Anonymous
08/26/2018 17:07
Subject: MCPs county wide boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Still think it's not happening after the MCCPTA CIP Chair testified for it last year before the Board of Education? Read the story in the new Bethesda Magazine (not available on line or I'd post a link). They are definitely headed in that direction.
Why? Because they (County Council, Board of Education and Superintemdent Smith) believe it will solve the opportunity gap.
It won’t solve any gap, it will just hide poor Latino and black test scores in higher performing schools while subjecting them to being shipped to the corners of the county for the privilege of being “those” kids. If the board gets too aggressive they will have to develop costly magnet or specialized programs to placate the local higher SES parents or risk similar white flight that other parts of the county are experiencing. If they don’t they risk losing the halo schools status as such which will reverberate across the real estate and tax base putting the system in jeopardy of destabilization.
I can see Woodward being included in the DCC as a token but halos Churchill, Whitman and BCC will be left completely alone.
It's not halos. It's geography. You are either going to have some schools with largely wealthy populations, or you are going to have boundaries that make little sense geographically and have kids busing across the county rather than going to a school nearby.
Anonymous
08/26/2018 15:59
Subject: MCPs county wide boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Still think it's not happening after the MCCPTA CIP Chair testified for it last year before the Board of Education? Read the story in the new Bethesda Magazine (not available on line or I'd post a link). They are definitely headed in that direction.
Why? Because they (County Council, Board of Education and Superintemdent Smith) believe it will solve the opportunity gap.
It won’t solve any gap, it will just hide poor Latino and black test scores in higher performing schools while subjecting them to being shipped to the corners of the county for the privilege of being “those” kids. If the board gets too aggressive they will have to develop costly magnet or specialized programs to placate the local higher SES parents or risk similar white flight that other parts of the county are experiencing. If they don’t they risk losing the halo schools status as such which will reverberate across the real estate and tax base putting the system in jeopardy of destabilization.
I can see Woodward being included in the DCC as a token but halos Churchill, Whitman and BCC will be left completely alone.
Anonymous
08/26/2018 15:11
Subject: MCPs county wide boundary study
Read the article. Dr Smith implies it would be a good thing, Nancy Floreen says it would be a good thing and even Par O'Neil implies it might happen.
Anonymous
08/26/2018 15:02
Subject: MCPs county wide boundary study
Anonymous wrote:I am not zoned for the best schools or the worst schools so I'll just have to sit back and watch with popcorn
If people spent thousands more for certain schools and are disappointed with the results, I'll feel bad for them
There is one school district here: MCPS.
Anonymous
08/26/2018 10:57
Subject: MCPs county wide boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Still think it's not happening after the MCCPTA CIP Chair testified for it last year before the Board of Education? Read the story in the new Bethesda Magazine (not available on line or I'd post a link). They are definitely headed in that direction.
Why? Because they (County Council, Board of Education and Superintemdent Smith) believe it will solve the opportunity gap.
If it doesn't happen sooner, it will happen out of necessity when Woodward comes online.
Here's my prediction for what happens when Woodward opens: there will be a boundary study for Woodward.
Go ahead, call me crazy.
The consensus was Woodward will draw most of its students from WJ and Einstein out of necessity because of its location and extreme overcrowding at those schools. It also seems likely that B-CC that shares a boundary with Woodward will also be affected since the excess capacity could be shifted to other nearby schools with an adjacent boundary to address overcrowding while minimizing bussing. This has been discussed ad nauseam in other threads.
The CIP says that the Woodward rezoning will affect Walter Johnson and the DCC. The CIP further says that the capacity issues at B-CC will be addressed by the B-CC addition. What therefore seems likely is that the Woodward rezoning will affect Walter Johnson and the DCC and will not affect B-CC. Even though you believe that the Woodward rezoning ought to affect B-CC.
Anonymous
08/26/2018 10:46
Subject: MCPs county wide boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Still think it's not happening after the MCCPTA CIP Chair testified for it last year before the Board of Education? Read the story in the new Bethesda Magazine (not available on line or I'd post a link). They are definitely headed in that direction.
Why? Because they (County Council, Board of Education and Superintemdent Smith) believe it will solve the opportunity gap.
If it doesn't happen sooner, it will happen out of necessity when Woodward comes online.
Here's my prediction for what happens when Woodward opens: there will be a boundary study for Woodward.
Go ahead, call me crazy.
The consensus was Woodward will draw most of its students from WJ and Einstein out of necessity because of its location and extreme overcrowding at those schools. It also seems likely that B-CC that shares a boundary with Woodward will also be affected since the excess capacity could be shifted to other nearby schools with an adjacent boundary to address overcrowding while minimizing bussing. This has been discussed ad nauseam in other threads.
Anonymous
08/26/2018 09:47
Subject: MCPs county wide boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Still think it's not happening after the MCCPTA CIP Chair testified for it last year before the Board of Education? Read the story in the new Bethesda Magazine (not available on line or I'd post a link). They are definitely headed in that direction.
Why? Because they (County Council, Board of Education and Superintemdent Smith) believe it will solve the opportunity gap.
If it doesn't happen sooner, it will happen out of necessity when Woodward comes online.
Here's my prediction for what happens when Woodward opens: there will be a boundary study for Woodward.
Go ahead, call me crazy.
Anonymous
08/26/2018 09:16
Subject: MCPs county wide boundary study
Never assume you’re guaranteed entry to a certain public school. If you want a guarantee that you’ll be able to keep going to a certain school, go private.
Anonymous
08/26/2018 09:00
Subject: MCPs county wide boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Still think it's not happening after the MCCPTA CIP Chair testified for it last year before the Board of Education? Read the story in the new Bethesda Magazine (not available on line or I'd post a link). They are definitely headed in that direction.
Why? Because they (County Council, Board of Education and Superintemdent Smith) believe it will solve the opportunity gap.
If it doesn't happen sooner, it will happen out of necessity when Woodward comes online.
Anonymous
08/26/2018 08:59
Subject: MCPs county wide boundary study
I guess you haven't seen the boundary maps for any of the DCC schools.
If they could minimize bussing by better managing their resources, transportation costs would go down which means more funds for education.
The reality that many parents don't want to face is these schools are about the same in terms of the education any child would get at any of them. This is evident to anyone who looks beyond simple GS averages.
If they could minimize bussing by better managing their resources, transportation costs would go down which means more funds for education.
The reality that many parents don't want to face is these schools are about the same in terms of the education any child would get at any of them. This is evident to anyone who looks beyond simple GS averages.
Anonymous
08/26/2018 08:47
Subject: MCPs county wide boundary study
I also don’t think it’s happening. No one who runs for election wants that. And the MCCPTA was dominated by the DCC last year. They already have much more fluid boundaries than the rest of the County. And people who don’t like it move into other districts.
Anonymous
08/26/2018 08:33
Subject: MCPs county wide boundary study
No, it's not happening.
Anonymous
08/26/2018 08:25
Subject: MCPs county wide boundary study
Anonymous wrote:I am not zoned for the best schools or the worst schools so I'll just have to sit back and watch with popcorn
If people spent thousands more for certain schools and are disappointed with the results, I'll feel bad for them
No one guaranteed them a certain school. Boundaries are always subject to change.
Anonymous
08/26/2018 08:23
Subject: MCPs county wide boundary study
I am not zoned for the best schools or the worst schools so I'll just have to sit back and watch with popcorn
If people spent thousands more for certain schools and are disappointed with the results, I'll feel bad for them
If people spent thousands more for certain schools and are disappointed with the results, I'll feel bad for them
Anonymous
08/26/2018 08:21
Subject: MCPs county wide boundary study
Still think it's not happening after the MCCPTA CIP Chair testified for it last year before the Board of Education? Read the story in the new Bethesda Magazine (not available on line or I'd post a link). They are definitely headed in that direction.
Why? Because they (County Council, Board of Education and Superintemdent Smith) believe it will solve the opportunity gap.
Why? Because they (County Council, Board of Education and Superintemdent Smith) believe it will solve the opportunity gap.