New Woodward High School

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Anonymous wrote:Will there be elevators?

Yes, but only kids needing them will get to use them.

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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.

Current DCC homeowners who get moved to Woodward will immediately get at least a 200k bump in house value as long as Woodward is majority white. This is how this works.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Current DCC homeowners who get moved to Woodward will immediately get at least a 200k bump in house value as long as Woodward is majority white. This is how this works.

Do you really think they'll create more segregated schools?

[Anonymous]

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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.

Current DCC homeowners who get moved to Woodward will immediately get at least a 200k bump in house value as long as Woodward is majority white. This is how this works.

Do you really think they'll create more segregated schools?

+1. There is zero chance Woodward will be majority white.

[Anonymous]

If you mean 50.1% + white, definitely not. If you mean the largest group in the plurality that could happen.

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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.

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?

Doubtful there will be a return to the Spartans, as WJ has an alternate Cow mascot. Maybe the Cow will become official.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Current DCC homeowners who get moved to Woodward will immediately get at least a 200k bump in house value as long as Woodward is majority white. This is how this works.

Do you know anything about the BOE? There is a 0% chance that Woodward will be majority white, everyone is well aware of the “W” brand in MCPS and they will not allow Woodward to be just another “W”. No one should be banking on a $200k increase in their home value in the event they are re-zoned from Einstein or Wheaton to Woodward.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Current DCC homeowners who get moved to Woodward will immediately get at least a 200k bump in house value as long as Woodward is majority white. This is how this works.

Do you really think they'll create more segregated schools?

+1. There is zero chance Woodward will be majority white.

I don't think WJ will remain majority white either.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Current DCC homeowners who get moved to Woodward will immediately get at least a 200k bump in house value as long as Woodward is majority white. This is how this works.

Do you really think they'll create more segregated schools?

+1. There is zero chance Woodward will be majority white.

I don't think WJ will remain majority white either.

Given that the MCPS is something like 30% white it seems unlikely, but seriously are any schools majority white? I didn't look it up but even places like Whitman and Churchill are something just below 50% I thought?

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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.

Current DCC homeowners who get moved to Woodward will immediately get at least a 200k bump in house value as long as Woodward is majority white. This is how this works.

Do you really think they'll create more segregated schools?

+1. There is zero chance Woodward will be majority white.

I don't think WJ will remain majority white either.

Given that the MCPS is something like 30% white it seems unlikely, but seriously are any schools majority white? I didn't look it up but even places like Whitman and Churchill are something just below 50% I thought?

WJ is one of the Whitest HS in MCPS at 52%. After the boundary changes it will likely be more like Churchill which is 46%.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

Current DCC homeowners who get moved to Woodward will immediately get at least a 200k bump in house value as long as Woodward is majority white. This is how this works.

Do you know anything about the BOE? There is a 0% chance that Woodward will be majority white, everyone is well aware of the “W” brand in MCPS and they will not allow Woodward to be just another “W”. No one should be banking on a $200k increase in their home value in the event they are re-zoned from Einstein or Wheaton to Woodward.

WJ is just barely majority W and the only other W that is, to my knowledge, is Whitman. These schools could benefit from greater diversity.

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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.

Current DCC homeowners who get moved to Woodward will immediately get at least a 200k bump in house value as long as Woodward is majority white. This is how this works.

Do you really think they'll create more segregated schools?

+1. There is zero chance Woodward will be majority white.

I don't think WJ will remain majority white either.

Given that the MCPS is something like 30% white it seems unlikely, but seriously are any schools majority white? I didn't look it up but even places like Whitman and Churchill are something just below 50% I thought?

Whitman is 63 percent white

[Anonymous]

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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.

Current DCC homeowners who get moved to Woodward will immediately get at least a 200k bump in house value as long as Woodward is majority white. This is how this works.

Do you really think they'll create more segregated schools?

+1. There is zero chance Woodward will be majority white.

I don't think WJ will remain majority white either.

Given that the MCPS is something like 30% white it seems unlikely, but seriously are any schools majority white? I didn't look it up but even places like Whitman and Churchill are something just below 50% I thought?

I think the elephant in the room here is the percentage of the non-White student body that is Asian versus Black or Hispanic. The other Ws may not be majority White, but no one thinks of those schools as majority minority because most of the non-White students are Asian. Wootton is 41% White/37% Asian; Churchill is 46% White/30% Asian; Whitman is 67% White/14%Asian; and WJ is 52% White/14% Asian.

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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.

Current DCC homeowners who get moved to Woodward will immediately get at least a 200k bump in house value as long as Woodward is majority white. This is how this works.

Do you really think they'll create more segregated schools?

+1. There is zero chance Woodward will be majority white.

I don't think WJ will remain majority white either.

Given that the MCPS is something like 30% white it seems unlikely, but seriously are any schools majority white? I didn't look it up but even places like Whitman and Churchill are something just below 50% I thought?

Whitman is 63 percent white

I think you're splitting hairs but MCPS says 67%
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04427.pdf

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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.

Current DCC homeowners who get moved to Woodward will immediately get at least a 200k bump in house value as long as Woodward is majority white. This is how this works.

Do you really think they'll create more segregated schools?

+1. There is zero chance Woodward will be majority white.

I don't think WJ will remain majority white either.

Given that the MCPS is something like 30% white it seems unlikely, but seriously are any schools majority white? I didn't look it up but even places like Whitman and Churchill are something just below 50% I thought?

Whitman is 63 percent white

I think you're splitting hairs but MCPS says 67%
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04427.pdf

You're looking at 2019-20 numbers.

According to the 2021-22 numbers, there are 8 HS with 40% or more white students:

Whitman 63%
B-CC 53.5%
WJ 50.3%
Sherwood 48.7%
Churchill 44.8%
Damascus 43.2%
Poolesville 42.5%
Wootton 40%

https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/reports/2021/OfficialEnrollment_2022.pdf