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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone know what’s going on with WJ regarding overcrowding? Heard about a new high school to split up WJ. Sorry I am new to this area[/quote]

Lots of schools are overcrowded. So happy to hear that MCPS is prioritizing the richest kids though. 🙄[/quote]

Sad but true[/quote]

Except it isn't true. WJ is 550 students over capacity, more than any other school. Blair, Einstein, Northwood, and Wheaton are close behind.[/quote]

Have you seen the portables at Einstein?  Clearly the school is bursting at the seams.  [/quote]

Yes. There are ten significantly overcrowded high schools in MCPS. These are the 2021 numbers of students beyond capacity for each, which I'm sure will all have grown even larger when this year's official enrollment is recorded next week. And relief for the overcrowding is years away in each case:

Walter Johnson (549 over capacity) [to be relieved by Woodward 2026]
Montgomery Blair (319) [Northwood 2026]
Clarksburg (283) [Damascus expansion 2026]
Quince Orchard (278) [Crown 2027]
Northwood (276) [Northwood 2026]
Winston Churchill (264) [feasibility study proposed TBD]
Albert Einstein (252) [Woodward/Northwood 2026]
Northwest (233) [Crown 2027]
Wheaton (141) [Woodward/Northwood 2026]
Poolesville (102) [Poolesville expansion 2024]
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What about RM?  Portables there also.

And with the new high density housing slated to go in at Twinbrook, that will be WAY over capacity in a few years also.  [/quote]

RM is #11, at 93 overcapacity last year. Also will be relieved by Crown in 2027.[/quote]

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