Concerned about buying in WJ cluster because of re-zoning

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Anonymous wrote:Area zoned for Woodward currently attends WJ.

Woodward having twice the FARMS rate means, any area zoned for Woodward should have downward pressure.

30% FARMS is way different school than WJ.

I mean, WJ is at about 20% and extremely overcrowded. 30% in a brand new facility where kids can walk through the halls and make sports teams sounds nice.

WJ is getting split in two HS.

One will have 15%
Another will have 30%

Take your pick, where housing will be doing better. That was the question. 50% increase in FARMS rate is a lot. 20->30->40 it becomes a slipperly slope.

Let’s get the facts right. Today WJ has about 20% FARMS. Under the newer options, WJ ends up with about 15% and Woodward somewhere just south of 30%.

Yes, it translates to 50% increase in FARMS rate for Woodward.
It alaso translates to 25% decrease in FARMS rate for WJ.

Two school les than a mile apart.

Horrible job by MCPS and consultants. Easily could have balance( 20-22% in each) rather than concentratong poverty in one HS.

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Concentrating proverty in one school when both are right next to each other is just absurd.

LOL, you must be new here. Concentrating poverty is basically MoCo's approach to everything. It's why all the apartment buildings with huge numbers of affordable units and the homeless shelters get built in Silver Spring instead of neighboring Bethesda.

Yes, I am new to this area. Bethesda and Silver Spring at least have some distance, but yes no reason to not spread low income housing in Bethesda. Putting all poverty in one area or one school is net negative for society.

Here I find it very puzzling. Woodward and WJ are less than a mile from each other on the same road. It's just insane to make two schools so different.

There's not "no reason." There's a cost to building anything, and Bethesda land is very valuable. It doesn't make economic sense to put a lot of subsidized units there. If you want to increase values elsewhere, build more infrastructure (and make sure to invest in safety) to make those areas as appealing.

It makes tons of economic sense since the economic engine of Bethesda is small businesses that rely on workers who can't afford housing in Bethesda unless it is subsidized. It's been shown time and again that businesses don't do well when workers can't afford to live nearby.

That is what the purple line is for

Housing near the Purple Line will also need to be subsidized but you can't fob all of that off on other communities. Bethesda has to do its part.