Why was Magruder left out of the boundary study?

[Anonymous]

I listened to all of today’s Board meeting virtually. My heart goes out to the Magruder community. I really do feel for them. To go from a pretty crappy school only to attend a holding school at a slightly better but still crappy building, without any real timeline?

So I have two questions (yes I know the whole H and Wootton being moved is a hot issue, but let’s suspend that for the purpose of this thread):

1. Why isn’t Magruder excluded from the boundary study in the first place?
2. How is what is happening to Magruder justifiable?

One of their speakers said it perfectly. Wootton is supposedly so unsafe and in poor condition such that the entire student body must go to a new building, yet somehow okay for the more diverse and less resourced Magruder community???

[Anonymous]

TY Magruder. BOE has been so brainwashed that they can't comprehend this. Hope they can soon and override the Supt.

[Anonymous]

Location.

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What about it? As in what specifically about its location?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Location.

What about it? As in what specifically about its location?

Not other high schools near it and look where they draw students from.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I listened to all of today’s Board meeting virtually. My heart goes out to the Magruder community. I really do feel for them. To go from a pretty crappy school only to attend a holding school at a slightly better but still crappy building, without any real timeline?

So I have two questions (yes I know the whole H and Wootton being moved is a hot issue, but let’s suspend that for the purpose of this thread):

1. Why isn’t Magruder excluded from the boundary study in the first place?
2. How is what is happening to Magruder justifiable?

One of their speakers said it perfectly. Wootton is supposedly so unsafe and in poor condition such that the entire student body must go to a new building, yet somehow okay for the more diverse and less resourced Magruder community???

If Magruder ends up attending a holding school, it’s because they will ACTUALLY get a school renovation. That means at the end of it, they have a new school! I think many schools would trade off a couple of years in not ideal conditions to have a fully renovated school in the same location as before when it’s all over.

The issue is no funding right now. Moving Wootton to Crown solves several problems. Removes the need for a full wootton renovation and prevents the county from using a brand new school as a holding school. I personally think something happened behind the scenes with the city of Gaithersburg and it’s just a no go to use crown as holding.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Location.

What about it? As in what specifically about its location?

Not other high schools near it and look where they draw students from.

They are right next to Gaithersburg HS, which is overcapacity? Also, the board can change its own scope any time. Not to mention even if it is technically outside the boundary study scope, Magruder is still a MCPS school and must be treated with equal footing. Their kids and their safety should still be considered. Why is it acceptable to send the more diverse and less resourced Magruder to a school deemed so unsafe that the school’s own kids have to go elsewhere?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I listened to all of today’s Board meeting virtually. My heart goes out to the Magruder community. I really do feel for them. To go from a pretty crappy school only to attend a holding school at a slightly better but still crappy building, without any real timeline?

So I have two questions (yes I know the whole H and Wootton being moved is a hot issue, but let’s suspend that for the purpose of this thread):

1. Why isn’t Magruder excluded from the boundary study in the first place?
2. How is what is happening to Magruder justifiable?

One of their speakers said it perfectly. Wootton is supposedly so unsafe and in poor condition such that the entire student body must go to a new building, yet somehow okay for the more diverse and less resourced Magruder community???

If Magruder ends up attending a holding school, it’s because they will ACTUALLY get a school renovation. That means at the end of it, they have a new school! I think many schools would trade off a couple of years in not ideal conditions to have a fully renovated school in the same location as before when it’s all over.

The issue is no funding right now. Moving Wootton to Crown solves several problems. Removes the need for a full wootton renovation and prevents the county from using a brand new school as a holding school. I personally think something happened behind the scenes with the city of Gaithersburg and it’s just a no go to use crown as holding.

But that’s the problem right—Magruder isn’t on the CIP!!! Even if the recommendation is passed, the only thing guaranteed is Wootton kids get a new school. There’s no guaranteed that there is funding for Wootton to be made into a holding school and no guarantee that Magruder will be renovated. You are asking the Magruder community to support something in abstract. How can we trust that when MCPS continuously ignore us?

[Anonymous]

Personally I think this is all BS.
It doesn’t look good for a brand new state of the art building to be a holding school, so mcps moves Wootton there.

Magruder isn’t on the CIP.
There’s no money to renovate Wootton.

Mark my words: Wootton will just sit there for years and years and the building will keep deteriorating.

There’s no firm plan to use Wootton as a holding school (no solid plans to invest the money and Magruder isn’t even on the CIP) because MCPS has no intention of actually converting Wootton into a holding school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I listened to all of today’s Board meeting virtually. My heart goes out to the Magruder community. I really do feel for them. To go from a pretty crappy school only to attend a holding school at a slightly better but still crappy building, without any real timeline?

So I have two questions (yes I know the whole H and Wootton being moved is a hot issue, but let’s suspend that for the purpose of this thread):

1. Why isn’t Magruder excluded from the boundary study in the first place?
2. How is what is happening to Magruder justifiable?

One of their speakers said it perfectly. Wootton is supposedly so unsafe and in poor condition such that the entire student body must go to a new building, yet somehow okay for the more diverse and less resourced Magruder community???

If Magruder ends up attending a holding school, it’s because they will ACTUALLY get a school renovation. That means at the end of it, they have a new school! I think many schools would trade off a couple of years in not ideal conditions to have a fully renovated school in the same location as before when it’s all over.

The issue is no funding right now. Moving Wootton to Crown solves several problems. Removes the need for a full wootton renovation and prevents the county from using a brand new school as a holding school. I personally think something happened behind the scenes with the city of Gaithersburg and it’s just a no go to use crown as holding.

But that’s the problem right—Magruder isn’t on the CIP!!! Even if the recommendation is passed, the only thing guaranteed is Wootton kids get a new school. There’s no guaranteed that there is funding for Wootton to be made into a holding school and no guarantee that Magruder will be renovated. You are asking the Magruder community to support something in abstract. How can we trust that when MCPS continuously ignore us?

100% it’s bonkers to me that magruder is supporting this Rockville amendment. It’s going to mean it takes even longer to have enough funding for the renovations. Also if you think Wootton won’t flip on them the minute option H gets shut down to jump in front of magruder for renovations you’re out of your mind. As Laura said tonight the amendment actually alluded to Wootton going first.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I listened to all of today’s Board meeting virtually. My heart goes out to the Magruder community. I really do feel for them. To go from a pretty crappy school only to attend a holding school at a slightly better but still crappy building, without any real timeline?

So I have two questions (yes I know the whole H and Wootton being moved is a hot issue, but let’s suspend that for the purpose of this thread):

1. Why isn’t Magruder excluded from the boundary study in the first place?
2. How is what is happening to Magruder justifiable?

One of their speakers said it perfectly. Wootton is supposedly so unsafe and in poor condition such that the entire student body must go to a new building, yet somehow okay for the more diverse and less resourced Magruder community???

If Magruder ends up attending a holding school, it’s because they will ACTUALLY get a school renovation. That means at the end of it, they have a new school! I think many schools would trade off a couple of years in not ideal conditions to have a fully renovated school in the same location as before when it’s all over.

The issue is no funding right now. Moving Wootton to Crown solves several problems. Removes the need for a full wootton renovation and prevents the county from using a brand new school as a holding school. I personally think something happened behind the scenes with the city of Gaithersburg and it’s just a no go to use crown as holding.

But that’s the problem right—Magruder isn’t on the CIP!!! Even if the recommendation is passed, the only thing guaranteed is Wootton kids get a new school. There’s no guaranteed that there is funding for Wootton to be made into a holding school and no guarantee that Magruder will be renovated. You are asking the Magruder community to support something in abstract. How can we trust that when MCPS continuously ignore us?

100% it’s bonkers to me that magruder is supporting this Rockville amendment. It’s going to mean it takes even longer to have enough funding for the renovations. Also if you think Wootton won’t flip on them the minute option H gets shut down to jump in front of magruder for renovations you’re out of your mind. As Laura said tonight the amendment actually alluded to Wootton going first.

Have you read the Rockville amendment? Nowhere does it say or allude to Wootton going first. Laura is either an idiot who can’t read or purposefully attempting to create friction where it doesn’t exist.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I listened to all of today’s Board meeting virtually. My heart goes out to the Magruder community. I really do feel for them. To go from a pretty crappy school only to attend a holding school at a slightly better but still crappy building, without any real timeline?

So I have two questions (yes I know the whole H and Wootton being moved is a hot issue, but let’s suspend that for the purpose of this thread):

1. Why isn’t Magruder excluded from the boundary study in the first place?
2. How is what is happening to Magruder justifiable?

One of their speakers said it perfectly. Wootton is supposedly so unsafe and in poor condition such that the entire student body must go to a new building, yet somehow okay for the more diverse and less resourced Magruder community???

If Magruder ends up attending a holding school, it’s because they will ACTUALLY get a school renovation. That means at the end of it, they have a new school! I think many schools would trade off a couple of years in not ideal conditions to have a fully renovated school in the same location as before when it’s all over.

The issue is no funding right now. Moving Wootton to Crown solves several problems. Removes the need for a full wootton renovation and prevents the county from using a brand new school as a holding school. I personally think something happened behind the scenes with the city of Gaithersburg and it’s just a no go to use crown as holding.

But that’s the problem right—Magruder isn’t on the CIP!!! Even if the recommendation is passed, the only thing guaranteed is Wootton kids get a new school. There’s no guaranteed that there is funding for Wootton to be made into a holding school and no guarantee that Magruder will be renovated. You are asking the Magruder community to support something in abstract. How can we trust that when MCPS continuously ignore us?

100% it’s bonkers to me that magruder is supporting this Rockville amendment. It’s going to mean it takes even longer to have enough funding for the renovations. Also if you think Wootton won’t flip on them the minute option H gets shut down to jump in front of magruder for renovations you’re out of your mind. As Laura said tonight the amendment actually alluded to Wootton going first.

Have you read the Rockville amendment? Nowhere does it say or allude to Wootton going first. Laura is either an idiot who can’t read or purposefully attempting to create friction where it doesn’t exist.

I’m very familiar with the Wootton community and their push for the Rockville amended. They absolutely think in the end they will leapfrog.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I listened to all of today’s Board meeting virtually. My heart goes out to the Magruder community. I really do feel for them. To go from a pretty crappy school only to attend a holding school at a slightly better but still crappy building, without any real timeline?

So I have two questions (yes I know the whole H and Wootton being moved is a hot issue, but let’s suspend that for the purpose of this thread):

1. Why isn’t Magruder excluded from the boundary study in the first place?
2. How is what is happening to Magruder justifiable?

One of their speakers said it perfectly. Wootton is supposedly so unsafe and in poor condition such that the entire student body must go to a new building, yet somehow okay for the more diverse and less resourced Magruder community???

If Magruder ends up attending a holding school, it’s because they will ACTUALLY get a school renovation. That means at the end of it, they have a new school! I think many schools would trade off a couple of years in not ideal conditions to have a fully renovated school in the same location as before when it’s all over.

The issue is no funding right now. Moving Wootton to Crown solves several problems. Removes the need for a full wootton renovation and prevents the county from using a brand new school as a holding school. I personally think something happened behind the scenes with the city of Gaithersburg and it’s just a no go to use crown as holding.

But that’s the problem right—Magruder isn’t on the CIP!!! Even if the recommendation is passed, the only thing guaranteed is Wootton kids get a new school. There’s no guaranteed that there is funding for Wootton to be made into a holding school and no guarantee that Magruder will be renovated. You are asking the Magruder community to support something in abstract. How can we trust that when MCPS continuously ignore us?

100% it’s bonkers to me that magruder is supporting this Rockville amendment. It’s going to mean it takes even longer to have enough funding for the renovations. Also if you think Wootton won’t flip on them the minute option H gets shut down to jump in front of magruder for renovations you’re out of your mind. As Laura said tonight the amendment actually alluded to Wootton going first.

Have you read the Rockville amendment? Nowhere does it say or allude to Wootton going first. Laura is either an idiot who can’t read or purposefully attempting to create friction where it doesn’t exist.

Literally Wootton folks at the BOE meeting answered Laura by saying Magruder would go first. But nice try.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I listened to all of today’s Board meeting virtually. My heart goes out to the Magruder community. I really do feel for them. To go from a pretty crappy school only to attend a holding school at a slightly better but still crappy building, without any real timeline?

So I have two questions (yes I know the whole H and Wootton being moved is a hot issue, but let’s suspend that for the purpose of this thread):

1. Why isn’t Magruder excluded from the boundary study in the first place?
2. How is what is happening to Magruder justifiable?

One of their speakers said it perfectly. Wootton is supposedly so unsafe and in poor condition such that the entire student body must go to a new building, yet somehow okay for the more diverse and less resourced Magruder community???

If Magruder ends up attending a holding school, it’s because they will ACTUALLY get a school renovation. That means at the end of it, they have a new school! I think many schools would trade off a couple of years in not ideal conditions to have a fully renovated school in the same location as before when it’s all over.

The issue is no funding right now. Moving Wootton to Crown solves several problems. Removes the need for a full wootton renovation and prevents the county from using a brand new school as a holding school. I personally think something happened behind the scenes with the city of Gaithersburg and it’s just a no go to use crown as holding.

But that’s the problem right—Magruder isn’t on the CIP!!! Even if the recommendation is passed, the only thing guaranteed is Wootton kids get a new school. There’s no guaranteed that there is funding for Wootton to be made into a holding school and no guarantee that Magruder will be renovated. You are asking the Magruder community to support something in abstract. How can we trust that when MCPS continuously ignore us?

100% it’s bonkers to me that magruder is supporting this Rockville amendment. It’s going to mean it takes even longer to have enough funding for the renovations. Also if you think Wootton won’t flip on them the minute option H gets shut down to jump in front of magruder for renovations you’re out of your mind. As Laura said tonight the amendment actually alluded to Wootton going first.

Have you read the Rockville amendment? Nowhere does it say or allude to Wootton going first. Laura is either an idiot who can’t read or purposefully attempting to create friction where it doesn’t exist.

Literally Wootton folks at the BOE meeting answered Laura by saying Magruder would go first. But nice try.

Oh the receipts I could show you…

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Anonymous wrote:I listened to all of today’s Board meeting virtually. My heart goes out to the Magruder community. I really do feel for them. To go from a pretty crappy school only to attend a holding school at a slightly better but still crappy building, without any real timeline?

So I have two questions (yes I know the whole H and Wootton being moved is a hot issue, but let’s suspend that for the purpose of this thread):

1. Why isn’t Magruder excluded from the boundary study in the first place?
2. How is what is happening to Magruder justifiable?

One of their speakers said it perfectly. Wootton is supposedly so unsafe and in poor condition such that the entire student body must go to a new building, yet somehow okay for the more diverse and less resourced Magruder community???

If Magruder ends up attending a holding school, it’s because they will ACTUALLY get a school renovation. That means at the end of it, they have a new school! I think many schools would trade off a couple of years in not ideal conditions to have a fully renovated school in the same location as before when it’s all over.

The issue is no funding right now. Moving Wootton to Crown solves several problems. Removes the need for a full wootton renovation and prevents the county from using a brand new school as a holding school. I personally think something happened behind the scenes with the city of Gaithersburg and it’s just a no go to use crown as holding.

But that’s the problem right—Magruder isn’t on the CIP!!! Even if the recommendation is passed, the only thing guaranteed is Wootton kids get a new school. There’s no guaranteed that there is funding for Wootton to be made into a holding school and no guarantee that Magruder will be renovated. You are asking the Magruder community to support something in abstract. How can we trust that when MCPS continuously ignore us?

100% it’s bonkers to me that magruder is supporting this Rockville amendment. It’s going to mean it takes even longer to have enough funding for the renovations. Also if you think Wootton won’t flip on them the minute option H gets shut down to jump in front of magruder for renovations you’re out of your mind. As Laura said tonight the amendment actually alluded to Wootton going first.

Have you read the Rockville amendment? Nowhere does it say or allude to Wootton going first. Laura is either an idiot who can’t read or purposefully attempting to create friction where it doesn’t exist.

I’m very familiar with the Wootton community and their push for the Rockville amended. They absolutely think in the end they will leapfrog.

By all means, do enlighten me about my own community. Go ahead and tell me what I’m thinking…