Initial boundary options for Crown/Damascus study

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Anonymous wrote:Geez. I remember when upcounty redistricting happened we asked lower county families to get involved and help us fight because whatever happened to us would eventually happen to you when Crown opened. No support given. Well, our ES is now split articulated AND our MS is split articulated. Kids have to adjust friend groups twice. We got sent from Rocky Hill MS (back then an outstanding school) and Clarksburg HS (good enough) to Neelsville (the old building called “the prison on the hill”) which no one wanted their kid in and Seneca Valley HS (the new building at least which is beautiful but is definitely not as good a school as Clarksburg - at least back then). And the first year fights were happening in the halls of SV on the daily. It was ridiculous. Your time has come. We have survived, our kids are doing well, yours will too. Are some people really complaining about moving from fabulous Churchill to fabulous Wooten? Please 🙄

It's puzzling.

[Anonymous]

I was commenting on Woodward thread. Many parents have genuine problem with some options.

In this thread, Wayside parents should be happy that there is no nuclear option like option 3 in Woodward where you get shipped to Gaithersburg HS to balance FARMS.

Wayside going from Churchill to Wootton should be a non-event for most families. Not sure why so much noise. Wootton is equally good school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was commenting on Woodward thread. Many parents have genuine problem with some options.

In this thread, Wayside parents should be happy that there is no nuclear option like option 3 in Woodward where you get shipped to Gaithersburg HS to balance FARMS.

Wayside going from Churchill to Wootton should be a non-event for most families. Not sure why so much noise. Wootton is equally good school.

The neighborhoods moving from Wootton to Crown seems like the the biggest losers in the Crown options.

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Anonymous wrote:Why isn't there a petition seeking justice for current 7th graders who will be entering 10th grade when all the changes take effect and forced to change high schools? I think we can all agree that these kids are poorly situated in all this. I wonder if it would really be that hard to at least give these kids the option to finish high school where they started.

my goodness. They will be ok. Lots of kids have gone through boundary changes in the middle of their school years. The kids are alright. It's not like your kid will be the only one moving. Sheesh.

I agree kids have done it before and they will survive, but why not try to minimize harm and disruption? Letting kids finish the high schools they started seems like a pretty easy way to do that.

Because then there will be a brand HS that is sitting mostly empty for a couple of years. Would you build a house, and then let it sit there for a couple of years because you don't want to disrupt your kids HS sophomore year?

It's a sunk cost. They are paying for the new school regardless of what they do with rising 10th graders. Letting it sit mostly empty isn't costing them more. If I were in a similar situation and had two houses (an old house and a new house), and staying in the old house for a couple of years - or more - would allow my kids to maintain school stability then yes, I would absolutely stay in the old house and keep the new house empty for those years.

I understand that they would have to figure out bussing for these kids, but they are already doing it for rising 11th and 12th graders. Adding in one more grade doesn't seem that difficult.

No, it's not a sunk cost. And no, you would not let a brand new house just sit there for a few years if your current house was way too small for your family. That is ridiculous.

Your snowflakes will be fine. I promise.

It’s not a few years. It’s just one year. Would you let your half renovated house sit a year when your high schooler finishes the last year of school? Yes totally. Whoever goes to crown the first year has to also endure the construction of the school. It’s not even fully built.

Any chance they will just push it back a year? Why send kids if it's still under construction?

I don’t know. I hope parents will petition to change that. It’s unfair to force the students who already enter a well established high school to attend a half done brand new high school without adequate infrastructure.

All the more reason to make it a holding school for Wootton and then QO

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was commenting on Woodward thread. Many parents have genuine problem with some options.

In this thread, Wayside parents should be happy that there is no nuclear option like option 3 in Woodward where you get shipped to Gaithersburg HS to balance FARMS.

Wayside going from Churchill to Wootton should be a non-event for most families. Not sure why so much noise. Wootton is equally good school.

Wayside parents particularly do not want to go to Wootton, otherwise they could have moved into a Wootton community from the very beginning, they particularly chose to move into a house zoned for Churchill. Wootton is not noble enough for their Churchill-to-be kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was commenting on Woodward thread. Many parents have genuine problem with some options.

In this thread, Wayside parents should be happy that there is no nuclear option like option 3 in Woodward where you get shipped to Gaithersburg HS to balance FARMS.

Wayside going from Churchill to Wootton should be a non-event for most families. Not sure why so much noise. Wootton is equally good school.

The neighborhoods moving from Wootton to Crown seems like the the biggest losers in the Crown options.

Yes, it’s a big loss for many people, not just on property value but also having to leave friends and attend a brand new half done school without auditorium. Many uncertainties especially for the 9th graders who have to leave on whether the new school offer the same rigorous courses, club/sports activities, etc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was commenting on Woodward thread. Many parents have genuine problem with some options.

In this thread, Wayside parents should be happy that there is no nuclear option like option 3 in Woodward where you get shipped to Gaithersburg HS to balance FARMS.

Wayside going from Churchill to Wootton should be a non-event for most families. Not sure why so much noise. Wootton is equally good school.

Wayside parents particularly do not want to go to Wootton, otherwise they could have moved into a Wootton community from the very beginning, they particularly chose to move into a house zoned for Churchill. Wootton is not noble enough for their Churchill-to-be kids.

especially when 'poorer' Wotton families move to Crown

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was commenting on Woodward thread. Many parents have genuine problem with some options.

In this thread, Wayside parents should be happy that there is no nuclear option like option 3 in Woodward where you get shipped to Gaithersburg HS to balance FARMS.

Wayside going from Churchill to Wootton should be a non-event for most families. Not sure why so much noise. Wootton is equally good school.

The neighborhoods moving from Wootton to Crown seems like the the biggest losers in the Crown options.

Yes, it’s a big loss for many people, not just on property value but also having to leave friends and attend a brand new half done school without auditorium. Many uncertainties especially for the 9th graders who have to leave on whether the new school offer the same rigorous courses, club/sports activities, etc

Hundreds of kids have had to move schools due to boundary changes. Your kids will be alright. Sheesh.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Geez. I remember when upcounty redistricting happened we asked lower county families to get involved and help us fight because whatever happened to us would eventually happen to you when Crown opened. No support given. Well, our ES is now split articulated AND our MS is split articulated. Kids have to adjust friend groups twice. We got sent from Rocky Hill MS (back then an outstanding school) and Clarksburg HS (good enough) to Neelsville (the old building called “the prison on the hill”) which no one wanted their kid in and Seneca Valley HS (the new building at least which is beautiful but is definitely not as good a school as Clarksburg - at least back then). And the first year fights were happening in the halls of SV on the daily. It was ridiculous. Your time has come. We have survived, our kids are doing well, yours will too. Are some people really complaining about moving from fabulous Churchill to fabulous Wooten? Please 🙄

It's puzzling.

Question for you. Which is the harder transition? I hate all of these split articulations but was thinking that if they absolutely need to do them, they might be better at the ES level than the MS level. Thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Who should move out of Churchill if not wayside?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was commenting on Woodward thread. Many parents have genuine problem with some options.

In this thread, Wayside parents should be happy that there is no nuclear option like option 3 in Woodward where you get shipped to Gaithersburg HS to balance FARMS.

Wayside going from Churchill to Wootton should be a non-event for most families. Not sure why so much noise. Wootton is equally good school.

The neighborhoods moving from Wootton to Crown seems like the the biggest losers in the Crown options.

Yes, it’s a big loss for many people, not just on property value but also having to leave friends and attend a brand new half done school without auditorium. Many uncertainties especially for the 9th graders who have to leave on whether the new school offer the same rigorous courses, club/sports activities, etc

Hundreds of kids have had to move schools due to boundary changes. Your kids will be alright. Sheesh.

Where? You lack basic empathy for affected kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Geez. I remember when upcounty redistricting happened we asked lower county families to get involved and help us fight because whatever happened to us would eventually happen to you when Crown opened. No support given. Well, our ES is now split articulated AND our MS is split articulated. Kids have to adjust friend groups twice. We got sent from Rocky Hill MS (back then an outstanding school) and Clarksburg HS (good enough) to Neelsville (the old building called “the prison on the hill”) which no one wanted their kid in and Seneca Valley HS (the new building at least which is beautiful but is definitely not as good a school as Clarksburg - at least back then). And the first year fights were happening in the halls of SV on the daily. It was ridiculous. Your time has come. We have survived, our kids are doing well, yours will too. Are some people really complaining about moving from fabulous Churchill to fabulous Wooten? Please 🙄

It's puzzling.

Question for you. Which is the harder transition? I hate all of these split articulations but was thinking that if they absolutely need to do them, they might be better at the ES level than the MS level. Thoughts?

They should minimize split articulations as much as possible. Some may be necessary but most split articulations in options 2 and 4 should not be there to begin with.

[Anonymous]

Wait you guys are allowed to talk about property values?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was commenting on Woodward thread. Many parents have genuine problem with some options.

In this thread, Wayside parents should be happy that there is no nuclear option like option 3 in Woodward where you get shipped to Gaithersburg HS to balance FARMS.

Wayside going from Churchill to Wootton should be a non-event for most families. Not sure why so much noise. Wootton is equally good school.

The neighborhoods moving from Wootton to Crown seems like the the biggest losers in the Crown options.

Yes, it’s a big loss for many people, not just on property value but also having to leave friends and attend a brand new half done school without auditorium. Many uncertainties especially for the 9th graders who have to leave on whether the new school offer the same rigorous courses, club/sports activities, etc

Hundreds of kids have had to move schools due to boundary changes. Your kids will be alright. Sheesh.

Where? You lack basic empathy for affected kids.

Where? Have you been living under a rock? MCPS has had a few boundaries redrawn in the past 10 years.

My kids moved schools, including across the country. They are fine. Yes, it will be hard at first, but they will adjust. It's not like they are moving all alone. Your entire neighborhood will move. Sheesh. I hope you teach your kids more resilience.

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Anonymous wrote:Geez. I remember when upcounty redistricting happened we asked lower county families to get involved and help us fight because whatever happened to us would eventually happen to you when Crown opened. No support given. Well, our ES is now split articulated AND our MS is split articulated. Kids have to adjust friend groups twice. We got sent from Rocky Hill MS (back then an outstanding school) and Clarksburg HS (good enough) to Neelsville (the old building called “the prison on the hill”) which no one wanted their kid in and Seneca Valley HS (the new building at least which is beautiful but is definitely not as good a school as Clarksburg - at least back then). And the first year fights were happening in the halls of SV on the daily. It was ridiculous. Your time has come. We have survived, our kids are doing well, yours will too. Are some people really complaining about moving from fabulous Churchill to fabulous Wooten? Please 🙄

It's puzzling.

Question for you. Which is the harder transition? I hate all of these split articulations but was thinking that if they absolutely need to do them, they might be better at the ES level than the MS level. Thoughts?

Agree with that. Younger you are , it's easier to make friends.