Yes-- outside of the Wootton area this look like giving Wootton a gift. Community remains in tact an they get a new building. I understand people don't want something farther away, but as you can see by reaction on this board, the general impression of this is not discrimination against a top school--it's giving them a gift. |
We don’t want this gift. Gaithersburg also feels like we’re stealing this from them. Give this gift to Gaithersburg. |
Sure-in the same way that you forget at the last minute that someone is gonna be at a Christmas party and get them a candle. That kind of gift. |
What kind of gift must be forced on its recipient? |
More like you broke your kids beloved possession and then gave them something completely different, but tried to gaslight them into being grateful. O the gift you gave was stolen. |
The point about referencing the Supreme Court case is because MCPS died on a hill when it had several reasonable alternatives to resolve the dispute. Instead, it set a bad precedent that will live for decades. MCPS has alternatives to Option H, but if it pushes for that option, litigation will happen and it will look stupid again. If there is any hint of DEI or discrimination involved, the case might garner White House and DOJ attention. Nobody wants that during an election year. |
Or you were supposed to buy your straight A kid a new MacBook to replace their old one, but you lost the money at the racetrack. So instead, you bought them a brand new Chromebook that they have to share with their younger sibling. |
I'm not Wootton educated so bear with me and my smaller brain here--can you clarify who from our current administration you think will punish MCPS for discrimination? I would think that they either won't GAD or will support the fiscal responsibility of the school system bc truly, their interest in matters of discrimination or children is seemingly nonexistent. |
I’m sorry you didn’t graduate from Wootton. Sounds like the pain runs deep. You should seek therapy. It’s not necessarily punishment. Just unwanted attention. Closing a top school to cover up incompetence in building a school based on inaccurate enrollment numbers. Then treating the kids from that top school like trading cards. MCPS could have rebuilt Wootton years ago and then expanded its boundary to Horizon Hill to ease overcrowding at RM. alternatively, it could have done the same to absorb another neighborhood in North Potomac. Wootton families would have been far less vocal. MCPS might have lost the Crown land, but that would have been cheaper than building an under enrolled school. |
DP here. I'd agree with you in every word that MCPS made a series of stupid mistakes that eventually led to the current unfortunate situation. But it's not the time to discuss about what could have happened, but what could be done to remedy the situation, right? The option "W" raised by the petition seems quite unrealistic and talking out of the context. |
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First of all, the enrollment numbers weren't "inaccurate"; they were simply projections based on prior data that has since changed.
But even with the newer enrollment projections, I don't think that building Crown was this big mistake that lots of people are saying it was. Even with declining enrollment, with aging infrastructure there is a need for new buildings to replace old ones. |
| Currently Gaithersburg has many new housing developments, particularly, there are active housing developments around Crown. Gaithersburg needs Crown. |
I think MCPS needs to restart the process to give crown a chance to be a permanent school. None of options realistically tried to achieve that. For example, RM is still overcrowded but no boundary change whatsoever. The data look faked and not reasonable. |
You are both woefully misinformed. MCPS' lawyers don't represent MCPS when they get sued . MCPS participates in the self-insurance fund, so when MCPS is sued the County Attorney represents them. It's a weird system because the County Attorney doesn't advise MCPS and so can't make sure they do/don't do the things for which they're getting sued. By the time the County Attorney gets involved, whatever happened has happened. If the County Attorney's office is conflicted out of a case or maxed out on workload and doesn't think it has the capacity for a case, then outside counsel is retained by the County Attorney, with approval from the County Council. |
County Attorney is always maxed out. Have you seen their workload? |