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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone know why Somerset is so severely under capacity?

It's great for the kids/parents who live/attend that school, it's just such a different dynamic than all of the other schools on this list.  [/quote]

Sorry, meant to type Westbrook![/quote]

It’s catchment area is all SFHs, so there is very low density in that part of the cluster. It would make sense to move some of the high rise buildings in Friendship Heights that are now in Somerset into Westbrook. Then you could move some of the crowding in the Bethesda ES catchment into Somerset. [/quote]

I agree as things stand now, that would make sense.  However, I think it's more likely they will rezone the coming Westbard redevelopment for Westbrook (it currently is zoned for Wood Acres).  That has the added benefit of having those future kids go to Westland (which they are directly next to, and which has capacity after Silver Creek has opened) rather than Pyle.

I have nothing to base this on, it's just speculation - but it makes a ton of sense.  [/quote]
ITA, except the problem will be in HS because B-CC has now expanded so much it has run out of room to expand any more.[/quote]

PP here, and absolutely.  But isn't Whitman similarly full to the brim?  Perhaps make room at BCC by shifting kids to WJ?

Not sure what can be done here, but it illustrates that the planning can't just address the issues now, but needs to deal with things that are coming 5, 10, and 15 years down the road.  [/quote]

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