Anonymous
Post 02/12/2023 11:54     Subject: New "W" High School
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Anonymous wrote:What I'd like to know is why are all the down county schools outside the beltway?


B-CC and Whitman are inside the Beltway.



Then BCC and Whitman are more downcounty than the DCC schools. Maybe we need to rethink this?


Blair, Northwood, and Einstein all have boundaries extending south inside the beltway, to or almost to the DC line.


So you're saying BCC, Whitman, Blair, Northwood and Einstein are the real DCC?


The "real" DCC is whatever MCPS says it is. It's just a name.


I think they need to get rid of the DCC all together. I get why they started it but it no longer makes sense. It's basically school choice..and not offering that to all families is inequitable. They either make other consortiums or get rid of the concept period.


Why does it no longer make sense? The geography is part of the reason for the consortium, because there are five high schools situated within a few miles of each other. That is unlikely further upcounty.


Northwest and Seneca Valley are very close. Clarksburg isn't that much further.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2023 10:58     Subject: New "W" High School
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Anonymous wrote:What I'd like to know is why are all the down county schools outside the beltway?


B-CC and Whitman are inside the Beltway.



Then BCC and Whitman are more downcounty than the DCC schools. Maybe we need to rethink this?


Blair, Northwood, and Einstein all have boundaries extending south inside the beltway, to or almost to the DC line.


So you're saying BCC, Whitman, Blair, Northwood and Einstein are the real DCC?


The "real" DCC is whatever MCPS says it is. It's just a name.


I think they need to get rid of the DCC all together. I get why they started it but it no longer makes sense. It's basically school choice..and not offering that to all families is inequitable. They either make other consortiums or get rid of the concept period.


I agree. MCPS now has a Regional and Countywide model that should be the only offering. It’s absolutely unfair to have the DCC & NEC and not have a consortium Upcounty.


It really doesn't even work mostly even for families in the DCC.


Sure, the school choice part is broken but the special programs like Wheaton Engineering or Blair CAP are fabulous.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2023 10:57     Subject: New "W" High School
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Anonymous wrote:What I'd like to know is why are all the down county schools outside the beltway?


B-CC and Whitman are inside the Beltway.



Then BCC and Whitman are more downcounty than the DCC schools. Maybe we need to rethink this?


Blair, Northwood, and Einstein all have boundaries extending south inside the beltway, to or almost to the DC line.


So you're saying BCC, Whitman, Blair, Northwood and Einstein are the real DCC?


The "real" DCC is whatever MCPS says it is. It's just a name.


I think they need to get rid of the DCC all together. I get why they started it but it no longer makes sense. It's basically school choice..and not offering that to all families is inequitable. They either make other consortiums or get rid of the concept period.


I agree. MCPS now has a Regional and Countywide model that should be the only offering. It’s absolutely unfair to have the DCC & NEC and not have a consortium Upcounty.


It really doesn't even work mostly even for families in the DCC.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2023 10:56     Subject: New "W" High School
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Anonymous wrote:What I'd like to know is why are all the down county schools outside the beltway?


B-CC and Whitman are inside the Beltway.



Then BCC and Whitman are more downcounty than the DCC schools. Maybe we need to rethink this?


Blair, Northwood, and Einstein all have boundaries extending south inside the beltway, to or almost to the DC line.


So you're saying BCC, Whitman, Blair, Northwood and Einstein are the real DCC?


The "real" DCC is whatever MCPS says it is. It's just a name.


I think they need to get rid of the DCC all together. I get why they started it but it no longer makes sense. It's basically school choice..and not offering that to all families is inequitable. They either make other consortiums or get rid of the concept period.


I agree. MCPS now has a Regional and Countywide model that should be the only offering. It’s absolutely unfair to have the DCC & NEC and not have a consortium Upcounty.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2023 10:37     Subject: New "W" High School
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:What I'd like to know is why are all the down county schools outside the beltway?


B-CC and Whitman are inside the Beltway.



Then BCC and Whitman are more downcounty than the DCC schools. Maybe we need to rethink this?


Blair, Northwood, and Einstein all have boundaries extending south inside the beltway, to or almost to the DC line.


So you're saying BCC, Whitman, Blair, Northwood and Einstein are the real DCC?


The "real" DCC is whatever MCPS says it is. It's just a name.


I think they need to get rid of the DCC all together. I get why they started it but it no longer makes sense. It's basically school choice..and not offering that to all families is inequitable. They either make other consortiums or get rid of the concept period.


Why does it no longer make sense? The geography is part of the reason for the consortium, because there are five high schools situated within a few miles of each other. That is unlikely further upcounty.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2023 08:13     Subject: New "W" High School
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Anonymous wrote:Whitman, BCC and Blair could be their own ITBC, covering everything inside the Beltway and nothing outside (Blair, itself, would be just outside, but that's a remnant of its relocation from Dale & Wayne, and nobody lives there). The extra pieces that are currently mis-assigned to Einstein & Northwood could be split, and the outside-the-beltway neighborhoods currently assigned to WW & BCC could shift to WJ, Churchill and Woodward with the reopening of the last.


There are also inside-the-beltway neighborhoods currently assigned to WJ and Springbrook.

Sure. Those could be moved, too.


Is there a reason why the Beltway should be the defining boundary for high schools in MCPS? Keeping in mind that Blair is outside the Beltway.


Well, we're all about neighborhoods, and the beltway is hard to walk across, but it's also a defining geographic boundary. It separates the close-in and outer suburbs.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2023 07:43     Subject: New "W" High School
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What I'd like to know is why are all the down county schools outside the beltway?


B-CC and Whitman are inside the Beltway.



Then BCC and Whitman are more downcounty than the DCC schools. Maybe we need to rethink this?


Blair, Northwood, and Einstein all have boundaries extending south inside the beltway, to or almost to the DC line.


So you're saying BCC, Whitman, Blair, Northwood and Einstein are the real DCC?


The "real" DCC is whatever MCPS says it is. It's just a name.


I think they need to get rid of the DCC all together. I get why they started it but it no longer makes sense. It's basically school choice..and not offering that to all families is inequitable. They either make other consortiums or get rid of the concept period.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2023 22:44     Subject: New "W" High School
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Anonymous wrote:Whitman, BCC and Blair could be their own ITBC, covering everything inside the Beltway and nothing outside (Blair, itself, would be just outside, but that's a remnant of its relocation from Dale & Wayne, and nobody lives there). The extra pieces that are currently mis-assigned to Einstein & Northwood could be split, and the outside-the-beltway neighborhoods currently assigned to WW & BCC could shift to WJ, Churchill and Woodward with the reopening of the last.


There are also inside-the-beltway neighborhoods currently assigned to WJ and Springbrook.

Sure. Those could be moved, too.


Is there a reason why the Beltway should be the defining boundary for high schools in MCPS? Keeping in mind that Blair is outside the Beltway.

Only that it's a physical barrier to traffic getting to and from school that affects scheduling bus routes.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2023 21:48     Subject: New "W" High School
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Anonymous wrote:Whitman, BCC and Blair could be their own ITBC, covering everything inside the Beltway and nothing outside (Blair, itself, would be just outside, but that's a remnant of its relocation from Dale & Wayne, and nobody lives there). The extra pieces that are currently mis-assigned to Einstein & Northwood could be split, and the outside-the-beltway neighborhoods currently assigned to WW & BCC could shift to WJ, Churchill and Woodward with the reopening of the last.


There are also inside-the-beltway neighborhoods currently assigned to WJ and Springbrook.

Sure. Those could be moved, too.


Is there a reason why the Beltway should be the defining boundary for high schools in MCPS? Keeping in mind that Blair is outside the Beltway.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2023 19:49     Subject: New "W" High School
Anonymous wrote:Whitman, BCC and Blair could be their own ITBC, covering everything inside the Beltway and nothing outside (Blair, itself, would be just outside, but that's a remnant of its relocation from Dale & Wayne, and nobody lives there). The extra pieces that are currently mis-assigned to Einstein & Northwood could be split, and the outside-the-beltway neighborhoods currently assigned to WW & BCC could shift to WJ, Churchill and Woodward with the reopening of the last.


IIRC, Woodlin was part of the Einstein cluster even when Blair was at Dale & Wayne.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2023 16:48     Subject: New "W" High School
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Whitman, BCC and Blair could be their own ITBC, covering everything inside the Beltway and nothing outside (Blair, itself, would be just outside, but that's a remnant of its relocation from Dale & Wayne, and nobody lives there). The extra pieces that are currently mis-assigned to Einstein & Northwood could be split, and the outside-the-beltway neighborhoods currently assigned to WW & BCC could shift to WJ, Churchill and Woodward with the reopening of the last.


There are also inside-the-beltway neighborhoods currently assigned to WJ and Springbrook.

Sure. Those could be moved, too.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2023 16:45     Subject: New "W" High School
Anonymous wrote:Whitman, BCC and Blair could be their own ITBC, covering everything inside the Beltway and nothing outside (Blair, itself, would be just outside, but that's a remnant of its relocation from Dale & Wayne, and nobody lives there). The extra pieces that are currently mis-assigned to Einstein & Northwood could be split, and the outside-the-beltway neighborhoods currently assigned to WW & BCC could shift to WJ, Churchill and Woodward with the reopening of the last.


There are also inside-the-beltway neighborhoods currently assigned to WJ and Springbrook.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2023 16:26     Subject: New "W" High School
Whitman, BCC and Blair could be their own ITBC, covering everything inside the Beltway and nothing outside (Blair, itself, would be just outside, but that's a remnant of its relocation from Dale & Wayne, and nobody lives there). The extra pieces that are currently mis-assigned to Einstein & Northwood could be split, and the outside-the-beltway neighborhoods currently assigned to WW & BCC could shift to WJ, Churchill and Woodward with the reopening of the last.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2023 13:11     Subject: New "W" High School
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What I'd like to know is why are all the down county schools outside the beltway?


B-CC and Whitman are inside the Beltway.



Then BCC and Whitman are more downcounty than the DCC schools. Maybe we need to rethink this?


Blair, Northwood, and Einstein all have boundaries extending south inside the beltway, to or almost to the DC line.


So you're saying BCC, Whitman, Blair, Northwood and Einstein are the real DCC?


The "real" DCC is whatever MCPS says it is. It's just a name.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2023 12:57     Subject: New "W" High School
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What I'd like to know is why are all the down county schools outside the beltway?


B-CC and Whitman are inside the Beltway.



Then BCC and Whitman are more downcounty than the DCC schools. Maybe we need to rethink this?


Blair, Northwood, and Einstein all have boundaries extending south inside the beltway, to or almost to the DC line.


So you're saying BCC, Whitman, Blair, Northwood and Einstein are the real DCC?