Anonymous
10/06/2025 11:52
Subject: Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Einstein zoned family here. All of these options increase FARMS (Option C in particular) and as previously noted the programming changes will likely result in existing specialty programs wilting on the vine. Such a shame - the school in the past several years had been a success story but that seems unlikely to continue.
Anonymous
10/06/2025 11:52
Subject: Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:And despite assuming this extra capacity at Wheaton that doesn't yet exist, they still leave Wheaton overcrowded over that inflated number. Wow.
Option D has Wheaton at 94.5%
So what percentage is that of the CURRENT capacity of Wheaton HS? WHAT IS THE COST OF EXPANDING WHEATON HS?
Current capacity of Wheaton HS is 2251.
So at best, Wheaton will be at 115% of its current capacity
Anonymous
10/06/2025 11:52
Subject: Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:And despite assuming this extra capacity at Wheaton that doesn't yet exist, they still leave Wheaton overcrowded over that inflated number. Wow.
Yup and WJ is now at sub 80% capacity. Shows what they care about.
Look at WJ for the last 10 years. Shows what they did NOT care about.
This is a booming and desirable area. School will fill up, and overflow, in no time.
They could have redistributed plenty of times but didn't. Because no one in the WJ casement wanted to go to Einstein.
Anonymous
10/06/2025 11:49
Subject: Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:And despite assuming this extra capacity at Wheaton that doesn't yet exist, they still leave Wheaton overcrowded over that inflated number. Wow.
Yup and WJ is now at sub 80% capacity. Shows what they care about.
Exactly. I am completely fine with all the options for my kid and how it affects my family (we're not zoned for Wheaton), but as a taxpayer this is absolutely maddening. Such a blatant disregard for fiscal responsibility in a time of massive fiscal uncertainty. MCPS administrators are like children who think money grows on trees. Then they will come crying to taxpayers begging them to pay more while thousands are out of work and have possibly left the region entirely.
Or maybe lots of WHJ-zoned families will return to the public school, once the out of control overcrowding is finally fixed. Many in my neighborhood go to private schools in order to avoid over-crowded WJ. Now they will once again have reasonable access to their tax-funded local school.
So in this scenario WJ is at capacity and Wheaton wildly overcrowded. Nice!
Anonymous
10/06/2025 11:49
Subject: Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:And despite assuming this extra capacity at Wheaton that doesn't yet exist, they still leave Wheaton overcrowded over that inflated number. Wow.
Option D has Wheaton at 94.5%
So what percentage is that of the CURRENT capacity of Wheaton HS? WHAT IS THE COST OF EXPANDING WHEATON HS?
Current capacity of Wheaton HS is 2251.
Anonymous
10/06/2025 11:48
Subject: Re:Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ashburton going to Kennedy is social engineering on option D. You will see riots at that DSW
Ops had my greens mixed up
I thought you were trying to make a funny joke
Anonymous
10/06/2025 11:47
Subject: Re:Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Ashburton going to Kennedy is social engineering on option D. You will see riots at that DSW
Ops had my greens mixed up
Anonymous
10/06/2025 11:47
Subject: Re:Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Ashburton going to Kennedy is social engineering on option D. You will see riots at that DSW
Ashburton is at WJ in Options A-D.
Anonymous
10/06/2025 11:47
Subject: Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:And despite assuming this extra capacity at Wheaton that doesn't yet exist, they still leave Wheaton overcrowded over that inflated number. Wow.
Yup and WJ is now at sub 80% capacity. Shows what they care about.
Exactly. I am completely fine with all the options for my kid and how it affects my family (we're not zoned for Wheaton), but as a taxpayer this is absolutely maddening. Such a blatant disregard for fiscal responsibility in a time of massive fiscal uncertainty. MCPS administrators are like children who think money grows on trees. Then they will come crying to taxpayers begging them to pay more while thousands are out of work and have possibly left the region entirely.
Or maybe lots of WHJ-zoned families will return to the public school, once the out of control overcrowding is finally fixed. Many in my neighborhood go to private schools in order to avoid over-crowded WJ. Now they will once again have reasonable access to their tax-funded local school.
Anonymous
10/06/2025 11:46
Subject: Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Am I read it wrong, but I don't see any boundary change for BCC and Whitman? Are those two HSs excluded from Woodward study for the second round?
It would appear so. That's pretty stunning, to be honest.
Why? This is what should have happened to begin with. Focus on the area near the actual new school rather than trying to social engineer the entire county.
+1.
It's stunning because the DCC schools are left overcapacity in some of these options so they are basically saying FU to taxpayers who want them to use their resources efficiently like adults
Anonymous
10/06/2025 11:45
Subject: Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Anonymous wrote:So these are the final four options? Or there could be a new set?
I think the next step is that the superintendent makes his recommendation in January, which could have some tweaks--but I think it's fair to say it will be very similar to one of these 4 options. Then there will be hearings about that recommendation, with the final vote in March.
Now if only they had such a clear and logical process, with transparency and opportunity for genuine input from the public, for hte program analysis. That process has been the opposite.
Anonymous
10/06/2025 11:44
Subject: Re:Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Ashburton going to Kennedy is social engineering on option D. You will see riots at that DSW
Anonymous
10/06/2025 11:43
Subject: Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:And despite assuming this extra capacity at Wheaton that doesn't yet exist, they still leave Wheaton overcrowded over that inflated number. Wow.
Yup and WJ is now at sub 80% capacity. Shows what they care about.
Look at WJ for the last 10 years. Shows what they did NOT care about.
This is a booming and desirable area. School will fill up, and overflow, in no time.
Anonymous
10/06/2025 11:43
Subject: Second round options for Woodward boundary study
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Am I read it wrong, but I don't see any boundary change for BCC and Whitman? Are those two HSs excluded from Woodward study for the second round?
It would appear so. That's pretty stunning, to be honest.
Why? This is what should have happened to begin with. Focus on the area near the actual new school rather than trying to social engineer the entire county.
+1.
Anonymous
10/06/2025 11:41
Subject: Second round options for Woodward boundary study
So these are the final four options? Or there could be a new set?