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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From what I've read Kensington, if anything, would get rezoned to the new Woodward High School that's planned to open in the next few years. [b]If kids from Kensington-Parkwood are rezoned, kids from Garrett Park will be as well, and I doubt the high school will be a drop off academically from Walter Johnson. [/b]

Also, rezoning might actually work out for residents of Kensington proper. There's no reason to think that kids in Kensington-Parkwood wouldn't be rezoned for the middle school that just opened on Saul Road in Kensington (Silver Creek) and then on to Woodward.

But if you want to live in Kensington and not have to worry about being rezoned out of WJ, a surer bet would be to just search for homes in Kensington that are zoned for BCC. [/quote]

Why do you think it won't drop? MCPS is not going to open Woodward with 2 WJ elementary schools in it. Woodward will have some elementary which are outside of WJ cluster right now.   They will pull score down. If you don't believe me then simply take a look at test scores of nearby schools. I will be happy to be corrected.[/quote]

What low-scoring ES do you think they'll be pulling from? Shiver? Rock Creek? Both of these are schools are within walking distance of Wheaton HS and Einstein HS, respectively. For the test scores and demographics to change dramatically, they'd have to bus kids from 2+ miles away, from areas that are extremely close to existing high schools. Why do you think that's a sure possibility?

The anticipated overcrowding at WJ is due to high-end developments that are being built, or scheduled to be built, along and around Rockville Pike. The kids that live in these developments are going to be living in $600k 2br condos or $1M+ townhomes, ie, not something that will have a negative affect on the atmosphere or test scores when kids from WJ go to Woodward. Moreover, rather than being a negative, it might be a positive. I think the test scores and atmosphere might be better considering these kids are going into a brand new school.

Also, as I said before, what makes anyone think that kids in Kensington proper won't be rezoned for Silver Creek when all this rezoning happens considering it is within a half mile of downtown Kensington? That is more likely than this alternate reality where housing prices in Kensington drop because everyone's kids are going to some 3/10 school at Woodward. Stop being alarmist. Montgomery County created a plan to revitalize Kensington and it's one of the nicest areas in the whole county. Why would they purposefully subvert economic development in a place they already earmarked for economic growth? [/quote]

[b]Rock Creek Forest? It's nowhere near Wheaton or Einstein[/b][/quote]

Pretty sure they meant Rock View, which is ~4 blocks from Einstein.[/quote]

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