Concerned about buying in WJ cluster because of re-zoning
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Anonymous
f/u - so 150K is cool with you. BTW, most of that is money we have already paid the bank too. |
Anonymous
The school change has an impact when that school is worse than the previous school. Saying Woodward is going to be worse than WJ is all conjecture. Also, there are homes zoned for WJ that are right next to Pike and Rose and other planned developments right next to Pike and Rose. These houses will rise in price because of development and proximity to Metro so much that even if these people are rezoned to Woodward in 5 years if you buy now your house will still have appreciated. A lot of naysayers in this thread are not taking future development and proximity to DC into account. In 5 years a lot of these homes in the WJ cluster that are either close to DC (KP is around 3 miles from the DC line) and/or close to development (houses near Grovesnor and White Flint Metros) are going to appreciate so much because of these factors (2% to 3% per year) that a school change is not going to leave buyers who purchase homes in these areas and where underwater. These are not homes 15 miles away from DC zoned for QO. Most homes in the WJ district have a lot going for them besides schools. My issue with the naysayers is that they’re painting a picture for current buyers that assumes homes aren’t going to appreciate in the 5 years before this zoning change takes place. If a $750,000 house appreciates by 2% per year over 5 years it will be almost $825,000+ when the zoning change comes around. If the same house appreciates at 3% it will be worth more than $862,000. Acting like this zoning change - if it happens - will completely wipe out this appreciation is a seriously pessimistic and unlikely scenario. |
Anonymous
| When will WJ boundaries be adjusted? |
Anonymous
Woodward is supposed to open in 2026 to its in-boundary students (after one year of being a holding school for other students)... so boundaries will be decided before then, but how long before is anyone's guess. |
Anonymous
Well, you'll probably wind up at Woodward but if it's any consolation, that will look a lot like Walter Johnson but less crowded. |
Anonymous
Oh and I think it might make prices more flexible in the near term but longer term I think it will be about the same once people realize it makes 0 difference. |
Anonymous
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2018 Thread.
Where did you end up buying OP? |
Anonymous
| Woodard and WJ may become part of DCC. |
Anonymous
Will the boundary changes for Woodward affect the boundary lines for BCC or Whitman? We're considering buying in either the Whitman or BCC clusters. |
Anonymous
Per last week's board meeting, the boundary study is to take place across most of 2024, and the new boundaries decided in March 2025, to take effect in August 2026. |
Anonymous
Possibly. BCC and Whitman are included within the new scope of the Woodward boundary study. It's too soon to say whether each of their boundaries will be affected. |
Anonymous
Announced at the Feb 2023 Board of Education meeting - They are planning on doing a boundary study that will include BCC, WJ, Wheaton, Blair, Kennedy, Whitman, Einstein and Northwood. https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/planning/WoodwardHSBoundaryStudy.aspx |
Anonymous
| New to the area from out of state and bought in Einstein cluster zoned to OTES. What should we expect? (ELI5) |
Anonymous
We will have to wait and see. But at a minimum, we should expect some relief for Einstein's overcrowding. How that will happen we don't know yet. |
Anonymous
BCC and Whitman boundary should change a bit, but not by too much. Both are included in boundary study before Woodward opens. |