MCPS is inviting the community to participate in a Q&A engagement session on the boundary studies and the secondary academic programs analysis efforts. The session will be held Thursday, 11/13, at Winston Churchill High School in-person from 7:00-8:00 pm. Click the link to find out more about the engagement session and the secondary academic programs analysis.
Understanding the New Boundary Changes
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
In addition, on October 30th, 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.
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 the 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
- Join the 11/18, Wootton Cluster Town Hall Meeting and Become a Wootton CIP Task Force Volunteer
- 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.