A Response to Rita Montoya calling Community Members Racist

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is a lot of racism on all sides in MCPS and the county. Many of the Wootton protestors are community members with young kids or much older with kids out of the school system if you look at the pictures of the protestors so its hard to take them seriously.

I don't agree with the Save Wootton crowd but what do you have against parents with young kids advocating for what they want? Their families will be directly impacted (and I think they will be fine but they have a right to share their views)

Because why would you want your kids to go to a run-down, mold-infested school? You'd rather have your convenience than your kids' health? They have no clue and are selfish. Who knows if their kids will even go to Wootton? Most want a new school.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a lot of racism on all sides in MCPS and the county. Many of the Wootton protestors are community members with young kids or much older with kids out of the school system if you look at the pictures of the protestors so its hard to take them seriously.

I don't agree with the Save Wootton crowd but what do you have against parents with young kids advocating for what they want? Their families will be directly impacted (and I think they will be fine but they have a right to share their views)

Because why would you want your kids to go to a run-down, mold-infested school? You'd rather have your convenience than your kids' health? They have no clue and are selfish. Who knows if their kids will even go to Wootton? Most want a new school.

The Wootton community is split on moving to Crown, but when it's your neighborhood school, some people legitimately want to save that school because it is a meaningful institution in their community. Were they happy that it was in bad shape? No, they tried for years to get it fixed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is a lot of racism on all sides in MCPS and the county. Many of the Wootton protestors are community members with young kids or much older with kids out of the school system if you look at the pictures of the protestors so its hard to take them seriously.

I don't agree with the Save Wootton crowd but what do you have against parents with young kids advocating for what they want? Their families will be directly impacted (and I think they will be fine but they have a right to share their views)

Because why would you want your kids to go to a run-down, mold-infested school? You'd rather have your convenience than your kids' health? They have no clue and are selfish. Who knows if their kids will even go to Wootton? Most want a new school.

The Wootton community is split on moving to Crown, but when it's your neighborhood school, some people legitimately want to save that school because it is a meaningful institution in their community. Were they happy that it was in bad shape? No, they tried for years to get it fixed.

DP.

Aside from having it within walking distance for school attendance, is there something the community does with the facility that they could not do with it as a holding facility? Are there restrictions against community use of a holding school gym or the like? And with Frost MS in the back yard also available, is there something the community does with Wootton that would require a HS-level facility if, for some reason, the holding facility were closed to them?

Is it's being "a meaningful institution in their community" more abstract than that from a proximity perspective, since the school, itself, would just be farther away?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is a lot of racism on all sides in MCPS and the county. Many of the Wootton protestors are community members with young kids or much older with kids out of the school system if you look at the pictures of the protestors so its hard to take them seriously.

I don't agree with the Save Wootton crowd but what do you have against parents with young kids advocating for what they want? Their families will be directly impacted (and I think they will be fine but they have a right to share their views)

Because why would you want your kids to go to a run-down, mold-infested school? You'd rather have your convenience than your kids' health? They have no clue and are selfish. Who knows if their kids will even go to Wootton? Most want a new school.

Lady I agree with you on this, but they have a right to their opinion and to advocate for what they want. Why would the fact they have young kids mean you take them less seriously?

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Anonymous wrote:There is a lot of racism on all sides in MCPS and the county. Many of the Wootton protestors are community members with young kids or much older with kids out of the school system if you look at the pictures of the protestors so its hard to take them seriously.

I don't agree with the Save Wootton crowd but what do you have against parents with young kids advocating for what they want? Their families will be directly impacted (and I think they will be fine but they have a right to share their views)

Because why would you want your kids to go to a run-down, mold-infested school? You'd rather have your convenience than your kids' health? They have no clue and are selfish. Who knows if their kids will even go to Wootton? Most want a new school.

Lady I agree with you on this, but they have a right to their opinion and to advocate for what they want. Why would the fact they have young kids mean you take them less seriously?

I'm in the group of people opposing the Wootton move and despite finding the leaders of our group with younger children to be compelling and resourceful, they have been dismissive of the experience of current students, including my own, when they have failed to see the disproportionate harm of staying in our neglected building. Those of us with students there now or rising in the next one to two years recognize the severity in a way these parents do not. Certainly they are entitled to their beliefs and hopes but this is both a current and future problem with them only able to speak to the future.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a lot of racism on all sides in MCPS and the county. Many of the Wootton protestors are community members with young kids or much older with kids out of the school system if you look at the pictures of the protestors so its hard to take them seriously.

I don't agree with the Save Wootton crowd but what do you have against parents with young kids advocating for what they want? Their families will be directly impacted (and I think they will be fine but they have a right to share their views)

Because why would you want your kids to go to a run-down, mold-infested school? You'd rather have your convenience than your kids' health? They have no clue and are selfish. Who knows if their kids will even go to Wootton? Most want a new school.

The Wootton community is split on moving to Crown, but when it's your neighborhood school, some people legitimately want to save that school because it is a meaningful institution in their community. Were they happy that it was in bad shape? No, they tried for years to get it fixed.

DP.

Aside from having it within walking distance for school attendance, is there something the community does with the facility that they could not do with it as a holding facility? Are there restrictions against community use of a holding school gym or the like? And with Frost MS in the back yard also available, is there something the community does with Wootton that would require a HS-level facility if, for some reason, the holding facility were closed to them?

Is it's being "a meaningful institution in their community" more abstract than that from a proximity perspective, since the school, itself, would just be farther away?

What school is using Wootton as a holding school in the foreseeable future? None. That means the building will sit empty; it will not be maintained for community use. The neighborhood will have to stay on MCPS to secure the property - high chainlink fences surrounding it and cameras. Abandoned buildings are at greater risk of break-ins, damage, and fire: Google Farquhar Middle School (arson) and JoAnn Leleck Elementary School fires

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Anonymous wrote:There is a lot of racism on all sides in MCPS and the county. Many of the Wootton protestors are community members with young kids or much older with kids out of the school system if you look at the pictures of the protestors so its hard to take them seriously.

I don't agree with the Save Wootton crowd but what do you have against parents with young kids advocating for what they want? Their families will be directly impacted (and I think they will be fine but they have a right to share their views)

Because why would you want your kids to go to a run-down, mold-infested school? You'd rather have your convenience than your kids' health? They have no clue and are selfish. Who knows if their kids will even go to Wootton? Most want a new school.

The Wootton community is split on moving to Crown, but when it's your neighborhood school, some people legitimately want to save that school because it is a meaningful institution in their community. Were they happy that it was in bad shape? No, they tried for years to get it fixed.

DP.

Aside from having it within walking distance for school attendance, is there something the community does with the facility that they could not do with it as a holding facility? Are there restrictions against community use of a holding school gym or the like? And with Frost MS in the back yard also available, is there something the community does with Wootton that would require a HS-level facility if, for some reason, the holding facility were closed to them?

Is it's being "a meaningful institution in their community" more abstract than that from a proximity perspective, since the school, itself, would just be farther away?

What school is using Wootton as a holding school in the foreseeable future? None. That means the building will sit empty; it will not be maintained for community use. The neighborhood will have to stay on MCPS to secure the property - high chainlink fences surrounding it and cameras. Abandoned buildings are at greater risk of break-ins, damage, and fire: Google Farquhar Middle School (arson) and JoAnn Leleck Elementary School fires

There are many schools in line for significant work that could move there for a semester or a year so the work can move more quickly. It wouldn't only be for schools getting a full rebuild.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a lot of racism on all sides in MCPS and the county. Many of the Wootton protestors are community members with young kids or much older with kids out of the school system if you look at the pictures of the protestors so its hard to take them seriously.

I don't agree with the Save Wootton crowd but what do you have against parents with young kids advocating for what they want? Their families will be directly impacted (and I think they will be fine but they have a right to share their views)

Because why would you want your kids to go to a run-down, mold-infested school? You'd rather have your convenience than your kids' health? They have no clue and are selfish. Who knows if their kids will even go to Wootton? Most want a new school.

The Wootton community is split on moving to Crown, but when it's your neighborhood school, some people legitimately want to save that school because it is a meaningful institution in their community. Were they happy that it was in bad shape? No, they tried for years to get it fixed.

DP.

Aside from having it within walking distance for school attendance, is there something the community does with the facility that they could not do with it as a holding facility? Are there restrictions against community use of a holding school gym or the like? And with Frost MS in the back yard also available, is there something the community does with Wootton that would require a HS-level facility if, for some reason, the holding facility were closed to them?

Is it's being "a meaningful institution in their community" more abstract than that from a proximity perspective, since the school, itself, would just be farther away?

What school is using Wootton as a holding school in the foreseeable future? None. That means the building will sit empty; it will not be maintained for community use. The neighborhood will have to stay on MCPS to secure the property - high chainlink fences surrounding it and cameras. Abandoned buildings are at greater risk of break-ins, damage, and fire: Google Farquhar Middle School (arson) and JoAnn Leleck Elementary School fires

Allowing for whatever period might be necessary to perform the repairs required for holding school use, the immediate PP notes the many projects that could be in line to utilize the space, making abandonment of the sort described unlikely. Can the community not utilize the next-door Frost MS during that repair period? Or Wootton at the Crown site, which would mean for the very few functions that could not use Frost while repairs were underway/perhaps while the old Wootton facility was closed off between occupancies (unsure of MCPS community use policy in such a case), it might take a drive instead of a walk for those currently in the Wootton wall zone?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is a lot of racism on all sides in MCPS and the county. Many of the Wootton protestors are community members with young kids or much older with kids out of the school system if you look at the pictures of the protestors so its hard to take them seriously.

I don't agree with the Save Wootton crowd but what do you have against parents with young kids advocating for what they want? Their families will be directly impacted (and I think they will be fine but they have a right to share their views)

Because why would you want your kids to go to a run-down, mold-infested school? You'd rather have your convenience than your kids' health? They have no clue and are selfish. Who knows if their kids will even go to Wootton? Most want a new school.

The Wootton community is split on moving to Crown, but when it's your neighborhood school, some people legitimately want to save that school because it is a meaningful institution in their community. Were they happy that it was in bad shape? No, they tried for years to get it fixed.

DP.

Aside from having it within walking distance for school attendance, is there something the community does with the facility that they could not do with it as a holding facility? Are there restrictions against community use of a holding school gym or the like? And with Frost MS in the back yard also available, is there something the community does with Wootton that would require a HS-level facility if, for some reason, the holding facility were closed to them?

Is it's being "a meaningful institution in their community" more abstract than that from a proximity perspective, since the school, itself, would just be farther away?

What school is using Wootton as a holding school in the foreseeable future? None. That means the building will sit empty; it will not be maintained for community use. The neighborhood will have to stay on MCPS to secure the property - high chainlink fences surrounding it and cameras. Abandoned buildings are at greater risk of break-ins, damage, and fire: Google Farquhar Middle School (arson) and JoAnn Leleck Elementary School fires

Allowing for whatever period might be necessary to perform the repairs required for holding school use, the immediate PP notes the many projects that could be in line to utilize the space, making abandonment of the sort described unlikely. Can the community not utilize the next-door Frost MS during that repair period? Or Wootton at the Crown site, which would mean for the very few functions that could not use Frost while repairs were underway/perhaps while the old Wootton facility was closed off between occupancies (unsure of MCPS community use policy in such a case), it might take a drive instead of a walk for those currently in the Wootton wall zone?

you pose such reasonable questions. The people screaming to save Wootton and showing up everywhere to be rude don't want to have to drive to crown for anything. The "meaningful institution in their community" is for their hypothetical MLS listing.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a lot of racism on all sides in MCPS and the county. Many of the Wootton protestors are community members with young kids or much older with kids out of the school system if you look at the pictures of the protestors so its hard to take them seriously.

I don't agree with the Save Wootton crowd but what do you have against parents with young kids advocating for what they want? Their families will be directly impacted (and I think they will be fine but they have a right to share their views)

Because why would you want your kids to go to a run-down, mold-infested school? You'd rather have your convenience than your kids' health? They have no clue and are selfish. Who knows if their kids will even go to Wootton? Most want a new school.

The Wootton community is split on moving to Crown, but when it's your neighborhood school, some people legitimately want to save that school because it is a meaningful institution in their community. Were they happy that it was in bad shape? No, they tried for years to get it fixed.

DP.

Aside from having it within walking distance for school attendance, is there something the community does with the facility that they could not do with it as a holding facility? Are there restrictions against community use of a holding school gym or the like? And with Frost MS in the back yard also available, is there something the community does with Wootton that would require a HS-level facility if, for some reason, the holding facility were closed to them?

Is it's being "a meaningful institution in their community" more abstract than that from a proximity perspective, since the school, itself, would just be farther away?

What school is using Wootton as a holding school in the foreseeable future? None. That means the building will sit empty; it will not be maintained for community use. The neighborhood will have to stay on MCPS to secure the property - high chainlink fences surrounding it and cameras. Abandoned buildings are at greater risk of break-ins, damage, and fire: Google Farquhar Middle School (arson) and JoAnn Leleck Elementary School fires

There are many schools in line for significant work that could move there for a semester or a year so the work can move more quickly. It wouldn't only be for schools getting a full rebuild.

Please list me the many schools.
Damascus on site
Magruder on site
And ES/MS won’t need a high school as a holding school as a whole slew ES/MS are about to be closed and likely would be closer and more accessible than Wootton

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Anonymous wrote:There is a lot of racism on all sides in MCPS and the county. Many of the Wootton protestors are community members with young kids or much older with kids out of the school system if you look at the pictures of the protestors so its hard to take them seriously.

I don't agree with the Save Wootton crowd but what do you have against parents with young kids advocating for what they want? Their families will be directly impacted (and I think they will be fine but they have a right to share their views)

Because why would you want your kids to go to a run-down, mold-infested school? You'd rather have your convenience than your kids' health? They have no clue and are selfish. Who knows if their kids will even go to Wootton? Most want a new school.

The Wootton community is split on moving to Crown, but when it's your neighborhood school, some people legitimately want to save that school because it is a meaningful institution in their community. Were they happy that it was in bad shape? No, they tried for years to get it fixed.

DP.

Aside from having it within walking distance for school attendance, is there something the community does with the facility that they could not do with it as a holding facility? Are there restrictions against community use of a holding school gym or the like? And with Frost MS in the back yard also available, is there something the community does with Wootton that would require a HS-level facility if, for some reason, the holding facility were closed to them?

Is it's being "a meaningful institution in their community" more abstract than that from a proximity perspective, since the school, itself, would just be farther away?

What school is using Wootton as a holding school in the foreseeable future? None. That means the building will sit empty; it will not be maintained for community use. The neighborhood will have to stay on MCPS to secure the property - high chainlink fences surrounding it and cameras. Abandoned buildings are at greater risk of break-ins, damage, and fire: Google Farquhar Middle School (arson) and JoAnn Leleck Elementary School fires

There are many schools in line for significant work that could move there for a semester or a year so the work can move more quickly. It wouldn't only be for schools getting a full rebuild.

Please list me the many schools.
Damascus on site
Magruder on site
And ES/MS won’t need a high school as a holding school as a whole slew ES/MS are about to be closed and likely would be closer and more accessible than Wootton

Any MS or HS that needs a new roof, new HVAC, new plumbing, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a lot of racism on all sides in MCPS and the county. Many of the Wootton protestors are community members with young kids or much older with kids out of the school system if you look at the pictures of the protestors so its hard to take them seriously.

I don't agree with the Save Wootton crowd but what do you have against parents with young kids advocating for what they want? Their families will be directly impacted (and I think they will be fine but they have a right to share their views)

Because why would you want your kids to go to a run-down, mold-infested school? You'd rather have your convenience than your kids' health? They have no clue and are selfish. Who knows if their kids will even go to Wootton? Most want a new school.

The Wootton community is split on moving to Crown, but when it's your neighborhood school, some people legitimately want to save that school because it is a meaningful institution in their community. Were they happy that it was in bad shape? No, they tried for years to get it fixed.

DP.

Aside from having it within walking distance for school attendance, is there something the community does with the facility that they could not do with it as a holding facility? Are there restrictions against community use of a holding school gym or the like? And with Frost MS in the back yard also available, is there something the community does with Wootton that would require a HS-level facility if, for some reason, the holding facility were closed to them?

Is it's being "a meaningful institution in their community" more abstract than that from a proximity perspective, since the school, itself, would just be farther away?

What school is using Wootton as a holding school in the foreseeable future? None. That means the building will sit empty; it will not be maintained for community use. The neighborhood will have to stay on MCPS to secure the property - high chainlink fences surrounding it and cameras. Abandoned buildings are at greater risk of break-ins, damage, and fire: Google Farquhar Middle School (arson) and JoAnn Leleck Elementary School fires

There are many schools in line for significant work that could move there for a semester or a year so the work can move more quickly. It wouldn't only be for schools getting a full rebuild.

Please list me the many schools.
Damascus on site
Magruder on site
And ES/MS won’t need a high school as a holding school as a whole slew ES/MS are about to be closed and likely would be closer and more accessible than Wootton

Any MS or HS that needs a new roof, new HVAC, new plumbing, etc.

Name one, please.

Damascus is getting renovation on site. As is Magruder.
That leaves ES/MS, and as noted above, the next round of ES/MS closures would identify much better (closer and more accessible) options for any MS that would need HVAC

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Anonymous wrote:There is a lot of racism on all sides in MCPS and the county. Many of the Wootton protestors are community members with young kids or much older with kids out of the school system if you look at the pictures of the protestors so its hard to take them seriously.

I don't agree with the Save Wootton crowd but what do you have against parents with young kids advocating for what they want? Their families will be directly impacted (and I think they will be fine but they have a right to share their views)

Because why would you want your kids to go to a run-down, mold-infested school? You'd rather have your convenience than your kids' health? They have no clue and are selfish. Who knows if their kids will even go to Wootton? Most want a new school.

The Wootton community is split on moving to Crown, but when it's your neighborhood school, some people legitimately want to save that school because it is a meaningful institution in their community. Were they happy that it was in bad shape? No, they tried for years to get it fixed.

DP.

Aside from having it within walking distance for school attendance, is there something the community does with the facility that they could not do with it as a holding facility? Are there restrictions against community use of a holding school gym or the like? And with Frost MS in the back yard also available, is there something the community does with Wootton that would require a HS-level facility if, for some reason, the holding facility were closed to them?

Is it's being "a meaningful institution in their community" more abstract than that from a proximity perspective, since the school, itself, would just be farther away?

What school is using Wootton as a holding school in the foreseeable future? None. That means the building will sit empty; it will not be maintained for community use. The neighborhood will have to stay on MCPS to secure the property - high chainlink fences surrounding it and cameras. Abandoned buildings are at greater risk of break-ins, damage, and fire: Google Farquhar Middle School (arson) and JoAnn Leleck Elementary School fires

There are many schools in line for significant work that could move there for a semester or a year so the work can move more quickly. It wouldn't only be for schools getting a full rebuild.

Please list me the many schools.
Damascus on site
Magruder on site
And ES/MS won’t need a high school as a holding school as a whole slew ES/MS are about to be closed and likely would be closer and more accessible than Wootton

Any MS or HS that needs a new roof, new HVAC, new plumbing, etc.

Name one, please.

Damascus is getting renovation on site. As is Magruder.
That leaves ES/MS, and as noted above, the next round of ES/MS closures would identify much better (closer and more accessible) options for any MS that would need HVAC

Oh they funded Magruder in the CIP for a renovation, where did you hear that?

Actually NO they did not. And Magruder was told the only way they would ever get a full reno was with a holding school and with approved CIP funding.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a lot of racism on all sides in MCPS and the county. Many of the Wootton protestors are community members with young kids or much older with kids out of the school system if you look at the pictures of the protestors so its hard to take them seriously.

I don't agree with the Save Wootton crowd but what do you have against parents with young kids advocating for what they want? Their families will be directly impacted (and I think they will be fine but they have a right to share their views)

Because why would you want your kids to go to a run-down, mold-infested school? You'd rather have your convenience than your kids' health? They have no clue and are selfish. Who knows if their kids will even go to Wootton? Most want a new school.

The Wootton community is split on moving to Crown, but when it's your neighborhood school, some people legitimately want to save that school because it is a meaningful institution in their community. Were they happy that it was in bad shape? No, they tried for years to get it fixed.

DP.

Aside from having it within walking distance for school attendance, is there something the community does with the facility that they could not do with it as a holding facility? Are there restrictions against community use of a holding school gym or the like? And with Frost MS in the back yard also available, is there something the community does with Wootton that would require a HS-level facility if, for some reason, the holding facility were closed to them?

Is it's being "a meaningful institution in their community" more abstract than that from a proximity perspective, since the school, itself, would just be farther away?

What school is using Wootton as a holding school in the foreseeable future? None. That means the building will sit empty; it will not be maintained for community use. The neighborhood will have to stay on MCPS to secure the property - high chainlink fences surrounding it and cameras. Abandoned buildings are at greater risk of break-ins, damage, and fire: Google Farquhar Middle School (arson) and JoAnn Leleck Elementary School fires

There are many schools in line for significant work that could move there for a semester or a year so the work can move more quickly. It wouldn't only be for schools getting a full rebuild.

Please list me the many schools.
Damascus on site
Magruder on site
And ES/MS won’t need a high school as a holding school as a whole slew ES/MS are about to be closed and likely would be closer and more accessible than Wootton

Any MS or HS that needs a new roof, new HVAC, new plumbing, etc.

Name one, please.

Damascus is getting renovation on site. As is Magruder.
That leaves ES/MS, and as noted above, the next round of ES/MS closures would identify much better (closer and more accessible) options for any MS that would need HVAC

Oh they funded Magruder in the CIP for a renovation, where did you hear that?

Actually NO they did not. And Magruder was told the only way they would ever get a full reno was with a holding school and with approved CIP funding.

Clearly you are not familiar with the back door deals of mcps. Magruder will get a renovation on site.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a lot of racism on all sides in MCPS and the county. Many of the Wootton protestors are community members with young kids or much older with kids out of the school system if you look at the pictures of the protestors so its hard to take them seriously.

I don't agree with the Save Wootton crowd but what do you have against parents with young kids advocating for what they want? Their families will be directly impacted (and I think they will be fine but they have a right to share their views)

Because why would you want your kids to go to a run-down, mold-infested school? You'd rather have your convenience than your kids' health? They have no clue and are selfish. Who knows if their kids will even go to Wootton? Most want a new school.

The Wootton community is split on moving to Crown, but when it's your neighborhood school, some people legitimately want to save that school because it is a meaningful institution in their community. Were they happy that it was in bad shape? No, they tried for years to get it fixed.

DP.

Aside from having it within walking distance for school attendance, is there something the community does with the facility that they could not do with it as a holding facility? Are there restrictions against community use of a holding school gym or the like? And with Frost MS in the back yard also available, is there something the community does with Wootton that would require a HS-level facility if, for some reason, the holding facility were closed to them?

Is it's being "a meaningful institution in their community" more abstract than that from a proximity perspective, since the school, itself, would just be farther away?

What school is using Wootton as a holding school in the foreseeable future? None. That means the building will sit empty; it will not be maintained for community use. The neighborhood will have to stay on MCPS to secure the property - high chainlink fences surrounding it and cameras. Abandoned buildings are at greater risk of break-ins, damage, and fire: Google Farquhar Middle School (arson) and JoAnn Leleck Elementary School fires

There are many schools in line for significant work that could move there for a semester or a year so the work can move more quickly. It wouldn't only be for schools getting a full rebuild.

Please list me the many schools.
Damascus on site
Magruder on site
And ES/MS won’t need a high school as a holding school as a whole slew ES/MS are about to be closed and likely would be closer and more accessible than Wootton

Any MS or HS that needs a new roof, new HVAC, new plumbing, etc.

Name one, please.

Damascus is getting renovation on site. As is Magruder.
That leaves ES/MS, and as noted above, the next round of ES/MS closures would identify much better (closer and more accessible) options for any MS that would need HVAC

Oh they funded Magruder in the CIP for a renovation, where did you hear that?

Actually NO they did not. And Magruder was told the only way they would ever get a full reno was with a holding school and with approved CIP funding.

Clearly you are not familiar with the back door deals of mcps. Magruder will get a renovation on site.

Before the turn of the decade? Info please.