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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Question for the hysterics in this thread who think WJ and Woodward are going to somehow both turn into 4/10 schools and the whole real estate market in North Bethesda, Garrett Park and Kensington is going to crash: Can you please explain the logic behind MoCo and the state government purposefully tanking two public high schools in an area that they're priming as the main site in the state for Amazon's HQ2? That makes absolutely no sense at all.

Look at the map. The only elementary schools that make sense from the DCC to go to Woodward are either Rock View ES or Viers Mill ES. Combining kids from these two elementaries with kids from WJ and some kids from BCC is not going to result in test scores plummeting and the high school being a 4/10 and your property values plummeting. Langley Park is zoned for Blair and a lot of kids in Blair are excelling and home prices in Takoma Park are booming. Calm down. You're living in one of the most desirable counties in the entire country, in one of the most desirable public school districts in the area and you're close to a city that is recession proof. Your home values are going to be fine and your kids are going to be alright. Breathe.[/quote]

This is just silly (and frankly very naive.) Your logic presumes that MCPS is pursuing a comprehensive, thoughtful development strategy with this decision to re-open Woodward. That's simply not what the school system does (or even what it is remotely empowered to do.) This is a facilities decision -- MCPS needs to address space constraints at several area HS on a fairly urgent basis, and they have decided that the most efficient/economical way to do that is to re-open Woodward.

They will factor in politics in the way that this decision is implemented, and they will surely factor in the issue of equity since that looms large as a priority for the MCPS leadership. But it is not MCPS' role to shape a conducive environment for a potential Amazon HQ2, or to place the home values of any of us over the operational needs of the school system. The County Council may care about that (ha!); the Planning staff may care about that (even more skepticism from me, but hey who knows.) But it's not the driving force around shaping school boundary decisions.[/quote]

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