Wootton Announces They Have Formally Retained Silverman & Thompson

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Anonymous wrote:The hilarious thing here... a law firm was retained, attorneys announced… where’s the lawsuit? Were there any laws broken? Is there a case?? Or is it that the money isn’t there to pay for the attorney fees?

It would probably take a few hundred thousand to fight it and they probably raised what $20-30K at most.

O how wrong you are

Please share with us then. Want to sue, please do it. Great entertainment for us. Maybe you will win. Think about all that money on attorney's that could be used for new things for the new school.

Their own announcement last night said that they were retaining the firm to "explore all available legal options to challenge the implementation of 'Modified Option H.'" They haven't filed yet because they haven't found something viable. I seriously hope parents are thinking twice before giving them money - especially since, in my experience, they're not willing to share the grounds for their action but VERY ready to share there will not be any refunds.

Now that Montoya exposed herself as a bigot and it is on video, even blind layers will find something viable.

I have one question, though. Since Taylor insisted that all three votes are 'intrinsically related does invalidating Crown vote, invalidates all three?

Correct. There would need to be a new vote. A court doesn’t have the authority to uphold parts of a vote.

This means that MCPS is now vulnerable on 3 separate fronts, and actually unified those opposing each of the 3 different initiatives.

With such a brilliant legal mind, why not represent yourself?

Please clarify.

They were calling you an idiot

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Anonymous wrote:what a waste of money. a rational outside observer would view the BOE's decision as the most fiscally responsible and appropriate for the system. the lawsuit would purely be out of emotion. no way mcps loses but go ahead.

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You need to keep up. The lawsuit will be based in part on the process and whether MCPS complied with its own policies and Maryland laws/regulations. MCPS must be in compliance or its vote will be reversed. MCPS will then have to do everything again. You might think this lawsuit is a waste of time and money, but process matters.

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Why did they build a new school. Why didn’t they just redo schools like Damascus, Wootton, and Magruder and made them bigger. Thus seems like such a massive waste of money and tearing apart neighborhoods

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Anonymous wrote:what a waste of money. a rational outside observer would view the BOE's decision as the most fiscally responsible and appropriate for the system. the lawsuit would purely be out of emotion. no way mcps loses but go ahead.

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You need to keep up. The lawsuit will be based in part on the process and whether MCPS complied with its own policies and Maryland laws/regulations. MCPS must be in compliance or its vote will be reversed. MCPS will then have to do everything again. You might think this lawsuit is a waste of time and money, but process matters.

File already. You are wasting time.

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Anonymous wrote:Why did they build a new school. Why didn’t they just redo schools like Damascus, Wootton, and Magruder and made them bigger. Thus seems like such a massive waste of money and tearing apart neighborhoods

At the time to relieve overcrowding.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m not a part of the Wootton cluster so I’m not speaking w inside knowledge. But I think there is a major issue here at play that can absolutely get the Supreme Court involved, especially the current one. It would be an extension of a previous SCOTUS case (and no not the opt out case)

Do tell, what's the major issue or is it top secret?

Not sure what they are thinking but I wonder if it's the "Asian dispersal" argument that they have been trying to use. Which makes no sense since the Asian % of Wootton is currently 44% and at Crown it will be 39%, meaning that demographic continues to be a plurality at the new school...

In 2007, the Supreme Court ruled school districts could not use race to drive boundary decisions outside of school districts that are still under Brown-era desegregation orders. The decision famously contained the line: "The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race." That decision was authored by Chief Justice Roberts.

I get we're dealing with a very different Supreme Court today, but I cannot see them wanting to re-open anything that might erode that precedent. It's one of the key reasons so many of our school districts have returned to pre-Brown v. Board levels of segregation.

They are moving the entire school to a new building.

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Anonymous wrote:Why did they build a new school. Why didn’t they just redo schools like Damascus, Wootton, and Magruder and made them bigger. Thus seems like such a massive waste of money and tearing apart neighborhoods

Are you new here? The land grant. Projected growth that didn’t happen. Go back and do homework then come back please.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m not a part of the Wootton cluster so I’m not speaking w inside knowledge. But I think there is a major issue here at play that can absolutely get the Supreme Court involved, especially the current one. It would be an extension of a previous SCOTUS case (and no not the opt out case)

Do tell, what's the major issue or is it top secret?

Not sure what they are thinking but I wonder if it's the "Asian dispersal" argument that they have been trying to use. Which makes no sense since the Asian % of Wootton is currently 44% and at Crown it will be 39%, meaning that demographic continues to be a plurality at the new school...

In 2007, the Supreme Court ruled school districts could not use race to drive boundary decisions outside of school districts that are still under Brown-era desegregation orders. The decision famously contained the line: "The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race." That decision was authored by Chief Justice Roberts.

I get we're dealing with a very different Supreme Court today, but I cannot see them wanting to re-open anything that might erode that precedent. It's one of the key reasons so many of our school districts have returned to pre-Brown v. Board levels of segregation.

They are moving the entire school to a new building.

No they’re not.

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Anonymous wrote:Why did they build a new school. Why didn’t they just redo schools like Damascus, Wootton, and Magruder and made them bigger. Thus seems like such a massive waste of money and tearing apart neighborhoods

Are you new here? The land grant. Projected growth that didn’t happen. Go back and do homework then come back please.

You mean that they likely knew didn’t happen at the time they broke ground.

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Their lawyers appear to lack any land use or education law experience; one is a criminal specialist. I don’t think they have much to work with and don’t see this appeal going anywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:Why did they build a new school. Why didn’t they just redo schools like Damascus, Wootton, and Magruder and made them bigger. Thus seems like such a massive waste of money and tearing apart neighborhoods

Are you new here? The land grant. Projected growth that didn’t happen. Go back and do homework then come back please.

You mean that they likely knew didn’t happen at the time they broke ground.

Again, go do your homework. If they didn’t break ground and get the construction going, they would have had to turn the land back over. That would be dumb.

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Anonymous wrote:Their lawyers appear to lack any land use or education law experience; one is a criminal specialist. I don’t think they have much to work with and don’t see this appeal going anywhere.

Why didn’t they announce the disbarred old guy as a part of the legal team? He’s always promoting Asian Excellence at Wonderful Wootton.

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Anonymous wrote:Crazy. They demanded a better building because the current building is unsafe and unhealthy, got one immediately, and are upset because the new building has the wrong city name.

+a bizillion! so much this!!

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Anonymous wrote:Why would Wootton teachers be upset to get a new building? I only know 2 teachers there, but both have been excited about this move.

And Frost and Fallsmead teachers? This doesn’t impact them at all.

Strange take.

Not a strange take - this is what grasping at straws looks like.

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Anonymous wrote:FYI- the majority of wootton cluster parents are completely on board with the relocation, especially those with kids still in elementary schools. Save wootton may not believe that there's a silent majority, but they only have about 100 people screaming shame at BOE meetings and the same 20 people flooding all the comments sections and whatsapp chats with terrible takes. Most parents have other things to do with their time than embarrass themselves with chickfila fundraisers and wearing patriot shirts everywhere.

Is it even 100? Most parents are… out there parenting and working. There are a good number of retired looking people holding Save Wootton signs as well. Where did they get these people from?!