Four corners and redistricting?

[Anonymous]

We live in 4 corners (Northwood side) and am
Wondering if we should anticipate any school assignment changes when Woodward re-opens? Or are we too “down county” for it to even matter?
We are currently zoned for Northwood, even though we live across the street from Blair (which is crazy in my opinion).
Have always planned on going private for high school...but all this talk got me wondering...would we/could we get redirected to Einstein? Even BCC?
What’s the common thought for this area?
Current assignment:
Forest Knolls
Silver Spring International
Northwood

Thx!!

[Anonymous]

You could get redistricted to Blair. You won't get redistricted to BCC because I don't think BCC's border will shift east, and if it does, it would reach Takoma Park before Four Corners.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We live in 4 corners (Northwood side) and am
Wondering if we should anticipate any school assignment changes when Woodward re-opens? Or are we too “down county” for it to even matter?
We are currently zoned for Northwood, even though we live across the street from Blair (which is crazy in my opinion).
Have always planned on going private for high school...but all this talk got me wondering...would we/could we get redirected to Einstein? Even BCC?
What’s the common thought for this area?
Current assignment:
Forest Knolls
Silver Spring International
Northwood

Thx!!

The rezoning for Woodward will involve Walter Johnson and the DCC. It will not involve B-CC.

[Anonymous]

Depending on where you live, you may be rezoned for Montgomery Knolls/ Pinecrest, Eastern and Blair once the planned additions at Montgomery Knolls and Pinecrest are finished (which I think will be in 2020 or 2021.)

[Anonymous]

BCC seems like a stretch, but given your location a switch to Blair doesn't seem impossible.

I think the timeline for boundary decisions for DCC changes and Woodward is late 2020/early 2021.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Depending on where you live, you may be rezoned for Montgomery Knolls/ Pinecrest, Eastern and Blair once the planned additions at Montgomery Knolls and Pinecrest are finished (which I think will be in 2020 or 2021.)

Looks like they will be completed by August 2020:

http://news.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/staff-bulletin/board-of-education-approves-1-73-billion-capital-improvements-program-2/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Depending on where you live, you may be rezoned for Montgomery Knolls/ Pinecrest, Eastern and Blair once the planned additions at Montgomery Knolls and Pinecrest are finished (which I think will be in 2020 or 2021.)

Or, you may be rezoned for Montgomery Knolls/Pinecrest for elementary, but stay in SSIMS/Northwood. I think this is actually most likely, as Northwood is getting a huge addition, which will help relieve Blair's overcrowding. SSIMS is also getting an addition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Depending on where you live, you may be rezoned for Montgomery Knolls/ Pinecrest, Eastern and Blair once the planned additions at Montgomery Knolls and Pinecrest are finished (which I think will be in 2020 or 2021.)

Or, you may be rezoned for Montgomery Knolls/Pinecrest for elementary, but stay in SSIMS/Northwood. I think this is actually most likely, as Northwood is getting a huge addition, which will help relieve Blair's overcrowding. SSIMS is also getting an addition.

This is true. I think they are building first and doing the boundary studies later

[Anonymous]

Right. Boundary studies are ~18 months before school opening.

[Anonymous]

I live in the neighborhood and I just think being moved into Blair boundary is unlikely to happen. When new Blair opened in '98 our neighborhood was added to the boundary, but when Northwood re-opened in 2004, the boundary was adjusted. It doesn't make sense to be a couple blocks from Blair and not attend, but we're also closer to Northwood (within the designated walking distance) than many people are to their homeschool. If there wasn't an argument to be made a decade ago, I don't see how it will be any easier today, given the even greater overcrowding at Blair and the expansion of Northwood. My bigger concern would be loosing Forest Knolls, they're also overcrowded and we're a little on the far side from that school. I don't know where we'd be moved to, but FK is a gem. If you want Blair, aim for the CAP program, you'll find many in the neighborhood go that route.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Depending on where you live, you may be rezoned for Montgomery Knolls/ Pinecrest, Eastern and Blair once the planned additions at Montgomery Knolls and Pinecrest are finished (which I think will be in 2020 or 2021.)

Or, you may be rezoned for Montgomery Knolls/Pinecrest for elementary, but stay in SSIMS/Northwood. I think this is actually most likely, as Northwood is getting a huge addition, which will help relieve Blair's overcrowding. SSIMS is also getting an addition.

Really? Are there any other examples in MCPS where kids from the same grade school branch off into different middle schools? I was under the impression that MCPS never allows that to happen.

[Anonymous]

Yes, it's not that unusual. It's called split articulation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Depending on where you live, you may be rezoned for Montgomery Knolls/ Pinecrest, Eastern and Blair once the planned additions at Montgomery Knolls and Pinecrest are finished (which I think will be in 2020 or 2021.)

Since the planned additions at Montgomery Knolls and Pinecrest are meant to relieve overcrowding at Forest Knolls I think the most likely result would be that kids from the South Four Corners neighborhood (south of University and west of Colesville) would be moved over to MK/PC. But that is just pure speculation based on a look at the current boundaries. I think the people who make these decisions like to make sure that neighborhoods that are “walkable” to schools stay in that school’s attendance zone—and South Four Corners is not walkable to Forest Knolls.

[Anonymous]

You can see the split articulation schools listed here, marked with an asterisk:

http://montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/clusteradmin/Refresh_2013/2017_2018%20ClusterArticulation.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Depending on where you live, you may be rezoned for Montgomery Knolls/ Pinecrest, Eastern and Blair once the planned additions at Montgomery Knolls and Pinecrest are finished (which I think will be in 2020 or 2021.)

Since the planned additions at Montgomery Knolls and Pinecrest are meant to relieve overcrowding at Forest Knolls I think the most likely result would be that kids from the South Four Corners neighborhood (south of University and west of Colesville) would be moved over to MK/PC. But that is just pure speculation based on a look at the current boundaries. I think the people who make these decisions like to make sure that neighborhoods that are “walkable” to schools stay in that school’s attendance zone—and South Four Corners is not walkable to Forest Knolls.

Yes, but traversing four corners to get to MK or Pinecrest is actually much worse walking or driving, even if the distance to Pinecrest is slightly less than the distance to Forest Knolls.