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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The difference is:

The current Woodlin area to be assigned to B-CC,which happens to be north of the Walter Reed Annex and the light industrial zone along Brookeville Rd (between them, nearly all of the area shifted, with no residential units), is made up of single family homes, newer somewhat upscale townhouses and the somewhat expensive condominium dwellings of the reconditioned seminary.  Current B-CC-area residents, whose boundaries otherwise are not changing (nor are Wootton's, nor WJ's (aside from the split -- they absorb nothing not already theirs), will be OK absorbing these families, and that area will be zoned to RHES/NCCES (if they keep the paired school system) with the upcoming elementary boundary study.

Meanwhile, the current Woodlin area west of the tracks but along 16th Street/E-W Hwy is, with one minor exception, a mix of high-rise and garden-style apartments that generally serve lower-income families, which some B-CC-area families have complained about ever since a subset of those buildings (about half of the Summit Hills complex and the smaller buildings next door) was assigned to be together with them in the RHES/NCCES/CCES K-2/3-5 pairing.

The rail line configuration doesn't present real differences between the two areas -- in each case access to Woodlin ES is by a street (or two, but leas direct) which passes over the tracks.  However, the walk along Linden is a much [b]less[/b] hazardous endeavor than the walk along 16th.  While neither is particularly walkable to NCCES, it's actually an easier walk to Woodlin from the area along Linden than it is to RHES, while the opposite is the case for the area along 16th.  Of course, there would be fewer students to absorb from the Linden area than from the 16th St area, but that's probably OK with the B-CC folk, too.  It's about the $$$.[/quote]

^^ correction[/quote]

Walter Reed does not have an annex. It’s part of Ft Detrick.  [/quote]

Sure.  Tell me you haven't lived here for a long-ass time without telling me you haven't lived here for a long-ass time :smile:[/quote]

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