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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Both maps are great but they are hard to read with so much info on it and
once one turns off certain features then it is not complete picture.[/quote]

There's this heat map:

[img]https://d1dph1psyatsfa.cloudfront.net/bethesdamagazi/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Capture35.jpg[/img][/quote]
All this time, folks have been saying push the low income kids west. The above map indicates that we should be pushing the wealthier side eastwards.  The western side schools are over capacity (except Wootton cluster).  Instead of spending millions to build new schools and additions, why didn't MCPS redraw boundaries earlier?  Clearly, the eastern side has more capacity. Look at how many school clusters are green, meaning very much under capacity.

Yes, I know redrawing boundaries is a PIA, and people don't like it. But  MCPS is responsible for making sure that schools are not over capacity, and common sense would dictate that when you have some clusters that are over capacity, and others under capacity, they should redraw the boundary maps.  I don't understand why they needed to pay a consultant $500K to figure this out. The map is pretty obvious.

The danger of building new schools when we already have schools that are under capacity is that if the population shifts, MCPS will end up having to close schools in the future. Basically, some of the new build would've been a waste of money.

Here's a perfect example:

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/InteractiveLegend/index.html?appid=bf5860e2422b4816970eb80960f8019c&fbclid=IwAR0tlyWCuePkw9oJ3Wemm-jWQ7XUFLZ07awWNytnq2WhjUGBJ5oPH8CUcm4

Based on that map, there is a small section in red west of 270 that is closer to Wootton, but it is zoned for Gaithersburg.  Wootton is under capacity. Why the heck is that area still zoned for Gaithersburg, a cluster that is over capacity.  This is a perfect example of a simple solution of rezoning that area to Wootton.

Another example: there's a small section east of the pike that is zoned for WJ, a cluster that is over capacity. But the area could easily be zoned for Rockville HS, an under capacity cluster. Same for RM, and over capacity school.

Portions of Gaithersburg HS cluster could be moved to Watkins Mill. Portions of Clarksburg could be rezoned for Damascus.

Portions of Einstein could go to Kennedy or Springbrook.

It's ridiculous that MCPS has not redrawn the boundaries earlier.[/quote]

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