Anonymous
10/23/2025 22:55
Subject: Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Agree. Vote for ALL the schools to be under 100% occupied, not just your own.
Option B is *not* what most people want. It is simply repeated here often by loud, outspoken and entitled families. Option B leaves two area high schools over 100% full while WJ and Woodward are only 75-79% full. Not okay. And not popular.
What are you talking about? All options have schools at above 100%
Option A has Blair, JFK and Wheaton above 100%.
Option B has JFK and Wheaton just a smidge above 100%.
Option C has Blair, JFK, and Wheaton above 100%
option D has Blair and Kennedy above 100%
JFK and Wheaton will be in same region as WJ and Woodward so maybe the magnets balance it under. Option B might be the best (my kids are not in that region)
D is definitely the best option for utilization/avoiding overcrowding. All the others have Kennedy about 175 kids over capacity and Wheaton about 600 kids over capacity. D has Wheaton 300 kids over capacity and Kennedy and Blair right about at capacity (technically 7 kids over for Kennedy and 17 for Blair.)
Wrong. You do not even consider the regions. These schools are appropriately sized.
Don't all the schools have programs? Or is the goal to balance enrollment by having the most motivated and well resourced kids in the DCC schools drive themselves or take transportation that takes an hour + to get to west county schools? This is a terrible idea on so many levels. They grow a backbone and draw better boundaries.
Yeah, my understanding is that they're planning to have roughly the same number of program seats at each high school (except maybe Poolesville, but that's not relevant here), so it's basically a wash for utilization calculations.
Either way, no school should be left over-capacity while they're hundreds of kids under capacity at WJ and Woodward (1000 combined under capacity in some scenarios.). And if they refuse to revise the scenarios further, we should at least unite to support option D, since it leaves Wheaton as the only HS over-capacity (and much less so than in other options) and brings the underutilization at WJ + Whitman down to "only" about 600 kids combined.
You can't do math. Wheaton is fine. Go look at the data.
And go look at the maste development plan.
No, they just try to make it look fine by adding in 500 imaginary seats at Wheaton. Once you subtract those out you can see how hugely over-capacity it is in these options.
Anonymous
10/23/2025 22:23
Subject: Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Agree. Vote for ALL the schools to be under 100% occupied, not just your own.
Option B is *not* what most people want. It is simply repeated here often by loud, outspoken and entitled families. Option B leaves two area high schools over 100% full while WJ and Woodward are only 75-79% full. Not okay. And not popular.
What are you talking about? All options have schools at above 100%
Option A has Blair, JFK and Wheaton above 100%.
Option B has JFK and Wheaton just a smidge above 100%.
Option C has Blair, JFK, and Wheaton above 100%
option D has Blair and Kennedy above 100%
JFK and Wheaton will be in same region as WJ and Woodward so maybe the magnets balance it under. Option B might be the best (my kids are not in that region)
D is definitely the best option for utilization/avoiding overcrowding. All the others have Kennedy about 175 kids over capacity and Wheaton about 600 kids over capacity. D has Wheaton 300 kids over capacity and Kennedy and Blair right about at capacity (technically 7 kids over for Kennedy and 17 for Blair.)
Wrong. You do not even consider the regions. These schools are appropriately sized.
Don't all the schools have programs? Or is the goal to balance enrollment by having the most motivated and well resourced kids in the DCC schools drive themselves or take transportation that takes an hour + to get to west county schools? This is a terrible idea on so many levels. They grow a backbone and draw better boundaries.
Yeah, my understanding is that they're planning to have roughly the same number of program seats at each high school (except maybe Poolesville, but that's not relevant here), so it's basically a wash for utilization calculations.
Either way, no school should be left over-capacity while they're hundreds of kids under capacity at WJ and Woodward (1000 combined under capacity in some scenarios.). And if they refuse to revise the scenarios further, we should at least unite to support option D, since it leaves Wheaton as the only HS over-capacity (and much less so than in other options) and brings the underutilization at WJ + Whitman down to "only" about 600 kids combined.
You can't do math. Wheaton is fine. Go look at the data.
And go look at the maste development plan.
Anonymous
10/23/2025 20:39
Subject: Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Agree. Vote for ALL the schools to be under 100% occupied, not just your own.
Option B is *not* what most people want. It is simply repeated here often by loud, outspoken and entitled families. Option B leaves two area high schools over 100% full while WJ and Woodward are only 75-79% full. Not okay. And not popular.
What are you talking about? All options have schools at above 100%
Option A has Blair, JFK and Wheaton above 100%.
Option B has JFK and Wheaton just a smidge above 100%.
Option C has Blair, JFK, and Wheaton above 100%
option D has Blair and Kennedy above 100%
JFK and Wheaton will be in same region as WJ and Woodward so maybe the magnets balance it under. Option B might be the best (my kids are not in that region)
D is definitely the best option for utilization/avoiding overcrowding. All the others have Kennedy about 175 kids over capacity and Wheaton about 600 kids over capacity. D has Wheaton 300 kids over capacity and Kennedy and Blair right about at capacity (technically 7 kids over for Kennedy and 17 for Blair.)
Wrong. You do not even consider the regions. These schools are appropriately sized.
Don't all the schools have programs? Or is the goal to balance enrollment by having the most motivated and well resourced kids in the DCC schools drive themselves or take transportation that takes an hour + to get to west county schools? This is a terrible idea on so many levels. They grow a backbone and draw better boundaries.
Yeah, my understanding is that they're planning to have roughly the same number of program seats at each high school (except maybe Poolesville, but that's not relevant here), so it's basically a wash for utilization calculations.
Either way, no school should be left over-capacity while they're hundreds of kids under capacity at WJ and Woodward (1000 combined under capacity in some scenarios.). And if they refuse to revise the scenarios further, we should at least unite to support option D, since it leaves Wheaton as the only HS over-capacity (and much less so than in other options) and brings the underutilization at WJ + Whitman down to "only" about 600 kids combined.
Anonymous
10/23/2025 20:11
Subject: Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Agree. Vote for ALL the schools to be under 100% occupied, not just your own.
Option B is *not* what most people want. It is simply repeated here often by loud, outspoken and entitled families. Option B leaves two area high schools over 100% full while WJ and Woodward are only 75-79% full. Not okay. And not popular.
What are you talking about? All options have schools at above 100%
Option A has Blair, JFK and Wheaton above 100%.
Option B has JFK and Wheaton just a smidge above 100%.
Option C has Blair, JFK, and Wheaton above 100%
option D has Blair and Kennedy above 100%
JFK and Wheaton will be in same region as WJ and Woodward so maybe the magnets balance it under. Option B might be the best (my kids are not in that region)
D is definitely the best option for utilization/avoiding overcrowding. All the others have Kennedy about 175 kids over capacity and Wheaton about 600 kids over capacity. D has Wheaton 300 kids over capacity and Kennedy and Blair right about at capacity (technically 7 kids over for Kennedy and 17 for Blair.)
Wrong. You do not even consider the regions. These schools are appropriately sized.
Don't all the schools have programs? Or is the goal to balance enrollment by having the most motivated and well resourced kids in the DCC schools drive themselves or take transportation that takes an hour + to get to west county schools? This is a terrible idea on so many levels. They grow a backbone and draw better boundaries.
Anonymous
10/23/2025 19:47
Subject: Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Agree. Vote for ALL the schools to be under 100% occupied, not just your own.
Option B is *not* what most people want. It is simply repeated here often by loud, outspoken and entitled families. Option B leaves two area high schools over 100% full while WJ and Woodward are only 75-79% full. Not okay. And not popular.
What are you talking about? All options have schools at above 100%
Option A has Blair, JFK and Wheaton above 100%.
Option B has JFK and Wheaton just a smidge above 100%.
Option C has Blair, JFK, and Wheaton above 100%
option D has Blair and Kennedy above 100%
JFK and Wheaton will be in same region as WJ and Woodward so maybe the magnets balance it under. Option B might be the best (my kids are not in that region)
D is definitely the best option for utilization/avoiding overcrowding. All the others have Kennedy about 175 kids over capacity and Wheaton about 600 kids over capacity. D has Wheaton 300 kids over capacity and Kennedy and Blair right about at capacity (technically 7 kids over for Kennedy and 17 for Blair.)
Wrong. You do not even consider the regions. These schools are appropriately sized.
Anonymous
10/23/2025 16:07
Subject: Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Agree. Vote for ALL the schools to be under 100% occupied, not just your own.
Option B is *not* what most people want. It is simply repeated here often by loud, outspoken and entitled families. Option B leaves two area high schools over 100% full while WJ and Woodward are only 75-79% full. Not okay. And not popular.
What are you talking about? All options have schools at above 100%
Option A has Blair, JFK and Wheaton above 100%.
Option B has JFK and Wheaton just a smidge above 100%.
Option C has Blair, JFK, and Wheaton above 100%
option D has Blair and Kennedy above 100%
JFK and Wheaton will be in same region as WJ and Woodward so maybe the magnets balance it under. Option B might be the best (my kids are not in that region)
D is definitely the best option for utilization/avoiding overcrowding. All the others have Kennedy about 175 kids over capacity and Wheaton about 600 kids over capacity. D has Wheaton 300 kids over capacity and Kennedy and Blair right about at capacity (technically 7 kids over for Kennedy and 17 for Blair.)
Anonymous
10/23/2025 11:57
Subject: Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have more confirmed info about the Edison question? Currently all students at Edison attend 2 schools since it is half day. Thanks.
AFAIK nobody on the BOE or the County Council have asked about this. I did but I am a nobody, and of course they haven't answered.
Anonymous
10/23/2025 10:39
Subject: Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Does anyone have more confirmed info about the Edison question? Currently all students at Edison attend 2 schools since it is half day. Thanks.
Anonymous
10/23/2025 10:18
Subject: Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Also note that 3 of the 4 options increase the number of students zoned for Wheaton HS, despite this high school being over capacity
Anonymous
10/23/2025 09:49
Subject: Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Right. No option has every school under 100%. That’s the issue! We all need to insist on an option that does that for the best of all kids.
+1 if you fix Wheaton's capacity to match the capacity listed in the Superintendent's recommended CIP released two weeks ago you'll find that 3 out of 4 options leave Wheaton 27% over capacity. Option D leaves it 16% over capacity.
Anonymous
10/23/2025 08:39
Subject: Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Right. No option has every school under 100%. That’s the issue! We all need to insist on an option that does that for the best of all kids.
Anonymous
10/23/2025 08:39
Subject: Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Agree. Vote for ALL the schools to be under 100% occupied, not just your own.
Option B is *not* what most people want. It is simply repeated here often by loud, outspoken and entitled families. Option B leaves two area high schools over 100% full while WJ and Woodward are only 75-79% full. Not okay. And not popular.
What are you talking about? All options have schools at above 100%
Option A has Blair, JFK and Wheaton above 100%.
Option B has JFK and Wheaton just a smidge above 100%.
Option C has Blair, JFK, and Wheaton above 100%
option D has Blair and Kennedy above 100%
JFK and Wheaton will be in same region as WJ and Woodward so maybe the magnets balance it under. Option B might be the best (my kids are not in that region)
Friendly reminder that they "added" 500 seats to Wheaton in these calculations, on the basis that 500 students zoned for Wheaton would attend a different school - Edison - which offers part time CTE programs. If you're confused, it's because it makes no sense.
Anonymous
10/23/2025 08:34
Subject: Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Agree. Vote for ALL the schools to be under 100% occupied, not just your own.
Option B is *not* what most people want. It is simply repeated here often by loud, outspoken and entitled families. Option B leaves two area high schools over 100% full while WJ and Woodward are only 75-79% full. Not okay. And not popular.
What are you talking about? All options have schools at above 100%
Option A has Blair, JFK and Wheaton above 100%.
Option B has JFK and Wheaton just a smidge above 100%.
Option C has Blair, JFK, and Wheaton above 100%
option D has Blair and Kennedy above 100%
JFK and Wheaton will be in same region as WJ and Woodward so maybe the magnets balance it under. Option B might be the best (my kids are not in that region)
Yes, Option B is the only one that would leave space for Blair to continue to host a strong magnet program. Not saying it won’t be weakened regardless, but at least B would leave capacity for a good number of students.
+1
Anonymous
10/23/2025 07:20
Subject: Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Agree. Vote for ALL the schools to be under 100% occupied, not just your own.
Option B is *not* what most people want. It is simply repeated here often by loud, outspoken and entitled families. Option B leaves two area high schools over 100% full while WJ and Woodward are only 75-79% full. Not okay. And not popular.
What are you talking about? All options have schools at above 100%
Option A has Blair, JFK and Wheaton above 100%.
Option B has JFK and Wheaton just a smidge above 100%.
Option C has Blair, JFK, and Wheaton above 100%
option D has Blair and Kennedy above 100%
JFK and Wheaton will be in same region as WJ and Woodward so maybe the magnets balance it under. Option B might be the best (my kids are not in that region)
Yes, Option B is the only one that would leave space for Blair to continue to host a strong magnet program. Not saying it won’t be weakened regardless, but at least B would leave capacity for a good number of students.
Anonymous
10/23/2025 06:05
Subject: Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Agree. Vote for ALL the schools to be under 100% occupied, not just your own.
Option B is *not* what most people want. It is simply repeated here often by loud, outspoken and entitled families. Option B leaves two area high schools over 100% full while WJ and Woodward are only 75-79% full. Not okay. And not popular.
Yes you speak for everyone instead. Yea right.
Option B does look pretty good. I also like A. D is worst.