It looks like it will be part of the DCC. There is a reason schools are put in the consortium. It is a mechanism to give middle class parents hope that even if they buy is a lesser zone that there is hope for a better school helping to prevent economic flight as suburban poverty has crept up as the cities have become vogue again. It also allows for load balancing as numbers swing wildly when you have lots of dense low income housing in a particular area.

If lots of DCC kids end up at Woodward and it is positioned as an overflow school it will simply not be well regarded and its metrics will reflect that.

Anonymous wrote:Will Woodward be on par with Whitman and Churchill?

What was it like decades ago (the original), pre-closure?

This is just a function of the school's standardized test average which in turn reflects the overall SES for which race is a proxy. The same kid will do the same at any of these schools.

Anonymous wrote:Will Woodward be on par with Whitman and Churchill?

What was it like decades ago (the original), pre-closure?

Sure, in the sense that all MCPS HS are about the same because they offer the same curriculum.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Will Woodward be on par with Whitman and Churchill?

What was it like decades ago (the original), pre-closure?

Unless the BOE makes a bad boundary decision, Woodward will be more diverse by every measure, so it will be better than Whitman and Churchill.

Then those people who get moved from Whitman and Walter Johnson into Woodward should be thrilled.

Anonymous wrote:Has nothing else changed in the intervening decades? It won't have the same demographics. It won't have the same income.

Are BCC and WJ "on par" with Whitman and Churchill? Those are closer.

I think we’re going to see a huge rise/jump in the quality of WJ.

Anonymous wrote:Will Woodward be on par with Whitman and Churchill?

What was it like decades ago (the original), pre-closure?

Unless the BOE makes a bad boundary decision, Woodward will be more diverse by every measure, so it will be better than Whitman and Churchill.

Anonymous wrote:results - SAT / AP / ACT and college entries

Results? A given student from a given family will have much the same "results" regardless of which MCPS high school they attend.

results - SAT / AP / ACT and college entries

it will be between WJ and Einstein. WJ will also be at a similar level.

You mean in terms of wealth, it depends on where they draw the kids from.

Anonymous wrote:Has nothing else changed in the intervening decades? It won't have the same demographics. It won't have the same income.

Are BCC and WJ "on par" with Whitman and Churchill? Those are closer.

Sure they are. What a stupid thing to say.

Anonymous wrote:Will Woodward be on par with Whitman and Churchill?

What was it like decades ago (the original), pre-closure?

What does "on par with Whitman and Churchill" mean, specifically? Please explain.

Anonymous wrote:Has nothing else changed in the intervening decades? It won't have the same demographics. It won't have the same income.

Are BCC and WJ "on par" with Whitman and Churchill? Those are closer.

obviously no.

Has nothing else changed in the intervening decades? It won't have the same demographics. It won't have the same income.

Are BCC and WJ "on par" with Whitman and Churchill? Those are closer.

Will Woodward be on par with Whitman and Churchill?

What was it like decades ago (the original), pre-closure?