When are Woodward boundaries going to be decided?

[Anonymous]

I think that the stronger argument against #4 is that it makes no sense to reassign Little Bennett, some of which is right next to Clarksburg HS, and some of which is up on the county line and would require a long commute down 270 at rush hour. It also increases rather than decreases split articulation, also to the detriment of Little Bennett who would still go to MS with all the kids headed to Clarksburg HS but then get split off for HS. I went to a different HS than all my MS friends and it SUCKED and I left after 1 semester and transferred back to where all the other kids from my MS went. MCPS would not allow that now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think that the stronger argument against #4 is that it makes no sense to reassign Little Bennett, some of which is right next to Clarksburg HS, and some of which is up on the county line and would require a long commute down 270 at rush hour. It also increases rather than decreases split articulation, also to the detriment of Little Bennett who would still go to MS with all the kids headed to Clarksburg HS but then get split off for HS. I went to a different HS than all my MS friends and it SUCKED and I left after 1 semester and transferred back to where all the other kids from my MS went. MCPS would not allow that now.

AND it doesn't solve the overcrowding at Clarksburg and NW, which is the whole point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think that the stronger argument against #4 is that it makes no sense to reassign Little Bennett, some of which is right next to Clarksburg HS, and some of which is up on the county line and would require a long commute down 270 at rush hour. It also increases rather than decreases split articulation, also to the detriment of Little Bennett who would still go to MS with all the kids headed to Clarksburg HS but then get split off for HS. I went to a different HS than all my MS friends and it SUCKED and I left after 1 semester and transferred back to where all the other kids from my MS went. MCPS would not allow that now.

AND it doesn't solve the overcrowding at Clarksburg and NW, which is the whole point.

Right, the strong argument against Option 4 is that it doesn't do anything about Clarksburg and NW capacity. I hope that strategic-minded parents from Little Bennett ES and Darnestown ES will make that argument, not the "ZOMG Social Justice Warriors destroying Montgomery County!!!!!!!" argument.

(Getting kids from the Little Bennett zone to Seneca Valley HS wouldn't require a commute on 270, anymore than getting kids from the Little Bennett zone to Clarksburg HS does.)

[Anonymous]

Why has this Woodward thread been derailed by the issues in the current boundary study for Seneca Valley? Woodward is nowhere near Seneca Valley.

[Anonymous]

so woodward will be made up of kids from WJ and einstein?

Will any northwood kids be sent to einstein in the meantime or no with the new expansion opening up right before that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:so woodward will be made up of kids from WJ and einstein?

Will any northwood kids be sent to einstein in the meantime or no with the new expansion opening up right before that?

We won't know until the boundary study in 2024, but Woodward will likely be made up of kids from WJ and DCC schools to be determined. Einstein doesn't have room for any kids from Northwood or anyplace else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:so woodward will be made up of kids from WJ and einstein?

Will any northwood kids be sent to einstein in the meantime or no with the new expansion opening up right before that?

We won't know until the boundary study in 2024, but Woodward will likely be made up of kids from WJ and DCC schools to be determined. Einstein doesn't have room for any kids from Northwood or anyplace else.

NP, and because of geography, Einstein and possibly Wheaton make the most sense from which to send kids to Woodward.

[Anonymous]

It's crazy that there are Kensington houses that are a 0.6 mile walk to Einstein but are instead sent to WJ which is 4+ miles away

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:so woodward will be made up of kids from WJ and einstein?

Will any northwood kids be sent to einstein in the meantime or no with the new expansion opening up right before that?

We won't know until the boundary study in 2024, but Woodward will likely be made up of kids from WJ and DCC schools to be determined. Einstein doesn't have room for any kids from Northwood or anyplace else.

A large percentage of Einstein will more than likely be reassigned to Woodward given Einstein's overcrowding and its proximity to the former.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's crazy that there are Kensington houses that are a 0.6 mile walk to Einstein but are instead sent to WJ which is 4+ miles away

wink wink

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
OP here again.


Actually, I just thought of something.
My child is slated to enter high school in the fall of 2024.
If Woodward opens only in 2025, even if our location becomes zoned for Woodward in November 2024 or spring 2025 (according to different posters), they won't change her high school, right?

I would not count on that. Look in Wyngate area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:so woodward will be made up of kids from WJ and einstein?

Will any northwood kids be sent to einstein in the meantime or no with the new expansion opening up right before that?

We won't know until the boundary study in 2024, but Woodward will likely be made up of kids from WJ and DCC schools to be determined. Einstein doesn't have room for any kids from Northwood or anyplace else.

A large percentage of Einstein will more than likely be reassigned to Woodward given Einstein's overcrowding and its proximity to the former.

Dream on. Are you following the construction / housing plans for the WTOP tract and White Flint and Twinbrook? And they anticipate up to 40 temp classrooms at WJ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's crazy that there are Kensington houses that are a 0.6 mile walk to Einstein but are instead sent to WJ which is 4+ miles away

wink wink

That's why I could not believe that folks upbid 40K on a plain rectangular home in KP the other week. What do they expect will happen by 2025? I guess it's a great commute, but the homes one ES district over zoned for Einstein currently sell for 200K less, so there is a huge built-in school premium that they will likely lose.

Anyway, good luck to everybody in this time of change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's crazy that there are Kensington houses that are a 0.6 mile walk to Einstein but are instead sent to WJ which is 4+ miles away

wink wink

That's why I could not believe that folks upbid 40K on a plain rectangular home in KP the other week. What do they expect will happen by 2025? I guess it's a great commute, but the homes one ES district over zoned for Einstein currently sell for 200K less, so there is a huge built-in school premium that they will likely lose.

Anyway, good luck to everybody in this time of change.

People are willing to pay $200,000 extra for a house zoned for a school with fewer poor kids, even though everybody agrees that the school with fewer poor kids doesn't actually provide a better education, and wouldn't provide a worse education if it had a more poor kids, because people are willing to pay $200,000 extra for a house zoned for a school with fewer poor kids, even though...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's crazy that there are Kensington houses that are a 0.6 mile walk to Einstein but are instead sent to WJ which is 4+ miles away

wink wink

That's why I could not believe that folks upbid 40K on a plain rectangular home in KP the other week. What do they expect will happen by 2025? I guess it's a great commute, but the homes one ES district over zoned for Einstein currently sell for 200K less, so there is a huge built-in school premium that they will likely lose.

Anyway, good luck to everybody in this time of change.

People are willing to pay $200,000 extra for a house zoned for a school with fewer poor kids, even though everybody agrees that the school with fewer poor kids doesn't actually provide a better education, and wouldn't provide a worse education if it had a more poor kids, because people are willing to pay $200,000 extra for a house zoned for a school with fewer poor kids, even though...

People expect that the best indicator of future performance is past results.

I am not questioning their reasoning there. They just must be completely unaware of all this boundary fluidity era that we are entering. Just kind of hope they are not overextending themselves getting into a tiny house in KP that may go upside down on its mortgage in no time.