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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Moving Wayside out of Churchill helps with utilization. How else will they get Churchill below 100%?[/quote]

It’s a BS utilization at Churchill. They’ve reduced capacity by 100 seats from when it first opened. What happened did the school shrink? Churchill has just had a period of a few years with higher enrollment which was consistently in lower figures and never had a portable until a year or two I believe. Kids there have stated it’s not crowded aside from the portable there’s no evidence to that.[/quote]

Churchill parent here.  There's no problem with Churchill being overcapacity.  Yes, there are a couple of portables and I'm sure those teachers aren't excited about them.  But I've never felt Churchill had too many kids generally.  It's not hurting education or the social environment.  And there's not much new construction in this area, so I wouldn't expect the problem to become worse in the next decade.

I have always wondered, though, why there are kids sooo far west that come to Churchill.  Those are largely Wayside kids, and some Potomac kids.  So yes, to drive from Wayside ES to Wootton HS, it may be about the same distance as going to from Wayside ES to Churchill HS.  But a huge part of that geography is far closer to Wootton than to Churchill.  Same with the Northern part of the Potomac ES boundaries.  The culprit is that they're not looking at ES boundaries.   I'd be interested in knowing the *average* student's bus time to both high schools-- there is certainly some house that is closer to Churchill and some house that is closer to Wootton.  In sum, I think, capacity-wise, it would be fine for Wayside to continue to go to Churchill.  But I think the quality of life for the average Wayside kid might improve by going to the closer school.[/quote]

I’m in Wayside and am in the part that has gone to Churchill for as long as I can remember, probably since 70s. Think near Potomac Community Center. The designated walk zone is right across Falls Rd yet our side isn’t considered walkable? I agree big chunk of Potomac ES and Wayside are closer to Wootton or QO or equidistant. Think they should have redistributed elementary schools as then it’d make far more sense. Part of Wayside moves to Beverly Farms, Wayside could pull in Coldspring and then no need to spend money to build a new ES there. All of the Churchill ES are 100-200 students under capacity and none of that is changing anytime soon. There’s no new development in Churchill.

Lastly I’ll add that a big chunk of Wayside was meant to go to Travilah and Frost/Wootton but the BOE redistricted them to Wayside/Churchill due to overcrowding in Wootton. That’s what’s likely led to this result and it’s frustrating because parents at the time expressed concerns over this and were told there’d be no issues. [/quote]

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