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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I still haven't found an explanation of why the added 500 seats from Edison, which is a separate school that offers part-time programs and does not confer high school degrees, to Wheaton HS.[/quote]

Spacing issues?[/quote]

The Superintendent's proposed CIP lists a capacity of 2,220 for Wheaton HS. Current enrollment is 2,687. According the MCPS school profiles, in 2023-24 Edison had an enrollment of 968 students.

However, the boundary recommendation gives Wheaton HS a capacity of 2,720. Under the tables are two notes:
1. "Wheaton HS includes the capacity of Edison HS"
And
2. "Assumes 500 students attend Wheaton HS for CTE"

Edison HS and Wheaton HS are separate schools. However, there is something called the Wheaton Edison Partnership through which students from 17 high school clusters can choose to attend for 9-12 grade and take classes at both Wheaton and Edison to complete high school as well as a CTE program at Edison.

So I'm confused.

Why do the boundary study tables say that the capacity number includes Edison HS and Wheaton HS? Edison has 1000 students enrolled and they only added 500. Is this because Edison is part time so it actually only has 500 spots of capacity at any given time? If so, is it assumed that a full 1000 students zoned for Wheaton will attend Edison part time from Wheaton HS? Isn't that a ton of students? And they've said Edison will still be available to other clusters so that makes no sense.

Or is it "only" 500 students zoned for Wheaton attending Edison part time (still a ton)? If Edison is a part time program, and 500 students attend that program from Wheaton HS, won't they still be at Wheaton HS for some courses? If so, why do the boundary options assume that Edison relieves 500 seats of capacity at Wheaton HS?[/quote]

They really need to explain this, but I don't think a board member has ever asked about it.[/quote]

Agreed. And as Wheaton hosts the STEM program, there are implications for the whole region if the capacity numbers don't make sense.[/quote]

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