Taylor's Feb Rec for Crown Boundary Study

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Anonymous wrote:Not so sure it's actually viable. But good luck...

Essentially the ones suing don't like the data and they are insisting this Wootton relocation is instead a move. They say it's "carving" up the school. Uh, no. The school clusters are completely intact except for Cold Spring who ASKED to be sent to Churchill. Adding some Fields Rd and Rosemont students- gasp!


Per their press release-

The plan:

The complaint raises concerns that the Superintendent’s recommended “Modified Option H” may have been advanced through a process that lacked required planning analysis and transparency.

The concerns:

The complaint asks the Inspector General to review several issues related to the boundary study and capital planning process, including:

Material Exceedance of Board-Approved Boundary Study Scope as the recommendation exceeds Board’s own The October 30, 2025 amendment that authorized only the consideration of Crown High School as temporary holding space.
Possible predetermined decision-making in the boundary study process prior to completion of the public engagement phase.
Potential misuse or recharacterization of state-approved capital funding for the new Crown High School project.
Failure to conduct transportation, infrastructure, environmental, and safety analyses typically associated with major public infrastructure decisions.
Potential reliance on flawed or incomplete enrollment projections, including modeling that may not account for significant new housing development within the Wootton cluster.
Possible waste or inefficient use of public infrastructure, including repurposing an existing high school facility for indefinite temporary use.
Inadequate documentation and administrative record supporting a major structural change to the county’s high school system.
Defacto school closure, constituting a functional discontinuance of a comprehensive high school under Md. Educ. § 4-109 and COMAR 13A.02.09.


This has led community-based groups to launch a Legal Defense Fund managed by the newly-formed non-profit, the Community and Education Policy Alliance (CEPA,) with plans to sue over multiple aspects of the mismanaged decision-making process.

EDIT: Essentially the ones suing don't like the data and they are insisting this Wootton relocation is instead a CLOSURE.

Misuse of state funds sounds serious.

Serious if true. The problem is they have no evidence. Just vibes.

How do you know they don’t have evidence? Are you a part of their legal team?

I wouldn’t be so quick to say that.

Is it like that AI data video they put out about projections? Their version of alternate facts?

Nope! Guess you’ll just have to wait 😉

Good luck. Hope you aren't just lighting the community's money on fire. It's going to cost a lot more than $100k. And if you think MCPS doesn't see this coming you're on another planet.

There's something to be said about attorneys who give such false hope to their clients. It's really pretty disgusting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not so sure it's actually viable. But good luck...

Essentially the ones suing don't like the data and they are insisting this Wootton relocation is instead a move. They say it's "carving" up the school. Uh, no. The school clusters are completely intact except for Cold Spring who ASKED to be sent to Churchill. Adding some Fields Rd and Rosemont students- gasp!


Per their press release-

The plan:

The complaint raises concerns that the Superintendent’s recommended “Modified Option H” may have been advanced through a process that lacked required planning analysis and transparency.

The concerns:

The complaint asks the Inspector General to review several issues related to the boundary study and capital planning process, including:

Material Exceedance of Board-Approved Boundary Study Scope as the recommendation exceeds Board’s own The October 30, 2025 amendment that authorized only the consideration of Crown High School as temporary holding space.
Possible predetermined decision-making in the boundary study process prior to completion of the public engagement phase.
Potential misuse or recharacterization of state-approved capital funding for the new Crown High School project.
Failure to conduct transportation, infrastructure, environmental, and safety analyses typically associated with major public infrastructure decisions.
Potential reliance on flawed or incomplete enrollment projections, including modeling that may not account for significant new housing development within the Wootton cluster.
Possible waste or inefficient use of public infrastructure, including repurposing an existing high school facility for indefinite temporary use.
Inadequate documentation and administrative record supporting a major structural change to the county’s high school system.
Defacto school closure, constituting a functional discontinuance of a comprehensive high school under Md. Educ. § 4-109 and COMAR 13A.02.09.


This has led community-based groups to launch a Legal Defense Fund managed by the newly-formed non-profit, the Community and Education Policy Alliance (CEPA,) with plans to sue over multiple aspects of the mismanaged decision-making process.

EDIT: Essentially the ones suing don't like the data and they are insisting this Wootton relocation is instead a CLOSURE.

Misuse of state funds sounds serious.

Serious if true. The problem is they have no evidence. Just vibes.

How do you know they don’t have evidence? Are you a part of their legal team?

I wouldn’t be so quick to say that.

There’s two things going on here - 1) a request to the state and county inspector generals office to investigate the process and 2) fundraising for impending litigation. The impending litigation would absolutely require evidence, but the misuse of state funds claim comes from the request to the IG office which does not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not so sure it's actually viable. But good luck...

Essentially the ones suing don't like the data and they are insisting this Wootton relocation is instead a move. They say it's "carving" up the school. Uh, no. The school clusters are completely intact except for Cold Spring who ASKED to be sent to Churchill. Adding some Fields Rd and Rosemont students- gasp!


Per their press release-

The plan:

The complaint raises concerns that the Superintendent’s recommended “Modified Option H” may have been advanced through a process that lacked required planning analysis and transparency.

The concerns:

The complaint asks the Inspector General to review several issues related to the boundary study and capital planning process, including:

Material Exceedance of Board-Approved Boundary Study Scope as the recommendation exceeds Board’s own The October 30, 2025 amendment that authorized only the consideration of Crown High School as temporary holding space.
Possible predetermined decision-making in the boundary study process prior to completion of the public engagement phase.
Potential misuse or recharacterization of state-approved capital funding for the new Crown High School project.
Failure to conduct transportation, infrastructure, environmental, and safety analyses typically associated with major public infrastructure decisions.
Potential reliance on flawed or incomplete enrollment projections, including modeling that may not account for significant new housing development within the Wootton cluster.
Possible waste or inefficient use of public infrastructure, including repurposing an existing high school facility for indefinite temporary use.
Inadequate documentation and administrative record supporting a major structural change to the county’s high school system.
Defacto school closure, constituting a functional discontinuance of a comprehensive high school under Md. Educ. § 4-109 and COMAR 13A.02.09.


This has led community-based groups to launch a Legal Defense Fund managed by the newly-formed non-profit, the Community and Education Policy Alliance (CEPA,) with plans to sue over multiple aspects of the mismanaged decision-making process.

EDIT: Essentially the ones suing don't like the data and they are insisting this Wootton relocation is instead a CLOSURE.

Misuse of state funds sounds serious.

Serious if true. The problem is they have no evidence. Just vibes.

How do you know they don’t have evidence? Are you a part of their legal team?

I wouldn’t be so quick to say that.

Is it like that AI data video they put out about projections? Their version of alternate facts?

Nope! Guess you’ll just have to wait 😉

Good luck. Hope you aren't just lighting the community's money on fire. It's going to cost a lot more than $100k. And if you think MCPS doesn't see this coming you're on another planet.

There's something to be said about attorneys who give such false hope to their clients. It's really pretty disgusting.

It’s also pretty unethical to ask people for money to fund a suit but then refuse to share what the suit is about with them. It would be one thing if this were a small group of parents lighting their own money on fire, but these fundraising asks are everywhere and are giving people who aren’t as fully in the loop false hope.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not so sure it's actually viable. But good luck...

Essentially the ones suing don't like the data and they are insisting this Wootton relocation is instead a move. They say it's "carving" up the school. Uh, no. The school clusters are completely intact except for Cold Spring who ASKED to be sent to Churchill. Adding some Fields Rd and Rosemont students- gasp!


Per their press release-

The plan:

The complaint raises concerns that the Superintendent’s recommended “Modified Option H” may have been advanced through a process that lacked required planning analysis and transparency.

The concerns:

The complaint asks the Inspector General to review several issues related to the boundary study and capital planning process, including:

Material Exceedance of Board-Approved Boundary Study Scope as the recommendation exceeds Board’s own The October 30, 2025 amendment that authorized only the consideration of Crown High School as temporary holding space.
Possible predetermined decision-making in the boundary study process prior to completion of the public engagement phase.
Potential misuse or recharacterization of state-approved capital funding for the new Crown High School project.
Failure to conduct transportation, infrastructure, environmental, and safety analyses typically associated with major public infrastructure decisions.
Potential reliance on flawed or incomplete enrollment projections, including modeling that may not account for significant new housing development within the Wootton cluster.
Possible waste or inefficient use of public infrastructure, including repurposing an existing high school facility for indefinite temporary use.
Inadequate documentation and administrative record supporting a major structural change to the county’s high school system.
Defacto school closure, constituting a functional discontinuance of a comprehensive high school under Md. Educ. § 4-109 and COMAR 13A.02.09.


This has led community-based groups to launch a Legal Defense Fund managed by the newly-formed non-profit, the Community and Education Policy Alliance (CEPA,) with plans to sue over multiple aspects of the mismanaged decision-making process.

EDIT: Essentially the ones suing don't like the data and they are insisting this Wootton relocation is instead a CLOSURE.

Misuse of state funds sounds serious.

Serious if true. The problem is they have no evidence. Just vibes.

How do you know they don’t have evidence? Are you a part of their legal team?

I wouldn’t be so quick to say that.

There’s two things going on here - 1) a request to the state and county inspector generals office to investigate the process and 2) fundraising for impending litigation. The impending litigation would absolutely require evidence, but the misuse of state funds claim comes from the request to the IG office which does not.

Question- I'm not a lawyer so I have no idea. Do you need to provide anything at all to request these investigations or can you just set off a witch hunt whenever you want? If nothing is required, then yes, this is nothing but a delay tactic.

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Anonymous wrote:Those filing the suit don't actually care if it's a winner. They are using it as a delay tactic. The want to delay the vote long enough to have a new board who will vote down H. It's a complete waste of taxpayer dollars but they don't care. The majority of these people don't have kids impacted by the move. They care about property values and that's it.

Have you looked at who is running? None of them are going to vote down H even if these people were to be successful in that delay. That money would buy you a Steve Madden store, even at the value of Steve Madden in the 90s when it was actually cool.

100%. I can't see who would actually vote "no" on this one. I think the Wootton whiners know this too and that's why they are so desperate to delay the vote.

There are some who would, but they need political cover to do so. This situation is a mix of politics and legal. Even if Taylor’s recommendation is legal (remains to be seen), political reasons will ultimately dictate what happens.

It will be interesting if anyone on the BOE gets dragged into the litigation. Depositions under penalty of perjury are like sunlight to vampires.

Is the hope the seize the BOE members phones and laptops so you can catch them in the act of… caring about equity across the whole county? I mean maybe you will find Yang being too generous to Cold Spring and Churchill constituents. But I like it. Make them testify on their intent hahaha.

Y’all gotta calm down on the conspiracies!

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Anonymous wrote:Not so sure it's actually viable. But good luck...

Essentially the ones suing don't like the data and they are insisting this Wootton relocation is instead a move. They say it's "carving" up the school. Uh, no. The school clusters are completely intact except for Cold Spring who ASKED to be sent to Churchill. Adding some Fields Rd and Rosemont students- gasp!


Per their press release-

The plan:

The complaint raises concerns that the Superintendent’s recommended “Modified Option H” may have been advanced through a process that lacked required planning analysis and transparency.

The concerns:

The complaint asks the Inspector General to review several issues related to the boundary study and capital planning process, including:

Material Exceedance of Board-Approved Boundary Study Scope as the recommendation exceeds Board’s own The October 30, 2025 amendment that authorized only the consideration of Crown High School as temporary holding space.
Possible predetermined decision-making in the boundary study process prior to completion of the public engagement phase.
Potential misuse or recharacterization of state-approved capital funding for the new Crown High School project.
Failure to conduct transportation, infrastructure, environmental, and safety analyses typically associated with major public infrastructure decisions.
Potential reliance on flawed or incomplete enrollment projections, including modeling that may not account for significant new housing development within the Wootton cluster.
Possible waste or inefficient use of public infrastructure, including repurposing an existing high school facility for indefinite temporary use.
Inadequate documentation and administrative record supporting a major structural change to the county’s high school system.
Defacto school closure, constituting a functional discontinuance of a comprehensive high school under Md. Educ. § 4-109 and COMAR 13A.02.09.


This has led community-based groups to launch a Legal Defense Fund managed by the newly-formed non-profit, the Community and Education Policy Alliance (CEPA,) with plans to sue over multiple aspects of the mismanaged decision-making process.

EDIT: Essentially the ones suing don't like the data and they are insisting this Wootton relocation is instead a CLOSURE.

Misuse of state funds sounds serious.

Serious if true. The problem is they have no evidence. Just vibes.

How do you know they don’t have evidence? Are you a part of their legal team?

I wouldn’t be so quick to say that.

There’s two things going on here - 1) a request to the state and county inspector generals office to investigate the process and 2) fundraising for impending litigation. The impending litigation would absolutely require evidence, but the misuse of state funds claim comes from the request to the IG office which does not.

Question- I'm not a lawyer so I have no idea. Do you need to provide anything at all to request these investigations or can you just set off a witch hunt whenever you want? If nothing is required, then yes, this is nothing but a delay tactic.

There’s an online form where anyone can submit a complaint at any time. My assumption is that they triage out a lot of requests that don’t have strong evidence pretty quickly, but I don’t have any visibility into how the state IG office actually works once things are submitted.

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Anonymous wrote:Not so sure it's actually viable. But good luck...

Essentially the ones suing don't like the data and they are insisting this Wootton relocation is instead a move. They say it's "carving" up the school. Uh, no. The school clusters are completely intact except for Cold Spring who ASKED to be sent to Churchill. Adding some Fields Rd and Rosemont students- gasp!


Per their press release-

The plan:

The complaint raises concerns that the Superintendent’s recommended “Modified Option H” may have been advanced through a process that lacked required planning analysis and transparency.

The concerns:

The complaint asks the Inspector General to review several issues related to the boundary study and capital planning process, including:

Material Exceedance of Board-Approved Boundary Study Scope as the recommendation exceeds Board’s own The October 30, 2025 amendment that authorized only the consideration of Crown High School as temporary holding space.
Possible predetermined decision-making in the boundary study process prior to completion of the public engagement phase.
Potential misuse or recharacterization of state-approved capital funding for the new Crown High School project.
Failure to conduct transportation, infrastructure, environmental, and safety analyses typically associated with major public infrastructure decisions.
Potential reliance on flawed or incomplete enrollment projections, including modeling that may not account for significant new housing development within the Wootton cluster.
Possible waste or inefficient use of public infrastructure, including repurposing an existing high school facility for indefinite temporary use.
Inadequate documentation and administrative record supporting a major structural change to the county’s high school system.
Defacto school closure, constituting a functional discontinuance of a comprehensive high school under Md. Educ. § 4-109 and COMAR 13A.02.09.


This has led community-based groups to launch a Legal Defense Fund managed by the newly-formed non-profit, the Community and Education Policy Alliance (CEPA,) with plans to sue over multiple aspects of the mismanaged decision-making process.

EDIT: Essentially the ones suing don't like the data and they are insisting this Wootton relocation is instead a CLOSURE.

Misuse of state funds sounds serious.

Serious if true. The problem is they have no evidence. Just vibes.

How do you know they don’t have evidence? Are you a part of their legal team?

I wouldn’t be so quick to say that.

Is it like that AI data video they put out about projections? Their version of alternate facts?

Nope! Guess you’ll just have to wait 😉

Good luck. Hope you aren't just lighting the community's money on fire. It's going to cost a lot more than $100k. And if you think MCPS doesn't see this coming you're on another planet.

There's something to be said about attorneys who give such false hope to their clients. It's really pretty disgusting.

It’s also pretty unethical to ask people for money to fund a suit but then refuse to share what the suit is about with them. It would be one thing if this were a small group of parents lighting their own money on fire, but these fundraising asks are everywhere and are giving people who aren’t as fully in the loop false hope.

The funny thing is that in bold font, they say on the site something about no refunds. Give false hope, take the money… and don’t give people the money back. Not even tax deductible either. Hahaha.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. So Wootton is going with the nuclear option:

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2026/03/13/save-wootton-files-state-and-county-ig-complaints-establishes-legal-defense-fund/

Save Wootton, a stakeholder coalition formed to prevent the closure of Wootton High School, has announced that it has filed complaints with state and county inspectors general as well as the Maryland State Department of Education claiming irregularities in MCPS’s process to determine the fate of the school. The group has also announced a legal defense fund “managed by the newly-formed non-profit, the Community and Education Policy Alliance (CEPA,) with plans to sue over multiple aspects of the mismanaged decision-making process.”

I'm not confident they'll be successful, but this goes to show why MCPS has historically avoided ruffling feathers at the W schools: Things escalate real quick and there's a large cohort of well-resourced and organized parents who will make life difficult for MCPS if they piss them off.

We’ve been telling you we’re going to sue. The BOE was sent notice. Can’t say we didn’t warn ya!

I wonder how that fundraising to sue is going. I want to see a thermometer on their website so we can see the progress of the contributions.

It’s going great! Thanks for your concern. If you want to donate: https://cepamd.org/

Can you share more about the grounds on which this group will be suing? I would definitely want to make sure it’s something with a viable pathway to success before contributing.

I don’t think speaking on an anonymous forum is the best way to share legal strategy. But I don’t think any of us would spend our time and money on this if there wasn’t a viable pathway.

How do we know if there is a viable pathway if we don’t spend money to consult lawyers? Just guess ourselves?

No need to guess. It’s viable.

It’s giving “concepts of a plan” vibes

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Anonymous wrote:Not so sure it's actually viable. But good luck...

Essentially the ones suing don't like the data and they are insisting this Wootton relocation is instead a move. They say it's "carving" up the school. Uh, no. The school clusters are completely intact except for Cold Spring who ASKED to be sent to Churchill. Adding some Fields Rd and Rosemont students- gasp!


Per their press release-

The plan:

The complaint raises concerns that the Superintendent’s recommended “Modified Option H” may have been advanced through a process that lacked required planning analysis and transparency.

The concerns:

The complaint asks the Inspector General to review several issues related to the boundary study and capital planning process, including:

Material Exceedance of Board-Approved Boundary Study Scope as the recommendation exceeds Board’s own The October 30, 2025 amendment that authorized only the consideration of Crown High School as temporary holding space.
Possible predetermined decision-making in the boundary study process prior to completion of the public engagement phase.
Potential misuse or recharacterization of state-approved capital funding for the new Crown High School project.
Failure to conduct transportation, infrastructure, environmental, and safety analyses typically associated with major public infrastructure decisions.
Potential reliance on flawed or incomplete enrollment projections, including modeling that may not account for significant new housing development within the Wootton cluster.
Possible waste or inefficient use of public infrastructure, including repurposing an existing high school facility for indefinite temporary use.
Inadequate documentation and administrative record supporting a major structural change to the county’s high school system.
Defacto school closure, constituting a functional discontinuance of a comprehensive high school under Md. Educ. § 4-109 and COMAR 13A.02.09.


This has led community-based groups to launch a Legal Defense Fund managed by the newly-formed non-profit, the Community and Education Policy Alliance (CEPA,) with plans to sue over multiple aspects of the mismanaged decision-making process.

EDIT: Essentially the ones suing don't like the data and they are insisting this Wootton relocation is instead a CLOSURE.

Misuse of state funds sounds serious.

Serious if true. The problem is they have no evidence. Just vibes.

How do you know they don’t have evidence? Are you a part of their legal team?

I wouldn’t be so quick to say that.

Is it like that AI data video they put out about projections? Their version of alternate facts?

Nope! Guess you’ll just have to wait 😉

Good luck. Hope you aren't just lighting the community's money on fire. It's going to cost a lot more than $100k. And if you think MCPS doesn't see this coming you're on another planet.

There's something to be said about attorneys who give such false hope to their clients. It's really pretty disgusting.

It’s also pretty unethical to ask people for money to fund a suit but then refuse to share what the suit is about with them. It would be one thing if this were a small group of parents lighting their own money on fire, but these fundraising asks are everywhere and are giving people who aren’t as fully in the loop false hope.

The funny thing is that in bold font, they say on the site something about no refunds. Give false hope, take the money… and don’t give people the money back. Not even tax deductible either. Hahaha.

Such grifters. But coming from a group who cares more about their property values than the health of children it's not surprising.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not so sure it's actually viable. But good luck...

Essentially the ones suing don't like the data and they are insisting this Wootton relocation is instead a move. They say it's "carving" up the school. Uh, no. The school clusters are completely intact except for Cold Spring who ASKED to be sent to Churchill. Adding some Fields Rd and Rosemont students- gasp!


Per their press release-

The plan:

The complaint raises concerns that the Superintendent’s recommended “Modified Option H” may have been advanced through a process that lacked required planning analysis and transparency.

The concerns:

The complaint asks the Inspector General to review several issues related to the boundary study and capital planning process, including:

Material Exceedance of Board-Approved Boundary Study Scope as the recommendation exceeds Board’s own The October 30, 2025 amendment that authorized only the consideration of Crown High School as temporary holding space.
Possible predetermined decision-making in the boundary study process prior to completion of the public engagement phase.
Potential misuse or recharacterization of state-approved capital funding for the new Crown High School project.
Failure to conduct transportation, infrastructure, environmental, and safety analyses typically associated with major public infrastructure decisions.
Potential reliance on flawed or incomplete enrollment projections, including modeling that may not account for significant new housing development within the Wootton cluster.
Possible waste or inefficient use of public infrastructure, including repurposing an existing high school facility for indefinite temporary use.
Inadequate documentation and administrative record supporting a major structural change to the county’s high school system.
Defacto school closure, constituting a functional discontinuance of a comprehensive high school under Md. Educ. § 4-109 and COMAR 13A.02.09.


This has led community-based groups to launch a Legal Defense Fund managed by the newly-formed non-profit, the Community and Education Policy Alliance (CEPA,) with plans to sue over multiple aspects of the mismanaged decision-making process.

EDIT: Essentially the ones suing don't like the data and they are insisting this Wootton relocation is instead a CLOSURE.

Misuse of state funds sounds serious.

Serious if true. The problem is they have no evidence. Just vibes.

How do you know they don’t have evidence? Are you a part of their legal team?

I wouldn’t be so quick to say that.

Is it like that AI data video they put out about projections? Their version of alternate facts?

Nope! Guess you’ll just have to wait 😉

Good luck. Hope you aren't just lighting the community's money on fire. It's going to cost a lot more than $100k. And if you think MCPS doesn't see this coming you're on another planet.

There's something to be said about attorneys who give such false hope to their clients. It's really pretty disgusting.

It’s also pretty unethical to ask people for money to fund a suit but then refuse to share what the suit is about with them. It would be one thing if this were a small group of parents lighting their own money on fire, but these fundraising asks are everywhere and are giving people who aren’t as fully in the loop false hope.

The funny thing is that in bold font, they say on the site something about no refunds. Give false hope, take the money… and don’t give people the money back. Not even tax deductible either. Hahaha.

Such grifters. But coming from a group who cares more about their property values than the health of children it's not surprising.

Thier kids health could cost them and their kids far more than the percieved loss to property values. Once you have breathing issues, they rarely go away.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not so sure it's actually viable. But good luck...

Essentially the ones suing don't like the data and they are insisting this Wootton relocation is instead a move. They say it's "carving" up the school. Uh, no. The school clusters are completely intact except for Cold Spring who ASKED to be sent to Churchill. Adding some Fields Rd and Rosemont students- gasp!


Per their press release-

The plan:

The complaint raises concerns that the Superintendent’s recommended “Modified Option H” may have been advanced through a process that lacked required planning analysis and transparency.

The concerns:

The complaint asks the Inspector General to review several issues related to the boundary study and capital planning process, including:

Material Exceedance of Board-Approved Boundary Study Scope as the recommendation exceeds Board’s own The October 30, 2025 amendment that authorized only the consideration of Crown High School as temporary holding space.
Possible predetermined decision-making in the boundary study process prior to completion of the public engagement phase.
Potential misuse or recharacterization of state-approved capital funding for the new Crown High School project.
Failure to conduct transportation, infrastructure, environmental, and safety analyses typically associated with major public infrastructure decisions.
Potential reliance on flawed or incomplete enrollment projections, including modeling that may not account for significant new housing development within the Wootton cluster.
Possible waste or inefficient use of public infrastructure, including repurposing an existing high school facility for indefinite temporary use.
Inadequate documentation and administrative record supporting a major structural change to the county’s high school system.
Defacto school closure, constituting a functional discontinuance of a comprehensive high school under Md. Educ. § 4-109 and COMAR 13A.02.09.


This has led community-based groups to launch a Legal Defense Fund managed by the newly-formed non-profit, the Community and Education Policy Alliance (CEPA,) with plans to sue over multiple aspects of the mismanaged decision-making process.

EDIT: Essentially the ones suing don't like the data and they are insisting this Wootton relocation is instead a CLOSURE.

Misuse of state funds sounds serious.

Serious if true. The problem is they have no evidence. Just vibes.

How do you know they don’t have evidence? Are you a part of their legal team?

I wouldn’t be so quick to say that.

Is it like that AI data video they put out about projections? Their version of alternate facts?

Nope! Guess you’ll just have to wait 😉

Good luck. Hope you aren't just lighting the community's money on fire. It's going to cost a lot more than $100k. And if you think MCPS doesn't see this coming you're on another planet.

There's something to be said about attorneys who give such false hope to their clients. It's really pretty disgusting.

It’s also pretty unethical to ask people for money to fund a suit but then refuse to share what the suit is about with them. It would be one thing if this were a small group of parents lighting their own money on fire, but these fundraising asks are everywhere and are giving people who aren’t as fully in the loop false hope.

The funny thing is that in bold font, they say on the site something about no refunds. Give false hope, take the money… and don’t give people the money back. Not even tax deductible either. Hahaha.

The same people who want accountability should give it. Its easy to apply to be a non-profit and do it legally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not so sure it's actually viable. But good luck...

Essentially the ones suing don't like the data and they are insisting this Wootton relocation is instead a move. They say it's "carving" up the school. Uh, no. The school clusters are completely intact except for Cold Spring who ASKED to be sent to Churchill. Adding some Fields Rd and Rosemont students- gasp!


Per their press release-

The plan:

The complaint raises concerns that the Superintendent’s recommended “Modified Option H” may have been advanced through a process that lacked required planning analysis and transparency.

The concerns:

The complaint asks the Inspector General to review several issues related to the boundary study and capital planning process, including:

Material Exceedance of Board-Approved Boundary Study Scope as the recommendation exceeds Board’s own The October 30, 2025 amendment that authorized only the consideration of Crown High School as temporary holding space.
Possible predetermined decision-making in the boundary study process prior to completion of the public engagement phase.
Potential misuse or recharacterization of state-approved capital funding for the new Crown High School project.
Failure to conduct transportation, infrastructure, environmental, and safety analyses typically associated with major public infrastructure decisions.
Potential reliance on flawed or incomplete enrollment projections, including modeling that may not account for significant new housing development within the Wootton cluster.
Possible waste or inefficient use of public infrastructure, including repurposing an existing high school facility for indefinite temporary use.
Inadequate documentation and administrative record supporting a major structural change to the county’s high school system.
Defacto school closure, constituting a functional discontinuance of a comprehensive high school under Md. Educ. § 4-109 and COMAR 13A.02.09.


This has led community-based groups to launch a Legal Defense Fund managed by the newly-formed non-profit, the Community and Education Policy Alliance (CEPA,) with plans to sue over multiple aspects of the mismanaged decision-making process.

There is nothing guaranteeing a specific school when you buy your house. Fine, they are closing it. They are doing it for the health and safety of your kids and the staff.. you should thank them.

[Anonymous]

The complaints were submitted with evidence and documentation. But please by all means continue to pretend evidence doesn’t exist.

[Anonymous]

If you have been watching their rants on Facebook and in their testimonies, these are people who are not used to not getting their way. So what if they have to do less than above board stuff to get what they want-to them the ends justify the means. These people are not smart just bullies. Thankfully, they’ll lose and all their children will be ostracized at Crown. I would feel badly for the children but I’ve interacted with at least one of their kids and suffice to say, also not a winner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you have been watching their rants on Facebook and in their testimonies, these are people who are not used to not getting their way. So what if they have to do less than above board stuff to get what they want-to them the ends justify the means. These people are not smart just bullies. Thankfully, they’ll lose and all their children will be ostracized at Crown. I would feel badly for the children but I’ve interacted with at least one of their kids and suffice to say, also not a winner.

Considering that nearly 90% of the cluster doesn’t support H, pretty sure it is your kids who are going to be ostracized for your antics.

I’m also not going to stoop to your level and start calling children losers.

All of this aside, try to be a better human.