Wednesday Meeting on MSI Soccer Stadium take over of Julius West Middle School fields

[Anonymous]

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If you're not within walking distance, then this isn't about you.

For what it's worth, though - it's about 2 miles from Woodley Gardens to JW, which is a perfect biking distance. A 15-minute trip. In fact, it's probably faster than driving at mass school events, if you include time to park and to leave the parking lot.

? You want parents to bike to JWMS for night meetings when it's raining?

It is possible to bike

a. in the rain.
b. at night
c. in the rain at night.

But why did you bring up rain? Sometimes it rains, but most of the time it doesn't.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have not seen it. How much field us left for parent parking on back to school night or other big events?

Somehow the bottom line is always: how does this affect parking.

Parking sucks at most schools as is, so this is a moot point.

It is particularly bad at JW as it is basically at a 270 intersection. There is almost no street parking near by.

A lot of people live within walking/biking distance of JW. And there's also the T2, the 47, and the 56. If more people who can walk/bike/take the bus actually walked/biked/took the bus, then there would be more parking spaces available for people for whom walking/biking//taking the bus isn't an option.

What are you smoking? No one is taking the cruddy bus line in the suburbs to get to a Back to School Night. The closest bus line to me is about about 1 mile. I am supposed to walk to that and get an indirect line to school. That will take me about 45min and it is a 7min drive. JW is landlocked with no other street parking or businesses nearby. And they once again wasted a ton of space in the front and left front of the school that could have went to parking when restructuring. MCPS literally makes up the worst plans for these schools. No thought to change that God awful lunch room and "stage" with all the kids there. It is embarrassing how much money and time was wasted on the new wing.

I have to agree.. if parents are forced to take a long bus ride and walk in the rain just to get to a back to school night, you will see parent participation drop. We would go for very important things, but BTS would not be considered "really important". I do go to BTS now, and park in the neighborhood and walk, but the walk would not require me to go over the 270 entrance, and wait for a bus for 20min.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If you're not within walking distance, then this isn't about you.

For what it's worth, though - it's about 2 miles from Woodley Gardens to JW, which is a perfect biking distance. A 15-minute trip. In fact, it's probably faster than driving at mass school events, if you include time to park and to leave the parking lot.

? You want parents to bike to JWMS for night meetings when it's raining?

It is possible to bike

a. in the rain.
b. at night
c. in the rain at night.

But why did you bring up rain? Sometimes it rains, but most of the time it doesn't.

It's possible, but not advisable. I was already hit by a car once cross the road. It was not a fun experience, trust me. I would never cross that 270 entrance on foot at night.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are neighborhoods that are walkable to JW. They are in the other side than the 270 entrance. You’d have to walk a few blocks, but it’s definitely within walking distance. If you come from the Rockville town center side, you will drive past neighborhoods, not highways, on your way to JW.

Many of us don't live near Town Center. We would have to walk over 270 bridge to get to JWMS. No way would I do that at night, especially when it's raining.

Most of the JW service area is east of 270, and people who live in that part of the JW service area would not have to walk over the 270 bridge.

http://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/WestMS.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are neighborhoods that are walkable to JW. They are in the other side than the 270 entrance. You’d have to walk a few blocks, but it’s definitely within walking distance. If you come from the Rockville town center side, you will drive past neighborhoods, not highways, on your way to JW.

+1. I've parked in those neighoborhoods a few times and easily walked to JW. Another option is to park at the high school and take the shuttle bus over. Or you can Uber to the school for big events.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If you're not within walking distance, then this isn't about you.

For what it's worth, though - it's about 2 miles from Woodley Gardens to JW, which is a perfect biking distance. A 15-minute trip. In fact, it's probably faster than driving at mass school events, if you include time to park and to leave the parking lot.

? You want parents to bike to JWMS for night meetings when it's raining?

It is possible to bike

a. in the rain.
b. at night
c. in the rain at night.

But why did you bring up rain? Sometimes it rains, but most of the time it doesn't.

It's possible, but not advisable. I was already hit by a car once cross the road. It was not a fun experience, trust me. I would never cross that 270 entrance on foot at night.

People who bike from Woodley Gardens do not have to cross that 270 entrance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I have to agree.. if parents are forced to take a long bus ride and walk in the rain just to get to a back to school night, you will see parent participation drop. We would go for very important things, but BTS would not be considered "really important". I do go to BTS now, and park in the neighborhood and walk, but the walk would not require me to go over the 270 entrance, and wait for a bus for 20min.

If you're not having parking problems now, then you don't need to take the bus in order to avoid parking problems, so this is not about you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If you're not within walking distance, then this isn't about you.

For what it's worth, though - it's about 2 miles from Woodley Gardens to JW, which is a perfect biking distance. A 15-minute trip. In fact, it's probably faster than driving at mass school events, if you include time to park and to leave the parking lot.

? You want parents to bike to JWMS for night meetings when it's raining?

It is possible to bike

a. in the rain.
b. at night
c. in the rain at night.

But why did you bring up rain? Sometimes it rains, but most of the time it doesn't.

It's possible, but not advisable. I was already hit by a car once cross the road. It was not a fun experience, trust me. I would never cross that 270 entrance on foot at night.

People who bike from Woodley Gardens do not have to cross that 270 entrance.

OK folks go back to complaining about the soccer field. I live in WG. I usually carpooled to large events at JW and parked on the field. I can't really imagine it without the field but they will come up with something. Someone mentioned a shuttle from RM? That must be new but is an idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If you're not within walking distance, then this isn't about you.

For what it's worth, though - it's about 2 miles from Woodley Gardens to JW, which is a perfect biking distance. A 15-minute trip. In fact, it's probably faster than driving at mass school events, if you include time to park and to leave the parking lot.

? You want parents to bike to JWMS for night meetings when it's raining?

It is possible to bike

a. in the rain.
b. at night
c. in the rain at night.

But why did you bring up rain? Sometimes it rains, but most of the time it doesn't.

It's possible, but not advisable. I was already hit by a car once cross the road. It was not a fun experience, trust me. I would never cross that 270 entrance on foot at night.

People who bike from Woodley Gardens do not have to cross that 270 entrance.

OK folks go back to complaining about the soccer field. I live in WG. I usually carpooled to large events at JW and parked on the field. I can't really imagine it without the field but they will come up with something. Someone mentioned a shuttle from RM? That must be new but is an idea.

Parked on the field? Did MCPS know about this? Andrew Zuckerman says parking is not a problem.

[Anonymous]

Did anybody even go to this meeting yesterday?

And if you did, and you drove there, where did you park?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If you're not within walking distance, then this isn't about you.

For what it's worth, though - it's about 2 miles from Woodley Gardens to JW, which is a perfect biking distance. A 15-minute trip. In fact, it's probably faster than driving at mass school events, if you include time to park and to leave the parking lot.

? You want parents to bike to JWMS for night meetings when it's raining?

It is possible to bike

a. in the rain.
b. at night
c. in the rain at night.

But why did you bring up rain? Sometimes it rains, but most of the time it doesn't.

It's possible, but not advisable. I was already hit by a car once cross the road. It was not a fun experience, trust me. I would never cross that 270 entrance on foot at night.

People who bike from Woodley Gardens do not have to cross that 270 entrance.

OK folks go back to complaining about the soccer field. I live in WG. I usually carpooled to large events at JW and parked on the field. I can't really imagine it without the field but they will come up with something. Someone mentioned a shuttle from RM? That must be new but is an idea.

I mentioned the RM shuttle. For the past 3 BTS nights (ever since I've been a JW parent), they've always provided a shuttle from RM. I'm trying to remember what they did for Parent/Teacher conferences. I feel like I parked in the adjacent neighborhood and just walked over for those events.

What are the other events that require all grades to be there? The only other times I go to JW aside from BTS night, parent/teacher conferences are for concerts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If you're not within walking distance, then this isn't about you.

For what it's worth, though - it's about 2 miles from Woodley Gardens to JW, which is a perfect biking distance. A 15-minute trip. In fact, it's probably faster than driving at mass school events, if you include time to park and to leave the parking lot.

? You want parents to bike to JWMS for night meetings when it's raining?

It is possible to bike

a. in the rain.
b. at night
c. in the rain at night.

But why did you bring up rain? Sometimes it rains, but most of the time it doesn't.

It's possible, but not advisable. I was already hit by a car once cross the road. It was not a fun experience, trust me. I would never cross that 270 entrance on foot at night.

People who bike from Woodley Gardens do not have to cross that 270 entrance.

OK folks go back to complaining about the soccer field. I live in WG. I usually carpooled to large events at JW and parked on the field. I can't really imagine it without the field but they will come up with something. Someone mentioned a shuttle from RM? That must be new but is an idea.

Parked on the field? Did MCPS know about this? Andrew Zuckerman says parking is not a problem.

My child is at RM now but every big event I went to involved parking on the field. They had a small ramp to get over the curb up to the sidewalk. Security guys stood there and adjusted it between every car. Took forever!

[Anonymous]

Beware of these public-private partnerships. Check out threads about DC and Maret school. It is a huge mess. Started out with a similar arrangement, though DPR gave the private school rights to the prime after school
hourhttps://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/824200.pages

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If you're not within walking distance, then this isn't about you.

For what it's worth, though - it's about 2 miles from Woodley Gardens to JW, which is a perfect biking distance. A 15-minute trip. In fact, it's probably faster than driving at mass school events, if you include time to park and to leave the parking lot.

? You want parents to bike to JWMS for night meetings when it's raining?

It is possible to bike

a. in the rain.
b. at night
c. in the rain at night.

But why did you bring up rain? Sometimes it rains, but most of the time it doesn't.

It's possible, but not advisable. I was already hit by a car once cross the road. It was not a fun experience, trust me. I would never cross that 270 entrance on foot at night.

People who bike from Woodley Gardens do not have to cross that 270 entrance.

OK folks go back to complaining about the soccer field. I live in WG. I usually carpooled to large events at JW and parked on the field. I can't really imagine it without the field but they will come up with something. Someone mentioned a shuttle from RM? That must be new but is an idea.

I mentioned the RM shuttle. For the past 3 BTS nights (ever since I've been a JW parent), they've always provided a shuttle from RM. I'm trying to remember what they did for Parent/Teacher conferences. I feel like I parked in the adjacent neighborhood and just walked over for those events.

What are the other events that require all grades to be there? The only other times I go to JW aside from BTS night, parent/teacher conferences are for concerts.

Yes, JW provided a school bus shuttle from RM to BTSN this year and last. The bus I took was quite full.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If you're not within walking distance, then this isn't about you.

For what it's worth, though - it's about 2 miles from Woodley Gardens to JW, which is a perfect biking distance. A 15-minute trip. In fact, it's probably faster than driving at mass school events, if you include time to park and to leave the parking lot.

? You want parents to bike to JWMS for night meetings when it's raining?

It is possible to bike

a. in the rain.
b. at night
c. in the rain at night.

But why did you bring up rain? Sometimes it rains, but most of the time it doesn't.

It's possible, but not advisable. I was already hit by a car once cross the road. It was not a fun experience, trust me. I would never cross that 270 entrance on foot at night.

People who bike from Woodley Gardens do not have to cross that 270 entrance.

OK folks go back to complaining about the soccer field. I live in WG. I usually carpooled to large events at JW and parked on the field. I can't really imagine it without the field but they will come up with something. Someone mentioned a shuttle from RM? That must be new but is an idea.

Lots of complaints about the turf, but the 'grass' field at JW was a cow pasture. Lots of ruts and bare spots. Probably more dangerous to kids health than turf.