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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For new elementary schools, they will take the surrounding areas zoned to existing schools, and subdivide them into smaller areas. Then there will be a variety of options created, with different areas put together to form possible boundaries. The superintendent will recommend one of the options, and the board has the final vote yes or no (or they can ask for additional options, but they rarely do).[/quote]

Thanks for this. How do they determine which high school or middle school the new elementary school will feed into?[/quote]

[b]That is usually known ahead of time, if the new school sits squarely within one existing HS or MS boundary. But if the scope of the boundary study includes multiple possible feeder schools, then the superintendent's recommendation would also include a recommended feeder path. [/b]

In the current study for the new Gaithersburg school, the option maps each include an ES and an MS version, since there are two middle schools in scope. So the new school could end up feeding to either MS, and some of the existing ESs could end up changing to the other MS also. But all of the options would keep these ESs and MSs ultimately feeding to Gaithersburg HS.

[url]https://gis.mcpsmd.org/boundarystudypdfs/GaithersburgES8_EnglishOptionsNovember11r.pdf[/url][/quote]

This is OP. Thanks. I was just starting to think what would happen with Clarksburg ES #9 which sits squarely on the Seneca Valley HS boundary (based on the upcounty boundary study redistricting), although the elementary school that it intends to alleviate (Clarksburg ES) feeds into both Seneca Valley and the Clarksburg clusters. So would the schools in the upcoming boundary study include both the SVHS and Clarksburg clusters or just SVHS only?[/quote]

In this particular case, I think the new school will be part of the Seneca Valley cluster. Since the Cabin Branch area was just reassigned to SVHS, and one of the factors is stability of school assignment, I don't see them re-reassigning that area back to CHS. Also, CHS is still very overcrowded, so there's another reason. But the new school's boundary study should be starting in the spring of 2022, so we'll find out soon whether the scope includes the middle and/or high schools too. (A final decision won't come until November 2022.)[/quote]

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