Crown boundary study Option H

[Anonymous]

https://www.change.org/p/save-wootton-and-crown-high-school-say-no-to-option-h/exp/cl_/cl_sharecopy_490919958_en-US/8/1397206114?recruiter=1397206114&recruited_by_id=41c33ee0-d550-11f0-88e6-a76f29ba92a9&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_term=petition_dashboard&utm_medium=copylink&utm_content=cl_sharecopy_490919958_en-US%3A8

For the ones who don’t like Option H.

[Anonymous]

Yet we are here complaining about other families for not wanting to swallow the mess created by MCPS and BOE.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It’s more of a segregation of how people value, or believe in the value of, education. Paying a premium to buy into a reputable school cluster is to be with those who are willing to sacrifice in order to provide their children better education.

Judging from the cars in outside the high schools in this area, Wootton cluster is economically more diverse than many.

Sadly, Wootton families can be the perfect scapegoat for MCPS’ failures.

In most public schools, it’s not the school that makes the students good. It’s the students and the families that make the school good.

But, just like in the previous post, MCPS (and BOE, and many other officials) takes the credit when there is a success and blame the people for failures.

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Wootton is the most hated school in the county for racist reasons…we don’t have the levels of other W schools yet our average SAT results and MCAP pass rates are higher. We are a majority minority school where most parents are immigrants to this country. Unfortunately we have the wrong kind of minority that woke justice warriors like to dump on. Every other thread is about Wootton. It’s insane. Yes, we don’t fit your crazed racial narratives. We are sorry for having a student body of capable kids.

Wootton parents are complaining about the facilities and want immediate action. Due to the wasteful spending with no accountability or transparency, there is NO money to repair or replace the failing schools, and Wootton is not alone; they are just the ones making the biggest fuss. So, MCPS came up with a solution to give them Crown. That's not an unreasonable solution.

Wootton families get penalized by MCPS poor planning and wasteful spending?

Wootton families made poor decisions paying premiums for economic segregation. Literally they paid too much for houses, to be next to other people who paid too much for their houses. I had the option to buy out that way, but at the time. A) they were planning on building a new school, this has been in the works for over 13 years. B) I couldn't rationalize buying a small dump of a house when I could get 4000+ sq foot home somewhere else.

I don't know what to tell you. I pay the same taxes as everyone else, why am I penalized with a school you choose to "pooh-pooh"?

From my perspective Wootton families are the problem and why MCPS isn't better for everyone. MCPS keeps hanging their hat on the three good schools they have but there are a dozen under performing schools and an absurd lottery system.

I don't think people are blaming Wootton families for the condition of Wootton. Obviously, that's 100% MCPS fault.

But, Wootton families who are complaining about getting a brand new school if it means the HS kids have to take a short bus ride are being a bit whiny.

Yes, MCPS decision making sucks. That's not new. But, here we are. Revenues are down; enrollment is down. We have a brand new HS. The most logical decision now is to move Wootton to Crown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Yet we are here complaining about other families for not wanting to swallow the mess created by MCPS and BOE.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It’s more of a segregation of how people value, or believe in the value of, education. Paying a premium to buy into a reputable school cluster is to be with those who are willing to sacrifice in order to provide their children better education.

Judging from the cars in outside the high schools in this area, Wootton cluster is economically more diverse than many.

Sadly, Wootton families can be the perfect scapegoat for MCPS’ failures.

In most public schools, it’s not the school that makes the students good. It’s the students and the families that make the school good.

But, just like in the previous post, MCPS (and BOE, and many other officials) takes the credit when there is a success and blame the people for failures.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wootton is the most hated school in the county for racist reasons…we don’t have the levels of other W schools yet our average SAT results and MCAP pass rates are higher. We are a majority minority school where most parents are immigrants to this country. Unfortunately we have the wrong kind of minority that woke justice warriors like to dump on. Every other thread is about Wootton. It’s insane. Yes, we don’t fit your crazed racial narratives. We are sorry for having a student body of capable kids.

Wootton parents are complaining about the facilities and want immediate action. Due to the wasteful spending with no accountability or transparency, there is NO money to repair or replace the failing schools, and Wootton is not alone; they are just the ones making the biggest fuss. So, MCPS came up with a solution to give them Crown. That's not an unreasonable solution.

Wootton families get penalized by MCPS poor planning and wasteful spending?

Wootton families made poor decisions paying premiums for economic segregation. Literally they paid too much for houses, to be next to other people who paid too much for their houses. I had the option to buy out that way, but at the time. A) they were planning on building a new school, this has been in the works for over 13 years. B) I couldn't rationalize buying a small dump of a house when I could get 4000+ sq foot home somewhere else.

I don't know what to tell you. I pay the same taxes as everyone else, why am I penalized with a school you choose to "pooh-pooh"?

From my perspective Wootton families are the problem and why MCPS isn't better for everyone. MCPS keeps hanging their hat on the three good schools they have but there are a dozen under performing schools and an absurd lottery system.

I don't think people are blaming Wootton families for the condition of Wootton. Obviously, that's 100% MCPS fault.

But, Wootton families who are complaining about getting a brand new school if it means the HS kids have to take a short bus ride are being a bit whiny.

Yes, MCPS decision making sucks. That's not new. But, here we are. Revenues are down; enrollment is down. We have a brand new HS. The most logical decision now is to move Wootton to Crown.

It’s sickening to see them saying MCPS is just being MCPS and you should just shut up and swallow whatever MCPS gives you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.change.org/p/save-wootton-and-crown-high-school-say-no-to-option-h/exp/cl_/cl_sharecopy_490919958_en-US/8/1397206114?recruiter=1397206114&recruited_by_id=41c33ee0-d550-11f0-88e6-a76f29ba92a9&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_term=petition_dashboard&utm_medium=copylink&utm_content=cl_sharecopy_490919958_en-US%3A8

For the ones who don’t like Option H.

Thank you!!!

[Anonymous]

The issue is that MCPS is using Wootton to fix a planning error, instead of addressing Wootton’s long-neglected building and the system’s forecasting mistakes

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wootton is the most hated school in the county for racist reasons…we don’t have the levels of other W schools yet our average SAT results and MCAP pass rates are higher. We are a majority minority school where most parents are immigrants to this country. Unfortunately we have the wrong kind of minority that woke justice warriors like to dump on. Every other thread is about Wootton. It’s insane. Yes, we don’t fit your crazed racial narratives. We are sorry for having a student body of capable kids.

Wootton parents are complaining about the facilities and want immediate action. Due to the wasteful spending with no accountability or transparency, there is NO money to repair or replace the failing schools, and Wootton is not alone; they are just the ones making the biggest fuss. So, MCPS came up with a solution to give them Crown. That's not an unreasonable solution.

Wootton families get penalized by MCPS poor planning and wasteful spending?

Wootton families made poor decisions paying premiums for economic segregation. Literally they paid too much for houses, to be next to other people who paid too much for their houses. I had the option to buy out that way, but at the time. A) they were planning on building a new school, this has been in the works for over 13 years. B) I couldn't rationalize buying a small dump of a house when I could get 4000+ sq foot home somewhere else.

I don't know what to tell you. I pay the same taxes as everyone else, why am I penalized with a school you choose to "pooh-pooh"?

From my perspective Wootton families are the problem and why MCPS isn't better for everyone. MCPS keeps hanging their hat on the three good schools they have but there are a dozen under performing schools and an absurd lottery system.

Uh, hate to break it to you, but MCPS is using the 3 "dominant" high schools as a reason why they are changing everything, whether you agree with it or not. If you're angry about it, target it toward MCPS Central Office/BOE, not other school communities.

And take a moment to reflect- you seem to delight when other schools cluster communities are harmed. Maybe need to take a step back and perhaps instead wish that no ill would be forced on anyone, whether that's you or others you don't know.

It's just delicous to see people getting a taste of their own medicine. Being judged by the school they go to not their actual performance.

Just replace the word Wootton with SSIMS and see if that matters to you or not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Yet we are here complaining about other families for not wanting to swallow the mess created by MCPS and BOE.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It’s more of a segregation of how people value, or believe in the value of, education. Paying a premium to buy into a reputable school cluster is to be with those who are willing to sacrifice in order to provide their children better education.

Judging from the cars in outside the high schools in this area, Wootton cluster is economically more diverse than many.

Sadly, Wootton families can be the perfect scapegoat for MCPS’ failures.

In most public schools, it’s not the school that makes the students good. It’s the students and the families that make the school good.

But, just like in the previous post, MCPS (and BOE, and many other officials) takes the credit when there is a success and blame the people for failures.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wootton is the most hated school in the county for racist reasons…we don’t have the levels of other W schools yet our average SAT results and MCAP pass rates are higher. We are a majority minority school where most parents are immigrants to this country. Unfortunately we have the wrong kind of minority that woke justice warriors like to dump on. Every other thread is about Wootton. It’s insane. Yes, we don’t fit your crazed racial narratives. We are sorry for having a student body of capable kids.

Wootton parents are complaining about the facilities and want immediate action. Due to the wasteful spending with no accountability or transparency, there is NO money to repair or replace the failing schools, and Wootton is not alone; they are just the ones making the biggest fuss. So, MCPS came up with a solution to give them Crown. That's not an unreasonable solution.

Wootton families get penalized by MCPS poor planning and wasteful spending?

Wootton families made poor decisions paying premiums for economic segregation. Literally they paid too much for houses, to be next to other people who paid too much for their houses. I had the option to buy out that way, but at the time. A) they were planning on building a new school, this has been in the works for over 13 years. B) I couldn't rationalize buying a small dump of a house when I could get 4000+ sq foot home somewhere else.

I don't know what to tell you. I pay the same taxes as everyone else, why am I penalized with a school you choose to "pooh-pooh"?

From my perspective Wootton families are the problem and why MCPS isn't better for everyone. MCPS keeps hanging their hat on the three good schools they have but there are a dozen under performing schools and an absurd lottery system.

I don't think people are blaming Wootton families for the condition of Wootton. Obviously, that's 100% MCPS fault.

But, Wootton families who are complaining about getting a brand new school if it means the HS kids have to take a short bus ride are being a bit whiny.

Yes, MCPS decision making sucks. That's not new. But, here we are. Revenues are down; enrollment is down. We have a brand new HS. The most logical decision now is to move Wootton to Crown.

It’s sickening to see them saying MCPS is just being MCPS and you should just shut up and swallow whatever MCPS gives you.

You can complain, but at the end of the day, the most logical choice is to close Wootton for now. MoCo doesn't have the budget to fix all of the crumbling schools and open a brand new school even as enrollments are declining.

I highly recommend you run for the BOE or County Council. I'd love to see some new management.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for advocating for MCPS and its management! Surely they will appreciate it.

For those who complains, it is a hard job to do. If you don’t like it, come and be on the BOE. The current members can just move on to their next position, like Shebra Evans, at-large council member, and Julie Yang, running for county council.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Yet we are here complaining about other families for not wanting to swallow the mess created by MCPS and BOE.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It’s more of a segregation of how people value, or believe in the value of, education. Paying a premium to buy into a reputable school cluster is to be with those who are willing to sacrifice in order to provide their children better education.

Judging from the cars in outside the high schools in this area, Wootton cluster is economically more diverse than many.

Sadly, Wootton families can be the perfect scapegoat for MCPS’ failures.

In most public schools, it’s not the school that makes the students good. It’s the students and the families that make the school good.

But, just like in the previous post, MCPS (and BOE, and many other officials) takes the credit when there is a success and blame the people for failures.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wootton is the most hated school in the county for racist reasons…we don’t have the levels of other W schools yet our average SAT results and MCAP pass rates are higher. We are a majority minority school where most parents are immigrants to this country. Unfortunately we have the wrong kind of minority that woke justice warriors like to dump on. Every other thread is about Wootton. It’s insane. Yes, we don’t fit your crazed racial narratives. We are sorry for having a student body of capable kids.

Wootton parents are complaining about the facilities and want immediate action. Due to the wasteful spending with no accountability or transparency, there is NO money to repair or replace the failing schools, and Wootton is not alone; they are just the ones making the biggest fuss. So, MCPS came up with a solution to give them Crown. That's not an unreasonable solution.

Wootton families get penalized by MCPS poor planning and wasteful spending?

Wootton families made poor decisions paying premiums for economic segregation. Literally they paid too much for houses, to be next to other people who paid too much for their houses. I had the option to buy out that way, but at the time. A) they were planning on building a new school, this has been in the works for over 13 years. B) I couldn't rationalize buying a small dump of a house when I could get 4000+ sq foot home somewhere else.

I don't know what to tell you. I pay the same taxes as everyone else, why am I penalized with a school you choose to "pooh-pooh"?

From my perspective Wootton families are the problem and why MCPS isn't better for everyone. MCPS keeps hanging their hat on the three good schools they have but there are a dozen under performing schools and an absurd lottery system.

I don't think people are blaming Wootton families for the condition of Wootton. Obviously, that's 100% MCPS fault.

But, Wootton families who are complaining about getting a brand new school if it means the HS kids have to take a short bus ride are being a bit whiny.

Yes, MCPS decision making sucks. That's not new. But, here we are. Revenues are down; enrollment is down. We have a brand new HS. The most logical decision now is to move Wootton to Crown.

It’s sickening to see them saying MCPS is just being MCPS and you should just shut up and swallow whatever MCPS gives you.

You can complain, but at the end of the day, the most logical choice is to close Wootton for now. MoCo doesn't have the budget to fix all of the crumbling schools and open a brand new school even as enrollments are declining.

I highly recommend you run for the BOE or County Council. I'd love to see some new management.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wootton is the most hated school in the county for racist reasons…we don’t have the levels of other W schools yet our average SAT results and MCAP pass rates are higher. We are a majority minority school where most parents are immigrants to this country. Unfortunately we have the wrong kind of minority that woke justice warriors like to dump on. Every other thread is about Wootton. It’s insane. Yes, we don’t fit your crazed racial narratives. We are sorry for having a student body of capable kids.

Wootton parents are complaining about the facilities and want immediate action. Due to the wasteful spending with no accountability or transparency, there is NO money to repair or replace the failing schools, and Wootton is not alone; they are just the ones making the biggest fuss. So, MCPS came up with a solution to give them Crown. That's not an unreasonable solution.

Wootton families get penalized by MCPS poor planning and wasteful spending?

Do you not understand how many schools are in the same condition but the difference is you are being offered a brand new school nearby! Plus, your kids get access to so many more courses, clubs and activities while ours get the absolute minimum. I’d take that new school over our mold infested one.

Some wootton families dont want a new school. They want to stay where they are, and asking for a renovation of school. MCPS planned poorly with the budget, spending millions of dollars on a new school, and now they are saying they dont have enough enrollment, so Wootton has to go?

The county is losing $800+ million in revenue over the next 6 years, enrollment is declining, and there is a brand new $300 million dollar high school 2.5 miles from one that needs to be torn down. In what universe do we build an additional $300 million dollar school under these circumstances?

Was it bad planning? Yes. Was it preventable? Yes. But this is where we are today and dragging the county into more bonding when debt service is already a huge chunk of the budget is not the solution. Nor is raising income tax or property tax unless you want middle-class and upper-middle class homeowners to revolt.

It’s not ideal but it’s the best of a bunch of bad options and personally, it’s the first time I can recall MCPS actually proposing something practical rather than aspirational since the Great Recession.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Wootton is the most hated school in the county for racist reasons…we don’t have the levels of other W schools yet our average SAT results and MCAP pass rates are higher. We are a majority minority school where most parents are immigrants to this country. Unfortunately we have the wrong kind of minority that woke justice warriors like to dump on. Every other thread is about Wootton. It’s insane. Yes, we don’t fit your crazed racial narratives. We are sorry for having a student body of capable kids.

Wootton parents are complaining about the facilities and want immediate action. Due to the wasteful spending with no accountability or transparency, there is NO money to repair or replace the failing schools, and Wootton is not alone; they are just the ones making the biggest fuss. So, MCPS came up with a solution to give them Crown. That's not an unreasonable solution.

Wootton families get penalized by MCPS poor planning and wasteful spending?

Do you not understand how many schools are in the same condition but the difference is you are being offered a brand new school nearby! Plus, your kids get access to so many more courses, clubs and activities while ours get the absolute minimum. I’d take that new school over our mold infested one.

Some wootton families dont want a new school. They want to stay where they are, and asking for a renovation of school. MCPS planned poorly with the budget, spending millions of dollars on a new school, and now they are saying they dont have enough enrollment, so Wootton has to go?

The county is losing $800+ million in revenue over the next 6 years, enrollment is declining, and there is a brand new $300 million dollar high school 2.5 miles from one that needs to be torn down. In what universe do we build an additional $300 million dollar school under these circumstances?

Was it bad planning? Yes. Was it preventable? Yes. But this is where we are today and dragging the county into more bonding when debt service is already a huge chunk of the budget is not the solution. Nor is raising income tax or property tax unless you want middle-class and upper-middle class homeowners to revolt.

It’s not ideal but it’s the best of a bunch of bad options and personally, it’s the first time I can recall MCPS actually proposing something practical rather than aspirational since the Great Recession.

I don’t disagree that the county faces major fiscal pressure — but that’s exactly why we need better planning, not short-term fixes that create bigger long-term problems. Moving an entire cluster into Crown is not a cost-saving plan; it’s a way of avoiding the consequences of past planning mistakes, and it doesn’t actually eliminate the need to rebuild Wootton. The building will not magically fix itself simply because its students are reassigned. Whether Wootton is occupied or not, MCPS will still eventually have to address a failing facility, and pushing that cost down the road does not make it go away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Wootton is the most hated school in the county for racist reasons…we don’t have the levels of other W schools yet our average SAT results and MCAP pass rates are higher. We are a majority minority school where most parents are immigrants to this country. Unfortunately we have the wrong kind of minority that woke justice warriors like to dump on. Every other thread is about Wootton. It’s insane. Yes, we don’t fit your crazed racial narratives. We are sorry for having a student body of capable kids.

Wootton parents are complaining about the facilities and want immediate action. Due to the wasteful spending with no accountability or transparency, there is NO money to repair or replace the failing schools, and Wootton is not alone; they are just the ones making the biggest fuss. So, MCPS came up with a solution to give them Crown. That's not an unreasonable solution.

Wootton families get penalized by MCPS poor planning and wasteful spending?

Do you not understand how many schools are in the same condition but the difference is you are being offered a brand new school nearby! Plus, your kids get access to so many more courses, clubs and activities while ours get the absolute minimum. I’d take that new school over our mold infested one.

Some wootton families dont want a new school. They want to stay where they are, and asking for a renovation of school. MCPS planned poorly with the budget, spending millions of dollars on a new school, and now they are saying they dont have enough enrollment, so Wootton has to go?

The county is losing $800+ million in revenue over the next 6 years, enrollment is declining, and there is a brand new $300 million dollar high school 2.5 miles from one that needs to be torn down. In what universe do we build an additional $300 million dollar school under these circumstances?

Was it bad planning? Yes. Was it preventable? Yes. But this is where we are today and dragging the county into more bonding when debt service is already a huge chunk of the budget is not the solution. Nor is raising income tax or property tax unless you want middle-class and upper-middle class homeowners to revolt.

It’s not ideal but it’s the best of a bunch of bad options and personally, it’s the first time I can recall MCPS actually proposing something practical rather than aspirational since the Great Recession.

And this is the context where the regional model is in the "plan" to waste another 10-20 million dollars per year until CO/BOE acknowledges the failure. With the current election and tenure mechanisms of BOE and superintendent with absolutely zero accountability from management, there will never be a good planning to "prevent" waste of millions to billions of tax payer money.

[Anonymous]

There are MANY schools in this situation that are not on the list for repairs. Wootton has so much more as it is than other schools and is being offered a brand new school, most of us would be thrilled to have, and yet, nothing is good enough. If MCPS caves, how would this work as you'd still have to go to a holding school or have it done while the kids are in school, meaning that you lose athletic and other areas to make it work.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wootton is the most hated school in the county for racist reasons…we don’t have the levels of other W schools yet our average SAT results and MCAP pass rates are higher. We are a majority minority school where most parents are immigrants to this country. Unfortunately we have the wrong kind of minority that woke justice warriors like to dump on. Every other thread is about Wootton. It’s insane. Yes, we don’t fit your crazed racial narratives. We are sorry for having a student body of capable kids.

Wootton parents are complaining about the facilities and want immediate action. Due to the wasteful spending with no accountability or transparency, there is NO money to repair or replace the failing schools, and Wootton is not alone; they are just the ones making the biggest fuss. So, MCPS came up with a solution to give them Crown. That's not an unreasonable solution.

Wootton families get penalized by MCPS poor planning and wasteful spending?

Do you not understand how many schools are in the same condition but the difference is you are being offered a brand new school nearby! Plus, your kids get access to so many more courses, clubs and activities while ours get the absolute minimum. I’d take that new school over our mold infested one.

Some wootton families dont want a new school. They want to stay where they are, and asking for a renovation of school. MCPS planned poorly with the budget, spending millions of dollars on a new school, and now they are saying they dont have enough enrollment, so Wootton has to go?

The county is losing $800+ million in revenue over the next 6 years, enrollment is declining, and there is a brand new $300 million dollar high school 2.5 miles from one that needs to be torn down. In what universe do we build an additional $300 million dollar school under these circumstances?

Was it bad planning? Yes. Was it preventable? Yes. But this is where we are today and dragging the county into more bonding when debt service is already a huge chunk of the budget is not the solution. Nor is raising income tax or property tax unless you want middle-class and upper-middle class homeowners to revolt.

It’s not ideal but it’s the best of a bunch of bad options and personally, it’s the first time I can recall MCPS actually proposing something practical rather than aspirational since the Great Recession.

I don't believe it was bad planning, but rather intentional neglect. Wootton could have been renovated over the past 10+ years - and parents have loudly complained about MCPS' failure to do so. Moving students from Wootton to another school was always the plan (hence numerous boundary studies over the years). MCPS achieved indirectly what it wanted to do directly.

[Anonymous]

Why rebuild Wootton at all? Why not just demolish the outdated building? With declining enrollment, it doesn’t seem necessary to keep both Wootton and Crown.

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Anonymous wrote:Wootton is the most hated school in the county for racist reasons…we don’t have the levels of other W schools yet our average SAT results and MCAP pass rates are higher. We are a majority minority school where most parents are immigrants to this country. Unfortunately we have the wrong kind of minority that woke justice warriors like to dump on. Every other thread is about Wootton. It’s insane. Yes, we don’t fit your crazed racial narratives. We are sorry for having a student body of capable kids.

Wootton parents are complaining about the facilities and want immediate action. Due to the wasteful spending with no accountability or transparency, there is NO money to repair or replace the failing schools, and Wootton is not alone; they are just the ones making the biggest fuss. So, MCPS came up with a solution to give them Crown. That's not an unreasonable solution.

Wootton families get penalized by MCPS poor planning and wasteful spending?

Do you not understand how many schools are in the same condition but the difference is you are being offered a brand new school nearby! Plus, your kids get access to so many more courses, clubs and activities while ours get the absolute minimum. I’d take that new school over our mold infested one.

Some wootton families dont want a new school. They want to stay where they are, and asking for a renovation of school. MCPS planned poorly with the budget, spending millions of dollars on a new school, and now they are saying they dont have enough enrollment, so Wootton has to go?

The county is losing $800+ million in revenue over the next 6 years, enrollment is declining, and there is a brand new $300 million dollar high school 2.5 miles from one that needs to be torn down. In what universe do we build an additional $300 million dollar school under these circumstances?

Was it bad planning? Yes. Was it preventable? Yes. But this is where we are today and dragging the county into more bonding when debt service is already a huge chunk of the budget is not the solution. Nor is raising income tax or property tax unless you want middle-class and upper-middle class homeowners to revolt.

It’s not ideal but it’s the best of a bunch of bad options and personally, it’s the first time I can recall MCPS actually proposing something practical rather than aspirational since the Great Recession.

I don’t disagree that the county faces major fiscal pressure — but that’s exactly why we need better planning, not short-term fixes that create bigger long-term problems. Moving an entire cluster into Crown is not a cost-saving plan; it’s a way of avoiding the consequences of past planning mistakes, and it doesn’t actually eliminate the need to rebuild Wootton. The building will not magically fix itself simply because its students are reassigned. Whether Wootton is occupied or not, MCPS will still eventually have to address a failing facility, and pushing that cost down the road does not make it go away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why rebuild Wootton at all? Why not just demolish the outdated building? With declining enrollment, it doesn’t seem necessary to keep both Wootton and Crown.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wootton is the most hated school in the county for racist reasons…we don’t have the levels of other W schools yet our average SAT results and MCAP pass rates are higher. We are a majority minority school where most parents are immigrants to this country. Unfortunately we have the wrong kind of minority that woke justice warriors like to dump on. Every other thread is about Wootton. It’s insane. Yes, we don’t fit your crazed racial narratives. We are sorry for having a student body of capable kids.

Wootton parents are complaining about the facilities and want immediate action. Due to the wasteful spending with no accountability or transparency, there is NO money to repair or replace the failing schools, and Wootton is not alone; they are just the ones making the biggest fuss. So, MCPS came up with a solution to give them Crown. That's not an unreasonable solution.

Wootton families get penalized by MCPS poor planning and wasteful spending?

Do you not understand how many schools are in the same condition but the difference is you are being offered a brand new school nearby! Plus, your kids get access to so many more courses, clubs and activities while ours get the absolute minimum. I’d take that new school over our mold infested one.

Some wootton families dont want a new school. They want to stay where they are, and asking for a renovation of school. MCPS planned poorly with the budget, spending millions of dollars on a new school, and now they are saying they dont have enough enrollment, so Wootton has to go?

The county is losing $800+ million in revenue over the next 6 years, enrollment is declining, and there is a brand new $300 million dollar high school 2.5 miles from one that needs to be torn down. In what universe do we build an additional $300 million dollar school under these circumstances?

Was it bad planning? Yes. Was it preventable? Yes. But this is where we are today and dragging the county into more bonding when debt service is already a huge chunk of the budget is not the solution. Nor is raising income tax or property tax unless you want middle-class and upper-middle class homeowners to revolt.

It’s not ideal but it’s the best of a bunch of bad options and personally, it’s the first time I can recall MCPS actually proposing something practical rather than aspirational since the Great Recession.

I don’t disagree that the county faces major fiscal pressure — but that’s exactly why we need better planning, not short-term fixes that create bigger long-term problems. Moving an entire cluster into Crown is not a cost-saving plan; it’s a way of avoiding the consequences of past planning mistakes, and it doesn’t actually eliminate the need to rebuild Wootton. The building will not magically fix itself simply because its students are reassigned. Whether Wootton is occupied or not, MCPS will still eventually have to address a failing facility, and pushing that cost down the road does not make it go away.

Isn't the idea that the old Wootton building would become a secondary holding school?