Recently MCPS released revised boundary study options for its opening of the new Crown High School in Gaithersburg. These options impact which middle school some of our Cabin John communities would attend. Please use the Interactive Map Tool to enter your home address and understand the impact of the options on your assignments. We want our community to be aware of the following changes:
- Two of the proposed options would split students from Bells Mill ES between CJMS and Hoover MS, then all move onto Churchill
- All of the proposed options would send students from Stone Mill ES to Frost MS and then onto Wootton
- All of the proposed options would send students from Cold Spring ES to Hoover MS and then onto Wootton
- All of the proposed options keep students from Seven Locks going to CJMS then onto Churchill
On October 30, the Board of Education voted to allow MCPS to explore additional options that may include using Crown as a holding school while it completes renovations to Damascus, Magruder, and Wootton High schools. These options will be available in early December for public comment. In recent Board of Education meetings, members of the Wootton community and others have provided testimony. On November 4, the Churchill cluster was invited to meet with Julie Yang, Board of Education, and Dr. Taylor, MCPS Superintendent (see recap below) to provide specific feedback on the boundary study.
What can you do?
- PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE BORDER STUDY OPTIONS TO MCPS USING THIS SURVEY. It is important to share which options you prefer and what you like and do not like about them. You may wish to comment again after additional options are released.
- Attend an upcoming engagement session (November 13, 7-8pm at Churchill) to learn more and provide feedback
- Share this information with your friends and neighbors
- Engage with the PTAs of your local Elementary Schools to learn more about their advocacy efforts
- Information will be shared in Cougar Clips as it becomes available. Reach out to Debbie Fleischer at president@cabinjohnptsa.org if you have questions or would like to speak to the impact on the CJMS community.