New Woodward High School

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone just confirm- to the best of your knowledge they won’t redistrict Whitman to go to Woodward?

Correct. MCPS has consistently stated for years now that it is reopening Woodward "to address the urgent space needs at the Downcounty Consortium high schools and Walter Johnson High School." Whereas Whitman just had an addition completed and is now under capacity, and is projected to remain so.

Yes, but that doesn't mean that they're just going to bus kids across the DCC to Woodward. It means kids from adjacent boundaries will be rezoned for Woodward and as space propagates through adjacent zones it will make room at other DCC schools. As much as greater diversity would be beneficial especially with the W's, diverting more funds away from education into transportation seems counterproductive.

Sure, but "kids from adjacent boundaries" includes DCC kids, namely those currently zoned to Wheaton and Einstein, both of which will be overcapacity. Northwood is also being rebuilt and gaining capacity of 1000 seats which will help relieve overcrowding at Blair. Kennedy is getting its own addition now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone just confirm- to the best of your knowledge they won’t redistrict Whitman to go to Woodward?

Correct. MCPS has consistently stated for years now that it is reopening Woodward "to address the urgent space needs at the Downcounty Consortium high schools and Walter Johnson High School." Whereas Whitman just had an addition completed and is now under capacity, and is projected to remain so.

Yes, but that doesn't mean that they're just going to bus kids across the DCC to Woodward. It means kids from adjacent boundaries will be rezoned for Woodward and as space propagates through adjacent zones it will make room at other DCC schools. As much as greater diversity would be beneficial especially with the W's, diverting more funds away from education into transportation seems counterproductive.

Sure, but "kids from adjacent boundaries" includes DCC kids, namely those currently zoned to Wheaton and Einstein, both of which will be overcapacity. Northwood is also being rebuilt and gaining capacity of 1000 seats which will help relieve overcrowding at Blair. Kennedy is getting its own addition now.

completely agree

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you so worried about this? If you know there is inequity between schools, then you should be advocating to fix that. Instead, you only care about your kid getting what you think you deserve because you bought an overpriced house in a certain school district. Or you are classist, racist, etc

Unless Wolff and the other board members are voted out, I'm fairly certain they'll carry out what they said they were going to do. Pretty sure that increasing diversity across MCPS schools was their number one goal.

I can't wait to see what happens when the parents at Whitman find out their DC will be part of diversification! That will be exciting!

I hear that they're going to swap 1000 kids between the DCC and Whitman.

Also, some W moms were trying to set up a PG county exchange program to help diversify the W's. They were posting about it a few months back.

No, YOU were posting about your made-up crap.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you so worried about this? If you know there is inequity between schools, then you should be advocating to fix that. Instead, you only care about your kid getting what you think you deserve because you bought an overpriced house in a certain school district. Or you are classist, racist, etc

Unless Wolff and the other board members are voted out, I'm fairly certain they'll carry out what they said they were going to do. Pretty sure that increasing diversity across MCPS schools was their number one goal.

I can't wait to see what happens when the parents at Whitman find out their DC will be part of diversification! That will be exciting!

I hear that they're going to swap 1000 kids between the DCC and Whitman.

Also, some W moms were trying to set up a PG county exchange program to help diversify the W's. They were posting about it a few months back.

No, YOU were posting about your made-up crap.

No it's real. Use the search function you can find all her posts about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone just confirm- to the best of your knowledge they won’t redistrict Whitman to go to Woodward?

Correct. MCPS has consistently stated for years now that it is reopening Woodward "to address the urgent space needs at the Downcounty Consortium high schools and Walter Johnson High School." Whereas Whitman just had an addition completed and is now under capacity, and is projected to remain so.

Yes, but that doesn't mean that they're just going to bus kids across the DCC to Woodward. It means kids from adjacent boundaries will be rezoned for Woodward and as space propagates through adjacent zones it will make room at other DCC schools. As much as greater diversity would be beneficial especially with the W's, diverting more funds away from education into transportation seems counterproductive.

Kids don’t have to be bussed across the DCC to get to Woodward there are several feeders to Einstein and Wheaton that would be considered adjacent to Woodward. How exactly would adjusting boundaries of non DCC schools to populate Woodward create more space in the DCC schools? This makes no sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone just confirm- to the best of your knowledge they won’t redistrict Whitman to go to Woodward?

Correct. MCPS has consistently stated for years now that it is reopening Woodward "to address the urgent space needs at the Downcounty Consortium high schools and Walter Johnson High School." Whereas Whitman just had an addition completed and is now under capacity, and is projected to remain so.

Yes, but that doesn't mean that they're just going to bus kids across the DCC to Woodward. It means kids from adjacent boundaries will be rezoned for Woodward and as space propagates through adjacent zones it will make room at other DCC schools. As much as greater diversity would be beneficial especially with the W's, diverting more funds away from education into transportation seems counterproductive.

Kids don’t have to be bussed across the DCC to get to Woodward there are several feeders to Einstein and Wheaton that would be considered adjacent to Woodward. How exactly would adjusting boundaries of non DCC schools to populate Woodward create more space in the DCC schools? This makes no sense.

It's just fear mongering/trolling.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you so worried about this? If you know there is inequity between schools, then you should be advocating to fix that. Instead, you only care about your kid getting what you think you deserve because you bought an overpriced house in a certain school district. Or you are classist, racist, etc

Unless Wolff and the other board members are voted out, I'm fairly certain they'll carry out what they said they were going to do. Pretty sure that increasing diversity across MCPS schools was their number one goal.

I can't wait to see what happens when the parents at Whitman find out their DC will be part of diversification! That will be exciting!

I hear that they're going to swap 1000 kids between the DCC and Whitman.

Also, some W moms were trying to set up a PG county exchange program to help diversify the W's. They were posting about it a few months back.

No, YOU were posting about your made-up crap.

No it's real. Use the search function you can find all her posts about it.

"Real" and "someone posted something on DCUM" are not the same thing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Argh, we want to sell this house, but want to know if it’s going to be in WJ, Einstein, or Woodward!

Why can’t you sell your house? This makes no sense.

+1. It's zoned for whichever school it's zoned for currently. End of story.

For those of us in the North Kensington, Randolph Hills and Garrett Park neighborhoods (Einstein, Wheaton, WJ, respectively), a change in boundary could mean adding or subtracting 200k to the value of our homes. I agree it isn’t right, but it is what it is.

[Anonymous]

^ I forgot to add Woodward to the list. I am assuming that it will end up a W school, and drive up house values.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^ I forgot to add Woodward to the list. I am assuming that it will end up a W school, and drive up house values.

Be realistic. If you live in an area that is currently zoned for WJ, you are not going to get re-zoned to Einstein (no matter how much people here like to poke at you and suggest you might), so your housing value isn’t going to take a huge hit. If you are currently zoned for Einstein or Wheaton and get re-zoned to Woodward, sure you may see a modest increase, but it will take a while before Woodward’s reputation is established such that you would see that 200k gap in prices like you see now between Kensington homes that are zoned for WJ and those that are zoned for Einstein. If you really would like to sell your house, I would be more concerned with mortgage rates and other market forces than what HS the house will be zoned for come 2026.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Argh, we want to sell this house, but want to know if it’s going to be in WJ, Einstein, or Woodward!

There is no "Einstein cluster". My guess is that Woodward will not be a single high school cluster but become part of the DCC.

Sure, if you believe adjacent schools like WJ and BCC are in the DCC. Changes to these boundaries will impact all schools including the DCC but they aren't going to bus kids across the county for your convenience.

None of the schools mentioned are "across the county" from each other. WJ is adjacent to two of the DCC schools: Wheaton and Einstein.

Now that is a stretch!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone just confirm- to the best of your knowledge they won’t redistrict Whitman to go to Woodward?

Correct. MCPS has consistently stated for years now that it is reopening Woodward "to address the urgent space needs at the Downcounty Consortium high schools and Walter Johnson High School." Whereas Whitman just had an addition completed and is now under capacity, and is projected to remain so.

Yes, but that doesn't mean that they're just going to bus kids across the DCC to Woodward. It means kids from adjacent boundaries will be rezoned for Woodward and as space propagates through adjacent zones it will make room at other DCC schools. As much as greater diversity would be beneficial especially with the W's, diverting more funds away from education into transportation seems counterproductive.

Indeed. Perhaps they swap in an ES currently assigned to Einstein as a feed, along with GP ES and K-P. Looks like it will be a wonderful school?

I wonder if they will take back the "Wildcats" from WJ, which belonged to Woodward previously, and WJ will revert to the Spartans?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Argh, we want to sell this house, but want to know if it’s going to be in WJ, Einstein, or Woodward!

There is no "Einstein cluster". My guess is that Woodward will not be a single high school cluster but become part of the DCC.

Sure, if you believe adjacent schools like WJ and BCC are in the DCC. Changes to these boundaries will impact all schools including the DCC but they aren't going to bus kids across the county for your convenience.

None of the schools mentioned are "across the county" from each other. WJ is adjacent to two of the DCC schools: Wheaton and Einstein.

Now that is a stretch!

How is it a stretch? The northeastern part of the WJ zone is immediately adjacent to the western parts of the Wheaton and Einstein zones. Look at the map:

https://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/WalterJohnsonHS.pdf

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Will there be elevators?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Will there be elevators?

Yes, they are required.