PLEASE READ: Woodward Boundary Study Meeting Options

[Elaine Liao Avin]

KP Community

The updated set of boundary options for the Woodward Boundary Study was just released and there are a series of virtual meetings today, later this week, PLUS two in-person meeting options.

We purposefully rescheduled the Oct 7th PTA meeting to Oct 14th to free up everyone's calendar to attend and to have a better conversation on the topic with the PTA after these sessions. We encourage everyone to attend a virtual or in-person so that you can get educated and ask questions. Upon initial glance it looks like KP mostly stays within the same MS and HS but with a split. But I urge you to look at it and also evaluate the options and ask questions. There are a few things that jumped out that you can look at to start getting familiar with what is being presented (AND GO TO AN IN-PERSON SESSION :-) ):

1. Look at the options of middle schools feeding Woodward and WJ
2. Note that they assigned Programming Region --- in addition to boundary study, MCPS is implementing academic programming changes and MCPTTA (community of all the MCPS PTAs) are wanting to petition to slow down programming changes and asking for similar transparency in the process similar to the boundary study
3. There is still split articulation within KP - how does this impact not only KP kids but the former KP kids that are now in MS and will have to switch HS
4. While KP may feel less change in this new set of options, it brings broader questions to the WJ cluster which includes Garrett Park and other current WJ ES that would feed into Woodward

As a reminder, here are the meeting dates. Please note the change in meeting location for the Wednesday / Oct 8th in-person session (from Blair to Eastern).

Thanks - Elaine (KP WJ Cluster Rep)

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Virtual Sessions for the Woodward Study Monday October 6, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Zoom Link) Monday October 6, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (Zoom Link) Monday October 6, 2025 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm (Zoom Link) Thursday October 9, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm (Zoom Link) In-Person Sessions for the Woodward Study* Tuesday October 7, 2025 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm @ Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School  Tuesday October 7, 2025 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School  Wednesday October 8, 2025 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm @ Eastern Middle School (LOCATION CHANGE) Wednesday October 8, 2025 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm @ Eastern Middle School (LOCATION CHANGE)

[Elaine Liao Avin]

PLEASE see below for a PTA date correction. I erroneously mentioned October 14th as our new date but PTA meeting is rescheduled to Monday, October 13th.

On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 11:43 AM Elaine Liao Avin <elain...@gmail.com> wrote:

KP Community

The updated set of boundary options for the Woodward Boundary Study was just released and there are a series of virtual meetings today, later this week, PLUS two in-person meeting options.

We purposefully rescheduled the Oct 7th PTA meeting to Oct 13th to free up everyone's calendar to attend and to have a better conversation on the topic with the PTA after these sessions. We encourage everyone to attend a virtual or in-person so that you can get educated and ask questions. Upon initial glance it looks like KP mostly stays within the same MS and HS but with a split. But I urge you to look at it and also evaluate the options and ask questions. There are a few things that jumped out that you can look at to start getting familiar with what is being presented (AND GO TO AN IN-PERSON SESSION :-) ):

[Elaine Liao Avin]

Apologies for the multiple emails. I mistakenly included a virtual meeting that MCPS canceled. no call tonight, next options will be in-person tomorrow and Wednesday and then another virtual on October 9th. Office hours start October 20th (per website) but may change again - so check website for latest info

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/facilities/boundary-study/