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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Geographically and logically, KP and GP ES will likely be zoned for Woodward.  The question is whether Farmland and Luxmanor will be included too, because that area also used to attend Woodward before it closed.  The presentations make it seem like Woodward will include a few Wheaton/Einstein ES to relieve DCC crowding.  That leaves WJ with some open space to relieve some crowding at BCC and Whitman.  If that's the case, the new WJ will probably be similar to the current WJ and Woodward will probably be similar to RM when they absorbed Ritchie Park in the 80's.  Similarly-sized homes in Horizon Hill are slightly newer and have better layouts than those in Fox Hills West, but the prices are always off by 50-100k because FHW is zoned to Wootton.  You can also see a similar pricing differential in Montgomery Square north (RM) and south (Churchill) of Montrose.  Your best bet to stay at WJ would be Ashburton or Wyngate, but in the end, it's still a bet because nothing's official.  Crapshoot.[/quote]

I'm not sure how we're defining "geographically and logically," since this is all speculation.  But it seems to me the most logical way to split the WJ feeder schools would be to have the schools feeding to NBMS (Ashburton, KP, and Wyngate) go on to WJ, and the schools feeding to Tilden (Farmland, GP, Luxmanor) go on to Woodward.  Then add in one or two more contiguous elementaries from whichever direction needs the capacity relief.[/quote]

Exactly, WJ and Woodward both will have 3 Elementary schools from current WJ boundary. each will pick up 2 more elementary schools. Woodward is pretty much guaranteed to pick 2 from DCC and WJ may pick on from DCC and one from BCC/Whitman. If you look at MCPS projections and BCC addition, most liekly case will be WJ also picking 2 elementary schools from BCC.

WJ should be NBMS (Ashburton, KP, and Wyngate) + 2 elementary schools from DCC
Woodward should be  Tilden (Farmland, GP, Luxmanor) + 2 elementary schools from DCC.

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You are misreading the stats. With the addition that's currently underway, BCC will not be significantly over capacity for at least 15 years. (Projected to be 92 over capacity in 2031.) Obviously reality may outstrip projections, but meanwhile, Einstein, Blair, WJ, and Northwood are CURRENTLY hundreds over capacity. (Whitman too, but planning for an addition is already underway.) Whatever formula is created for Woodward, it will need to absorb students from those 4 schools, which means [b]there's no way 3 elementaries are being moved out of BCC to Woodward. [/b]

Numbers don't lie: Woodward will draw from WJ and DCC. Other schools will be left mostly intact with small adjustments.

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Not sure where I said 3 elementaries from BCC will join Woodward.

I am pretty much agreeing with your view here. WJ+Woodward will take 4 elementary schools from DCC. I only said that 1 can come from BCC as part of boundary alignment, but over all Woodward is mainly to solve crowd issue in WJ and DCC. WJ and Woodward will have  lower reputation and test scores no matter how they divide boundary. You can't simply add 3-4 elementary school from DCC and still maintain the same test scores.[/quote]

You could if it was Oakland Terrace but it won't be.  More likely Rock View / Viers Mill.

Honestly, very long term I think it will help the whole area.  Rock View / Viers Mill will become more desirable and prices will rise.  The more run down parts of KTown commercial area will get rehabbed under new sector plan and the historic areas will stay protected.  Also, let's not forget school crowding will be lessened.

Snobby Bethesda folks will be more likely to move to Parkwood / Byeford b/c we won't be "on the edge" anymore -- the "edge" will move.  The hip kids living downtown will be more likely to take another look our way if they can spend $600k to get into WJ / Woodward rather than roll the dice on increasingly marginal / far flung parts of DC (Brightwood / Deanwood -- not actually close to the action and schools will be troubled for a while).

I expect no impact / slight rise for BCC part of Kensington.  Good apprection for areas moved out of DCc.  Temporary dip for WJ folks after the reshuffling but will stabilize when people realize no Armageddon.

I hope the leaders of our county are going to do this in a way that creates another slightly more equitable, reasonably high performing "W" school.  They don't want to destabilize Kensington the way some parts of SS were impacted when the DCC was created.  WJ is one of the jewels in the system and the White Flint area is THE PRIME area in the county for future commercial growth.

Personally I'm looking forward to being in between Bethesda and a booming Whitr Flint and a bunch of good school options (none of which will be Whitman, but not Watkins Mill either).  As traffic gets worse and people look more for walk ability / short commutes we could end up with among the most desirable locations to raise a family in the DMV.

Of course I drank the kool-aid already, that's why I bought here.  ?[/quote]

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