Could Crown High School and/or Northwood stall out?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you listen to the budget workshop from today, they say enrollment is down in every grade except 10 and 11. Who knows how long that will last and/or will it get worse?

I think it will get worse, at least for a while. I'm a current MoCo resident that had been preparing to move to one of a few Wootton feeding neighborhoods that I liked, but I had to change course and move outside the County instead.

Some of the neighborhoods I was looking at got pushed out of my price range at the 11th hour. I expected prices to increase, but not jump as hard as they have in the last few months.

There's other neighborhoods that I like which I can just barely afford, even with insane prices, but they are at significant risk of getting redistricted to schools that I'm not okay with.

A perceptive person earlier in this thread said "you buy the house, not the school", which is true. But if you gamble on boundaries and lose, your kids are the ones who lose out. If you look at which areas are seeing growth, you'll find very good schools where this is not an issue.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you listen to the budget workshop from today, they say enrollment is down in every grade except 10 and 11. Who knows how long that will last and/or will it get worse?

I think it will get worse, at least for a while. I'm a current MoCo resident that had been preparing to move to one of a few Wootton feeding neighborhoods that I liked, but I had to change course and move outside the County instead.

Some of the neighborhoods I was looking at got pushed out of my price range at the 11th hour. I expected prices to increase, but not jump as hard as they have in the last few months.

There's other neighborhoods that I like which I can just barely afford, even with insane prices, but they are at significant risk of getting redistricted to schools that I'm not okay with.

A perceptive person earlier in this thread said "you buy the house, not the school", which is true. But if you gamble on boundaries and lose, your kids are the ones who lose out. If you look at which areas are seeing growth, you'll find very good schools where this is not an issue.

Meaning: your kids might have to go to a school with more poor kids.

-person whose second kid got rezoned to a "bad" school (50% FARMS) and we're happier with it than the "good" school (25% FARMS) the first kid went to

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you listen to the budget workshop from today, they say enrollment is down in every grade except 10 and 11. Who knows how long that will last and/or will it get worse?

I think it will get worse, at least for a while. I'm a current MoCo resident that had been preparing to move to one of a few Wootton feeding neighborhoods that I liked, but I had to change course and move outside the County instead.

Some of the neighborhoods I was looking at got pushed out of my price range at the 11th hour. I expected prices to increase, but not jump as hard as they have in the last few months.

There's other neighborhoods that I like which I can just barely afford, even with insane prices, but they are at significant risk of getting redistricted to schools that I'm not okay with.

A perceptive person earlier in this thread said "you buy the house, not the school", which is true. But if you gamble on boundaries and lose, your kids are the ones who lose out. If you look at which areas are seeing growth, you'll find very good schools where this is not an issue.

Meaning: your kids might have to go to a school with more poor kids.

-person whose second kid got rezoned to a "bad" school (50% FARMS) and we're happier with it than the "good" school (25% FARMS) the first kid went to

The bottom line I want my kids to A) be surrounded by peers that excel and B) spend their time a safe environment. If a school had a high FARMS rate but scored well and was safe, I would have no issue. But the fact is that the schools that are in play for this area do not score well, and if you read publicly available surveys filled out by staff, a significant portion of them do not feel safe.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you listen to the budget workshop from today, they say enrollment is down in every grade except 10 and 11. Who knows how long that will last and/or will it get worse?

I think it will get worse, at least for a while. I'm a current MoCo resident that had been preparing to move to one of a few Wootton feeding neighborhoods that I liked, but I had to change course and move outside the County instead.

Some of the neighborhoods I was looking at got pushed out of my price range at the 11th hour. I expected prices to increase, but not jump as hard as they have in the last few months.

There's other neighborhoods that I like which I can just barely afford, even with insane prices, but they are at significant risk of getting redistricted to schools that I'm not okay with.

A perceptive person earlier in this thread said "you buy the house, not the school", which is true. But if you gamble on boundaries and lose, your kids are the ones who lose out. If you look at which areas are seeing growth, you'll find very good schools where this is not an issue.

Meaning: your kids might have to go to a school with more poor kids.

-person whose second kid got rezoned to a "bad" school (50% FARMS) and we're happier with it than the "good" school (25% FARMS) the first kid went to

The bottom line I want my kids to A) be surrounded by peers that excel and B) spend their time a safe environment. If a school had a high FARMS rate but scored well and was safe, I would have no issue. But the fact is that the schools that are in play for this area do not score well, and if you read publicly available surveys filled out by staff, a significant portion of them do not feel safe.

The bottom line is you're scared of your kids going to school with poor kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you listen to the budget workshop from today, they say enrollment is down in every grade except 10 and 11. Who knows how long that will last and/or will it get worse?

I think it will get worse, at least for a while. I'm a current MoCo resident that had been preparing to move to one of a few Wootton feeding neighborhoods that I liked, but I had to change course and move outside the County instead.

Some of the neighborhoods I was looking at got pushed out of my price range at the 11th hour. I expected prices to increase, but not jump as hard as they have in the last few months.

There's other neighborhoods that I like which I can just barely afford, even with insane prices, but they are at significant risk of getting redistricted to schools that I'm not okay with.

A perceptive person earlier in this thread said "you buy the house, not the school", which is true. But if you gamble on boundaries and lose, your kids are the ones who lose out. If you look at which areas are seeing growth, you'll find very good schools where this is not an issue.

Meaning: your kids might have to go to a school with more poor kids.

-person whose second kid got rezoned to a "bad" school (50% FARMS) and we're happier with it than the "good" school (25% FARMS) the first kid went to

The bottom line I want my kids to A) be surrounded by peers that excel and B) spend their time a safe environment. If a school had a high FARMS rate but scored well and was safe, I would have no issue. But the fact is that the schools that are in play for this area do not score well, and if you read publicly available surveys filled out by staff, a significant portion of them do not feel safe.

The bottom line is you're scared of your kids going to school with poor kids.

Re-read this exchange and think a little harder about the logical implications of what you're saying.

[Anonymous]

I have actually looked at the surveys and was surprised at which schools were rated as unsafe. There is some association between poverty and safety but you really need to look at individual schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you listen to the budget workshop from today, they say enrollment is down in every grade except 10 and 11. Who knows how long that will last and/or will it get worse?

I think it will get worse, at least for a while. I'm a current MoCo resident that had been preparing to move to one of a few Wootton feeding neighborhoods that I liked, but I had to change course and move outside the County instead.

Some of the neighborhoods I was looking at got pushed out of my price range at the 11th hour. I expected prices to increase, but not jump as hard as they have in the last few months.

There's other neighborhoods that I like which I can just barely afford, even with insane prices, but they are at significant risk of getting redistricted to schools that I'm not okay with.

A perceptive person earlier in this thread said "you buy the house, not the school", which is true. But if you gamble on boundaries and lose, your kids are the ones who lose out. If you look at which areas are seeing growth, you'll find very good schools where this is not an issue.

Meaning: your kids might have to go to a school with more poor kids.

-person whose second kid got rezoned to a "bad" school (50% FARMS) and we're happier with it than the "good" school (25% FARMS) the first kid went to

The bottom line I want my kids to A) be surrounded by peers that excel and B) spend their time a safe environment. If a school had a high FARMS rate but scored well and was safe, I would have no issue. But the fact is that the schools that are in play for this area do not score well, and if you read publicly available surveys filled out by staff, a significant portion of them do not feel safe.

The bottom line is you're scared of your kids going to school with poor kids.

Re-read this exchange and think a little harder about the logical implications of what you're saying.

Please explain.

[Anonymous]

So what happens to RM students who are rezoned if Crown opens midway through their HS career? Can they stay at RM through 12th or will they get a choice?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have actually looked at the surveys and was surprised at which schools were rated as unsafe. There is some association between poverty and safety but you really need to look at individual schools.

DP. And keep an eye on the percentages of staff members completing the surveys, which can vary widely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what happens to RM students who are rezoned if Crown opens midway through their HS career? Can they stay at RM through 12th or will they get a choice?

In the past when this has happened those students finish up at their original school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what happens to RM students who are rezoned if Crown opens midway through their HS career? Can they stay at RM through 12th or will they get a choice?

They usually allow rising juniors and seniors to say where they are.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So what happens to RM students who are rezoned if Crown opens midway through their HS career? Can they stay at RM through 12th or will they get a choice?

They usually allow rising juniors and seniors to say where they are.

*Stay where they are

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what happens to RM students who are rezoned if Crown opens midway through their HS career? Can they stay at RM through 12th or will they get a choice?

In the most recent boundary study, rising 9th graders and 10th graders were reassigned to the new school (unless they were in or admitted to a special program at the old school), and rising 11th and 12th graders stayed at the old school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what happens to RM students who are rezoned if Crown opens midway through their HS career? Can they stay at RM through 12th or will they get a choice?

If they’re in IB, then they can stay at RM regardless of grade

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Northwood is moving out of its building this June. Boxes to pack up stuff are being delivered soon. Classroom assignments have already been made for the Woodward building.
I think the ship has sailed and the Northwood construction will happen. The original building is in bad shape. The question is whether Northwood gets stuck at Woodward for longer than 3 years

I'm curious... for folks who've been tracking this, how common is it for MCPS construction projects to take longer than scheduled?