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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tonight's meeting at Ashburton on this issue had approximately 200 people there.  The consultant report identifying potential sites seemed to be a complete waste of time and money.

Bottom line - Rec to the Superintendent will be to put an addition on Westbrook to build it to the 740 student standard; rezone between Somerset and Westbrook; build another addition on Bethesda ES, and propose a new ES to serve overflow from both BCC and WJ clusters.

Honestly, I can't imagine the "Joint ES" situation working out very well, unless they redistribute a lot of kids like dominoes from Bethesda ES and throughout the whole WJ cluster.  [/quote]

How would Westbrook/Somerset be split?  Would Kenwood and Friendship Heights be rezoned to Westbrook?  I feel like all of Chevy Chase east of Wisconsin should go to Chevy Chase ES.  Has this been discussed?  [/quote]

I don't know about CCES, but keep your eyes open for a boundary study related to the Westbrook/Somerset changes coming soon.[/quote]

If they're first going to build out Westbrook to 740, that will take years, and the boundary study would be 18 months before the scheduled opening.[/quote]

[b]At the meeting it seemed like the Westbrook/Somerset boundary change could go into effect fall 2020 or fall 2021.  They are just building out a 3 classroom shell.  But they don’t get the new CIP money until July 1 so unclear if they could do it in summer 2020 or if it would be summer 2021.[/b][/quote]

No way this could go into effect in Fall 2020. The only boundaries changing for Fall 2020 are for the schools included in the two current boundary studies, for Clarksburg/Northwest/Seneca Valley and Forest Knolls/Montgomery Knolls/Pine Crest. Boundary studies take at least six months from start to finish. New boundaries are finalized ~10 months in advance of the first day at the new school because of all the logistical changes that go with them, including revised staffing allocations, transfers and hiring, new bus routes, etc.[/quote]

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