Local schools means prioritizing proximity in boundary studies to make sure that students go to the closest schools when possible.

Fill out this form to be added to the list to get more involved, join the Facebook group “MoCo Neighbors for Local Schools”.

In 2019-2020, MCPS performed a countywide boundary study analysis. This analysis did not actually end up changing any boundaries but surveyed the community and created a tool that can be used to look at school utilization details.

This also resulted in the Local Schools advocacy group being created and the study showed that most people who participated in the study, and most people in nearly every geographical area, are in favor of proximity first school districting.

The current boundary studies that will have upcoming meetings involve nearly every Middle and High School in he county. You can read this article which includes more information about what schools are included in the 2-3 major studies going on right now. Here is the official MCPS boundary study website.

Yes, the MCPS email only mentioned Woodward and Crown High Schools. However, in the Woodward and Crown/Damascus boundary studies, nearby high schools will be included in redistricting (along with all of their associated Middle Schools). This means that the boundaries for all of these Middle and High Schools will be impacted even if you don’t live in a school district of one of these schools or even directly neighboring ones.

Boundary studies have the potential to impact real estate values and even taxes (it costs more to transport kids further distances) and so does inefficient use of schools.