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[quote=Anonymous][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]

They should switch Whitman with something else.  Having it in the DCC schools makes zero sense and the wealthier families choose the DCC and not in Potomac so we wouldn'd send our kids there even if we had the opportunity.  Plus the commute.[/quote]

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