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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There was a preliminary discussion at the BOE meeting today about planning for the upcoming boundary studies relating to the opening of new Woodward and Crown high schools, and the significant expansions at Northwood and Damascus. They presented two possible timelines for when all three studies could happen.

The [i]scope[/i] for the Woodward study could be determined soon, in February/March 2023, with the board's final boundary decisions coming in March 2025. Or, the scope could be determined later, in February/March 2024, with the final decision in November 2025. The school is set to open in August 2026. (The scope would include things like which schools/clusters would be looked at, whether only high schools or also middle schools, etc.)

The Crown study would be one year later in both scenarios, so Feb/Mar 2024 through March 2026, or Feb/Mar 2025 through November 2026, with an August 2027 opening.

The Damascus study would be February/March 2024 through November 2025, with an August 2026 opening.

They also showed a color-coded map of all the clusters currently connected to these projects, consistent with the CIP:
The Damascus project: the Damascus and Clarksburg clusters.
The Crown project: the Northwest, Quince Orchard, Wootton, Richard Montgomery, and Gaithersburg clusters.
The Woodward and Northwood projects: the Walter Johnson, Wheaton, Einstein, Northwood, Kennedy, and Blair clusters.

But they did make the point that in the process of determining the study scopes, they could end up different than the above. And board members also asked about the feasibility of combining all 13 clusters into one mammoth study. No real discussion of if or how that would work. They said they did not know yet how either of the new schools would be populated, with one, two, or three grades starting there the first year.

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Here is the map they showed:

[img]https://i.imgur.com/gt7ITqx.png[/img]

and the chart with the sooner options (top) vs. later (bottom):

[img]https://i.imgur.com/xyj1Gm3.png[/img]

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As the PP stated a big part of BCC's northern boundary is much closer to Einstein. It's also adjacent to WJ. Looking at this I find it hard to believe BCC is not part of this issue.[/quote]
As the PP stated above, until all the high schools are torn down and rebuilt at the geographic center of each cluster, there will always be some kids who live closer to a HS in an adjacent cluster. [/quote]

The town kids get special privileges. [/quote]
Yes, if you live in an incorporated town in MoCo, your kids do tend to stay together. There's a wide variety of them in the county; feel free to move into one if you like.[/quote]
Not true for Rockville city. Rockville city encompasses RM, Wootton, and Rockville clusters.

Not sure about the others.[/quote]

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