Dear Neighbors,
As you may know, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is conducting a boundary study, prompted by the planned opening of Crown High School in Gaithersburg, the reopening of Charles W. Woodward High School on Old Georgetown Road in Rockville, and the expansion of Damascus High School. The goal is to reassign student populations to reduce overcrowding and better utilize school facilities.
This study potentially impacts the following high schools: Whitman, Walter Johnson, Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Wheaton, Blair, Kennedy, Einstein, and Northwood. The study will also potentially impact the following middle schools: Pyle, Argyle, Parkland, Sligo, Eastern, Takoma Park, Loiederman, Shannon, Tilden, Newport Mill, Silver Creek, Westland, North Bethesda, and Silver Spring International. Currently, Huntington Terrace is zoned for Whitman High School and Pyle Middle School.
MCPS is circulating this feedback survey and, for your convenience, please note Bradley Hills Elementary School PTA talking points attached as a helpful guide when completing the survey. Of the initial options presented below, the BHES PTA supports Option 1, ensuring stability for students and our community. The survey is due at the end of June. It’s important that MCPS hears from as many neighbors and community members as possible.
Last month, MCPS consultants proposed four potential boundary options, each emphasizing a different priority: stability, utilization, diversity, and geography. Although each option emphasizes only one priority (rather than balancing them all) and none are final, the options should be treated as final for the purpose of providing feedback. To learn more about the Boundary Study click here. Final recommendations are expected in early 2026, with changes taking effect in the 2027–2028 school year.
Option 1: Stability
· What happens to the Huntington Terrace Neighborhood: No change in articulation. Huntington Terrace students continue to attend Pyle and Whitman.
· If you are in favor of this option, it’s worth emphasizing community cohesion, minimizing disruption, continuity, and proximity as important to you.
· If you are against this option, it’s worth emphasizing the other factors.
· As noted above, the Bradley Hills PTA and community supports this option.
Option 2: Facility Utilization
· What happens to the Huntington Terrace Neighborhood: Huntington Terrace goes to North Bethesda MS and Walter Johnson. This option has a lot of split articulation county-wide and Bradley Hills is no exception. Bradmoor and Hillmead will go to WJ, while Bradley Hills students south of Bradley Blvd and east of Huntington Pkwy remain at Whitman.
· This is the only option that brings facility utilization (students vs capacity) under 100% country wide at current student populations.
· If you’re in favor of this option, it’s worth emphasizing balancing school enrollment and capacity.
· If you are against this option, it’s worth emphasizing community cohesion, minimizing disruption, continuity, and proximity, as important to you.
Option 3: Diversity
· What happens to the Huntington Terrace Neighborhood: All of Bradley Hills goes to Westland MS and BCC. In this option Chevy Chase goes to Blair and neighborhoods in Silver Spring go to Whitman and Blair.
· This option would result in many students county-wide being bused all over, adding extensive travel time and cost for many schools. To learn more about this option, read this article: https://montgomeryperspective.com/2025/05/28/mcpss-insane-boundary-maps/.
o Although Huntington Terrace is not impacted by the busing, a revised version of this option could change that.
· This option aims to address disparities in race and economic status at different schools.
· If you’re in favor of this option, it’s worth emphasizing diversity as being important to you.
· If you’re against this option, it’s worth emphasizing community cohesion, minimizing disruption, continuity, and proximity, as important to you.
Option 4: Geography
· What happens to the Huntington Terrace Neighborhood: No change in articulation. Huntington Terrace still goes to Pyle and Whitman.
· There are some other changes to the Whitman district like Wood Acres going to Westland.
· This option has a lot of split articulation county wide, but not for Huntington Terrace specifically.
· If you are in favor of this option, it’s worth emphasizing community cohesion, minimizing disruption, continuity, and proximity as important to you.
· If you are against this option, it’s worth emphasizing the other factors.
Thank you for consideration of this ongoing study – ensuring our voices are heard will help build our community with minimal disruption for our students.
Cordially,
Your HTCA Board
Huntington Terrace Citizens Association 