Anonymous
Post 09/30/2018 18:02     Subject: Predictions for crown high school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Ugh, CGES parent here. This whole thing is just too much, we just went through RMES#5 boundary craziness, I just cant even think about yet another messed up study. Hopefully this will happen after my kid is done with school. FWIW, I dont mind going to Crown, but I would mind going to Gaithersburg, if we are zoned there, we will go private


How can you say you would not mind going to Crown (which does even exist) but would mind going to a future Gaithersburg with very different boundaries? Gaithersburg will likely lose some lower income neighborhoods to Crown and gain some upper income neighborhood from RM (King Farm or Derwood). It may end up being very similar to the current RM. I do cringe at the craziness involved though.

+1. If they do redone the whole area, Gaithersburg and RM will not look like they currently do.


CGES PP here. My opposition to Gaithersburg HS is not (at least entirely) based on current demographics of the school, as they will change. It is based mostly on the area where said school is located. The school is next to very nice park, BUT it is also across the street from one of the sketchiest establishments in the area. I think the place was finally closed down last year, but for years there was a drug market across the school with a front of antique shop/restaurant. My step son got busted buying drugs there twice, so not hearsay.


So your opposition to your kids attending Gaithersburg in the future is a problem that has already gone away?
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2018 17:25     Subject: Predictions for crown high school
RM will likely stay the same because of its higher farms.

Wootton will be targeted for change by the Board. Can't have such a low farms school surrounded by higher farms schools.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2018 13:52     Subject: Predictions for crown high school
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Anonymous wrote:I can’t wait for Wooton to have a lot of FARMS kids transferred in and all the people living in the district lose $500,000 on their homes. They’ll all be upside down on their mortgages. It will be great.

When they rezoned Horizon Hill from Wootton to RM people didn't move. They just sent their kids to private school. Property values aren't down *that* much compared to the Wootton cluster. *Maybe* it'll go down by $50K or so. You are quite nasty, though, to wish that on people. Why so jealous?

I don't live in Wootton cluster, btw.


Um, the prices are about $100K different from houses in Horizon Hill compared to Fallsmead and Fox Hills West.

But yes, Horizon Hill STILL has a ton of kids in private school. It is just a thing there.

Not really.

https://www.redfin.com/MD/Rockville/1313-Fallsmead-Way-20854/home/10517763

https://www.redfin.com/MD/Rockville/7-Olmstead-Ct-20854/home/10525042

And there are lots of kids who go to private school who live in Churchill and Whitman. So what?
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2018 13:39     Subject: Predictions for crown high school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ugh, CGES parent here. This whole thing is just too much, we just went through RMES#5 boundary craziness, I just cant even think about yet another messed up study. Hopefully this will happen after my kid is done with school. FWIW, I dont mind going to Crown, but I would mind going to Gaithersburg, if we are zoned there, we will go private


How can you say you would not mind going to Crown (which does even exist) but would mind going to a future Gaithersburg with very different boundaries? Gaithersburg will likely lose some lower income neighborhoods to Crown and gain some upper income neighborhood from RM (King Farm or Derwood). It may end up being very similar to the current RM. I do cringe at the craziness involved though.

+1. If they do redone the whole area, Gaithersburg and RM will not look like they currently do.


The board just approved to have the top priority be SES and NOT geography or anything else equally. It will be a complete shit show with massive boundary changes. It will be ridiculous. It will be tough for the kids getting yanked to different schools mid high school years. And yes, even though it doesn’t affect me personally I do struggle with families that overpay for homes and could be upside down with school changes. That sucks.


The other three factors haven't gone away; they will still be considerations. Obviously proximity is going to continue to be important, but they won't be penned in by existing cluster boundaries. And regardless of the new policy, there are two new high schools opening and major expansions at several others. This means boundary changes no matter what.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2018 13:27     Subject: Predictions for crown high school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ugh, CGES parent here. This whole thing is just too much, we just went through RMES#5 boundary craziness, I just cant even think about yet another messed up study. Hopefully this will happen after my kid is done with school. FWIW, I dont mind going to Crown, but I would mind going to Gaithersburg, if we are zoned there, we will go private


How can you say you would not mind going to Crown (which does even exist) but would mind going to a future Gaithersburg with very different boundaries? Gaithersburg will likely lose some lower income neighborhoods to Crown and gain some upper income neighborhood from RM (King Farm or Derwood). It may end up being very similar to the current RM. I do cringe at the craziness involved though.

+1. If they do redone the whole area, Gaithersburg and RM will not look like they currently do.


The board just approved to have the top priority be SES and NOT geography or anything else equally. It will be a complete shit show with massive boundary changes. It will be ridiculous. It will be tough for the kids getting yanked to different schools mid high school years. And yes, even though it doesn’t affect me personally I do struggle with families that overpay for homes and could be upside down with school changes. That sucks.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2018 13:23     Subject: Predictions for crown high school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ugh, CGES parent here. This whole thing is just too much, we just went through RMES#5 boundary craziness, I just cant even think about yet another messed up study. Hopefully this will happen after my kid is done with school. FWIW, I dont mind going to Crown, but I would mind going to Gaithersburg, if we are zoned there, we will go private


How can you say you would not mind going to Crown (which does even exist) but would mind going to a future Gaithersburg with very different boundaries? Gaithersburg will likely lose some lower income neighborhoods to Crown and gain some upper income neighborhood from RM (King Farm or Derwood). It may end up being very similar to the current RM. I do cringe at the craziness involved though.

+1. If they do redone the whole area, Gaithersburg and RM will not look like they currently do.


CGES PP here. My opposition to Gaithersburg HS is not (at least entirely) based on current demographics of the school, as they will change. It is based mostly on the area where said school is located. The school is next to very nice park, BUT it is also across the street from one of the sketchiest establishments in the area. I think the place was finally closed down last year, but for years there was a drug market across the school with a front of antique shop/restaurant. My step son got busted buying drugs there twice, so not hearsay.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2018 11:51     Subject: Predictions for crown high school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ugh, CGES parent here. This whole thing is just too much, we just went through RMES#5 boundary craziness, I just cant even think about yet another messed up study. Hopefully this will happen after my kid is done with school. FWIW, I dont mind going to Crown, but I would mind going to Gaithersburg, if we are zoned there, we will go private


How can you say you would not mind going to Crown (which does even exist) but would mind going to a future Gaithersburg with very different boundaries? Gaithersburg will likely lose some lower income neighborhoods to Crown and gain some upper income neighborhood from RM (King Farm or Derwood). It may end up being very similar to the current RM. I do cringe at the craziness involved though.

+1. If they do redone the whole area, Gaithersburg and RM will not look like they currently do.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2018 11:29     Subject: Predictions for crown high school
Anonymous wrote:Ugh, CGES parent here. This whole thing is just too much, we just went through RMES#5 boundary craziness, I just cant even think about yet another messed up study. Hopefully this will happen after my kid is done with school. FWIW, I dont mind going to Crown, but I would mind going to Gaithersburg, if we are zoned there, we will go private


How can you say you would not mind going to Crown (which does even exist) but would mind going to a future Gaithersburg with very different boundaries? Gaithersburg will likely lose some lower income neighborhoods to Crown and gain some upper income neighborhood from RM (King Farm or Derwood). It may end up being very similar to the current RM. I do cringe at the craziness involved though.
Anonymous
Post 09/29/2018 23:43     Subject: Predictions for crown high school
Anonymous wrote:Ugh, CGES parent here. This whole thing is just too much, we just went through RMES#5 boundary craziness, I just cant even think about yet another messed up study. Hopefully this will happen after my kid is done with school. FWIW, I dont mind going to Crown, but I would mind going to Gaithersburg, if we are zoned there, we will go private


Pretty sure King Farm will be going to Gaithersburg. They really need to have the whole development in the same school. I doubt anyone from CGES will go to Crown.
Anonymous
Post 09/29/2018 23:41     Subject: Predictions for crown high school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I can’t wait for Wooton to have a lot of FARMS kids transferred in and all the people living in the district lose $500,000 on their homes. They’ll all be upside down on their mortgages. It will be great.

When they rezoned Horizon Hill from Wootton to RM people didn't move. They just sent their kids to private school. Property values aren't down *that* much compared to the Wootton cluster. *Maybe* it'll go down by $50K or so. You are quite nasty, though, to wish that on people. Why so jealous?

I don't live in Wootton cluster, btw.


Um, the prices are about $100K different from houses in Horizon Hill compared to Fallsmead and Fox Hills West.

But yes, Horizon Hill STILL has a ton of kids in private school. It is just a thing there.
Anonymous
Post 09/29/2018 22:34     Subject: Predictions for crown high school
Ugh, CGES parent here. This whole thing is just too much, we just went through RMES#5 boundary craziness, I just cant even think about yet another messed up study. Hopefully this will happen after my kid is done with school. FWIW, I dont mind going to Crown, but I would mind going to Gaithersburg, if we are zoned there, we will go private
Anonymous
Post 09/29/2018 14:01     Subject: Predictions for crown high school
Anonymous wrote:I can’t wait for Wooton to have a lot of FARMS kids transferred in and all the people living in the district lose $500,000 on their homes. They’ll all be upside down on their mortgages. It will be great.

When they rezoned Horizon Hill from Wootton to RM people didn't move. They just sent their kids to private school. Property values aren't down *that* much compared to the Wootton cluster. *Maybe* it'll go down by $50K or so. You are quite nasty, though, to wish that on people. Why so jealous?

I don't live in Wootton cluster, btw.
Anonymous
Post 09/29/2018 11:57     Subject: Predictions for crown high school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I can’t wait for Wooton to have a lot of FARMS kids transferred in and all the people living in the district lose $500,000 on their homes. They’ll all be upside down on their mortgages. It will be great.


You do realize that if this happens, all these home would have to be reassessed and their property taxes would go down, depriving the County of funding, meaning that they would have to raise tax rates higher to cover the loss.

But hey, let's make sure someone's suffering makes me feel good.


The smart people will all move to NoVA while their homes are stilll valuable. Once the busing starts and everyone is underwater they’re screwed. I can’t wait!
Anonymous
Post 09/29/2018 11:52     Subject: Predictions for crown high school
Anonymous wrote:I can’t wait for Wooton to have a lot of FARMS kids transferred in and all the people living in the district lose $500,000 on their homes. They’ll all be upside down on their mortgages. It will be great.


You do realize that if this happens, all these home would have to be reassessed and their property taxes would go down, depriving the County of funding, meaning that they would have to raise tax rates higher to cover the loss.

But hey, let's make sure someone's suffering makes me feel good.
Anonymous
Post 09/29/2018 11:18     Subject: Predictions for crown high school
I can’t wait for Wooton to have a lot of FARMS kids transferred in and all the people living in the district lose $500,000 on their homes. They’ll all be upside down on their mortgages. It will be great.