Concerned about buying in WJ cluster because of re-zoning

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Woodward is likely to be included in DCC. I will avoid it if house price is your concern.

Source? That sounds like BS.

That's one of the options for Woodward and listed by MCPS.

There is strong possibility of that given that Woodward's main aim is to help DCC and WJ.

”Strong possibility” and “one of the options” =/= “likely.”

Given what MCPS has openly stated, it's much more than one of the options.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Woodward is likely to be included in DCC. I will avoid it if house price is your concern.

Source? That sounds like BS.

That's one of the options for Woodward and listed by MCPS.

There is strong possibility of that given that Woodward's main aim is to help DCC and WJ.

”Strong possibility” and “one of the options” =/= “likely.”

Given what MCPS has openly stated, it's much more than one of the options.

They almost have too make it part of the DCC. If they pair-off some of the already scarce middle class neighborhoods out of the DCC and create another feeder system that in closed entry to the rapidly slipping demographics in the east county, the social justice crowd will revolt. Where as when they move the WJ families into the DCC the SJ crowd will be delighted some W families are being screwed. The WJ families won’t be able to protest too much without looking like they simply don’t want their kids to go to school with black and Spanish kids.

Only one of those is viable in today’s climate, sorry WJ Familes. Should have thought about this before buying on the boarder to the east.

[Anonymous]

"Spanish kids"?! You think there's been a surge of immigrants from Madrid?

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Anonymous wrote:"Spanish kids"?! You think there's been a surge of immigrants from Madrid?

No silly, people wouldn’t object to those kids nor would their parents be willing to nanny & landscape for pennies on the dollar.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Woodward will not become part of DCC. Keep dreaming.

Reality starts with a dream. DCC needs one good school. Ideally, BCC, WJ and BCC should join DCC.

B-CC is a a GS 7 and WJ is just an 8. Both are mediocre. Overall Blair does much better than any county school in terms of college admission and academic awards.

Isn’t BCC a 9?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Woodward is likely to be included in DCC. I will avoid it if house price is your concern.

Source? That sounds like BS.

That's one of the options for Woodward and listed by MCPS.

There is strong possibility of that given that Woodward's main aim is to help DCC and WJ.

”Strong possibility” and “one of the options” =/= “likely.”

Given what MCPS has openly stated, it's much more than one of the options.

They almost have too make it part of the DCC. If they pair-off some of the already scarce middle class neighborhoods out of the DCC and create another feeder system that in closed entry to the rapidly slipping demographics in the east county, the social justice crowd will revolt. Where as when they move the WJ families into the DCC the SJ crowd will be delighted some W families are being screwed. The WJ families won’t be able to protest too much without looking like they simply don’t want their kids to go to school with black and Spanish kids.

Only one of those is viable in today’s climate, sorry WJ Familes. Should have thought about this before buying on the boarder to the east.

This. It will most certainly be part of the DCC for PC reasons

[Anonymous]

Didn't MCPS consider including BCC in the DCC when they were forming the DCC and then it wasn't included? Same thing with Sherwood and NEC. Both of those schools were eventually not included in the consortiums.

[Anonymous]

IMO, DCC is already too big (don't they always say they are 25% of MCPS students?). They are not going to make it bigger by adding Woodward.

No one here really knows, as the process is that 18 months before a school opens MCPS has a boundary study to determine who will go there. Given that MCPS has publically said that the earliest Woodward could open is 2022 (but that will never happen), no one will know for quite a while!

But go ahead, you (and me!) can keep saying what will and will not happen. I'll get comfortable, get some popcorn, and settle in.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Woodward is likely to be included in DCC. I will avoid it if house price is your concern.

Source? That sounds like BS.

That's one of the options for Woodward and listed by MCPS.

There is strong possibility of that given that Woodward's main aim is to help DCC and WJ.

”Strong possibility” and “one of the options” =/= “likely.”

Given what MCPS has openly stated, it's much more than one of the options.

They almost have too make it part of the DCC. If they pair-off some of the already scarce middle class neighborhoods out of the DCC and create another feeder system that in closed entry to the rapidly slipping demographics in the east county, the social justice crowd will revolt. Where as when they move the WJ families into the DCC the SJ crowd will be delighted some W families are being screwed. The WJ families won’t be able to protest too much without looking like they simply don’t want their kids to go to school with black and Spanish kids.

Only one of those is viable in today’s climate, sorry WJ Familes. Should have thought about this before buying on the boarder to the east.

Yes, pressure to appear politically correct is going to drive this decision.

[Anonymous]

I agree that it would be tough to carve out one of the most affluent parts of the DCC and say they get their own school that will be whiter and more wealthy than where they were going before.

That being said, they will still have preference for Woodward as they are zoned for it so I don't see why it's such a big deal. If they like the school, they can make it their #1 choice and be guaranteed to go there.

[Anonymous]

Also, the address is just physically far from a lot of people in the east - another reason that even if it's part of the DCC, many won't choose it:

11211 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville, MD 20852

It's a 5 mile drive from Wheaton if you want to avoid 495/270

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, the address is just physically far from a lot of people in the east - another reason that even if it's part of the DCC, many won't choose it:

11211 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville, MD 20852

It's a 5 mile drive from Wheaton if you want to avoid 495/270

Just curious... Is bussing provided throughout the DCC or is it that if you choose out of bounds you have to provide your own transportation?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Also, the address is just physically far from a lot of people in the east - another reason that even if it's part of the DCC, many won't choose it:

11211 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville, MD 20852

It's a 5 mile drive from Wheaton if you want to avoid 495/270

Just curious... Is bussing provided throughout the DCC or is it that if you choose out of bounds you have to provide your own transportation?

Yes, there is bussing throughout the DCC to each DCC high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, the address is just physically far from a lot of people in the east - another reason that even if it's part of the DCC, many won't choose it:

11211 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville, MD 20852

It's a 5 mile drive from Wheaton if you want to avoid 495/270

There are many 5 miles drive even now within DCC and parents do that.

[Anonymous]

Perhaps they just resurrect the former boundaries for Woodward....

With all the new construction on the horizon (White Flint redev, Pike and Rose, the radio towers site off of Democracy and Greentree that Toll Bro will develop, etc.) there will be more than enough students to fill a re-opened Woodward HS without having to add it to a consortium.