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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dear OP - this is why we did not buy in WJ.  However, we do not commute to DC.  If you do and look to stay in WJ, my analysis is def avoid WJ assigned part of Kensington - there is at least 50/50 they will get reassigned, and there is a $150k-$200k differential for WJ in every single one of those homes.  That is what every single family stands to lose, more so with recent buyers.

Try to buy in North Bethesda MS.  I also think that, as long as you are in the lower market segment, your housing value will more or less maintain itself.  [/quote]

A lot of misinformation in this post. Kensington Parkwood ES is zoned for North Bethesda MS. Also, the disparity in Kensington is due to one area being zoned for WJ (GS 9 score) and one area being zoned for Einstein (GS 5). If Kensington Parkwood gets rezoned to Woodward, I’m guessing Woodward will be at least a GS 7, if not higher. [/quote]

KP should go to HS which is less than mile from KP. Neighborhood schools should be made as much a possible and in this case putting KP in Einstein will achieve balancing geography, demography and capacity. It's a logical step. KP shouldn't be part of either WJ or Woodward. Einstein is right next to KP.[/quote]

It’s actually not. [b]Kensington-Parkwood elementary is almost as close to WJ as it is to Einstein (both are around 2.5 miles away).[/b] And if you put Kensington-Parkwood into Einstein which schools from Einstein would go to WJ or Woodward? Rock View ES is in Einstein’s zone so it’s not going. And schools like Highland and Oakland Terrace are almost 5 miles away from WJ and Woodward. That is going to be a hell of a ride for kids in rush hour traffic.[/quote]

KP ES to WJ - shortest distance is 3.8 Miles.

KP ES to Einstein - 2.5 miles

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You know people have this thing called Google Maps right?

Kensington-Parkwood to Walter Johnson is 2.4 miles, according to Google Maps. You go on Beach Drive to Grosvenor Lane to Old Georgetown Road. The shortest route from Kensington-Parkwood to Einstein is 2.5 miles, which is longer.

And, again, the closest ESs in the Einstein zone to WJ or Woodward, which isn't Rock View (the zone for which contains Einstein), are twice as far to WJ or Woodward as KP is to Einstein. Oakland Terrace is 5.3 miles (on the Beltway no less) to WJ and 4.4 to Woodward, and Highland Elementary is 5.6 miles from WJ and 4.7 miles from Woodward. [/quote]

I am not the PP, but anything within 4-5 miles is close enough for a HS. Balancing demography has more weight than anything else in boundary decisions going forward. [/quote]

Well, in "balancing demography" they are going to make Einstein much, much whiter than it is because they are going to have to zone out kids from either Highland, Oakland Terrace or Rock View from Einstein and these are the schools with the highest minority populations.[/quote]

Einstein will look different. KP parents shouldn't be assuming that Einstein will look same. Only thing guaranteed will be a step down from current WJ and step up from current Einstein. Where exactly, no one knows right now.[/quote]

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