--------- Good evening. Um, welcome to the uh presentation of the initial options uh for the um reopening of Charles W. Woodward U boundary study. I want to start by um well first introduce myself. I'm Adnan
Mammoon. I'm the chief of district operations. I'd like to um thank everybody for joining us this evening. Um tonight this is the second presentation here in this auditorium. We're going to go over the um initial
options for the Woodward study. We will provide um an overview of the map as well as the data. Um if you have not picked up a um a packet that was available outside, please do so on your
way out. Uh those packets do have the information and the maps. We also have if you don't know a setup uh with the bigger version of the maps in the cafeteria uh where you're welcome to um you know
join us after this presentation uh where we we you know we can gather around maps and if anybody has any particular questions about any location we'd be happy to answer that. Um so before I pass this o over to Miss Malody to take us through the rest of the presentation
I wanted to talk about a couple things uh that are important. One is wanted to reiterate the fact that what you're seeing here and we're calling it initial boundary options is because this is an iterative process that you know we are
going to explain this and have this out to the public. All the information is going to be available for you to look at at home. understand the data. We will also share with you the office hours that we're going to have um where you could come in and um uh join us
virtually if you have any technical questions or having um any issues understanding the maps or the data. We will be happy to provide any responses and answer your questions around those time. But through this process, the most important part that we will share here
and if you go to our website, you will find it there as well is the survey associated with this initial options. We definitely want you to understand the data, understand the options and we're looking for your feedback because as I said it is an iterative process and
these are the initial options. So once we are able to capture all the feedback from everybody here and out in the community, our goal is to synthesize understand the feedback and then use those feedback to revise these options
and then we will come back to the communities in uh fall in the fall uh to pro you know to present uh refined options. So please take the time to understand the data. If you have any questions, please join us for those um
office hours that we will provide. Um feel free to go over to the map room after this presentation, but do fill out that survey that will help us through this process. I'll turn it over to Miss Malch now to take us through the rest of the presentation. Thank you. Thank you. I am Cat Malcod. I'm the
executive director for district operations. We are very excited to be here. Thank you for coming. I'm just going to go over with you our agenda and talk a little bit about the office hours. As Mr. Mammoon said, if you picked up a packet on the way in, it has
a QR code that takes you to the MCPS boundary study web page. And the first button at the top of that in light blue takes you to the initial options for Woodward. And so everything we talk about today, what's in your packet and more is available on that web page. And
at the end of the presentation, we'll preview sort of how to navigate it. If you happen to end up in the map room, either at the end, we'll try to end a little bit early so we can all go over there, or if you've already been there already, you'll see sort of um a larger scale setup of a lot of the maps um that
are in the initial options. We are going to look at each of the four initial options and Kate is going to preview each of them. We're very excited to also offer virtual office hours. They start tomorrow at noon and then starting next
week, they'll run Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday through the middle of July. And that will be as long as the survey is open, we'll have those office hours. And like Mr. Mimmoon said, you can come and get technical help, whether it's I need help, you know, sort of using the interactive map tool. I need to
understand you know sort of what this chart shows me or any other question you can come and join us and that is available on the website with a zoom link. Okay. So this is the current boundary study for the reopening of Charles W. Woodward High School is
necessary to populate that new school and to help relieve overcrowding at the high schools in the study area. And at the middle school level, it's necessary to identify those feeder schools to the high schools to better balance utilization at the middle school
level. The elementary school assignments will not change as a result of the boundary study. However, the articulation patterns for the middle schools and high schools or those feeder patterns to middle school
to high school can change as a result. So again, while the elementary school assignments will remain the same, those assigned middle and high schools could change as a result of the boundary
study. Okay, as you can see, we are in the initial options phase of the boundary study process. The initial options are being presented and you have the opportunity to provide feedback via the survey during the months of July and
August. That feedback will be collected and synthesized in order for the development of refined options. Community input is sought in that first round to understand how these initial
boundary options may impact students and families. This will help shape and refine the boundary options that will be brought back to the community in the fall for another round of feedback. These refined options will be shared in
the refined options phase in September. And then during that time, during the refined options phase, we will have public information sessions, Zoom and in person, as well as a refined
boundary study page with all of the options and all of the information related to them. There will also be a survey at that time to give feedback on those refined options. And then during October and November, we'll collect all of that
feedback on those refined options in order to support the option development for the recommendation of the superintendent to the board. The superintendent presents the recommendation to the board and the board will then hold public hearings and
solicit written testimony from the community and we will share that information again when we come back in September so that you understand that process. Okay. So our boundary study process is guided by board policy FAA
which is educational facilities planning. The four factors outlined in board policy FAA will be considered when the recommendations for the boundary options are developed. The four factors are demographic characteristics of
student population, geography, stability of school assignment over time, and facility utilization. There is no waiting or priority for the four factors when
determining boundary options. When developing recommendations for the board, the superintendent will provide a rationale for the recommendation that demonstrates the extent to which it advances each of those four
factors. While every factor is considered, it may not be feasible to reconcile each and every recommendation with each and every factor. Throughout the process, community input is sought in accordance
with board policy ABA community engagement. Okay. So for each initial option, Kate is going to do a preview for each one. She is going to talk about facility utilization at the high school level. She's going to talk about the
high school and middle school overview maps and then some articulation and additional highlights including the extent to which the options advance one or more of the factors. While she's doing that, if you look at blessio in
your packet, you will notice the charts and maps that she's referring to as well as additional ones and then all of them are available on the web page. The superintendent of schools supports that the new boundaries be
implemented with grades 9 and 10 in the 2728 school year and that the rising 11th and 12th graders remain at their current high school of assignment. The implementation would continue with
grades 9, 10, and 11 in 28,29 and then full implementation of 9 through 12 in 2930. In addition, the superintendent supports the new boundaries be implemented with grades six and
seven in the 2728 school year while the rising eighth graders stay at their currently assigned school followed by full implementation grades 6 through 8 in 2829. Ultimately, the board of education has
the final approval for those decisions. And again, while we don't have time to go into great detail with each and every option, you have those extra data tables in your packet. They are available on the web page and we
have those large-scale maps in the map room for us to look at. I'm going to turn it over to Kate and she's going to get us started talking about the options. Hi everyone, my name is Kate Doran. I work for Flow Analytics and we have been working with MCPS on these Woodward
study area SCP options these this spring. So, this is the high school overview map for Woodward option one. And you can see the Woodward High School boundary outlined in black for option one on the map as well as the boundaries
for the other high schools um included in the boundary study scope for option one. on the initial options web page um and in the map room you can find additional maps including a largescale version of this map with the elementary
school locations in the elementary school boundaries overlaid on the high schools so you can look at that for comparison and the established walk zones for option one. Um, with these options, we try to keep students residing in walk walk zones as walkers
as much as possible and try not to reassign them to middle and high schools outside of their designated walk zones. The walk zones developed for the middle and high schools identified in the boundary options will be developed in coordination with the MCPS Department of
Transportation. The Department of Transportation analyzes safety and walkability conditions to recommend appropriate walking zones and routes to schools in alignment with board policy EA student transportation. This is the facility
utilization table for the high schools in the Charles W. Woodward High School boundary study scope. So I will walk through this table with you. You have it in your packets as well. On the left side of the table, you have the current
2425 enrollment with transfers for the capacity of the schools themselves. So, not including portables, the enrollment of the schools and the facility utilization for those capacities. In the center, you have the resident students
within the current boundaries for those schools. So the number of students living within those boundaries and the facility utilization for that number. And then on the right side we have option one resident students um in
203031. So we're looking at postimplementation when all of the students are in their schools facility utilization and enrollment for the option. Please note that the historical transfer rate data with consorcia structures and programs was not considered in this
initial options round. Program placeholder seats are being held at Weaten High School for the Thomas Edison High School of Technology programs that are not as easily replicable to other schools such as the automotive program.
So this option leaves Wheaten High School over capacity at 117.3% facility utilization, but there is available future shell space at the Edison facility that can be built out if
and when needed. This option leaves McGomery Blair and John F. Kennedy High School at 104% utilization. And other than Blair and Kennedy and Wheaten, the rest of the high schools in the study area are within the 80 to 100% preferred
range of utilization. The initial options web page and your packets also have facility utilization data by middle school for option one. So the same table, same columns, but it shows the data for the middle
schools. And the following data is also included in the initial options web page for middle and high schools for both current and uh current students and as a result of option one. We have demographic data by race and ethnicity
as defined in MCPS at a glance and is self-reported by families. The percent of students who receive free and reduced meal services, you'll see that as farms in the tables. the percent of students who are identified as emergent multilingual learners. You'll see that
as EML in the tables that was previously known as ESOL or ELLL. This is the middle school overview map for option one. So you can see the Woodward High School boundary there in black that you saw from the first map is
superimposed on the middle school map here as well as the middle schools that are within this study area. Um on the initial options web page you can find additional maps for the middle schools including a large scale map for the middle schools as well that shows the
elementary locations and the boundaries. So you can compare um those boundaries, the current boundaries for the elementary schools to the options um as well as the walk zones for the middle schools. So here is some additional information about the articulation
patterns and facility utilization for option one. So option one provides straight articulation or feeder from uh each elementary school to their assigned middle school. So option one does not
have split elementary schools to middle schools. They all feed directly into one middle school. Liter school, Odessa Shannon, Parkland, Siggo, and Silver Spring International Middle School would continue to have split articulation patterns for their high school
assignments in option one. Splitter articulation exists and is necessary because middle schools are not sized to perfectly fit into high schools, nor are elementary schools sized to perfectly feed into middle schools. So we have different
articulation patterns for the different options. Option one brings most of the high schools into that preferred range of 80 to 100% with Blair and Kennedy over 104% and Weeden at
117.3% facility utilization. Um, as a reminder, the so the initial uh options web page has the current articulation pattern. So if you want to know for this study area, what is the elementary to middle to high school currently? Um and then what does
it look like for each option as well? And the elementary assignments boundaries will not be changing in this um study, but you would see articulation patterns to middle and high schools would be different for each of these options. This is the high school
overview map for option two. So you can see Charles W. Woodward High School boundary there outlined in black and the rest of the high schools in the boundary study scope shown on the map as well. On the initial options web page, you can find option two as a large scale map
with those elementary locations and boundaries overlaid and the walk zones. um on the um oh so with these options, we strive to keep the the students residing within the walk zones as walkers as much as possible and try not
to reassign them to the middle and high schools outside of their walk zone. This is the facility utilization table for option two. So you will notice that the left side and the center columns are going to be the same in all of these tables. So we will always have
those available in the table to compare to the option. So you have the capacity enrollment and facility utilization for current enrollment with transfers um into those schools for the school capacities themselves. The number of resident
students within the current boundaries in the current year. Um and then the resident students out into 203031 post implementation how many students would be within that boundary and what would be the facility utilization for that. Um
the historical transfer rate data with consorcia structures and programs was not considered in the initial options except for that Wheaten High School um Thomas Edison High School of Technology program which is being held in that
um accounting of the enrollment there. So as you can see all high schools in this option would be within that preferred range of 80 to 100% um facility utilization. So the initial options web page also has the facility utilization
data by middle school and that also shows um the middle schools within that preferred range of 80 to 100% utilization. And the following data is included for um on that web page for
middle and high schools for current and option two. For the demographic data by race and ethnicity, the percent of students who receive free and reduced meal services or farms and the percent of students who are identified as emergent multilingual learners or EML. So you
would see those three categories with the uh additional data as well. Here's the middle school option two overview map. So you can see the option two Charles Woodward boundary, what that would look like over the middle schools
and the remaining middle school boundaries for the rest of the study area. You can find the large scale version of this map um printed out in the map room or on the web page with um again those elementary schools overlaid
roads, walk zones, things like that. So you can get some more information about what is uh happening inside of each boundary. All right, here is the additional information for option two. So as you saw in the table, um this
brings all the middle schools and the high schools to a preferred range of 80 to 100% facility utilization out to 2030 31. Um, compared to the current articulation patterns, more elementary schools would have split
articulation to their assigned middle schools in this option um than in uh than currently or in option one. with the exception of one remaining island assignment that is currently there for Parkland and Weaten High School um
Parkland Middle School. All other middle and high schools uh boundaries in this scope would have contiguous boundaries. This is the overview map for uh Woodward study area option three. Again, the Charles uh Woodward High School is outlined in the black uh line.
So um and the boundary lines for the other high schools for this option are also included there. You can find um the large scale version of this map with a lot more detail about the elementary schools um elementary middle school locations, the walk zones for the high
schools and the roads um so that you can look at that that map um or the interactive map that we'll show later. With these options, we strive to keep students um residing in walk zones as walkers as much as possible um as we are developing these to the different board
factors. This is the facility utilization table. Um jumped the gun for the option three. Um so again you can see the the left side is the current enrollment with transfers. The center is the number of
students that live within the current boundaries. And then option three, you can see the facility utilization um post implementation for the students living within those boundaries um in the uh
right hand column. So as you can see um Bethesda, Chvy Chase, John F. Kennedy and Wheaton would be slightly over 100% facility utilization while the remaining high schools would be in that 80 to 100% range. Um, and then just note that the
transfer rate data and consorcia structures and programs are not included in this uh in this data except for those placeholder seats for Wheaten High School um and Thomas Edison High School um technology programs. Those are held
at Weaten in this example. Um and then the initial options web page has this data for the middle schools for option three as well. Um as well as the demographic data by race and ethnicity, the percent of students who receive free
and reduced meal services and the EML or emergent uh multilingual learners percent of students. So all of that data um follows the facility utilization tables in one PDF. So you can look at that. I believe it's also in your
packet, but it is all contained on the website as well. This is the middle school overview map for option three. You can see Woodward is outlined again in black over the middle schools on this map. And there is an additional
uh large scale map. Um there's a couple of maps, but there is the large scale map for the middle schools as well, which would show you how this plays out against the um elementary school boundaries. Um the current elementary school boundaries on that map um as well
as the established walk zones for option three. This is the additional information for option three. So you saw that it brings most high schools into that preferred range of 80 to 100% utilization with only BCC, Kennedy, and
Weaten slightly over 100%. Compared to the articulation patterns uh currently or in option one, um more elementary schools would have split articulation to their assigned middle schools. And if the option three boundaries were implemented in the
current school year, the year we have demographic data for, there would be less disparity of ser of students receiving farms and EML services at the high schools and the middle schools within the study area. Um, so the web page also provides
those articulation patterns. Um, we know the maps are large and there's a lot of boundaries happening. So you can also just open that table and see the articulation from elementary to middle to high school. Um for the current um
students as or for the current alignment as well as for the options and again those elementary school assignments those boundaries are not changing but that articulation to middle and high school is going to look different for not for all of them but for some of them
in the different options. Um, so they could change between them. And this is Woodward uh, study area option 4 high school overview map. So again, you can see the Woodward High School boundary for option four outlined
in black. And you're noticing it's different um, in everyone. Um, and so that's something to uh, look at between the different options as well. um as well as the boundary lines for the other high schools for this option. Um on the initial options web page, you can
find a large scale version of this map. Um and with this uh these options, again, we try to strive to keep students residing in walk zones as walkers as much as possible for the high schools and the middle schools um and not assigning them outside of their
designated walk zones. This is the facility utilization table for the high schools. Um, and so you've got the same information on the left for comparison for the current enrollment with transfers. Um, capacity enrollment
facility utilization. Again, the capacity is without portable classrooms. the resident students. So how many students are living within the current boundaries and the resident students in 203031. So we can look at the forecasted
data for students and um say how many would be enrolled in those or living within those areas out to 203031. And that's what your facility utilization would look like for option four. Um, so this option leaves Wheaten High
School over capacity at 120.2, but again like the other option, there's available future shell space at the Edison facility that can be built out um if and when needed. Um, again, this historical transfer rate data with the consortial
structure and the programs are not considered in this round, but the Wheaten programs um at Thomas Edison High School are considered here. Um, this option leaves Blair High School slightly above at 100.6. Um, and uh, Walter Johnson High
School slightly below at 77 um, percent. So the rest of the high schools in the study area would be within that preferred range of 80 to 100% facility utilization. And this table is also available for middle schools for option
four along with the demographic data by race and ethnicity which is defined in MCPS at a glance and is self-reported by families. The percent of students who receive free and reduced meal services or farms. You'll see it written in the
tables as farms. The percent of students who are identified as emergent multilingual learners or EML um previously known as ESOL or ELLL is in those tables as well. Here is the middle school overview
map for option 4. You can see the new boundary lines for the reopening of Woodward High School in black over the middle schools um as well as the boundary lines for the middle schools for this option. On the web page, you can find that large scale version of
this map. So, you can see how the elementary schools overlay with this configuration in option four um as well as the walk zones um on that map as well. And this is the additional information for option four.
So there's contiguous middle school boundaries um for the schools in this boundary study scope compared to current articulation patterns for option four. You would have more elementary schools having a split articulation to their
assigned middle schools. Um as we saw in the table, option four brings most high schools into that preferred range of 80 to 100% with Blair High School slightly over at 100.6. You do have Wheaten High School at 120.2 and then you have Walter
Johnson High School slightly below at 77%. Um, and what option four is doing is um, all walk zones remain within the current school boundaries for both middle and high schools in the boundary study scope for option four. So that's
um, unique to option four. And I am done talking about the options. So, I'm going to have Cat come back up and talk to you more about the initial options web page and how you can access all of this information. Okay, this is my favorite part because
one of the things that we felt very strongly about through this process was that everyone have access to the information regardless of whether you were able to join us online, in person. We just really wanted you to have those resources available so that you could
participate in this process. And so what you will see if you go to, like I said, the QR code, the top blue button at the top of that screen, it will take you to this initial options web page. There are four options that Kate went through. And
for each option, there are buttons that you can press that do different things so that you have access to different types of information. For each of those options, there is an interactive map tool, data tables, maps, including the
larger scale ones that are printed, but they're also available online. And then we just finished filming, but there are preview videos that will go in. So, you don't have to watch the whole video. You can just go and, you know, sort of narrow your focus to I just want to see option two again.
And you can just watch that little video for that. And so, those are going to be loaded as well. But we're really excited because we just wanted to make sure that everyone could access the information regardless of whether or not you were able to attend a
session. Okay, this is our interactive map tool. We call it MCPS options viewer. It does two main things. If you go to the top, you can type in your address. And if you type in your address and click that button, it will show you
your current elementary, middle, and high school assignments. and then it will show you the middle school and high school assignments for each of the four options. What you can also do is just pick an area on the map and click on it
and it will do the same thing. And so you can play around with that tool. It's live in the mapper on the big screen. So, if people needed a little help with it, if you get stuck, you can always refresh the screen and it will take you back to sort of the original setting,
which is the current boundary lines, and then you can sort of toggle through each of those options. If that's confusing, you can come to office hours and we'll show you how to do it on there. Okay. So, most important thing,
the survey. We are asking you once you've looked at the options, if you scroll down to the bottom, you get a nice big button that says woodward initial options survey. If you click on that, you will be able to provide feedback on each of the options. Very simple. What do you like? What don't you
like? And then once you provide that feedback, we will be able to use it. Is this part of the process of the initial options feedback that leads us to those refined options that we talked about for September? So, super important for you
to do that. You have access to all of those resources. The survey is open for six weeks, so it gives people plenty of time to go through and really think about their feedback. It's available in English, Spanish, Amharic, French, Chinese, Portuguese, Vietnamese, and
Korean. And like I said, it will be available for six weeks so that you can have some time to look at everything and then give your feedback. And then just as a reminder, please look at everything. Please go to the feedback and if you get stuck, please come to office hours. Tomorrow we
start at noon and then next week it'll be Tuesday, Thursday and Friday through the middle of July to make sure that we give people enough time to access everything. We thank you so much for coming. We know it's late and people have a lot going on, so we greatly
appreciate you coming in person. and we are all going to head over to the map room um so that if anyone wants to check that out one last time before the end of the evening, you have that chance to do that. And thank you so much for coming. We really appreciate it. Part: 2
Nan Mimmoon. I'm the chief of uh operations for U. Montgomery County Public Schools. I'd like to welcome everyone um to the uh presentation of the initial options uh for the reopening of the Woodward High School boundary
study. Like to thank everybody for joining us this evening. So this evening's format and we're going to go over the details in a in a minute uh are going to be two sessions here one hour long and then there is another uh setup
in our cafeteria here uh at this high school where um you are welcome to go and look at the printed versions of the bigger maps that we're going to be presenting tonight and there will be folks out there to help um understand
the maps as well as answer um any questions that you might have during this presentation. We will not be taking any live questions. Uh but if you again have any questions, uh please feel free to walk over to the cafeteria after this
presentation. Um so tonight we will be going over the resources, the maps and uh provide information so that you are able to um access all that information online and and do some little bit more research and look into the options in
your own time. Um before I hand the mic over to start the presentation, I wanted to uh mention a couple of things. um want everybody to understand that when we came out uh first time with our online meetings as well as in-person
meetings at the beginning of the study um we mentioned that this is an iterative process which is why you're seeing the words initial options on the map. So one of the things that is very important as you understand what is being explained tonight ask questions
and we will share some um office hours with you as well. So if you have further questions after these presentations, feel feel free to join those online to get your questions answered. But the important part of this process is there's a survey
associated with these options. What we want you to do is understand what we're explaining tonight. If you have questions, continue to ask so we can help you understand these better. But we're definitely looking for your feedback because again, this is an iterative process. We want the feedback
so we could start refining the options over the summer because we will be back in the fall with refined options. Um, so with that, I'm going to pass it over to Miss Malch to start us over with the presentation tonight. Thank you. Thank you. I am Cat Malch. I'm the
executive director for district operations. Thank you so much for being here. If you picked up a packet on your way in, you will notice that it has a QR code on the front of it. And that QR code will get you into the
MCPS boundary study web page that we'll be referring to as well as the initial options. In the packet, you will also see many of the resources that we refer to as well as the ones that Kate will tell you are on the website so that you
can actually follow along while we are going through the presentation. This is our agenda for this evening. These sessions will be recorded and posted. We actually did a recording in the TV studio as well. So, there's a clean version of it as well as
all of the Zoom sessions and the in-person sessions. We are hosting virtual office hours starting Friday, May 30th. And then next week, it will be Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays
through mid July for as long as the survey is open for the initial options. And you can join those sessions via Zoom. I think they're already on the web page. If not, they're about to be. So that you can just click on the button and join. And we will be able to provide
technical support for accessing the resources, help using the interactive map tool as well as any other support you need to help you understand the options and provide that feedback. And then our website has all of the other
additional information about the in-person sessions, the virtual sessions, and anything else that you need related to the boundary study. Okay, so this is the current boundary study for the reopening of Charles W. Woodward High School. It is
necessary for us to populate this new high school and help relieve overcrowding in other schools in the study and you can see the middle schools and high schools in the study on the screen. At the middle school level, we also need to identify those feeder
schools and better balance the utilization at the middle school level. The elementary school assignments will not change as a part of the boundary study. However, the articulation patterns for
the middle schools and high schools or those feeder patterns can change as a result. So again, while the elementary school assignment will remain the same, the assigned middle school and or high
school could change as a result of the boundary study scope. So we've gotten a lot of questions about this. So we just want to clarify that for everyone. Okay. So we are in the initial options phase of this process. The initial options are being presented to you Tuesday morning
at 11. They went live on the website and we are going to give you the opportunity to provide feedback on these initial options. During the months of July and August, we're going to gather all that feedback and synthesize it in order to
support the refinement of the options. And so community input is sought in this first round so that we can understand how these initial boundary options may impact students and
families. And this will help shape and refine the options that are brought back to the community in the fall for another round of feedback. And so that is the refined options phase. So in September we will
have a refined options phase where we will come back to you with refined options and have opportunities for you to participate in virtual and in-person sessions as well as have access to all
the resources associated with those refined options so that you can provide feedback again. And then during October and November, we're going to collect all that feedback and synthesize it. And
then that will support the option development process for the superintendent's recommendation to the board. And then the superintendent presents the recommendation to the board. And the board then will hold
public hearings and solicit written testimony from the community. When we come back in September, we'll review this again and kind of show you where we are in the process and next steps for that. Okay. So, the boundary study
process is guided by board policy FAA, which is educational facilities planning. The four factors that are outlined in board policy FAA are considered when the recommendations for the options are
developed. These four factors are demographic characteristics of student population, geography, stability of school assignment over time, and facility
utilization. There is no waiting or priority of the four factors when determining boundary options. When developing recommendations to the board, the superintendent provides a rationale for how that recommendation
demonstrates the extent to which it advances each of the factors. While each factor is considered, it may not be feasible to reconcile each and every recommendation with each and every
factor. Throughout the process, community input is sought in accordance with board policy FAA community engagement. Both of those policies are on the boundary study web page, so you can refer to them as well. Okay. So, tonight what we're going
to do is do an a overview of each of the four initial options that we're presenting. And so, Kate is going to walk us through that. And for each one, she's going to preview the following information. facility utilization at the high school level, high school and
middle school overview maps, articulation and additional highlights, and the extent to which the options advance one or more of the factors. Your packet has this information as well as more information for each option. So,
like I said, as Kate explains it, you can follow along as we go. The superintendent of schools supports that the new boundaries be implemented beginning in grades 9 and 10
in the 2728 school year and that the rising 11th and 12th graders would remain at their current high school of attendance. This implementation pattern would continue with 9th, 10th, and 11th
graders in 2829 followed by full implementation of 9th through 12th graders in 2930. In addition, the superintendent supports the new boundaries be implemented with
grades six and seven in the 2728 school year, while the rising eighth graders would stay at their currently assigned school, followed by a full implementation of grades 6 through
8 in the 2829 school year. Ultimately, the board of education has the final approval for these decisions. And while we don't have time to go into greater detail of every option presented, the initial options
website that we'll look at at the end and that you have access to via your QR code has extra data tables, articulation charts, and maps. And then like Mr. Mammoon said the map room which is in
the cafeteria has those largecale maps and it has the interactive map tool on the screen which allows you the opportunity to sort of engage with the resources. I am going to turn things over to Kate who is going to walk you
through all of these initial options. Hi everyone. All right. I am Kate Doran. I work at Flow Analytics and I have been working with MCPS on these boundary options this spring. So, I will be walking through
all four options with you tonight. Um, this is the high school option overview map for option one. You can see the new boundary lines for reopening Charles W. Woodward High School outlined in black for option one, as well as the boundary
lines for the other high schools included in the boundary study scope. On the initial options web page that Cat was talking about, you can find additional maps, including a largecale version of this map um with the
elementary school locations and the elementary school boundary lines overlaid on the high school map as well as the established walk zones for option one. That largescale map is a PDF on the website, but it's also printed out. They're all printed out in the
cafeteria. So, if you want to take a look at them in person, you can look at them tonight. Um, the uh with these options, we strive to keep students residing in walk zones as as walkers as much as possible and try not to reassign them
outside of the middle school and high schools um that are in their designated walk zones. The walk zones developed for the middle and high schools identified in the boundary options would be developed in coordination with the MCPS Department of
Transportation. The MCPS Department of Transportation analyzes safety and walkability conditions to recommend appropriate walking zones and routes to schools in alignment with board policy EA student transportation.
This is the facility utilization table for the high schools included in the boundary study scope for the reopening of Charles W. Woodward High School. So, I'll walk you through this table. The capacity, enrollment, and facility utilization data is shown on the left
side of the table for current enrollment, including transfers into those schools. And the capacity shown is the schools themselves, not including portable classrooms. The middle columns show the enrollment and facility utilization for
resident students within the current boundaries. So who live within the current boundaries and the resulting enrollment and facility utilization data for the resident students in the school year 203031 for option one is shown on the
right. So it's showing capacity of schools, residents, students, um, and facility utilization for option one there. Please note that the historical transfer rate data with the consorcia structures and programs was not
considered in this initial options round. Program placeholder seats in this data are being held at Wheaten High School for the Thomas Edison High School of Technology program that are not as easily replicable to other high schools such as the automotive
program. This option leaves Wheaten High School over capacity at 117.3% facility utilization, but there is available future shell space at the Edison facility that can be built out if and when needed.
This option also leaves Montgomery Blair and John F. Kennedy High School at 104% utilization. And other than Blair and Kennedy and Weaten, the rest of the high schools in the study area would be within 82 to 97% utilization. The initial options web
page also has the facility utilization data. Same table as this, but for the middle schools for option one. So, we encourage you to check that out on the web page. Um the following data is also included in the initial options web page
for both middle and high schools. For current students and option one students, um that would be demographic data by race and ethnicity as defined in MCPS at a glance and self-reported by families. The percent of students who
receive free and reduced meal services you would see as written out as farms. And the percent of students who are identified as emergent multilingual learners you would see as EML um previously known as ESOL or ELELLL. Here is the middle school
overview map for option one. You can see the new boundary line for Woodward High School outlined in black over the middle school map um as well as the boundary lines for the other middle schools included in the boundary study scope on the initial
options web page. You can find additional maps including a large scale version of this map with the elementary school locations and boundary lines as well as the established walk zones for option one. And that map is also printed
out tonight in the cafeteria. Here is some additional information about the articulation patterns and facility utilization for option one. So option one provides straight articulation from each elementary school
to their assigned middle school. So articulation is the feeder pattern elementary to middle to high school. So option one provides that straight articulation for elementaryaries to middle schools. In option one, Literman Middle School,
Odessa Shannon Middle School, Parkland Middle School, Siggo Middle School, and Silver Spring International Middle School would continue to have split articulation patterns for their high school assignments for option one.
And split articulation exists and is necessary because middle schools are not sized perfectly to feed into high schools. Um, and elementary schools are not sized perfectly to feed into middle schools. So you will see split articulation in every option, but in
this one, straight articulation for elementary schools. Option one brings most of the high schools into that preferred range of 80 to 100% facility utilization with Blair and Kennedy slightly over
104% and Weaten High School at 117.3%. So the initial options web page provides the current articulation patterns for the current boundaries. So you can see what's going on now for elementary to middle to high school in the study area. um as well as the
articulation patterns for each initial option. So you can compare current to the different options. Um and another reminder that while the elementary school assignments will not change, the boundaries will not change, those articulation patterns to
middle and high schools included in the boundary study scope can change. So you can look at the differences between the the um options on the web page. This is Woodward um option Woodward study area option
two, the high school overview map. You can see the Woodward boundary outlined in black on the map as well as the boundary lines for the other high schools included in the boundary study scope. on the web page you can find this map um with other additional maps as a
largecale version of the map with the elementary schools um and their boundaries overlaid on the map. So you can see that comparison um as well as the established walk zones for the high schools in that map. Uh with these options, we strive to keep
the students uh residing in walk zones as walkers um as much as possible and try not to reassign them to other schools. This is the facility utilization table for the high schools included in the boundary study scope for
the reopening of Woodward High School. So again on the left you can see the capacity enrollment and facility utilization currently for current school year um enrollment for um the capacities of those schools. In the center you can
see the resident students. So the current resident students within the current boundaries enrollment and facility utilization and then the capacity enrollment and facility utilization for option two um resident students out to
203031 which is when all of the boundaries would be implemented. Um so we just note that the historical um transfer rate data with the consorcia structures and programs was not considered in this initial
options round or in option two. But we do have those program placeholder seats at Weaten for the Thomas Edison High School of Technology programs that is included in this option. Um, as you can see, all of the high schools in this
option will be within the preferred range of 80 to 100% facility utilization. So, you can see what option two is starting to do. The initial options web page also has the facility utilization data by middle school for option two, and those also all fall
within that 80 to 100% range. The following data is included in the option two web page for middle and high school options for current and um option two students. So we've got demographic
data by race and ethnicity as defined in MCPS at a glance and which is self-reported by families. We've got the percent of students who receive free and reduced meal services or farms and the percent of students who are identified
as emergent multilingual learners or EML. Here is the middle school overview map for option two. You can see the new boundary line for Woodward there outlined in black over the middle school map as well as the boundary lines for the middle schools included in this
boundary study scope. So the middle school boundaries are different in each option as well to align to the middle schools or to the high schools in each option. On the initial options web page, you can find a large scale version of this map with the elementary school
locations and boundary lines overlaid on it. um as a PDF as well as the established walk zones for option two. All right, here is some additional information um about the articulation patterns and facility utilization for
option two. So as you saw in the table, option two is the one that brings all the middle schools and high schools into that preferred range of 80 to 100% facility utilization. compared to the current articulation patterns, more elementary
schools would have a split articulation to their assigned middle schools. Um, and that's something that you can look at in those articulation tables. Um, with the exception of one remaining island assignment for Parkland Middle School to and Wheaten High School, which
exists currently, um, all the other middle and high schools in this scope would have contiguous boundaries. So the initial options web page again provides those articulation patterns. So you can compare option two to option one
to current um for each of the um options and um compared to the current students. And then while the elementary school assignments won't be changing um the boundaries won't be changing, you will see that those articulation patterns to middle and high schools can change
between the options. Okay, here is the high school overview map for option three. So, you can see the new boundary line for Woodward High School. They're outlined in black on the map, as well as the boundary lines for the other high schools included in the
boundary study scope. Um, on the initial options web page, again, you can find this as a large-scale map with those elementary school locations and boundary lines, the walk zones, roads, things like that. So that's a map that you can use to explore the options. With these
options, we strive to keep the students residing in walk zones as much as possible and not reassign them to other middle and high schools. Um depending on the different factors we are looking at in these options. This is the facility utilization table for the high schools
included in the reopening of Woodward High School for option three. So again, on that left side, those columns are always going to look the same between all of the option tables because that's your current enrollment, um, including transfers into the different schools.
And the center columns are also all going to look the same, resident students within current boundaries. And so what's changing in each of these tables will be the option what those boundaries look like for resident students out to
203031. Um and that would be on the right side and you've got your right side column facility utilization there. Um note that that historical transfer rate data um with the current consorcia structures and programs was not
considered in the initial options round. The program placeholder seats are being held at Wheaten High School for the Thomas Edison High School of Technology program in this option as well. Um, as you can see, Bethesda Chvy Chase High
School, John F. Kennedy High School and Weaten High School would be slightly over 100% in this option, while the remaining high schools would be in that preferred range of 80 to 100% facility utilization.
And the initial options web page also has this table for the middle schools. In this option, the following data is also included um on the website. For option three, you have the demographic data by race and ethnicity, the percent of
students who receive free and reduced meal services or farms, and the percent of students who are identified as emergent multilingual learners or EML. So those tables for current enrollment, resident students, and then resident students in the option
are all listed as well. Here is the middle school overview map for option three. You can see the boundary line for Woodward overlaid in the black outline over the middle school map. Um, as well as the boundary lines
for the middle schools included in this scope. on the web page, you can find a large-scale version of the middle school map as well and print it out in the cafeteria. Um, so you can take a closer look um and see the elementary schools
overlaid on that as well. Um, as well as with the walk zones for option three. Here is the um additional information about option three. So the initial options um web page will have the current articulation patterns for
all of the schools in the boundary study scope as well as for each of those options. This one brings most high schools into that preferred range of 80 to 100% facility utilization with only BCC high school and Kennedy and Weaten slightly over
100% in that option. Compared to the current articulation patterns, more elementary schools would have split articulation to their assigned middle schools. So there is some now, but there would be more in option three. And if the option three boundaries were implemented in the current school year
when we have demographic data, there would be less disparity of students receiving farms and EML services at the high schools and the middle schools within the study area. Um, as a reminder, while the elementary school assignments won't change, um,
those articulation patterns to high schools and middle schools can change between the different options. Great. Um, and here is the high school overview map for option four. Um, you can see the Woodward line there in
option four outlined in black. You can see it's changing between each of the options as well. um as well as the boundary lines for each of the other high schools included in the scope on the initial options web page. We also have this as a very large map with the
elementary schools overlaid so you can review those um connections. Um and with the walk zones for option four. Um and with these options um we strive to keep students residing in walk zones as walkers as much as possible. um
including for this option. Here is the facility utilization table for the high schools for option four. So you can see again the current enrollment with transfers as a comparison to the enrollment and facility utilization of the resident
students that live within those boundaries. and then the option four um facility utilization for the residents that live within the option four boundaries. The historical transfer rate data with those consortia structures and programs was not considered in this
initial options round. And this one also has um seats being held at Weeden High School for the Thomas Edison High School of Technology programs because that one's not as easily replicable um between schools such as the auto automotive
program. This option leaves Wheaten High School at 120.2% uh facility utilization, but there is future um available shell space at the Edison facility that could be built out if needed. This option also leaves
McGomery Blair slightly above at 100.6% facility utilization and Walter Johnson High School slightly below at 77% facility utilization. The rest of the high schools in the study area would be within that preferred range of 80 to
100% um facility utilization. And the initial options web page and I believe also your packets has the um facility utilization by middle school for um option four. Same table, same columns um but more rows for each
of the middle schools in the study area. The following data is also included for option four. You have uh for current and option four to compare the demographic data by race and ethnicity um as defined in MCPS at a glance and self-reported by
families um percent of students who receive free and reduced meal services or farms and percent of students who are identified as emergent multilingual learners or EML which was previously known as ESOL or ELLL. You'll see that as
EML. Here is the middle school overview map for option four. You can see the new boundary lines for the reopening of Charles Woodward High School as well as the boundary lines for the middle school uh middle schools included in this scope.
On the initial options web page, you can also find this as a large-scale map with the different middle schools and elementary schools overlaid and the middle school walk zones for option four. And this is the additional information about the articulation
patterns and facility utilization for option four. So option four brings contiguous middle school boundaries um for the schools in this boundary study scope compared to the current uh articulation pattern. More elementary
schools would have split articulation to their assigned middle schools. So split feeders to middle schools. Option four brings most of the high schools into that preferred range of 80 to 100% with Blair High School slightly over at 100.6 six and then you have Wheaten High
School at 120.2 um and Walter Johnson High School slightly below at 77%. Um but option four in option four all walk zones remain within the current school boundaries for both middle and
high schools um in the boundary study scope for option four. So that's what you're seeing for option four is all walk zones staying with their schools. All right, I'm going to pass it back to Cat. She will come up and finish telling
you about the initial options web page we've been talking so much about. Okay, so this is my favorite part because one of the things that we really wanted to do in this process was to make all of the resources available to everyone. And so you didn't just have to
come to a meeting in person or to a Zoom session in order to get that access. And so what you see in front of you is what our initial options web page looks like for the Charles W. Woodward high school
boundary study. And so what you can see is there's a play button. We're going to have the the videos that we created of the whole presentation. We're going to have it spliced into I just want to watch option two again or I just want to look at option four. And you'll be able
to do that. the interactive map tool, which we're going to talk about in a minute. Those data charts, some of them you have in your packet. There are more in the online version, as well as maps. And Kate mentioned that there are some larger versions of those maps in the map
room if you would like to go look at them and kind of play with them, as well as the interactive map tool. And this was, like I said, very important to us because it's a lot of information. And we wanted people to have time to process
it and to really think about what they're seeing, what they're looking at. And some people are visual and some people like to read data tables, and some people like to listen. And so really trying to honor all of those styles so that you could really get that
information. Okay. And this is super fun. So this is our interactive map tool. We call it the MCPS options viewer and you can do two main things with it. One is you can type in your address and so you type in your address, you hit click and it will show
you kind of where you are and then you can see by option what's happening. And if you click on the button again, that popup will show up that shows you your current information, elementary, middle, and high school, as well as your middle and high school assignments for each
option. So, kind of all in one. And a lot of people have said to us, I just want to know how this impacts me, so how can I see that? The other thing you can do is if you notice an area on the map and you just want to go to that area, you can take the cursor and just click
right on that area and you can see that popup which again shows you current as well as um the middle school and high school options as they change. It fits on your phone and that was also very important
to us because many of us go sit in the car and wait for our children or kind of do things outside of that. And so you'll see the screen fits nicely on your phone. Okay, this is the most important part. The initial options survey is
where we are collecting the feedback on the four initial options. If you scroll down to the bottom of that page, right under those four options, you can click on the survey. And the survey is very clear. For each option, it asks you what
you like and what you don't like. So once you've had time to look at all the resources, we are asking you to then go to the survey and fill it out. It's available in English, Spanish, Amharic, French, Chinese, Portuguese, Vietnamese,
and Korean. and it will remain open for about six weeks so that you have time to look at everything, look at those resources and provide that meaningful feedback in the survey. Okay?
So review everything, provide that feedback, and if you need that additional support, whether it's technical or you just want someone to kind of help you play around with the different options, you are more than welcome to come to our virtual office hours. Like I said before,
they're going to start this Friday. So it'll be Friday, tomorrow at noon. And then starting next week, it'll be Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. and the Zoom link will be on the web page and you can just click on it and join and that way if you're like I just need some help navigating this or show me how to
do that again that someone will be there to help you with that and this will run through as long as a survey is open so about mid July and we just wanted to say thank you for coming thank you for participating in this process the map
room is open until 8:30 we are going to reset and do the presentation again and being we're being filmed by MCPS TV. So, we just need a minute to do all that and get reset. But, we thank you for coming and please take some time to go to the map room and explore if you would like
to. And we really look forward to your feedback. So, thank you very much.