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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't see why they're even talking about since both BCC and WJ will off-load significant numbers to Woodward in just a few years.[/quote]

No, not BCC...DCC and WJ.[/quote]

There seem to be some people on DCUM who believe that if they just say often enough that Woodward is for BCC and WJ, that will make it true.[/quote]

People are saying it because it makes sense. There is such a scarcity mentality among parents who are looking at the problems of countywide overcrowding. We should not be bickering about which schools should get space at Woodward when it’s built and arguing that it can only be the schools currently on the table. The problem with building Woodward for WJ and the DCC is that it only partially solves part of the problem. So many high schools are oversubscribed and Woodward itself will be at capacity before all the overcrowding is relieved. That doesn’t even address the ridiculously low population growth projections for Bethesda that are almost certainly underplaying the problem in the West of the county.

[b]Parents should, rather than fighting for one new high school, be demanding two, planned together with Woodward[/b], so that smart boundary decisions can be made, even if that decision is to start with one boundary to alleviate immediate overcrowding and then shift it East when the second high school in the DCC area is finished.

Just because one proposal has been put forward by MCPS doesn’t mean that we can’t advocate for more comprehensive change. We don’t have to fight over where a few new seats are created. We can demand that they create more seats. [/quote]

1. Seneca Valley
2. Woodward 
3. Northwood 
4. Crown

How many new high school buildings do you think MCPS can build in a decade? Where is the money going to come from to pay for any more?[/quote]

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