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Anonymous wrote:And these are the numbers per school:

https://gis.mcpsmd.org/cipmasterpdfs/CIP24_AppendixE.pdf

This is really eye opening. Walter Johnson is almost 700 kids OVER capacity?!? But then schools like Shady Grove MS are almost 400 UNDER?!?

Why do they insist on busing so many kids all the way from Kensington there when they could attend a school closer to home or at least a less crowded one like Kennedy?

The DCC is also overcrowded.

Places like BCC and Kennedy are below capacity and could easily help offload nearby schools.

Not really, when you look at the 2028–2029 School Year columns. Kennedy is projected to be over capacity by then, and BCC will be at capacity.

But they are less crowded than any other nearby school and should be used to reduce the burden on other areas.

That is what Woodward and the Northwood addition are for.

I didn't realize WJ was part of the DCC, but I remember Woodward would reduce enrollment at the adjacent HS (Wheaton, Einstein, WJ and BCC).

No. Woodward is slated to relieve overcrowding at WJ (WJ is not a member of the DCC) and the DCC overall. Northwood also reopens much larger to relieve DCC overcrowding.

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Anonymous wrote:And these are the numbers per school:

https://gis.mcpsmd.org/cipmasterpdfs/CIP24_AppendixE.pdf

This is really eye opening. Walter Johnson is almost 700 kids OVER capacity?!? But then schools like Shady Grove MS are almost 400 UNDER?!?

Why do they insist on busing so many kids all the way from Kensington there when they could attend a school closer to home or at least a less crowded one like Kennedy?

The DCC is also overcrowded.

Places like BCC and Kennedy are below capacity and could easily help offload nearby schools.

Not really, when you look at the 2028–2029 School Year columns. Kennedy is projected to be over capacity by then, and BCC will be at capacity.

But they are less crowded than any other nearby school and should be used to reduce the burden on other areas.

That is what Woodward and the Northwood addition are for.

I didn't realize WJ was part of the DCC, but I remember Woodward would reduce enrollment at the adjacent HS (Wheaton, Einstein, WJ and BCC).

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Anonymous wrote:And these are the numbers per school:

https://gis.mcpsmd.org/cipmasterpdfs/CIP24_AppendixE.pdf

This is really eye opening. Walter Johnson is almost 700 kids OVER capacity?!? But then schools like Shady Grove MS are almost 400 UNDER?!?

Why do they insist on busing so many kids all the way from Kensington there when they could attend a school closer to home or at least a less crowded one like Kennedy?

The DCC is also overcrowded.

Places like BCC and Kennedy are below capacity and could easily help offload nearby schools.

Not really, when you look at the 2028–2029 School Year columns. Kennedy is projected to be over capacity by then, and BCC will be at capacity.

But they are less crowded than any other nearby school and should be used to reduce the burden on other areas.

One of the four criteria for boundaries is stability. Moving some kids just to move them again in a few years isn't their policy.

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Anonymous wrote:And these are the numbers per school:

https://gis.mcpsmd.org/cipmasterpdfs/CIP24_AppendixE.pdf

This is really eye opening. Walter Johnson is almost 700 kids OVER capacity?!? But then schools like Shady Grove MS are almost 400 UNDER?!?

Why do they insist on busing so many kids all the way from Kensington there when they could attend a school closer to home or at least a less crowded one like Kennedy?

The DCC is also overcrowded.

Places like BCC and Kennedy are below capacity and could easily help offload nearby schools.

Not really, when you look at the 2028–2029 School Year columns. Kennedy is projected to be over capacity by then, and BCC will be at capacity.

But they are less crowded than any other nearby school and should be used to reduce the burden on other areas.

That is what Woodward and the Northwood addition are for.

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And these are the numbers per school:

https://gis.mcpsmd.org/cipmasterpdfs/CIP24_AppendixE.pdf

This is really eye opening. Walter Johnson is almost 700 kids OVER capacity?!? But then schools like Shady Grove MS are almost 400 UNDER?!?

Why do they insist on busing so many kids all the way from Kensington there when they could attend a school closer to home or at least a less crowded one like Kennedy?

The DCC is also overcrowded.

Places like BCC and Kennedy are below capacity and could easily help offload nearby schools.

Not really, when you look at the 2028–2029 School Year columns. Kennedy is projected to be over capacity by then, and BCC will be at capacity.

But they are less crowded than any other nearby school and should be used to reduce the burden on other areas.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m assuming that numbers from 28-29 do NOT take into account the fact that Woodward will be open by then? It says the 28-29 numbers include approved capital projects but there’s no way schools like WJ would get more students after Woodward opens.

Yes, that's right. Because they haven't done the boundary study yet, they don't know which schools' numbers will be reduced because of Woodward's opening, so they can't project to that level of detail.

But the capacity numbers from 28-29 do include the increases at Damascus, Northwood, and Poolesville's buildings.

Anonymous wrote:I’m assuming that numbers from 28-29 do NOT take into account the fact that Woodward will be open by then? It says the 28-29 numbers include approved capital projects but there’s no way schools like WJ would get more students after Woodward opens.

Yes, that's right. Because they haven't done the boundary study yet, they don't know which schools' numbers will be reduced because of Woodward's opening, so they can't project to that level of detail.

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Anonymous wrote:And these are the numbers per school:

https://gis.mcpsmd.org/cipmasterpdfs/CIP24_AppendixE.pdf

This is really eye opening. Walter Johnson is almost 700 kids OVER capacity?!? But then schools like Shady Grove MS are almost 400 UNDER?!?

Why do they insist on busing so many kids all the way from Kensington there when they could attend a school closer to home or at least a less crowded one like Kennedy?

Kennedy is not close.

I’m assuming that numbers from 28-29 do NOT take into account the fact that Woodward will be open by then? It says the 28-29 numbers include approved capital projects but there’s no way schools like WJ would get more students after Woodward opens.

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Anonymous wrote:If Takoma Park and Eastern both have so many empty seats, why don't they expand the magnet programs to allow more kids to attend each year?

The common spaces at overcrowded. They need to remodel the cafeteria and gym and auditorium. The building hasn't been updated since the 70's or earlier

TKMS had an addition and renovations a few years ago, but you’re correct that Eastern has had nothing done for decades.

I’m not sure whether anything’s changed in the last couple of years, but they couldn’t even get any portables when my kid was there. The lunchroom was a nightmare, even with three lunch periods, and my kid reported there were classes that met in the hallways at times. They were doing the best they could with what they were given, but years of advocacy hadn’t helped push Eastern up the list even for a remodel, let alone an expansion.

Even though their current high school is almost 400 students over capacity, my kid says it still doesn’t feel as crowded as Eastern used to.

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Anonymous wrote:And these are the numbers per school:

https://gis.mcpsmd.org/cipmasterpdfs/CIP24_AppendixE.pdf

This is really eye opening. Walter Johnson is almost 700 kids OVER capacity?!? But then schools like Shady Grove MS are almost 400 UNDER?!?

Why do they insist on busing so many kids all the way from Kensington there when they could attend a school closer to home or at least a less crowded one like Kennedy?

The DCC is also overcrowded.

Places like BCC and Kennedy are below capacity and could easily help offload nearby schools.

Not really, when you look at the 2028–2029 School Year columns. Kennedy is projected to be over capacity by then, and BCC will be at capacity.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And these are the numbers per school:

https://gis.mcpsmd.org/cipmasterpdfs/CIP24_AppendixE.pdf

This is really eye opening. Walter Johnson is almost 700 kids OVER capacity?!? But then schools like Shady Grove MS are almost 400 UNDER?!?

Isn't Blair even worse?

Blair is bigger but WJ is more overcrowded.

WJ 652, Blair 309 over. Einstein is in 2nd place with 398 over, Wheaton 346. QO is 350 over. All of these schools are supposed to be relieved by new construction when Woodward and Crown HSs open. But the opening of those schools is a Slooow Rooolllll.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And these are the numbers per school:

https://gis.mcpsmd.org/cipmasterpdfs/CIP24_AppendixE.pdf

This is really eye opening. Walter Johnson is almost 700 kids OVER capacity?!? But then schools like Shady Grove MS are almost 400 UNDER?!?

Why do they insist on busing so many kids all the way from Kensington there when they could attend a school closer to home or at least a less crowded one like Kennedy?

The DCC is also overcrowded.

Places like BCC and Kennedy are below capacity and could easily help offload nearby schools.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And these are the numbers per school:

https://gis.mcpsmd.org/cipmasterpdfs/CIP24_AppendixE.pdf

This is really eye opening. Walter Johnson is almost 700 kids OVER capacity?!? But then schools like Shady Grove MS are almost 400 UNDER?!?

Why do they insist on busing so many kids all the way from Kensington there when they could attend a school closer to home or at least a less crowded one like Kennedy?

The DCC is also overcrowded.

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Anonymous wrote:If Takoma Park and Eastern both have so many empty seats, why don't they expand the magnet programs to allow more kids to attend each year?

They're both in the 80-100% level MCPS considers ideal.

And if they added 2 or 3 additional classes for magnets they'd still be within that ideal range.