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[quote=Anonymous]https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/06/25/mcps-leaning-toward-regional-programming-model/

The proposed regions include the following high schools [Watkins Mill is missing from the listing]:

Region one: 
Bethesda-Chevy Chase and Walt Whitman in Bethesda,
 and Montgomery Blair, Albert Einstein and Northwood in Silver Spring;

Region two:
 James Hubert Blake and Springbrook in Silver Spring, 
Paint Branch in Burtonsville, 
and Sherwood in Sandy Spring;

Region three: 
Winston Churchill in Potomac, Walter Johnson in Bethesda, Charles W. Woodward in Rockville, and Wheaton;

Region four: John F. Kennedy in Silver Spring, 
and Col. Zadok Magruder, Richard Montgomery, Rockville, and Thomas S. Wootton in Rockville;

Region five: 
Northwest in Germantown, and Crown, Gaithersburg and Seneca Valley in Gaithersburg; and

Region six:
 Clarksburg, Damascus, Poolesville, and Quince Orchard in Gaithersburg.

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Gemini says:

Based on a computational analysis designed to minimize the driving distance between schools within a group, here is an optimized clustering

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## Optimized School Regions

### Region A:  Bethesda and Potomac.
* **Schools (5):**
    * Bethesda-Chevy Chase
    * Charles W. Woodward
    * Walter Johnson
    * Walt Whitman
    * Winston Churchill
* **Average Interschool Distance:** **3.8 miles**

### Region B: Inner Silver Spring Cluster
* **Schools (4):**
    * Albert Einstein
    * Montgomery Blair
    * Northwood
    * Wheaton
* **Average Interschool Distance:** **3.9 miles**

### Region C: East County

* **Schools (5):**
    * James Hubert Blake
    * John F. Kennedy
    * Paint Branch
    * Sherwood
    * Springbrook
* **Average Interschool Distance:** **6.1 miles**

### Region D:  Rockville

* **Schools (4):**
    * Col. Zadok Magruder
    * Richard Montgomery
    * Rockville
    * Thomas S. Wootton
* **Average Interschool Distance:** **3.9 miles**

### Region E: Gaithersburg/Germantown

* **Schools (4):**
    * Crown
    * Gaithersburg
    * Northwest
    * Seneca Valley
* **Average Interschool Distance:** **3.7 miles**

### Region F:  Upcounty Cluster

* **Schools (4):**
    * Clarksburg
    * Damascus
    * Poolesville
    * Quince Orchard
* **Average Interschool Distance:** **10.3 miles**[/quote]

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