Woodward HS boundary study - BCC, Blair, Einstein, WJ, Kennedy, Northwood, Wheaton, Whitman impacts

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+1 if they move Woodlin to BCC and KPES to Einstein (and then another feeder out of Einstein) that improves diversity on net, and minimizes distance. It will make a lot of people really angry though.

They don't care about making people angry. Look what they did when they closed Woodward the first time and moved Ritchie Park Elementary out of Wooton.

That was in nineteen-eighty-seven (1987). Thirty-six (36) years ago. Ronald Reagan was president. The Soviet Union still existed. The #1 song was Walk Like An Egyptian. Montgomery County had 700,000 residents. I think things have changed some since then.

Yes, and people have long memories, esp when it cones to schools.

I'm sure there are some people who have already made their plans to complain about the still-undecided new Woodward boundaries for the next 36 years.

People will still be complaining that the Town of Kensington goes to WJ in 36 years. 😀

Sounds like you live in the Kensington Parkwood community and holding on to some hope that your real estate value won't bottom out.

The latest model is forecasting an 84% drop in Parkwood real estate prices as a result of the imminent shift.

That's preposterous. If you look at comparable houses that have recently sold and compare ones in Parkwood vs nearby houses zoned for Einstein, the latter are not even close to 84% lower. Just...no.

Parkwood is still close to Metro, NIH and Walter Reed. It's going to be fine.

+1. Losing 84% of value is fear mongering.

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+1 if they move Woodlin to BCC and KPES to Einstein (and then another feeder out of Einstein) that improves diversity on net, and minimizes distance. It will make a lot of people really angry though.

They don't care about making people angry. Look what they did when they closed Woodward the first time and moved Ritchie Park Elementary out of Wooton.

That was in nineteen-eighty-seven (1987). Thirty-six (36) years ago. Ronald Reagan was president. The Soviet Union still existed. The #1 song was Walk Like An Egyptian. Montgomery County had 700,000 residents. I think things have changed some since then.

Yes, and people have long memories, esp when it cones to schools.

I'm sure there are some people who have already made their plans to complain about the still-undecided new Woodward boundaries for the next 36 years.

People will still be complaining that the Town of Kensington goes to WJ in 36 years. 😀

Sounds like you live in the Kensington Parkwood community and holding on to some hope that your real estate value won't bottom out.

The latest model is forecasting an 84% drop in Parkwood real estate prices as a result of the imminent shift.

That's preposterous. If you look at comparable houses that have recently sold and compare ones in Parkwood vs nearby houses zoned for Einstein, the latter are not even close to 84% lower. Just...no.

Parkwood is still close to Metro, NIH and Walter Reed. It's going to be fine.

+1. Losing 84% of value is fear mongering.

I think that PP was trying to be funny. However, the opponents of boundary changes are so irrational that many of us thought it was real.

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+1 if they move Woodlin to BCC and KPES to Einstein (and then another feeder out of Einstein) that improves diversity on net, and minimizes distance. It will make a lot of people really angry though.

They don't care about making people angry. Look what they did when they closed Woodward the first time and moved Ritchie Park Elementary out of Wooton.

That was in nineteen-eighty-seven (1987). Thirty-six (36) years ago. Ronald Reagan was president. The Soviet Union still existed. The #1 song was Walk Like An Egyptian. Montgomery County had 700,000 residents. I think things have changed some since then.

Yes, and people have long memories, esp when it cones to schools.

I'm sure there are some people who have already made their plans to complain about the still-undecided new Woodward boundaries for the next 36 years.

People will still be complaining that the Town of Kensington goes to WJ in 36 years. 😀

Sounds like you live in the Kensington Parkwood community and holding on to some hope that your real estate value won't bottom out.

The latest model is forecasting an 84% drop in Parkwood real estate prices as a result of the imminent shift.

That's preposterous. If you look at comparable houses that have recently sold and compare ones in Parkwood vs nearby houses zoned for Einstein, the latter are not even close to 84% lower. Just...no.

Parkwood is still close to Metro, NIH and Walter Reed. It's going to be fine.

+1. Losing 84% of value is fear mongering.

I think that PP was trying to be funny. However, the opponents of boundary changes are so irrational that many of us thought it was real.

Me too! I mean it was kind of absurd so should've realized but I really thought they were being serious.

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+1 if they move Woodlin to BCC and KPES to Einstein (and then another feeder out of Einstein) that improves diversity on net, and minimizes distance. It will make a lot of people really angry though.

They don't care about making people angry. Look what they did when they closed Woodward the first time and moved Ritchie Park Elementary out of Wooton.

That was in nineteen-eighty-seven (1987). Thirty-six (36) years ago. Ronald Reagan was president. The Soviet Union still existed. The #1 song was Walk Like An Egyptian. Montgomery County had 700,000 residents. I think things have changed some since then.

Yes, and people have long memories, esp when it cones to schools.

I'm sure there are some people who have already made their plans to complain about the still-undecided new Woodward boundaries for the next 36 years.

People will still be complaining that the Town of Kensington goes to WJ in 36 years. 😀

Sounds like you live in the Kensington Parkwood community and holding on to some hope that your real estate value won't bottom out.

The latest model is forecasting an 84% drop in Parkwood real estate prices as a result of the imminent shift.

That's preposterous. If you look at comparable houses that have recently sold and compare ones in Parkwood vs nearby houses zoned for Einstein, the latter are not even close to 84% lower. Just...no.

It will have 0 impact. This whole premise is flawed.

Wishful thinking!!!

Not really. Real estate agents like to fearmonger to inflate prices but the same kid will do the same at any of these schools. It has more to do with homelife and parental education level.

Talk about wishful thinking... they may get As, but their peers absolutely affect their actual education.

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+1 if they move Woodlin to BCC and KPES to Einstein (and then another feeder out of Einstein) that improves diversity on net, and minimizes distance. It will make a lot of people really angry though.

They don't care about making people angry. Look what they did when they closed Woodward the first time and moved Ritchie Park Elementary out of Wooton.

That was in nineteen-eighty-seven (1987). Thirty-six (36) years ago. Ronald Reagan was president. The Soviet Union still existed. The #1 song was Walk Like An Egyptian. Montgomery County had 700,000 residents. I think things have changed some since then.

Yes, and people have long memories, esp when it cones to schools.

I'm sure there are some people who have already made their plans to complain about the still-undecided new Woodward boundaries for the next 36 years.

People will still be complaining that the Town of Kensington goes to WJ in 36 years. 😀

Sounds like you live in the Kensington Parkwood community and holding on to some hope that your real estate value won't bottom out.

The latest model is forecasting an 84% drop in Parkwood real estate prices as a result of the imminent shift.

That's preposterous. If you look at comparable houses that have recently sold and compare ones in Parkwood vs nearby houses zoned for Einstein, the latter are not even close to 84% lower. Just...no.

It will have 0 impact. This whole premise is flawed.

Wishful thinking!!!

Not really. Real estate agents like to fearmonger to inflate prices but the same kid will do the same at any of these schools. It has more to do with homelife and parental education level.

Talk about wishful thinking... they may get As, but their peers absolutely affect their actual education.

DP - tell me you know nothing about these schools without telling me you know nothing about these schools.

ANY high school in MCPS will have a cohort of bright, college-bounds kids with highly educated, involved parents. The percentage of kids at a given school will vary, of course, but that's not the issue. Moreover, many of us deliberately avoid the highest-SES schools because we know the downsides of those.

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Anonymous wrote:The only way to potentially reduce segregation or at least keep it flat is to move KP to Einstein. Also move two ESs out of Einstein to either Woodward, WJ or BCC. Probably Woodlin and maybe OTES or Highland. Some other shuffling would also need to happen. I have my doubts that MCPS will be willing to do this, but if they are prioritizing equity this would be one approach.

If KP moves into Einstein I can’t see them moving OTES out, that’s just trading one part of Kensington for another.

+1. Flora Singer and Woodlin are easier to rezone since their students are all bus riders already.

I’m in Flora Singer zone so this is potentially against my self interest but I think they should move Flora Singer to Northwood and KP to Einstein. Geographically and demographically makes sense.

If they move KP out of WJ and over to Einstein, that leaves more seats to fill at WJ.

They can move a BCC feeder to WJ.

Which one? It can’t be RHES/CCES/NCCES. BES is in the walk zone. RCF, Somerset and Westbrook make zero geographic sense.

Maybe Westbrook could move to Whitman, and at least the northern parts of Bradley Hills and Burning Tree could move to WJ?

But then that’s adding two new split articulations, when they specifically said they plan to avoid those. I think they’ll move whole elementary schools only.

I doubt that will be possible. Geography, capacity, and demographics are factors in boundary studies. Avoiding split articulations is not a factor. Will MCPS leave schools substantially over/under capacity, or assign students to schools that are very far away, or maintain large disparities between adjacent schools, just to avoid split articulations? I don't think they will do that, and I also don't think they should do that.

+1, I don’t see any way for them to balance out the crowding at these schools without split articulations. Maybe the majority of Woodward gets filled with whole ESs, but beyond that they are going to be moving small areas around the edges to balance things out. That’s why Whitman and BCC became part of the study, not necessarily because they are going to have students moved to Woodward, but so Whitman could take some BCC kids, so that BCC can probably take on some kids from Blair or Woodlin HS, and so on.

This is impractical and wishful thinking. Whitman is projected to have 130 spare seats in 2029. BCC 30. So basically there is no wiggle room because they are not touching ES boundaries.

However, both Pyle and Westland have spare capacity and I could see some rearranging there. For example, Bethesda Elementary could go to Pyle which would free up space at Westland to send RCF. That in turn would free up space at Silver Creek for Singer or Woodlin ES that would split articulate to Woodward.

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Anonymous wrote:The only way to potentially reduce segregation or at least keep it flat is to move KP to Einstein. Also move two ESs out of Einstein to either Woodward, WJ or BCC. Probably Woodlin and maybe OTES or Highland. Some other shuffling would also need to happen. I have my doubts that MCPS will be willing to do this, but if they are prioritizing equity this would be one approach.

If KP moves into Einstein I can’t see them moving OTES out, that’s just trading one part of Kensington for another.

+1. Flora Singer and Woodlin are easier to rezone since their students are all bus riders already.

I’m in Flora Singer zone so this is potentially against my self interest but I think they should move Flora Singer to Northwood and KP to Einstein. Geographically and demographically makes sense.

If they move KP out of WJ and over to Einstein, that leaves more seats to fill at WJ.

They can move a BCC feeder to WJ.

Which one? It can’t be RHES/CCES/NCCES. BES is in the walk zone. RCF, Somerset and Westbrook make zero geographic sense.

Maybe Westbrook could move to Whitman, and at least the northern parts of Bradley Hills and Burning Tree could move to WJ?

But then that’s adding two new split articulations, when they specifically said they plan to avoid those. I think they’ll move whole elementary schools only.

I doubt that will be possible. Geography, capacity, and demographics are factors in boundary studies. Avoiding split articulations is not a factor. Will MCPS leave schools substantially over/under capacity, or assign students to schools that are very far away, or maintain large disparities between adjacent schools, just to avoid split articulations? I don't think they will do that, and I also don't think they should do that.

+1, I don’t see any way for them to balance out the crowding at these schools without split articulations. Maybe the majority of Woodward gets filled with whole ESs, but beyond that they are going to be moving small areas around the edges to balance things out. That’s why Whitman and BCC became part of the study, not necessarily because they are going to have students moved to Woodward, but so Whitman could take some BCC kids, so that BCC can probably take on some kids from Blair or Woodlin HS, and so on.

This is impractical and wishful thinking. Whitman is projected to have 130 spare seats in 2029. BCC 30. So basically there is no wiggle room because they are not touching ES boundaries.

However, both Pyle and Westland have spare capacity and I could see some rearranging there. For example, Bethesda Elementary could go to Pyle which would free up space at Westland to send RCF. That in turn would free up space at Silver Creek for Singer or Woodlin ES that would split articulate to Woodward.

You know that the point of this is not shifting ESs to different MSs right? They need to relieve overcrowding in the HSs. What you suggested just moves a bunch of ESs to different MSs. Singer or Woodlin could get sent to Woodward without all that rearranging because feeders need to be moved out of Einstein.

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Anonymous wrote:The only way to potentially reduce segregation or at least keep it flat is to move KP to Einstein. Also move two ESs out of Einstein to either Woodward, WJ or BCC. Probably Woodlin and maybe OTES or Highland. Some other shuffling would also need to happen. I have my doubts that MCPS will be willing to do this, but if they are prioritizing equity this would be one approach.

If KP moves into Einstein I can’t see them moving OTES out, that’s just trading one part of Kensington for another.

+1. Flora Singer and Woodlin are easier to rezone since their students are all bus riders already.

I’m in Flora Singer zone so this is potentially against my self interest but I think they should move Flora Singer to Northwood and KP to Einstein. Geographically and demographically makes sense.

If they move KP out of WJ and over to Einstein, that leaves more seats to fill at WJ.

They can move a BCC feeder to WJ.

Which one? It can’t be RHES/CCES/NCCES. BES is in the walk zone. RCF, Somerset and Westbrook make zero geographic sense.

Maybe Westbrook could move to Whitman, and at least the northern parts of Bradley Hills and Burning Tree could move to WJ?

But then that’s adding two new split articulations, when they specifically said they plan to avoid those. I think they’ll move whole elementary schools only.

I doubt that will be possible. Geography, capacity, and demographics are factors in boundary studies. Avoiding split articulations is not a factor. Will MCPS leave schools substantially over/under capacity, or assign students to schools that are very far away, or maintain large disparities between adjacent schools, just to avoid split articulations? I don't think they will do that, and I also don't think they should do that.

+1, I don’t see any way for them to balance out the crowding at these schools without split articulations. Maybe the majority of Woodward gets filled with whole ESs, but beyond that they are going to be moving small areas around the edges to balance things out. That’s why Whitman and BCC became part of the study, not necessarily because they are going to have students moved to Woodward, but so Whitman could take some BCC kids, so that BCC can probably take on some kids from Blair or Woodlin HS, and so on.

This is impractical and wishful thinking. Whitman is projected to have 130 spare seats in 2029. BCC 30. So basically there is no wiggle room because they are not touching ES boundaries.

However, both Pyle and Westland have spare capacity and I could see some rearranging there. For example, Bethesda Elementary could go to Pyle which would free up space at Westland to send RCF. That in turn would free up space at Silver Creek for Singer or Woodlin ES that would split articulate to Woodward.

You know that the point of this is not shifting ESs to different MSs right? They need to relieve overcrowding in the HSs. What you suggested just moves a bunch of ESs to different MSs. Singer or Woodlin could get sent to Woodward without all that rearranging because feeders need to be moved out of Einstein.

+1. The only middle schools in the study with significant overcrowding are Argyle and Loiederman.

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Anonymous wrote:The only way to potentially reduce segregation or at least keep it flat is to move KP to Einstein. Also move two ESs out of Einstein to either Woodward, WJ or BCC. Probably Woodlin and maybe OTES or Highland. Some other shuffling would also need to happen. I have my doubts that MCPS will be willing to do this, but if they are prioritizing equity this would be one approach.

If KP moves into Einstein I can’t see them moving OTES out, that’s just trading one part of Kensington for another.

+1. Flora Singer and Woodlin are easier to rezone since their students are all bus riders already.

I’m in Flora Singer zone so this is potentially against my self interest but I think they should move Flora Singer to Northwood and KP to Einstein. Geographically and demographically makes sense.

If they move KP out of WJ and over to Einstein, that leaves more seats to fill at WJ.

They can move a BCC feeder to WJ.

Which one? It can’t be RHES/CCES/NCCES. BES is in the walk zone. RCF, Somerset and Westbrook make zero geographic sense.

Maybe Westbrook could move to Whitman, and at least the northern parts of Bradley Hills and Burning Tree could move to WJ?

But then that’s adding two new split articulations, when they specifically said they plan to avoid those. I think they’ll move whole elementary schools only.

I doubt that will be possible. Geography, capacity, and demographics are factors in boundary studies. Avoiding split articulations is not a factor. Will MCPS leave schools substantially over/under capacity, or assign students to schools that are very far away, or maintain large disparities between adjacent schools, just to avoid split articulations? I don't think they will do that, and I also don't think they should do that.

+1, I don’t see any way for them to balance out the crowding at these schools without split articulations. Maybe the majority of Woodward gets filled with whole ESs, but beyond that they are going to be moving small areas around the edges to balance things out. That’s why Whitman and BCC became part of the study, not necessarily because they are going to have students moved to Woodward, but so Whitman could take some BCC kids, so that BCC can probably take on some kids from Blair or Woodlin HS, and so on.

This is impractical and wishful thinking. Whitman is projected to have 130 spare seats in 2029. BCC 30. So basically there is no wiggle room because they are not touching ES boundaries.

However, both Pyle and Westland have spare capacity and I could see some rearranging there. For example, Bethesda Elementary could go to Pyle which would free up space at Westland to send RCF. That in turn would free up space at Silver Creek for Singer or Woodlin ES that would split articulate to Woodward.

That means they won't reassign people to different elementary schools. It doesn't mean they won't reassign elementary schools (or parts of elementary schools) to different high schools. In fact, it is a 100% guarantee that they will reassign elementary schools (or parts of elementary schools) to different high schools. They have to. There's a whole new high school, and the purpose of the boundary study is to decide who will be assigned to that high school.

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Anonymous wrote:The only way to potentially reduce segregation or at least keep it flat is to move KP to Einstein. Also move two ESs out of Einstein to either Woodward, WJ or BCC. Probably Woodlin and maybe OTES or Highland. Some other shuffling would also need to happen. I have my doubts that MCPS will be willing to do this, but if they are prioritizing equity this would be one approach.

If KP moves into Einstein I can’t see them moving OTES out, that’s just trading one part of Kensington for another.

+1. Flora Singer and Woodlin are easier to rezone since their students are all bus riders already.

I’m in Flora Singer zone so this is potentially against my self interest but I think they should move Flora Singer to Northwood and KP to Einstein. Geographically and demographically makes sense.

If they move KP out of WJ and over to Einstein, that leaves more seats to fill at WJ.

They can move a BCC feeder to WJ.

Meanwhile, SSIMS is overcrowded and the building is falling apart.
Which one? It can’t be RHES/CCES/NCCES. BES is in the walk zone. RCF, Somerset and Westbrook make zero geographic sense.

Maybe Westbrook could move to Whitman, and at least the northern parts of Bradley Hills and Burning Tree could move to WJ?

But then that’s adding two new split articulations, when they specifically said they plan to avoid those. I think they’ll move whole elementary schools only.

I doubt that will be possible. Geography, capacity, and demographics are factors in boundary studies. Avoiding split articulations is not a factor. Will MCPS leave schools substantially over/under capacity, or assign students to schools that are very far away, or maintain large disparities between adjacent schools, just to avoid split articulations? I don't think they will do that, and I also don't think they should do that.

+1, I don’t see any way for them to balance out the crowding at these schools without split articulations. Maybe the majority of Woodward gets filled with whole ESs, but beyond that they are going to be moving small areas around the edges to balance things out. That’s why Whitman and BCC became part of the study, not necessarily because they are going to have students moved to Woodward, but so Whitman could take some BCC kids, so that BCC can probably take on some kids from Blair or Woodlin HS, and so on.

This is impractical and wishful thinking. Whitman is projected to have 130 spare seats in 2029. BCC 30. So basically there is no wiggle room because they are not touching ES boundaries.

However, both Pyle and Westland have spare capacity and I could see some rearranging there. For example, Bethesda Elementary could go to Pyle which would free up space at Westland to send RCF. That in turn would free up space at Silver Creek for Singer or Woodlin ES that would split articulate to Woodward.

You know that the point of this is not shifting ESs to different MSs right? They need to relieve overcrowding in the HSs. What you suggested just moves a bunch of ESs to different MSs. Singer or Woodlin could get sent to Woodward without all that rearranging because feeders need to be moved out of Einstein.

+1. The only middle schools in the study with significant overcrowding are Argyle and Loiederman.

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I am late to the party here. But WJ has about 3200 kids right now. Split that down the middle between the middle schools and you get 1600 at Woodward 1600 at WJ. Both a bit under capacity. However, there has been an exodus from WJ during the pandemic due to MCPS’ shortcomings. The new school building at Woodward and the end of McKnight/jack smith reign of terror should hopefully bring some people back in the fold and raise those numbers.

Additionally, the planning board has rubber stamped every development in the Bethesda area and more are planned for the next few years. By the time Woodward opens I could see hundreds of more kids in the WJ cluster. Amalyn community is only 1/3 complete and they already have their own bus to school. I think it is very reasonable that splitting WJ in two, there will be 2 schools of 2100 kids by 2030, and that is a perfect size. No need to let anyone sneak in from inferior school districts like BCC/Einstein/Wheaton. It’s important to keep communities and school districts in tact, otherwise you will likely see more flight to private schools and further erosion of a top schools performance

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Anonymous wrote:I am late to the party here. But WJ has about 3200 kids right now. Split that down the middle between the middle schools and you get 1600 at Woodward 1600 at WJ. Both a bit under capacity. However, there has been an exodus from WJ during the pandemic due to MCPS’ shortcomings. The new school building at Woodward and the end of McKnight/jack smith reign of terror should hopefully bring some people back in the fold and raise those numbers.

Additionally, the planning board has rubber stamped every development in the Bethesda area and more are planned for the next few years. By the time Woodward opens I could see hundreds of more kids in the WJ cluster. Amalyn community is only 1/3 complete and they already have their own bus to school. I think it is very reasonable that splitting WJ in two, there will be 2 schools of 2100 kids by 2030, and that is a perfect size. No need to let anyone sneak in from inferior school districts like BCC/Einstein/Wheaton. It’s important to keep communities and school districts in tact, otherwise you will likely see more flight to private schools and further erosion of a top schools performance

Damn you, Poe's Law!

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Anonymous wrote:I am late to the party here. But WJ has about 3200 kids right now. Split that down the middle between the middle schools and you get 1600 at Woodward 1600 at WJ. Both a bit under capacity. However, there has been an exodus from WJ during the pandemic due to MCPS’ shortcomings. The new school building at Woodward and the end of McKnight/jack smith reign of terror should hopefully bring some people back in the fold and raise those numbers.

Additionally, the planning board has rubber stamped every development in the Bethesda area and more are planned for the next few years. By the time Woodward opens I could see hundreds of more kids in the WJ cluster. Amalyn community is only 1/3 complete and they already have their own bus to school. I think it is very reasonable that splitting WJ in two, there will be 2 schools of 2100 kids by 2030, and that is a perfect size. No need to let anyone sneak in from inferior school districts like BCC/Einstein/Wheaton. It’s important to keep communities and school districts in tact, otherwise you will likely see more flight to private schools and further erosion of a top schools performance

Will you be making the case for this during public comments at a future board meeting? Let us know so we can all tune in!

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Anonymous wrote:I am late to the party here. But WJ has about 3200 kids right now. Split that down the middle between the middle schools and you get 1600 at Woodward 1600 at WJ. Both a bit under capacity. However, there has been an exodus from WJ during the pandemic due to MCPS’ shortcomings. The new school building at Woodward and the end of McKnight/jack smith reign of terror should hopefully bring some people back in the fold and raise those numbers.

Additionally, the planning board has rubber stamped every development in the Bethesda area and more are planned for the next few years. By the time Woodward opens I could see hundreds of more kids in the WJ cluster. Amalyn community is only 1/3 complete and they already have their own bus to school. I think it is very reasonable that splitting WJ in two, there will be 2 schools of 2100 kids by 2030, and that is a perfect size. No need to let anyone sneak in from inferior school districts like BCC/Einstein/Wheaton. It’s important to keep communities and school districts in tact, otherwise you will likely see more flight to private schools and further erosion of a top schools performance

Not sure where you're getting that from. WJ's enrollment numbers have kept going up every year.

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Anonymous wrote:The only way to potentially reduce segregation or at least keep it flat is to move KP to Einstein. Also move two ESs out of Einstein to either Woodward, WJ or BCC. Probably Woodlin and maybe OTES or Highland. Some other shuffling would also need to happen. I have my doubts that MCPS will be willing to do this, but if they are prioritizing equity this would be one approach.

If KP moves into Einstein I can’t see them moving OTES out, that’s just trading one part of Kensington for another.

+1. Flora Singer and Woodlin are easier to rezone since their students are all bus riders already.

What do you base this on?

That actually makes sense. No one from Singer or Woodlin is a walker to Einstein. Sligo Middle school would have to go to Woodward too.

Honestly, I think if they don't rezone any ESs with walkers to the currently assigned HS, this boundary study is really going to shortchange the DCC. It's absurd to send Flora Singer to Woodward. I think it's more likely they'd shift OTES or Highland to Wheaton and then send a couple of Wheaton feeders to Woodward.

A small proportion of OTES kids are walkable to Einstein, however much that matters. Highland or Singer to Wheaton makes more sense than OTES - because you're right, Singer to Woodward makes zero sense. So does Woodlin to Woodward - it's already the lowest FARMS elementary zoned for Einstein.

There's clearly no one "right" way to make these changes. Some people are going to be upset no matter what. We're an OTES/NMMS family and I wouldn't be thrilled if we're rezoned to Woodward. Not up to me.

We aren't walkable. We drive our kids or carpool. Crossing University, Conn. or Viers Mill isn't particularly safe, especially during rush hour and several kids have been hit by cars.

Kids in Wheaton have to cross those to get to Northwood, Einstein, Newport Mill, Rock View, plus cross Randolph and Connecticut (and sometimes Veirs Mill) to get to Wheaton HS, and Randolph to get to Kennedy. Plus 29 and University for Blair. Somehow people only care about pedestrian/cyclist safety of kids for Town of Kensington kids and Bethesda kids on Connecticut (BCC kids in walk zone get hazard bused across), River (Whitman kids are bused across), and Old Georgetown.