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Anonymous wrote:We live in 4 corners (Northwood side) and am
Wondering if we should anticipate any school assignment changes when Woodward re-opens? Or are we too “down county” for it to even matter?
We are currently zoned for Northwood, even though we live across the street from Blair (which is crazy in my opinion).
Have always planned on going private for high school...but all this talk got me wondering...would we/could we get redirected to Einstein? Even BCC?
What’s the common thought for this area?
Current assignment:
Forest Knolls
Silver Spring International
Northwood

Thx!!

No word from County consortium do you know that means you pick a high school!
You are zoned for homeschool and then you put in for the top three schools that you want. you pick a high school do you not know that ??

No, you don't "pick" a high school. You rank your choices 1 through 5, and then you are assigned to one. If you rank your home school first or second, you're guaranteed a spot at that school.

Anonymous wrote:We live in 4 corners (Northwood side) and am
Wondering if we should anticipate any school assignment changes when Woodward re-opens? Or are we too “down county” for it to even matter?
We are currently zoned for Northwood, even though we live across the street from Blair (which is crazy in my opinion).
Have always planned on going private for high school...but all this talk got me wondering...would we/could we get redirected to Einstein? Even BCC?
What’s the common thought for this area?
Current assignment:
Forest Knolls
Silver Spring International
Northwood

Thx!!

No word from County consortium do you know that means you pick a high school!
You are zoned for homeschool and then you put in for the top three schools that you want. you pick a high school do you not know that ??

If you're interested in the Northwood addition project, there are also upcoming community meetings about that.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/facilities/construction/project/northwoodhs.aspx

Anonymous wrote:Any updates on this?

There were several meetings earlier this year; now we're awaiting the boundary report to the superintendent. You can see the presentations from the meetings here with the options.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/planning/DownCountyESBoundaryStudy.aspx

A decision on the new boundaries will be made in November, to take effect in Fall 2020.

Any updates on this?

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Anonymous wrote:Rising 5th graders are always allowed to stay at their existing elementary school.

Is rezoning at FK eminent?

The new additions at Montgomery Knolls and Pine Crest are supposed to be completed by Sept. 2020.

MCPS does a boundary study 18 months before a new school or addition opens. Which means the boundary study will start in 2018, and the results would be announced in 2019.

I would expect the boundary study to start in the spring, since 18 months before September 2020 is March 2019.

Confirmed:

Planning Study: A boundary study is recommended for
Forest Knolls, Montgomery Knolls, and Pine Crest elemen-
tary schools to relieve the overutilization at Forest Knolls
Elementary School. The scope of the boundary school will
include the three elementary schools as well as the middle
school articulation to Eastern and Silver Spring International
middle schools for these three elementary schools. The bound-
ary study will occur in spring 2019, with Board of Education
action scheduled for November 2019.

http://gis.mcpsmd.org/cipmasterpdfs/CIP20_Chap4_DCC.pdf

Interesting that they specified that Eastern and SSIMS are added to the scope too.

I think that just follows from the fact that those ES currently feed into different middle schools. So if students are moved from FKES into MK/PC the natural thing would be to also change the MS assignment from SSIMS to Eastern, but that requires study, too.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When does Northwood's addition open?

TBD

Here's what the CIP says:

With respect to Northwood High School, an internal analysis has been completed
that evaluated a) the possibility of doing a phased construction
of Northwood High School, with students on site and b) an
approach where a newly constructed and reopened Woodward
High School be used as a holding school, starting in September
2023, for Northwood High School for two years. The evaluation
compared the costs for each option, impact to students, impact
on the building design, and the timeline of the project. This
evaluation will be presented to the Board of Education during
the CIP process in November 2018, for consideration and action
on the approach for Northwood High School.

Anonymous wrote:When does Northwood's addition open?

TBD

When does Northwood's addition open?

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rising 5th graders are always allowed to stay at their existing elementary school.

Is rezoning at FK eminent?

The new additions at Montgomery Knolls and Pine Crest are supposed to be completed by Sept. 2020.

MCPS does a boundary study 18 months before a new school or addition opens. Which means the boundary study will start in 2018, and the results would be announced in 2019.

I would expect the boundary study to start in the spring, since 18 months before September 2020 is March 2019.

Confirmed:

Planning Study: A boundary study is recommended for
Forest Knolls, Montgomery Knolls, and Pine Crest elemen-
tary schools to relieve the overutilization at Forest Knolls
Elementary School. The scope of the boundary school will
include the three elementary schools as well as the middle
school articulation to Eastern and Silver Spring International
middle schools for these three elementary schools. The bound-
ary study will occur in spring 2019, with Board of Education
action scheduled for November 2019.

http://gis.mcpsmd.org/cipmasterpdfs/CIP20_Chap4_DCC.pdf

Interesting that they specified that Eastern and SSIMS are added to the scope too.

How would any of this impact you given how far you are from the schools you commented about? Why do you care if you are going private? I don't get it. Downcounty has a consortium so technically you get some choice in schools.