Option B Alternate - Adding extra ES to WJ?

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Anonymous wrote:Sending western half of VM to WJ without neighbors doesn’t make sense. It creates an island for WJ. We are blocked off by the CSX tracks from the rest of WJ. For community cohesiveness they should keep us with the eastern part of VMES and the area north. This is one reason why I, as a VMES parent, support superintendent recommendation to send us to Woodward.

Though it isn't an island, as both sides of the CSX tracks are zoned to WJ there. And WJ has extended east of the tracks into Kensington for decades.

It is. I live there. We are blocked off my the tracks from Garrett Park/Garrett Park Estates. You have to traverse several miles to get to them. It is effectively an island. Or call it a wall. That’s very different than the other area you’re referring to which is actually connected by the roads!

That’s true. From a transportation standpoint it isn’t like a bus could pick up kids from western part of VM and then just go directly to GP. They’re blocked off by several miles of circuitous path.

From a community standpoint there is a path at GP Road and people can walk between the neighborhoods but for bus transportation it is more cut off. A lot of these neighborhoods that are so close to each other were designed to be insular. You can’t get out to CT from the VMES east section for no obvious reason. There is only one way to get from the VMES east area to the Rock View neighborhoods even though they’re right next to each other and don’t have RR tracks between them. The streets just don’t go through and wind around until you’re somewhere else in the neighborhood.

A long uphill path through woods. I hope they keep us in VM together at Woodward. Don’t want to be the island.

But the railroad tracks separate you from Woodward just the same as WJ.

It is close to impossible on this thread to distinguish from real VMES community concerns (and I am sure there are some quite valid ones) and that WJ poster that posts here all the time pretending to be VMES. Usually his hatred for Farmland shows in his posts and unmasks that he has no connection to VMES.

Well we know you’re a man. Try not to project so much. As a VMES parent, is it really hard to think we want to stay that at Woodward? You really just want to stifle us.

VMES is not at Woodward. VMES is proposed to go to Woodward and may end up at Woodward. The poster I am referring to has dozens of posts here trashing Farmland, talking about some realtors and brown people at Wheaton. That poster, almost certainly a man, is the one who tries to stifle VMES.

You chose to come here. Resist the temptation of visiting the website if you don’t like the views of others.

I come here to get informed about the status of the boundary study. I realize that it is too much to expect given that the forum is anonymous and that the topic is polarizing. I do stand behind the claim that what you describe as 'the views of others' is often the same person trying to discourage discussion. And if you don't like that, you can take your own advice and ignore my posts.

Only the views of the BOE matter at this point.

Where do we think they’re coming out on this?

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Anonymous wrote:Sending western half of VM to WJ without neighbors doesn’t make sense. It creates an island for WJ. We are blocked off by the CSX tracks from the rest of WJ. For community cohesiveness they should keep us with the eastern part of VMES and the area north. This is one reason why I, as a VMES parent, support superintendent recommendation to send us to Woodward.

Though it isn't an island, as both sides of the CSX tracks are zoned to WJ there. And WJ has extended east of the tracks into Kensington for decades.

It is. I live there. We are blocked off my the tracks from Garrett Park/Garrett Park Estates. You have to traverse several miles to get to them. It is effectively an island. Or call it a wall. That’s very different than the other area you’re referring to which is actually connected by the roads!

That’s true. From a transportation standpoint it isn’t like a bus could pick up kids from western part of VM and then just go directly to GP. They’re blocked off by several miles of circuitous path.

From a community standpoint there is a path at GP Road and people can walk between the neighborhoods but for bus transportation it is more cut off. A lot of these neighborhoods that are so close to each other were designed to be insular. You can’t get out to CT from the VMES east section for no obvious reason. There is only one way to get from the VMES east area to the Rock View neighborhoods even though they’re right next to each other and don’t have RR tracks between them. The streets just don’t go through and wind around until you’re somewhere else in the neighborhood.

A long uphill path through woods. I hope they keep us in VM together at Woodward. Don’t want to be the island.

But the railroad tracks separate you from Woodward just the same as WJ.

It is close to impossible on this thread to distinguish from real VMES community concerns (and I am sure there are some quite valid ones) and that WJ poster that posts here all the time pretending to be VMES. Usually his hatred for Farmland shows in his posts and unmasks that he has no connection to VMES.

Well we know you’re a man. Try not to project so much. As a VMES parent, is it really hard to think we want to stay that at Woodward? You really just want to stifle us.

VMES is not at Woodward. VMES is proposed to go to Woodward and may end up at Woodward. The poster I am referring to has dozens of posts here trashing Farmland, talking about some realtors and brown people at Wheaton. That poster, almost certainly a man, is the one who tries to stifle VMES.

You chose to come here. Resist the temptation of visiting the website if you don’t like the views of others.

I come here to get informed about the status of the boundary study. I realize that it is too much to expect given that the forum is anonymous and that the topic is polarizing. I do stand behind the claim that what you describe as 'the views of others' is often the same person trying to discourage discussion. And if you don't like that, you can take your own advice and ignore my posts.

Only the views of the BOE matter at this point.

Where do we think they’re coming out on this?

They're going to go with Taylor's recommendation. Bet. They did not look thrilled with Farmland's demonstration.