MCPS policy on overcrowding

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Anonymous wrote:Wheaton families and community members need to raise a stink about this. Just because we’ve been 500+ over capacity for half a decade doesn’t make it right. 2800 kids going into next school year is unimaginable

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSczWBlhaaM8vIgqrbFtRHn0LO3PlTKeqeynyEjUjHN-OyarWw/viewform

No point, they know and don’t care. Mid and upcountry get new schools, DCC does not.

Woodward is a brand new school to help relieve overcrowding in the DCC

Did you even read this thread?

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Anonymous wrote:By the way, they will say they can "just" add more space in Edison next door. Gmafb. They do not have the money for this.

Edison is close but not close enough for the few minutes between classes and that makes no sense.

EDISON IS A TRADE SCHOOL. They do not offer Gen Ed classes. WHS partners with them. Edison does not help the overcrowding

What they are saying is to build more classrooms for Wheaton to use. Yes, we know it’s a trade school.

Are you a crazy person? Wheaton CANT have the same bell schedule as Edison bc the kids would never make it to class on time. Right now, kids take 10-15 minutes to walk. There is no world in which this would work unless you are going to separate underclassmen from upperclassmen, essentially separating Wheaton into two schools

Wheaton and Edison are next to each other. They are as close as many portables are to their school buildings.

Hahaha. You’ve never visited this school, have you? There is NO SPACE adjacent or between WHS and Edison to put a portable. Unless you would like it to go on top of the child development playground, bus loop, or football field. Better yet, let’s put it in the parking lot that only has about 150 spaces for 300+ staff.

Portables would go on the other side of Edison (which is a good 15-2 min walk). AND most of that property is owned by the community pool. So no. There is no option.

They are proposing using the existing shell space inside of Edison, not portables.

Which is still a very far walk. The existing double bell schedule for Edison students is already a nightmare.

It is a one-minute walk from Wheaton to Edison.

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Anonymous wrote:By the way, they will say they can "just" add more space in Edison next door. Gmafb. They do not have the money for this.

Edison is close but not close enough for the few minutes between classes and that makes no sense.

EDISON IS A TRADE SCHOOL. They do not offer Gen Ed classes. WHS partners with them. Edison does not help the overcrowding

What they are saying is to build more classrooms for Wheaton to use. Yes, we know it’s a trade school.

Are you a crazy person? Wheaton CANT have the same bell schedule as Edison bc the kids would never make it to class on time. Right now, kids take 10-15 minutes to walk. There is no world in which this would work unless you are going to separate underclassmen from upperclassmen, essentially separating Wheaton into two schools

Wheaton and Edison are next to each other. They are as close as many portables are to their school buildings.

Hahaha. You’ve never visited this school, have you? There is NO SPACE adjacent or between WHS and Edison to put a portable. Unless you would like it to go on top of the child development playground, bus loop, or football field. Better yet, let’s put it in the parking lot that only has about 150 spaces for 300+ staff.

Portables would go on the other side of Edison (which is a good 15-2 min walk). AND most of that property is owned by the community pool. So no. There is no option.

They are proposing using the existing shell space inside of Edison, not portables.

Which is still a very far walk. The existing double bell schedule for Edison students is already a nightmare.

It is a one-minute walk from Wheaton to Edison.

Omg that’s funny. Not if you are inside Edison and need to walk to third floor Wheaton in the 3300 hallway. Have you ever been there?

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Anonymous wrote:By the way, they will say they can "just" add more space in Edison next door. Gmafb. They do not have the money for this.

Edison is close but not close enough for the few minutes between classes and that makes no sense.

EDISON IS A TRADE SCHOOL. They do not offer Gen Ed classes. WHS partners with them. Edison does not help the overcrowding

What they are saying is to build more classrooms for Wheaton to use. Yes, we know it’s a trade school.

Are you a crazy person? Wheaton CANT have the same bell schedule as Edison bc the kids would never make it to class on time. Right now, kids take 10-15 minutes to walk. There is no world in which this would work unless you are going to separate underclassmen from upperclassmen, essentially separating Wheaton into two schools

Wheaton and Edison are next to each other. They are as close as many portables are to their school buildings.

Hahaha. You’ve never visited this school, have you? There is NO SPACE adjacent or between WHS and Edison to put a portable. Unless you would like it to go on top of the child development playground, bus loop, or football field. Better yet, let’s put it in the parking lot that only has about 150 spaces for 300+ staff.

Portables would go on the other side of Edison (which is a good 15-2 min walk). AND most of that property is owned by the community pool. So no. There is no option.

They are proposing using the existing shell space inside of Edison, not portables.

Which is still a very far walk. The existing double bell schedule for Edison students is already a nightmare.

It is a one-minute walk from Wheaton to Edison.

Omg that’s funny. Not if you are inside Edison and need to walk to third floor Wheaton in the 3300 hallway. Have you ever been there?

Obviously, but how is this any different than a student walking from one end of Blair to the other, or any other large school building?

What is your proposal to solve the overcrowding?

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Anonymous wrote:By the way, they will say they can "just" add more space in Edison next door. Gmafb. They do not have the money for this.

Edison is close but not close enough for the few minutes between classes and that makes no sense.

EDISON IS A TRADE SCHOOL. They do not offer Gen Ed classes. WHS partners with them. Edison does not help the overcrowding

What they are saying is to build more classrooms for Wheaton to use. Yes, we know it’s a trade school.

Are you a crazy person? Wheaton CANT have the same bell schedule as Edison bc the kids would never make it to class on time. Right now, kids take 10-15 minutes to walk. There is no world in which this would work unless you are going to separate underclassmen from upperclassmen, essentially separating Wheaton into two schools

Wheaton and Edison are next to each other. They are as close as many portables are to their school buildings.

Hahaha. You’ve never visited this school, have you? There is NO SPACE adjacent or between WHS and Edison to put a portable. Unless you would like it to go on top of the child development playground, bus loop, or football field. Better yet, let’s put it in the parking lot that only has about 150 spaces for 300+ staff.

Portables would go on the other side of Edison (which is a good 15-2 min walk). AND most of that property is owned by the community pool. So no. There is no option.

They are proposing using the existing shell space inside of Edison, not portables.

Which is still a very far walk. The existing double bell schedule for Edison students is already a nightmare.

It is a one-minute walk from Wheaton to Edison.

Omg that’s funny. Not if you are inside Edison and need to walk to third floor Wheaton in the 3300 hallway. Have you ever been there?

Obviously, but how is this any different than a student walking from one end of Blair to the other, or any other large school building?

What is your proposal to solve the overcrowding?

I don’t think you’ve ever been to the new Wheaton campus. Wheaton is much larger than Blair. Edison is also large. And then you have a good 5 mins of walking distance between the actual buildings. FLO Analytics or whoever is proposing this is stupid.

Take a look at the campus on Google maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/8Xc9fn12WizeYLni8?g_st=ic

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Anonymous wrote:By the way, they will say they can "just" add more space in Edison next door. Gmafb. They do not have the money for this.

Edison is close but not close enough for the few minutes between classes and that makes no sense.

EDISON IS A TRADE SCHOOL. They do not offer Gen Ed classes. WHS partners with them. Edison does not help the overcrowding

What they are saying is to build more classrooms for Wheaton to use. Yes, we know it’s a trade school.

Are you a crazy person? Wheaton CANT have the same bell schedule as Edison bc the kids would never make it to class on time. Right now, kids take 10-15 minutes to walk. There is no world in which this would work unless you are going to separate underclassmen from upperclassmen, essentially separating Wheaton into two schools

Wheaton and Edison are next to each other. They are as close as many portables are to their school buildings.

Hahaha. You’ve never visited this school, have you? There is NO SPACE adjacent or between WHS and Edison to put a portable. Unless you would like it to go on top of the child development playground, bus loop, or football field. Better yet, let’s put it in the parking lot that only has about 150 spaces for 300+ staff.

Portables would go on the other side of Edison (which is a good 15-2 min walk). AND most of that property is owned by the community pool. So no. There is no option.

They are proposing using the existing shell space inside of Edison, not portables.

Which is still a very far walk. The existing double bell schedule for Edison students is already a nightmare.

It is a one-minute walk from Wheaton to Edison.

Omg that’s funny. Not if you are inside Edison and need to walk to third floor Wheaton in the 3300 hallway. Have you ever been there?

Obviously, but how is this any different than a student walking from one end of Blair to the other, or any other large school building?

What is your proposal to solve the overcrowding?

I don’t think you’ve ever been to the new Wheaton campus. Wheaton is much larger than Blair. Edison is also large. And then you have a good 5 mins of walking distance between the actual buildings. FLO Analytics or whoever is proposing this is stupid.

Take a look at the campus on Google maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/8Xc9fn12WizeYLni8?g_st=ic

Perhaps you should talk with your Wheaton cluster coordinator, because she has been proposing this option for the past two years.

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Anonymous wrote:By the way, they will say they can "just" add more space in Edison next door. Gmafb. They do not have the money for this.

Edison is close but not close enough for the few minutes between classes and that makes no sense.

EDISON IS A TRADE SCHOOL. They do not offer Gen Ed classes. WHS partners with them. Edison does not help the overcrowding

What they are saying is to build more classrooms for Wheaton to use. Yes, we know it’s a trade school.

Are you a crazy person? Wheaton CANT have the same bell schedule as Edison bc the kids would never make it to class on time. Right now, kids take 10-15 minutes to walk. There is no world in which this would work unless you are going to separate underclassmen from upperclassmen, essentially separating Wheaton into two schools

Wheaton and Edison are next to each other. They are as close as many portables are to their school buildings.

Hahaha. You’ve never visited this school, have you? There is NO SPACE adjacent or between WHS and Edison to put a portable. Unless you would like it to go on top of the child development playground, bus loop, or football field. Better yet, let’s put it in the parking lot that only has about 150 spaces for 300+ staff.

Portables would go on the other side of Edison (which is a good 15-2 min walk). AND most of that property is owned by the community pool. So no. There is no option.

They are proposing using the existing shell space inside of Edison, not portables.

Which is still a very far walk. The existing double bell schedule for Edison students is already a nightmare.

It is a one-minute walk from Wheaton to Edison.

Omg that’s funny. Not if you are inside Edison and need to walk to third floor Wheaton in the 3300 hallway. Have you ever been there?

Obviously, but how is this any different than a student walking from one end of Blair to the other, or any other large school building?

What is your proposal to solve the overcrowding?

It’s waking one end of the school to another the. Outside to another school, inside that school and another long walk inside that school.

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Anonymous wrote:By the way, they will say they can "just" add more space in Edison next door. Gmafb. They do not have the money for this.

Edison is close but not close enough for the few minutes between classes and that makes no sense.

EDISON IS A TRADE SCHOOL. They do not offer Gen Ed classes. WHS partners with them. Edison does not help the overcrowding

What they are saying is to build more classrooms for Wheaton to use. Yes, we know it’s a trade school.

Are you a crazy person? Wheaton CANT have the same bell schedule as Edison bc the kids would never make it to class on time. Right now, kids take 10-15 minutes to walk. There is no world in which this would work unless you are going to separate underclassmen from upperclassmen, essentially separating Wheaton into two schools

Wheaton and Edison are next to each other. They are as close as many portables are to their school buildings.

Hahaha. You’ve never visited this school, have you? There is NO SPACE adjacent or between WHS and Edison to put a portable. Unless you would like it to go on top of the child development playground, bus loop, or football field. Better yet, let’s put it in the parking lot that only has about 150 spaces for 300+ staff.

Portables would go on the other side of Edison (which is a good 15-2 min walk). AND most of that property is owned by the community pool. So no. There is no option.

They are proposing using the existing shell space inside of Edison, not portables.

Which is still a very far walk. The existing double bell schedule for Edison students is already a nightmare.

It is a one-minute walk from Wheaton to Edison.

Omg that’s funny. Not if you are inside Edison and need to walk to third floor Wheaton in the 3300 hallway. Have you ever been there?

Obviously, but how is this any different than a student walking from one end of Blair to the other, or any other large school building?

What is your proposal to solve the overcrowding?

Move kids out to their home schools or less crowded.

[Anonymous]

At least the other schools will get some relief. Meanwhile, Blake is overcrowded and the rest of the NEC continues to be neglected.

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Does the 500 estimated students reflect continued COSA’s for Northwood? If yes, don’t make Wheaton an option for incoming freshman through that COSA process. That will lower the number somewhat.

There was talk previously about using some Edison space for the IT Academy a few years ago. I don’’t know what stopped. There would need to be very complicated scheduling to make it work. The walk btw buildings would have to be around lunch to all people to get where they need to go.

[Anonymous]

Threads like this one should be read by MoCo council members as they continue pushing for housing density and getting rid of single-family house zoning.
I wonder if committees within the Council communicate.

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Anonymous wrote:Threads like this one should be read by MoCo council members as they continue pushing for housing density and getting rid of single-family house zoning.
I wonder if committees within the Council communicate.

I filled out the feedback survey and linked this forum. I suggest everyone else do so as well. The BOE needs to know that Wheaton isn’t going to just roll over and continue to be overcrowded. We need real solutions that helps overcrowding in ALL schools.

https://docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/e/1FAIpQLSczWBlhaaM8vIgqrbFtRHn0LO3PlTKeqeynyEjUjHN-OyarWw/viewform

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Anonymous wrote:Threads like this one should be read by MoCo council members as they continue pushing for housing density and getting rid of single-family house zoning.
I wonder if committees within the Council communicate.

I filled out the feedback survey and linked this forum. I suggest everyone else do so as well. The BOE needs to know that Wheaton isn’t going to just roll over and continue to be overcrowded. We need real solutions that helps overcrowding in ALL schools.

https://docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/e/1FAIpQLSczWBlhaaM8vIgqrbFtRHn0LO3PlTKeqeynyEjUjHN-OyarWw/viewform

Agreed. The principal should also start denying students whose home school is not WHS.

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When there is overcrowding all COSA should be denied.

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Anonymous wrote:When there is overcrowding all COSA should be denied.

How do we get Taylor to do this?