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Community Meeting

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Thursday, April 4

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Wednesday, April 10

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Agenda

  • Welcome and Agenda
    • Dr. Moran, Chief of Schools, and Dr. Garrick, Principal
  • Construction and Building Updates
    • Mr. Adams, Mr. Badstibner, Mr. Deraleau- MCPS Construction
  • Transportation Updates
    • Mr. Lewis, Mrs. Seegers, Ms. Elyassi, Mr. Awakian- MCPS Transportation
  • Draft/Sample Bell Schedule
    • Dr. Garrick
  • Student Activities and Athletics Update
    • Dr. Garrick and Dr. Sullivan and Mr. Walker- MCPS Athletics
  • Frequently Pre-Asked Questions and Comments
  • Q&A

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Welcome from Dr. Moran and Dr. Garrick

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Construction and Building Updates

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Woodward HS Construction Schedule��� ���

  • Summer 2024: Phase 1 Building Complete

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  • July 2024-July 2027: Northwood HS at Woodward Building

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  • Summer/Fall 2024: Phase 2 – Athletic Fields/Parking Garage/Aux Gym Construction to Start

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  • Summer 2025: Parking Garage Complete�
  • Summer 2026: Phase 2 – Athletic Fields/Aux Gym Complete

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  • Summer 2027: Northwood HS Construction Complete��� ���

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Woodward High School Phase 1 Building

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Phase 1 Site Plan

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Ground Floor Plan

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First Floor Plan

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Second Floor Plan

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Media Center

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Third Floor Plan

Collaborative Learning

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Black Box Performance Space

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Floor Plan

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Black Box Performance Space

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128

seats

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seats

111

seats

137

seats

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seats

18’x24 ’

36’ X 18’

36’x21 ’

18’x43’

28’x22 ’

Seating Layouts

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Woodward High School Phase 2

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Phase 2 Site Plan

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Aux. Gym

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Transportation Updates

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Student Transportation to Northwood@Woodward

  • Every Northwood HS student is eligible for transportation to the Woodward site
  • The 19 current bus routes will be maintained for consistency and 16 additional bus routes have been added to accommodate students currently designated as walkers
  • Midday and activity buses will continue to run at the standard time, and additional shuttle routes have been assigned for athletics to ensure districtwide alignment for clubs, activities, and athletics
  • Bell times will be slightly adjusted to allow for the longer commute to and from the Woodward Center in North Bethesda

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Transportation Eligibility

Every Northwood HS student is eligible for transportation to the Woodward Center:

  • DOT anticipates providing new bus service for nearly 700 student walkers requiring more than sixteen new bus routes.
  • DOT works with school staff and other MCPS offices to support the relocation of schools to holding facilities.
    • More than ten elementary and middle schools have successfully moved with bus service in recent years.
    • Most holding facilities are not within the schools’ home cluster.

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Bus Routes

The 19 current bus routes will be maintained for consistency and 16 additional bus routes have been added to accommodate students currently designated as walkers

  • Ride times will be longer based on the geographic distances from the Downcounty Consortium catchment area to Woodward
  • Adjustments may be made based on load counts

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Midday Programming & Activity Buses

  • Midday transportation for Edison and other special programs will continue as scheduled
  • Activity buses will continue to run at the standard 4:35 pm time with additional stops for the walk area
  • Additional shuttle routes have been assigned for athletics to ensure districtwide participation and alignment for clubs, activities, and athletics

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Bell Times and DOT Analysis

Adjustments to bell times are determined based on the following factors in order to ensure every student is provided access to transportation:

  • Programs and services located at the school
  • Student enrollment
  • Geographic location of the holding facility
  • Draw area and cluster boundaries
  • Available and projected transportation resources
  • Afterschool activities, athletics, clubs, and midday programs.

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Based on these factors, Northwood must shift their bell schedule by 20 minutes to start at 7:25 am and end at 2:10 pm.

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DOT Commitments

Ensure every student has access to a bus morning and afternoon, including provisioning additional afterschool activity buses beyond allocated EAC Funding.

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Provide bus service for students attending midday programs such as Edison, athletes and performing arts students to fields, gymnasiums, and other facilities as needed.

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Partner with administrators, staff to adjust routes as needed after reviewing load counts, timing, etc.

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We are always open to continuous upgrades and improvements.

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Draft/Sample Bell Schedule

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Proposed 2024-25 Bell Schedule

  • MCPS transportation needs required us to examine our bell schedule for 2024-25 with morning arrival and earlier dismissal.
  • These next slides are drafts/samples: Northwood and MCPS leadership will continue working based on feedback.
  • All efforts were made to preserve instructional time balanced with a more normal start time: only 1 minute per class in the models
  • The 7-period; block hybrid will remain to limit additional changes.

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DRAFT 2024-25 Bell Schedule: Sample 7-period

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DRAFT 2024-25 Bell Schedule: Sample Block Periods

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Proposed 2024-25 Bell Schedule: Next Steps

  • Between now and the end of April, we are collecting staff and community feedback. “Final” draft by April 30/early May.

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https://bit.ly/NHSBells2425

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Student Activities and Athletics

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MCPS Athletics

  • Unwavering commitment to supporting our Gladiators
  • Shared ownership and commitment from all 25 high schools
  • Full athletics program
  • Practices - local school and park facilities
  • Contests - fall schedule is complete, winter and spring in June
  • Transportation - central hub at Forest Knolls ES, MCPS shuttle buses to assist

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Practice Locations

The proposed fall practice locations have been determined based on the average roster size and equipment needs. In partnership with Montgomery Parks, the following sites have been proposed:

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  • Timberlawn Local Park
  • North Four Corners Local Park
  • Wheaton Regional Park
  • Forest Knolls ES

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Student-athletes will use MCPS transportation to arrive at the sites except for Timberlawn Local Park. Transportation will be coordinated based on practice schedules.

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Fall Athletic Contests

The 2024 fall schedule has been approved with the following:

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  • Soccer and field hockey will play “home” contests at the visiting school (Northwood will be the home team by rule, including uniforms)
  • All home football games will be played at Montgomery Blair High School
  • Varsity/JV doubleheaders have been scheduled for home games
  • Cross Country will use either Wheaton Regional Park or participate in tri-meets
  • Volleyball will play in the Woodward gymnasium

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Student Activities and Clubs

  • All performing arts programs (dance, music, theater, etc.) WILL be available to all students for all three years.
  • MCPS is committed to a similar alternate location and transportation plan for performing arts similar to athletics.
  • Northwood’s arts team is backmapping all three years of performances to have a three year plan ready to go.
  • Mr. Harwood is already securing rights for 2024-25 theater performances and plans to present unique productions in the black box theater before moving to alternate locations for 25-26 and 26-27.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Other Questions/Comments/Topics Asked

Question/Comment/Topic

Response

Community and student tours of Woodward

Once we have delivery of the building, we will absolutely have tours! Goal is also to reimagine Back to School Night.

MC2 Transportation

MC2 transportation will continue with direct routing to Northwood @ Woodward Ctr. MCPS DOT will need enrollment and will have bus service to/from school.

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To date, there are no Northwood to Montgomery College campus shuttles. However, if there were needs to shuttle students to MC (any campus), we would make arrangements to provide those services using existing communication and request protocols.

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