Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?

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Anonymous wrote:Dufief parents who now support H: Why were you all collectively pissed when the first options had send all of you to Crown. If Wootton is such bad conditions, you should’ve been happy with the original options?

I say those who want to go to Crown, should just go. Sounds like Dufief Travilah and Stone Mill want to go. Add in Rosemont and Fields Road and you got a high school of roughly ~2200, which matches perfectly with Crown’s size. This alleviates overcrowding at QO and Gaithersburg HS.

Leave Wootton to Fallsmead, Lakewood, Cold Spring families. Add in Wayside—half of Potomac Glen is currently split between Lakewood (which feeds into Wootton) and Wayside anyways. Then add in RM neighborhoods including the very walkable neighborhood of Horizon Hill and Fallsgrove, which is walkable as well (a lot of Wootton kids walk to Fallsgrove all the time). This justifies keeping Wootton as a cluster and alleviates overcrowding at RM and Churchill.

Welcome, you must be new. Dufief has been involved in this since June. Dufief was "pissed" because they split Dufief- and only Dufief- out of Wootton. Dufief overlapa constantly with Stone Mill and Travillah kids, that is their community. But the first options only sent Dufief to Crown. If they had sent Dufief, Stone Mill and Travillah all to Crown that at least would have made geographical sense. If you had any idea of the history here you would already know why Dufief was so mad.

Actually not new . Been following this issue from the beginning. Just find it ironic all these Dufief parents are talking about how happy they are getting a new school because Wootton is unsafe. Tell me does Dufief being the only school being sent make the Wootton building any more or less safe? If Dufief parents truly believed Wootton is unsafe, they should have been happy with the original options even if they were the only ones "lucky" enough to be districted to Crown. Or, is the argument about safety changing now?

I'm all for the most geographical sensible boundaries. Precisely why I did not buy in Dufief. By all means, send Dufief, Stone Mill, and Travilah kids to Crown. Don't send the rest of the kids who can walk to Wootton. Leave us in our "unsafe" building.

100%. The very few non-troll Wootton parents who support H are Dufief parents. They all say because option H is the only option where my child will get to go to a safe school. LOL no it's not. Options A-D also get your kid to a "safe school." At least stay consistent. If you support H because you really think Wootton is unsafe, you should logically also support A-D. Safety trumps all. It shouldn't matter if you are the only ES being moved to Crown because your kid's safety should be the most important factor.

Let's be real here. It's not about safety. If it were, Dufief parents would NEVER have pushed back on A-D like they almost UNIVERSALLY DID. It's pretty obvious. Dufief knew under A-D, their property values would have lowered and their kids would have gone from one of the highest ranked HS to an average ranking HS (and that's being generous). They see H as their ONLY saving grace. The logic is if we're doomed either way to go to Crown, might as well make the rest of the cluster move with us so that the rankings will be that drastic of a change.

Just be real and say the truth. Stop saying I support H because it's the only option where my kid gets to a safe school. SAY YOU SUPPORT A-D IF YOU REALLY THINK IT'S ABOUT SAFETY.

DUFIEF PUSHED BACK ON A-D BECAUSE THEY WANT TO STAY WTH THEIR CLUSTER. What don't you understand? It is BOTH. Stay with cluster AND safe school. Dufief was also told after the new utilization numbers came out that they could probably stay with the cluster in a modified A-D since there was now room at Frost. Nothing in writing though and can't trust MCPS so they won't end their advocacy against A-D.

Since then, all of these safety issues came out. Asbestos, mold, really??? Of course they want a safe school. It's insane that the other Wootton parents don't and are willing to settle for status quo as long as they can walk to school. Sorry, but magic money is not going to fall out of the sky to renovate Wootton and open Crown as a new high school.

And guess what? H isn't my first choice. I think Crown should be a holding school and E or F should be selected. Maybe Wootton should have collectively pushed those instead of an imaginary option.

Lol at this poster who either doesn’t get it or just doesn’t want to admit it.

KeEp tHe ClUsTeR together. Did you not read anything the other poster said?

Just admit Dufief rather Cold Spring and Fallsmead be the edge properties.

Ohhhh now I get it. You are also a Wootton Walker! That's why you are so mad at Dufief

I mean yes no shit lol. All these people clowning on Wootton walkers as if they didn’t have the exact reaction. Again why are Dufief parents supporting H when they hated A-D.

If you think the building is truly unsafe, you should have been thrilled with A-D. If you really thought the building was unsafe for your kid, you wouldn’t have given a shit if Stone Mill and Travilah weren’t moving with you. You would feel bad that that they weren’t and you would’ve thought to yourself, man I’m so glad my kid is going to a safe school not OMG I can’t believe we’re the only ones who have been singled out. You would have framed it as WOW we’re the only lucky ones who are guaranteed to not go to an “objectively unsafe” school.

You don’t actually think the building is unsafe. You just don’t want to admit the real reason, which is you rather another neighborhood be the edge property.

Then the building is fine and they just want an upgrade thinking that they are better and deserve the best and who cares about the impact on other schools.

Are you dense or are you purposefully pretending to be stupid?
Do you think one day the building is safe and the next day all of a sudden it's unsafe?
Do I think Wootton is in pristine condition? No.
Do I think Wootton is in "objectively unsafe" conditions? Also no.
You do realize there is a HUGE spectrum of conditions between pristine/new condition and "objectively unsafe" right?

I think Wootton is somewhere in the middle.
I think renovations are indeed needed, but that doesn't mean the building is "objectively unsafe."
I think we should renovate based on urgent needs, in which case based on MCPS' VERY OWN FCI, Wootton should be one of the first schools in line to get fixed.

Lol it’s almost like the last year of Wootton complaining about how unsafe their school is never happened. Such gaslighting. You all got on TV and did school walk throughs to show how terrible the conditions are. And now that the county listened and is talking about moving you to a safe school you suddenly say it’s not that bad. Just bc you don’t want to get on a bus to school.

I was never one of those people.
I’d imagine those people are probably the ones that support H. And logically speaking, they should also support A-D if they believe Wootton to be objectively unsafe.


Stay consistent, friends!

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Anonymous wrote:Dufief parents who now support H: Why were you all collectively pissed when the first options had send all of you to Crown. If Wootton is such bad conditions, you should’ve been happy with the original options?

I say those who want to go to Crown, should just go. Sounds like Dufief Travilah and Stone Mill want to go. Add in Rosemont and Fields Road and you got a high school of roughly ~2200, which matches perfectly with Crown’s size. This alleviates overcrowding at QO and Gaithersburg HS.

Leave Wootton to Fallsmead, Lakewood, Cold Spring families. Add in Wayside—half of Potomac Glen is currently split between Lakewood (which feeds into Wootton) and Wayside anyways. Then add in RM neighborhoods including the very walkable neighborhood of Horizon Hill and Fallsgrove, which is walkable as well (a lot of Wootton kids walk to Fallsgrove all the time). This justifies keeping Wootton as a cluster and alleviates overcrowding at RM and Churchill.

Welcome, you must be new. Dufief has been involved in this since June. Dufief was "pissed" because they split Dufief- and only Dufief- out of Wootton. Dufief overlapa constantly with Stone Mill and Travillah kids, that is their community. But the first options only sent Dufief to Crown. If they had sent Dufief, Stone Mill and Travillah all to Crown that at least would have made geographical sense. If you had any idea of the history here you would already know why Dufief was so mad.

Actually not new . Been following this issue from the beginning. Just find it ironic all these Dufief parents are talking about how happy they are getting a new school because Wootton is unsafe. Tell me does Dufief being the only school being sent make the Wootton building any more or less safe? If Dufief parents truly believed Wootton is unsafe, they should have been happy with the original options even if they were the only ones "lucky" enough to be districted to Crown. Or, is the argument about safety changing now?

I'm all for the most geographical sensible boundaries. Precisely why I did not buy in Dufief. By all means, send Dufief, Stone Mill, and Travilah kids to Crown. Don't send the rest of the kids who can walk to Wootton. Leave us in our "unsafe" building.

100%. The very few non-troll Wootton parents who support H are Dufief parents. They all say because option H is the only option where my child will get to go to a safe school. LOL no it's not. Options A-D also get your kid to a "safe school." At least stay consistent. If you support H because you really think Wootton is unsafe, you should logically also support A-D. Safety trumps all. It shouldn't matter if you are the only ES being moved to Crown because your kid's safety should be the most important factor.

Let's be real here. It's not about safety. If it were, Dufief parents would NEVER have pushed back on A-D like they almost UNIVERSALLY DID. It's pretty obvious. Dufief knew under A-D, their property values would have lowered and their kids would have gone from one of the highest ranked HS to an average ranking HS (and that's being generous). They see H as their ONLY saving grace. The logic is if we're doomed either way to go to Crown, might as well make the rest of the cluster move with us so that the rankings will be that drastic of a change.

Just be real and say the truth. Stop saying I support H because it's the only option where my kid gets to a safe school. SAY YOU SUPPORT A-D IF YOU REALLY THINK IT'S ABOUT SAFETY.

DUFIEF PUSHED BACK ON A-D BECAUSE THEY WANT TO STAY WTH THEIR CLUSTER. What don't you understand? It is BOTH. Stay with cluster AND safe school. Dufief was also told after the new utilization numbers came out that they could probably stay with the cluster in a modified A-D since there was now room at Frost. Nothing in writing though and can't trust MCPS so they won't end their advocacy against A-D.

Since then, all of these safety issues came out. Asbestos, mold, really??? Of course they want a safe school. It's insane that the other Wootton parents don't and are willing to settle for status quo as long as they can walk to school. Sorry, but magic money is not going to fall out of the sky to renovate Wootton and open Crown as a new high school.

And guess what? H isn't my first choice. I think Crown should be a holding school and E or F should be selected. Maybe Wootton should have collectively pushed those instead of an imaginary option.

Lol at this poster who either doesn’t get it or just doesn’t want to admit it.

KeEp tHe ClUsTeR together. Did you not read anything the other poster said?

Just admit Dufief rather Cold Spring and Fallsmead be the edge properties.

Ohhhh now I get it. You are also a Wootton Walker! That's why you are so mad at Dufief

I mean yes no shit lol. All these people clowning on Wootton walkers as if they didn’t have the exact reaction. Again why are Dufief parents supporting H when they hated A-D.

If you think the building is truly unsafe, you should have been thrilled with A-D. If you really thought the building was unsafe for your kid, you wouldn’t have given a shit if Stone Mill and Travilah weren’t moving with you. You would feel bad that that they weren’t and you would’ve thought to yourself, man I’m so glad my kid is going to a safe school not OMG I can’t believe we’re the only ones who have been singled out. You would have framed it as WOW we’re the only lucky ones who are guaranteed to not go to an “objectively unsafe” school.

You don’t actually think the building is unsafe. You just don’t want to admit the real reason, which is you rather another neighborhood be the edge property.

Then the building is fine and they just want an upgrade thinking that they are better and deserve the best and who cares about the impact on other schools.

Are you dense or are you purposefully pretending to be stupid?
Do you think one day the building is safe and the next day all of a sudden it's unsafe?
Do I think Wootton is in pristine condition? No.
Do I think Wootton is in "objectively unsafe" conditions? Also no.
You do realize there is a HUGE spectrum of conditions between pristine/new condition and "objectively unsafe" right?

I think Wootton is somewhere in the middle.
I think renovations are indeed needed, but that doesn't mean the building is "objectively unsafe."
I think we should renovate based on urgent needs, in which case based on MCPS' VERY OWN FCI, Wootton should be one of the first schools in line to get fixed.

Lol it’s almost like the last year of Wootton complaining about how unsafe their school is never happened. Such gaslighting. You all got on TV and did school walk throughs to show how terrible the conditions are. And now that the county listened and is talking about moving you to a safe school you suddenly say it’s not that bad. Just bc you don’t want to get on a bus to school.

I was never one of those people.
I’d imagine those people are probably the ones that support H. And logically speaking, they should also support A-D if they believe Wootton to be objectively unsafe.


Stay consistent, friends!

But they aren’t! That’s the crazy part. These are the anti-h people literally telling people to stop complaining and stop asking for a renovation. Bc asking for a renovation gets them H.

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So if the final recommended option is to move Wootton to Crown + Rosemont and Fieldsroad ESs, and then start to use Wootton as a holding school for Damascus and the other HS that are on the priority list, then eventually renovate Wootton, and move Wootton students back after like 10-15 years. Would Wootton family be happy with this option?

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Anonymous wrote:So if the final recommended option is to move Wootton to Crown + Rosemont and Fieldsroad ESs, and then start to use Wootton as a holding school for Damascus and the other HS that are on the priority list, then eventually renovate Wootton, and move Wootton students back after like 10-15 years. Would Wootton family be happy with this option?

If someone can put “Wootton students back after 10-15 years” with the cluster intact and make this legally enforceable, sure. But lol we all know this is not practical. Too many things can change. Lol but sure sign it in blood and promise me it will be enforceable.

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Anonymous wrote:So if the final recommended option is to move Wootton to Crown + Rosemont and Fieldsroad ESs, and then start to use Wootton as a holding school for Damascus and the other HS that are on the priority list, then eventually renovate Wootton, and move Wootton students back after like 10-15 years. Would Wootton family be happy with this option?

If someone can put “Wootton students back after 10-15 years” with the cluster intact and make this legally enforceable, sure. But lol we all know this is not practical. Too many things can change. Lol but sure sign it in blood and promise me it will be enforceable.

Well, for the current BOE and Taylor, it's very easy to make such a kind of promise. They can even write it down with some legal binding, but not taking any responsibilities 10-15 years later as things would change so much by then, and they don't need to be accused or paying legal fees, so they can promise you basically anything.

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Anonymous wrote:So if the final recommended option is to move Wootton to Crown + Rosemont and Fieldsroad ESs, and then start to use Wootton as a holding school for Damascus and the other HS that are on the priority list, then eventually renovate Wootton, and move Wootton students back after like 10-15 years. Would Wootton family be happy with this option?

Then not whole Wootton could move back as it will have to split. Who will move back and who will not? And who gets to keep the name Wootton? This creates too much uncertainty down the road

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Anonymous wrote:So if the final recommended option is to move Wootton to Crown + Rosemont and Fieldsroad ESs, and then start to use Wootton as a holding school for Damascus and the other HS that are on the priority list, then eventually renovate Wootton, and move Wootton students back after like 10-15 years. Would Wootton family be happy with this option?

If someone can put “Wootton students back after 10-15 years” with the cluster intact and make this legally enforceable, sure. But lol we all know this is not practical. Too many things can change. Lol but sure sign it in blood and promise me it will be enforceable.

Schools have closed in the past and reopened with demand. You keep putting up every obstical possible and the only thing you want is Wootton torn down and replaced, and even so they would need a holding school. Just putting in a new HVAC does't get rid of the mold issues. It can help prevent new issues but once you have mold, its not going away.

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Anonymous wrote:So if the final recommended option is to move Wootton to Crown + Rosemont and Fieldsroad ESs, and then start to use Wootton as a holding school for Damascus and the other HS that are on the priority list, then eventually renovate Wootton, and move Wootton students back after like 10-15 years. Would Wootton family be happy with this option?

If someone can put “Wootton students back after 10-15 years” with the cluster intact and make this legally enforceable, sure. But lol we all know this is not practical. Too many things can change. Lol but sure sign it in blood and promise me it will be enforceable.

Well, for the current BOE and Taylor, it's very easy to make such a kind of promise. They can even write it down with some legal binding, but not taking any responsibilities 10-15 years later as things would change so much by then, and they don't need to be accused or paying legal fees, so they can promise you basically anything.

Precisely why I don’t agree with H.

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Anonymous wrote:So if the final recommended option is to move Wootton to Crown + Rosemont and Fieldsroad ESs, and then start to use Wootton as a holding school for Damascus and the other HS that are on the priority list, then eventually renovate Wootton, and move Wootton students back after like 10-15 years. Would Wootton family be happy with this option?

If someone can put “Wootton students back after 10-15 years” with the cluster intact and make this legally enforceable, sure. But lol we all know this is not practical. Too many things can change. Lol but sure sign it in blood and promise me it will be enforceable.

Schools have closed in the past and reopened with demand. You keep putting up every obstical possible and the only thing you want is Wootton torn down and replaced, and even so they would need a holding school. Just putting in a new HVAC does't get rid of the mold issues. It can help prevent new issues but once you have mold, its not going away.

So once we have mold, the school is doomed? I guess it really is time to demolish half of all the county schools and homes.

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Anonymous wrote:Dufief parents who now support H: Why were you all collectively pissed when the first options had send all of you to Crown. If Wootton is such bad conditions, you should’ve been happy with the original options?

I say those who want to go to Crown, should just go. Sounds like Dufief Travilah and Stone Mill want to go. Add in Rosemont and Fields Road and you got a high school of roughly ~2200, which matches perfectly with Crown’s size. This alleviates overcrowding at QO and Gaithersburg HS.

Leave Wootton to Fallsmead, Lakewood, Cold Spring families. Add in Wayside—half of Potomac Glen is currently split between Lakewood (which feeds into Wootton) and Wayside anyways. Then add in RM neighborhoods including the very walkable neighborhood of Horizon Hill and Fallsgrove, which is walkable as well (a lot of Wootton kids walk to Fallsgrove all the time). This justifies keeping Wootton as a cluster and alleviates overcrowding at RM and Churchill.

Welcome, you must be new. Dufief has been involved in this since June. Dufief was "pissed" because they split Dufief- and only Dufief- out of Wootton. Dufief overlapa constantly with Stone Mill and Travillah kids, that is their community. But the first options only sent Dufief to Crown. If they had sent Dufief, Stone Mill and Travillah all to Crown that at least would have made geographical sense. If you had any idea of the history here you would already know why Dufief was so mad.

Actually not new . Been following this issue from the beginning. Just find it ironic all these Dufief parents are talking about how happy they are getting a new school because Wootton is unsafe. Tell me does Dufief being the only school being sent make the Wootton building any more or less safe? If Dufief parents truly believed Wootton is unsafe, they should have been happy with the original options even if they were the only ones "lucky" enough to be districted to Crown. Or, is the argument about safety changing now?

I'm all for the most geographical sensible boundaries. Precisely why I did not buy in Dufief. By all means, send Dufief, Stone Mill, and Travilah kids to Crown. Don't send the rest of the kids who can walk to Wootton. Leave us in our "unsafe" building.

You write this as if the families in Dufief are setting the boundaries. “Then you should just go.” Not sure why it’s hard to understand they didn’t want to be split off alone. Then new options appears and what you describe in your comment doesn’t exist. Unless, like option W, you’re trying to create your own? Option x, perhaps?

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Anonymous wrote:Dufief parents who now support H: Why were you all collectively pissed when the first options had send all of you to Crown. If Wootton is such bad conditions, you should’ve been happy with the original options?

I say those who want to go to Crown, should just go. Sounds like Dufief Travilah and Stone Mill want to go. Add in Rosemont and Fields Road and you got a high school of roughly ~2200, which matches perfectly with Crown’s size. This alleviates overcrowding at QO and Gaithersburg HS.

Leave Wootton to Fallsmead, Lakewood, Cold Spring families. Add in Wayside—half of Potomac Glen is currently split between Lakewood (which feeds into Wootton) and Wayside anyways. Then add in RM neighborhoods including the very walkable neighborhood of Horizon Hill and Fallsgrove, which is walkable as well (a lot of Wootton kids walk to Fallsgrove all the time). This justifies keeping Wootton as a cluster and alleviates overcrowding at RM and Churchill.

Welcome, you must be new. Dufief has been involved in this since June. Dufief was "pissed" because they split Dufief- and only Dufief- out of Wootton. Dufief overlapa constantly with Stone Mill and Travillah kids, that is their community. But the first options only sent Dufief to Crown. If they had sent Dufief, Stone Mill and Travillah all to Crown that at least would have made geographical sense. If you had any idea of the history here you would already know why Dufief was so mad.

Actually not new . Been following this issue from the beginning. Just find it ironic all these Dufief parents are talking about how happy they are getting a new school because Wootton is unsafe. Tell me does Dufief being the only school being sent make the Wootton building any more or less safe? If Dufief parents truly believed Wootton is unsafe, they should have been happy with the original options even if they were the only ones "lucky" enough to be districted to Crown. Or, is the argument about safety changing now?

I'm all for the most geographical sensible boundaries. Precisely why I did not buy in Dufief. By all means, send Dufief, Stone Mill, and Travilah kids to Crown. Don't send the rest of the kids who can walk to Wootton. Leave us in our "unsafe" building.

You write this as if the families in Dufief are setting the boundaries. “Then you should just go.” Not sure why it’s hard to understand they didn’t want to be split off alone. Then new options appears and what you describe in your comment doesn’t exist. Unless, like option W, you’re trying to create your own? Option x, perhaps?

If we don’t propose an option, it’s why are you just saying you are against H, you need to be for something. Why don’t you use your energy to propose something.
Then lol someone proposes something, are you trying to create your own option?

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Anonymous wrote:Dufief parents who now support H: Why were you all collectively pissed when the first options had send all of you to Crown. If Wootton is such bad conditions, you should’ve been happy with the original options?

I say those who want to go to Crown, should just go. Sounds like Dufief Travilah and Stone Mill want to go. Add in Rosemont and Fields Road and you got a high school of roughly ~2200, which matches perfectly with Crown’s size. This alleviates overcrowding at QO and Gaithersburg HS.

Leave Wootton to Fallsmead, Lakewood, Cold Spring families. Add in Wayside—half of Potomac Glen is currently split between Lakewood (which feeds into Wootton) and Wayside anyways. Then add in RM neighborhoods including the very walkable neighborhood of Horizon Hill and Fallsgrove, which is walkable as well (a lot of Wootton kids walk to Fallsgrove all the time). This justifies keeping Wootton as a cluster and alleviates overcrowding at RM and Churchill.

Welcome, you must be new. Dufief has been involved in this since June. Dufief was "pissed" because they split Dufief- and only Dufief- out of Wootton. Dufief overlapa constantly with Stone Mill and Travillah kids, that is their community. But the first options only sent Dufief to Crown. If they had sent Dufief, Stone Mill and Travillah all to Crown that at least would have made geographical sense. If you had any idea of the history here you would already know why Dufief was so mad.

Actually not new . Been following this issue from the beginning. Just find it ironic all these Dufief parents are talking about how happy they are getting a new school because Wootton is unsafe. Tell me does Dufief being the only school being sent make the Wootton building any more or less safe? If Dufief parents truly believed Wootton is unsafe, they should have been happy with the original options even if they were the only ones "lucky" enough to be districted to Crown. Or, is the argument about safety changing now?

I'm all for the most geographical sensible boundaries. Precisely why I did not buy in Dufief. By all means, send Dufief, Stone Mill, and Travilah kids to Crown. Don't send the rest of the kids who can walk to Wootton. Leave us in our "unsafe" building.

You write this as if the families in Dufief are setting the boundaries. “Then you should just go.” Not sure why it’s hard to understand they didn’t want to be split off alone. Then new options appears and what you describe in your comment doesn’t exist. Unless, like option W, you’re trying to create your own? Option x, perhaps?

If we don’t propose an option, it’s why are you just saying you are against H, you need to be for something. Why don’t you use your energy to propose something.
Then lol someone proposes something, are you trying to create your own option?

Because Dufief doesn’t need to. They’d be fine with e-h. You’re not happy with any

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Anonymous wrote:Dufief parents who now support H: Why were you all collectively pissed when the first options had send all of you to Crown. If Wootton is such bad conditions, you should’ve been happy with the original options?

I say those who want to go to Crown, should just go. Sounds like Dufief Travilah and Stone Mill want to go. Add in Rosemont and Fields Road and you got a high school of roughly ~2200, which matches perfectly with Crown’s size. This alleviates overcrowding at QO and Gaithersburg HS.

Leave Wootton to Fallsmead, Lakewood, Cold Spring families. Add in Wayside—half of Potomac Glen is currently split between Lakewood (which feeds into Wootton) and Wayside anyways. Then add in RM neighborhoods including the very walkable neighborhood of Horizon Hill and Fallsgrove, which is walkable as well (a lot of Wootton kids walk to Fallsgrove all the time). This justifies keeping Wootton as a cluster and alleviates overcrowding at RM and Churchill.

Welcome, you must be new. Dufief has been involved in this since June. Dufief was "pissed" because they split Dufief- and only Dufief- out of Wootton. Dufief overlapa constantly with Stone Mill and Travillah kids, that is their community. But the first options only sent Dufief to Crown. If they had sent Dufief, Stone Mill and Travillah all to Crown that at least would have made geographical sense. If you had any idea of the history here you would already know why Dufief was so mad.

Actually not new . Been following this issue from the beginning. Just find it ironic all these Dufief parents are talking about how happy they are getting a new school because Wootton is unsafe. Tell me does Dufief being the only school being sent make the Wootton building any more or less safe? If Dufief parents truly believed Wootton is unsafe, they should have been happy with the original options even if they were the only ones "lucky" enough to be districted to Crown. Or, is the argument about safety changing now?

I'm all for the most geographical sensible boundaries. Precisely why I did not buy in Dufief. By all means, send Dufief, Stone Mill, and Travilah kids to Crown. Don't send the rest of the kids who can walk to Wootton. Leave us in our "unsafe" building.

You write this as if the families in Dufief are setting the boundaries. “Then you should just go.” Not sure why it’s hard to understand they didn’t want to be split off alone. Then new options appears and what you describe in your comment doesn’t exist. Unless, like option W, you’re trying to create your own? Option x, perhaps?

No I write this to call out hypocrisy.

Ok so you don’t want to be split off alone, but if you truly believe Wootton is objectively unsafe, surely splitting off alone is better than sending your kid to an unsafe environment right?

Unless…you actually don’t really believe Wootton is unsafe. That’s the only logical position for why someone from Dufief supports H but not ABCD.

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Anonymous wrote:Dufief parents who now support H: Why were you all collectively pissed when the first options had send all of you to Crown. If Wootton is such bad conditions, you should’ve been happy with the original options?

I say those who want to go to Crown, should just go. Sounds like Dufief Travilah and Stone Mill want to go. Add in Rosemont and Fields Road and you got a high school of roughly ~2200, which matches perfectly with Crown’s size. This alleviates overcrowding at QO and Gaithersburg HS.

Leave Wootton to Fallsmead, Lakewood, Cold Spring families. Add in Wayside—half of Potomac Glen is currently split between Lakewood (which feeds into Wootton) and Wayside anyways. Then add in RM neighborhoods including the very walkable neighborhood of Horizon Hill and Fallsgrove, which is walkable as well (a lot of Wootton kids walk to Fallsgrove all the time). This justifies keeping Wootton as a cluster and alleviates overcrowding at RM and Churchill.

Welcome, you must be new. Dufief has been involved in this since June. Dufief was "pissed" because they split Dufief- and only Dufief- out of Wootton. Dufief overlapa constantly with Stone Mill and Travillah kids, that is their community. But the first options only sent Dufief to Crown. If they had sent Dufief, Stone Mill and Travillah all to Crown that at least would have made geographical sense. If you had any idea of the history here you would already know why Dufief was so mad.

Actually not new . Been following this issue from the beginning. Just find it ironic all these Dufief parents are talking about how happy they are getting a new school because Wootton is unsafe. Tell me does Dufief being the only school being sent make the Wootton building any more or less safe? If Dufief parents truly believed Wootton is unsafe, they should have been happy with the original options even if they were the only ones "lucky" enough to be districted to Crown. Or, is the argument about safety changing now?

I'm all for the most geographical sensible boundaries. Precisely why I did not buy in Dufief. By all means, send Dufief, Stone Mill, and Travilah kids to Crown. Don't send the rest of the kids who can walk to Wootton. Leave us in our "unsafe" building.

You write this as if the families in Dufief are setting the boundaries. “Then you should just go.” Not sure why it’s hard to understand they didn’t want to be split off alone. Then new options appears and what you describe in your comment doesn’t exist. Unless, like option W, you’re trying to create your own? Option x, perhaps?

If we don’t propose an option, it’s why are you just saying you are against H, you need to be for something. Why don’t you use your energy to propose something.
Then lol someone proposes something, are you trying to create your own option?

Because Dufief doesn’t need to. They’d be fine with e-h. You’re not happy with any

I would be THRILLED with EFG. Dufief will be redistricted in 5-10 years. I’ll still walk to my “objectively unsafe school.”

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Anonymous wrote:Dufief parents who now support H: Why were you all collectively pissed when the first options had send all of you to Crown. If Wootton is such bad conditions, you should’ve been happy with the original options?

I say those who want to go to Crown, should just go. Sounds like Dufief Travilah and Stone Mill want to go. Add in Rosemont and Fields Road and you got a high school of roughly ~2200, which matches perfectly with Crown’s size. This alleviates overcrowding at QO and Gaithersburg HS.

Leave Wootton to Fallsmead, Lakewood, Cold Spring families. Add in Wayside—half of Potomac Glen is currently split between Lakewood (which feeds into Wootton) and Wayside anyways. Then add in RM neighborhoods including the very walkable neighborhood of Horizon Hill and Fallsgrove, which is walkable as well (a lot of Wootton kids walk to Fallsgrove all the time). This justifies keeping Wootton as a cluster and alleviates overcrowding at RM and Churchill.

Welcome, you must be new. Dufief has been involved in this since June. Dufief was "pissed" because they split Dufief- and only Dufief- out of Wootton. Dufief overlapa constantly with Stone Mill and Travillah kids, that is their community. But the first options only sent Dufief to Crown. If they had sent Dufief, Stone Mill and Travillah all to Crown that at least would have made geographical sense. If you had any idea of the history here you would already know why Dufief was so mad.

Actually not new . Been following this issue from the beginning. Just find it ironic all these Dufief parents are talking about how happy they are getting a new school because Wootton is unsafe. Tell me does Dufief being the only school being sent make the Wootton building any more or less safe? If Dufief parents truly believed Wootton is unsafe, they should have been happy with the original options even if they were the only ones "lucky" enough to be districted to Crown. Or, is the argument about safety changing now?

I'm all for the most geographical sensible boundaries. Precisely why I did not buy in Dufief. By all means, send Dufief, Stone Mill, and Travilah kids to Crown. Don't send the rest of the kids who can walk to Wootton. Leave us in our "unsafe" building.

100%. The very few non-troll Wootton parents who support H are Dufief parents. They all say because option H is the only option where my child will get to go to a safe school. LOL no it's not. Options A-D also get your kid to a "safe school." At least stay consistent. If you support H because you really think Wootton is unsafe, you should logically also support A-D. Safety trumps all. It shouldn't matter if you are the only ES being moved to Crown because your kid's safety should be the most important factor.

Let's be real here. It's not about safety. If it were, Dufief parents would NEVER have pushed back on A-D like they almost UNIVERSALLY DID. It's pretty obvious. Dufief knew under A-D, their property values would have lowered and their kids would have gone from one of the highest ranked HS to an average ranking HS (and that's being generous). They see H as their ONLY saving grace. The logic is if we're doomed either way to go to Crown, might as well make the rest of the cluster move with us so that the rankings will be that drastic of a change.

Just be real and say the truth. Stop saying I support H because it's the only option where my kid gets to a safe school. SAY YOU SUPPORT A-D IF YOU REALLY THINK IT'S ABOUT SAFETY.

You probably posted this before you read one or two comments above but the Dufief crew wants to stay with the cluster they have been a part of for 50 years. That doesn’t make them bad people. Many are open to E and F but H is the best of both worlds. Brand new school, same cluster. And closer to home - I don’t think that’s unreasonable if you look at it from their perspective.