%20FINAL.pdf

You mean they were. They are gone now. Catch up.

Those are the most recent site options posted on the Woodward project page (as of March 2022). If you have seen something different, please share a link.

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Gee, you're so helpful. What are you talking about?

Read the thread. It's actually right in front of you.

I read the thread. A PP (you?) said "No outdoor basketball courts, because you know." Well I don't know what this means, so could you enlighten me? All the site maps include basketball courts, so please explain why you think they're not going to be there.

Not any more. Basketball courts are gone.

well sure - it's a construction site.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are you so worried about this? If you know there is inequity between schools, then you should be advocating to fix that. Instead, you only care about your kid getting what you think you deserve because you bought an overpriced house in a certain school district. Or you are classist, racist, etc

Unless Wolff and the other board members are voted out, I'm fairly certain they'll carry out what they said they were going to do. Pretty sure that increasing diversity across MCPS schools was their number one goal.

I can't wait to see what happens when the parents at Whitman find out their DC will be part of diversification! That will be exciting!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you so worried about this? If you know there is inequity between schools, then you should be advocating to fix that. Instead, you only care about your kid getting what you think you deserve because you bought an overpriced house in a certain school district. Or you are classist, racist, etc

Unless Wolff and the other board members are voted out, I'm fairly certain they'll carry out what they said they were going to do. Pretty sure that increasing diversity across MCPS schools was their number one goal.

I can't wait to see what happens when the parents at Whitman find out their DC will be part of diversification! That will be exciting!

I hear that they're going to swap 1000 kids between the DCC and Whitman.

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Anonymous wrote:Since no one knows which students will attend Woodward, the only unhappy people are the neighbors. Boy have they put up a fuss, but tens of thousands of future students outweigh the NIMBYs. You moved in next to a school. The school is expanding, back to its original use, a high school. Yes, a larger high school, but that is the way MCPS builds them now. Don't like it, move.

Nothing in the news about neighbors. They seem fine with it.

Judging by their comments at the community updates the past couple years, they are absolutely not fine with it. However, the option which MCPS ultimately selected and is proceeding with is one that removes fewer trees than several others that were under consideration.

The trees are all gone. They were clear cut weeks ago.

There were other options that would have removed even more of them on the Edson side.

MCPS removed all the trees. They are gone.
Everyone should be happy with MCPS destroying the tree canopy in Montgomery County. Climate change is a hoax.

the edson "forest" is still there.

The Edson forest has a lot of advocates. There were not as many vociferous preservationists for the other trees.

Instead, the people wanted a stadium, and a baseball field, and a softball field, and tennis courts, and basketball courts, and adequate parking...

You mean a normal high school.

Yes, exactly

But they didn't get it. No outdoor basketball courts, because you know

There are outdoor basketball courts next to the bus loop:

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/facilities/construction/project/Woodward%20HS%20Meeting%20-Community%20Engagement%20Session%2003.09.22-%20FINAL.pdf

You mean they were. They are gone now. Catch up.

Those are the most recent site options posted on the Woodward project page (as of March 2022). If you have seen something different, please share a link.

Drive
by
the
site.

Gee, you're so helpful. What are you talking about?

Read the thread. It's actually right in front of you.

I read the thread. A PP (you?) said "No outdoor basketball courts, because you know." Well I don't know what this means, so could you enlighten me? All the site maps include basketball courts, so please explain why you think they're not going to be there.

Not any more. Basketball courts are gone.

well sure - it's a construction site.

LOL Wow are you stupid. They pay you to post that? They aren't building new ones.

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Anonymous wrote:Since no one knows which students will attend Woodward, the only unhappy people are the neighbors. Boy have they put up a fuss, but tens of thousands of future students outweigh the NIMBYs. You moved in next to a school. The school is expanding, back to its original use, a high school. Yes, a larger high school, but that is the way MCPS builds them now. Don't like it, move.

Nothing in the news about neighbors. They seem fine with it.

Judging by their comments at the community updates the past couple years, they are absolutely not fine with it. However, the option which MCPS ultimately selected and is proceeding with is one that removes fewer trees than several others that were under consideration.

The trees are all gone. They were clear cut weeks ago.

There were other options that would have removed even more of them on the Edson side.

MCPS removed all the trees. They are gone.
Everyone should be happy with MCPS destroying the tree canopy in Montgomery County. Climate change is a hoax.

the edson "forest" is still there.

The Edson forest has a lot of advocates. There were not as many vociferous preservationists for the other trees.

Instead, the people wanted a stadium, and a baseball field, and a softball field, and tennis courts, and basketball courts, and adequate parking...

You mean a normal high school.

Yes, exactly

But they didn't get it. No outdoor basketball courts, because you know

There are outdoor basketball courts next to the bus loop:

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/facilities/construction/project/Woodward%20HS%20Meeting%20-Community%20Engagement%20Session%2003.09.22-%20FINAL.pdf

You mean they were. They are gone now. Catch up.

Those are the most recent site options posted on the Woodward project page (as of March 2022). If you have seen something different, please share a link.

Drive
by
the
site.

Gee, you're so helpful. What are you talking about?

Read the thread. It's actually right in front of you.

I read the thread. A PP (you?) said "No outdoor basketball courts, because you know." Well I don't know what this means, so could you enlighten me? All the site maps include basketball courts, so please explain why you think they're not going to be there.

Not any more. Basketball courts are gone.

well sure - it's a construction site.

LOL Wow are you stupid. They pay you to post that? They aren't building new ones.

Why wouldn't they?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you so worried about this? If you know there is inequity between schools, then you should be advocating to fix that. Instead, you only care about your kid getting what you think you deserve because you bought an overpriced house in a certain school district. Or you are classist, racist, etc

Unless Wolff and the other board members are voted out, I'm fairly certain they'll carry out what they said they were going to do. Pretty sure that increasing diversity across MCPS schools was their number one goal.

I can't wait to see what happens when the parents at Whitman find out their DC will be part of diversification! That will be exciting!

I hear that they're going to swap 1000 kids between the DCC and Whitman.

Also, some W moms were trying to set up a PG county exchange program to help diversify the W's. They were posting about it a few months back.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you so worried about this? If you know there is inequity between schools, then you should be advocating to fix that. Instead, you only care about your kid getting what you think you deserve because you bought an overpriced house in a certain school district. Or you are classist, racist, etc

Unless Wolff and the other board members are voted out, I'm fairly certain they'll carry out what they said they were going to do. Pretty sure that increasing diversity across MCPS schools was their number one goal.

I can't wait to see what happens when the parents at Whitman find out their DC will be part of diversification! That will be exciting!

This is total fiction. They showed various options in a study they paid for and there was no more busing than there is now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you so worried about this? If you know there is inequity between schools, then you should be advocating to fix that. Instead, you only care about your kid getting what you think you deserve because you bought an overpriced house in a certain school district. Or you are classist, racist, etc

Unless Wolff and the other board members are voted out, I'm fairly certain they'll carry out what they said they were going to do. Pretty sure that increasing diversity across MCPS schools was their number one goal.

I can't wait to see what happens when the parents at Whitman find out their DC will be part of diversification! That will be exciting!

I hear that they're going to swap 1000 kids between the DCC and Whitman.

I hear they are going to send all Whitman kids to Paint Branch HS so they can have an “adversity” to put on their college applications.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Argh, we want to sell this house, but want to know if it’s going to be in WJ, Einstein, or Woodward!

Why can’t you sell your house? This makes no sense.

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Anonymous wrote:Argh, we want to sell this house, but want to know if it’s going to be in WJ, Einstein, or Woodward!

Why can’t you sell your house? This makes no sense.

+1. It's zoned for whichever school it's zoned for currently. End of story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone just confirm- to the best of your knowledge they won’t redistrict Whitman to go to Woodward?

Correct. MCPS has consistently stated for years now that it is reopening Woodward "to address the urgent space needs at the Downcounty Consortium high schools and Walter Johnson High School." Whereas Whitman just had an addition completed and is now under capacity, and is projected to remain so.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone just confirm- to the best of your knowledge they won’t redistrict Whitman to go to Woodward?

Correct. MCPS has consistently stated for years now that it is reopening Woodward "to address the urgent space needs at the Downcounty Consortium high schools and Walter Johnson High School." Whereas Whitman just had an addition completed and is now under capacity, and is projected to remain so.

Yes, but that doesn't mean that they're just going to bus kids across the DCC to Woodward. It means kids from adjacent boundaries will be rezoned for Woodward and as space propagates through adjacent zones it will make room at other DCC schools. As much as greater diversity would be beneficial especially with the W's, diverting more funds away from education into transportation seems counterproductive.