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

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You Wootton people are super annoying though.

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The county does not revolve around Wootton.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m pro option H, and I want to push back on the idea that there is overwhelming opposition. In the large group chats and forums, the same small core of roughly 10–20 very vocal posters accounts for the vast majority of anti-H messages.

The group may have hundreds of members, but most are silent or minimally active. Silence should not be mistaken for agreement. Loud repetition by a small group does not equal broad consensus. There are many families who support Option H but are less vocal in spaces that are clearly hostile to that view.

Many supporters of Option H have been quieter because it’s already an option under consideration, which naturally creates less urgency to mobilize. Silence here reflects confidence that the process is working, not a lack of support. Opposition is louder because it’s responding to a perceived threat, while supporters don’t feel the same need to repeatedly advocate in every forum.

When a well-attended and highly publicized PTSA meeting draws hundreds of anonymous comments with only about 2% in favor of Option H and the vast majority opposing it, it becomes difficult to claim that the broader Wootton community supports this proposal. Moreover, if those who prefer Option H are reluctant to publicly advocate for it, that reluctance indicates the option is not a genuine priority for them.

Exactly. the town halls have been attended by hundreds not “a group of 20”. I know there are some wootton parents that support it-the vast majority does not whether you want to believe that or not.

Most of them don't even have kids in the system.
They oppose it because of perceived failings of property values.
Most parents with kids in the system are for option H.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m pro option H, and I want to push back on the idea that there is overwhelming opposition. In the large group chats and forums, the same small core of roughly 10–20 very vocal posters accounts for the vast majority of anti-H messages.

The group may have hundreds of members, but most are silent or minimally active. Silence should not be mistaken for agreement. Loud repetition by a small group does not equal broad consensus. There are many families who support Option H but are less vocal in spaces that are clearly hostile to that view.

Many supporters of Option H have been quieter because it’s already an option under consideration, which naturally creates less urgency to mobilize. Silence here reflects confidence that the process is working, not a lack of support. Opposition is louder because it’s responding to a perceived threat, while supporters don’t feel the same need to repeatedly advocate in every forum.

When a well-attended and highly publicized PTSA meeting draws hundreds of anonymous comments with only about 2% in favor of Option H and the vast majority opposing it, it becomes difficult to claim that the broader Wootton community supports this proposal. Moreover, if those who prefer Option H are reluctant to publicly advocate for it, that reluctance indicates the option is not a genuine priority for them.

Exactly. the town halls have been attended by hundreds not “a group of 20”. I know there are some wootton parents that support it-the vast majority does not whether you want to believe that or not.

Most of them don't even have kids in the system.
They oppose it because of perceived failings of property values.
Most parents with kids in the system are for option H.

This is absolutely not true. But you can believe whatever you want.

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Anonymous wrote:You Wootton people are super annoying though.

You’re a super hater, driven by jealousy and profit motives though.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m pro option H, and I want to push back on the idea that there is overwhelming opposition. In the large group chats and forums, the same small core of roughly 10–20 very vocal posters accounts for the vast majority of anti-H messages.

The group may have hundreds of members, but most are silent or minimally active. Silence should not be mistaken for agreement. Loud repetition by a small group does not equal broad consensus. There are many families who support Option H but are less vocal in spaces that are clearly hostile to that view.

Many supporters of Option H have been quieter because it’s already an option under consideration, which naturally creates less urgency to mobilize. Silence here reflects confidence that the process is working, not a lack of support. Opposition is louder because it’s responding to a perceived threat, while supporters don’t feel the same need to repeatedly advocate in every forum.

When a well-attended and highly publicized PTSA meeting draws hundreds of anonymous comments with only about 2% in favor of Option H and the vast majority opposing it, it becomes difficult to claim that the broader Wootton community supports this proposal. Moreover, if those who prefer Option H are reluctant to publicly advocate for it, that reluctance indicates the option is not a genuine priority for them.

Exactly. the town halls have been attended by hundreds not “a group of 20”. I know there are some wootton parents that support it-the vast majority does not whether you want to believe that or not.

Most of them don't even have kids in the system.
They oppose it because of perceived failings of property values.
Most parents with kids in the system are for option H.

This is absolutely not true. But you can believe whatever you want.

It's absolutely true.

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Anonymous wrote:You all are talking about one option like it is the only option on the table.

Or like any option they have put out is more than just a starting point for discussion/feedback. Or that the feedback is some kind of opportunity for us to vote on one instead of for them to gauge public thought about aspects that they might use in combination, even if using one as s starting point.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a future Wootton parent and I want Crown. If we lose option H, I’m not sending my kids into that moldy building!

So send them to private. You are in a very very small minority that wants crown.

We are fortunate to have the option of private school if it comes to that, but I’m speaking up because I know others who share my view and want Wootton at Crown as well. Many of us simply aren’t as vocal. The opposition may be loud, but it’s largely concentrated in one neighborhood. Not hearing from us doesn’t mean we don’t exist or that our numbers are small.

Then why aren’t being vocal about what you want? Don’t complain if/when you don’t get crown when you are doing nothing to advocate for it.

Why do they need to be. Crown makes sense.

haha ok. When homeless folks take over an abandoned Wootton and needles start being left all over the street for kids to find we will see if you still feel like it makes sense.

Are there druggie squatters at Radnor, or are you constructing a boogeyman?

There are abandoned buildings all over Rockville. They don't have squatter issues. Some of you are making up excuses against the most logical choice.

Are you joking? If the building has bathrooms etc.. it’s considered prime real estate for squatters. There are problems all over the area with people squatting in abandoned buildings so you don’t know what you are talking about.

You are the one who doesn't know what you are talking about.

MCPS has had several buildings over the years that were not occupied for a few years. You can see in the list below where some schools were closed for a couple of years, then reopened.

https://mocoshow.com/2023/10/30/16-mcps-schools-that-closed-at-one-point-and-have-since-reopened-some-with-new-names/

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a future Wootton parent and I want Crown. If we lose option H, I’m not sending my kids into that moldy building!

So send them to private. You are in a very very small minority that wants crown.

We are fortunate to have the option of private school if it comes to that, but I’m speaking up because I know others who share my view and want Wootton at Crown as well. Many of us simply aren’t as vocal. The opposition may be loud, but it’s largely concentrated in one neighborhood. Not hearing from us doesn’t mean we don’t exist or that our numbers are small.

Then why aren’t being vocal about what you want? Don’t complain if/when you don’t get crown when you are doing nothing to advocate for it.

Why do they need to be. Crown makes sense.

haha ok. When homeless folks take over an abandoned Wootton and needles start being left all over the street for kids to find we will see if you still feel like it makes sense.

Are there druggie squatters at Radnor, or are you constructing a boogeyman?

There are abandoned buildings all over Rockville. They don't have squatter issues. Some of you are making up excuses against the most logical choice.

Are you joking? If the building has bathrooms etc.. it’s considered prime real estate for squatters. There are problems all over the area with people squatting in abandoned buildings so you don’t know what you are talking about.

You are the one who doesn't know what you are talking about.

MCPS has had several buildings over the years that were not occupied for a few years. You can see in the list below where some schools were closed for a couple of years, then reopened.

https://mocoshow.com/2023/10/30/16-mcps-schools-that-closed-at-one-point-and-have-since-reopened-some-with-new-names/

Woodward is on a major street while Wootton is really in a residential area. It’s quite different. Local residents have every right to worry about the impact of removal of an established high school which is then abandoned. You’re just trying to gaslight them.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a future Wootton parent and I want Crown. If we lose option H, I’m not sending my kids into that moldy building!

So send them to private. You are in a very very small minority that wants crown.

We are fortunate to have the option of private school if it comes to that, but I’m speaking up because I know others who share my view and want Wootton at Crown as well. Many of us simply aren’t as vocal. The opposition may be loud, but it’s largely concentrated in one neighborhood. Not hearing from us doesn’t mean we don’t exist or that our numbers are small.

Then why aren’t being vocal about what you want? Don’t complain if/when you don’t get crown when you are doing nothing to advocate for it.

Why do they need to be. Crown makes sense.

haha ok. When homeless folks take over an abandoned Wootton and needles start being left all over the street for kids to find we will see if you still feel like it makes sense.

Are there druggie squatters at Radnor, or are you constructing a boogeyman?

There are abandoned buildings all over Rockville. They don't have squatter issues. Some of you are making up excuses against the most logical choice.

Are you joking? If the building has bathrooms etc.. it’s considered prime real estate for squatters. There are problems all over the area with people squatting in abandoned buildings so you don’t know what you are talking about.

You are the one who doesn't know what you are talking about.

MCPS has had several buildings over the years that were not occupied for a few years. You can see in the list below where some schools were closed for a couple of years, then reopened.

https://mocoshow.com/2023/10/30/16-mcps-schools-that-closed-at-one-point-and-have-since-reopened-some-with-new-names/

what you posted has nothing to do with if the buildings had squatters while they were closed-it’s simply talking about schools that were closed and later reopened. Also, do you think they would tell people that in the article?

Any building in that is empty for a long term time period runs this risk-but schools are especially tempting to homeless.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a future Wootton parent and I want Crown. If we lose option H, I’m not sending my kids into that moldy building!

So send them to private. You are in a very very small minority that wants crown.

We are fortunate to have the option of private school if it comes to that, but I’m speaking up because I know others who share my view and want Wootton at Crown as well. Many of us simply aren’t as vocal. The opposition may be loud, but it’s largely concentrated in one neighborhood. Not hearing from us doesn’t mean we don’t exist or that our numbers are small.

Then why aren’t being vocal about what you want? Don’t complain if/when you don’t get crown when you are doing nothing to advocate for it.

Why do they need to be. Crown makes sense.

haha ok. When homeless folks take over an abandoned Wootton and needles start being left all over the street for kids to find we will see if you still feel like it makes sense.

Are there druggie squatters at Radnor, or are you constructing a boogeyman?

An abandoned building attracts squatters no matter where it is. The building that was left empty right near wootton had that very problem.

And would Wootton sit empty, or would it be an occupied holding school for the predictable future?

Well this is the point Wootton parents are trying to make-if you are going to make it safe enough to be a holding school then you can use Crown as a holding school while you do that and let Wootton students go back to their school. But the point everyone for Crown is saying is that mcps doesn’t have the money to fix it-so it will sit empty for who knows how long if that happens. They can’t realistically use it for a holding school if they are saying it’s not safe enough for students.

Except that Taylor's take on that is that anyone can handle the problems with low-standard conditions for a couple of years in a holding facility while their own school gets upgraded/rebuilt.

The modifications needed to bring Wootton (or SSIMS in the other study) up to some kind of minimum standard could be done for far less than it would take to properly recondition or rebuild that facility for long-term occupancy by a school community, and might be done at that lower cost, even if crashing the schedule, largely over the next two summers leading into 2027-28, when Wootton would move to the Crown location, allowing immediate use of Wootton as the holding facility.

The attention might even see the County engage in tradeoffs, such as cleaning up the nearby abandoned building.

It’s obvious you don’t live anywhere near the area or you would know that they are building housing now in the previously abandoned building near Wootton. Housing that would have been more walkers to the school.

Soooo...because the once-abandoned building is no longer abandoned & occupied by squatters (remember, that was the thing about which one poster complained a few posts back), MCPS couldn't use a slightly improved Wootton as a holding facility? I don't see the straight-line argument, there, only a shade cast at the prior post.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a future Wootton parent and I want Crown. If we lose option H, I’m not sending my kids into that moldy building!

So send them to private. You are in a very very small minority that wants crown.

We are fortunate to have the option of private school if it comes to that, but I’m speaking up because I know others who share my view and want Wootton at Crown as well. Many of us simply aren’t as vocal. The opposition may be loud, but it’s largely concentrated in one neighborhood. Not hearing from us doesn’t mean we don’t exist or that our numbers are small.

Then why aren’t being vocal about what you want? Don’t complain if/when you don’t get crown when you are doing nothing to advocate for it.

Why do they need to be. Crown makes sense.

haha ok. When homeless folks take over an abandoned Wootton and needles start being left all over the street for kids to find we will see if you still feel like it makes sense.

Are there druggie squatters at Radnor, or are you constructing a boogeyman?

An abandoned building attracts squatters no matter where it is. The building that was left empty right near wootton had that very problem.

And would Wootton sit empty, or would it be an occupied holding school for the predictable future?

Well this is the point Wootton parents are trying to make-if you are going to make it safe enough to be a holding school then you can use Crown as a holding school while you do that and let Wootton students go back to their school. But the point everyone for Crown is saying is that mcps doesn’t have the money to fix it-so it will sit empty for who knows how long if that happens. They can’t realistically use it for a holding school if they are saying it’s not safe enough for students.

Except that Taylor's take on that is that anyone can handle the problems with low-standard conditions for a couple of years in a holding facility while their own school gets upgraded/rebuilt.

The modifications needed to bring Wootton (or SSIMS in the other study) up to some kind of minimum standard could be done for far less than it would take to properly recondition or rebuild that facility for long-term occupancy by a school community, and might be done at that lower cost, even if crashing the schedule, largely over the next two summers leading into 2027-28, when Wootton would move to the Crown location, allowing immediate use of Wootton as the holding facility.

The attention might even see the County engage in tradeoffs, such as cleaning up the nearby abandoned building.

It’s obvious you don’t live anywhere near the area or you would know that they are building housing now in the previously abandoned building near Wootton. Housing that would have been more walkers to the school.

Soooo...because the once-abandoned building is no longer abandoned & occupied by squatters (remember, that was the thing about which one poster complained a few posts back), MCPS couldn't use a slightly improved Wootton as a holding facility? I don't see the straight-line argument, there, only a shade cast at the prior post.

They could but it’s not gonna happen until at least 2029 as no high school is on CIP for renovation until then. And then if no funding after 2031 it’ll be empty again. This will be on and off and brings a lot of uncertainty to the community.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a future Wootton parent and I want Crown. If we lose option H, I’m not sending my kids into that moldy building!

So send them to private. You are in a very very small minority that wants crown.

We are fortunate to have the option of private school if it comes to that, but I’m speaking up because I know others who share my view and want Wootton at Crown as well. Many of us simply aren’t as vocal. The opposition may be loud, but it’s largely concentrated in one neighborhood. Not hearing from us doesn’t mean we don’t exist or that our numbers are small.

Then why aren’t being vocal about what you want? Don’t complain if/when you don’t get crown when you are doing nothing to advocate for it.

Why do they need to be. Crown makes sense.

haha ok. When homeless folks take over an abandoned Wootton and needles start being left all over the street for kids to find we will see if you still feel like it makes sense.

Are there druggie squatters at Radnor, or are you constructing a boogeyman?

An abandoned building attracts squatters no matter where it is. The building that was left empty right near wootton had that very problem.

And would Wootton sit empty, or would it be an occupied holding school for the predictable future?

Well this is the point Wootton parents are trying to make-if you are going to make it safe enough to be a holding school then you can use Crown as a holding school while you do that and let Wootton students go back to their school. But the point everyone for Crown is saying is that mcps doesn’t have the money to fix it-so it will sit empty for who knows how long if that happens. They can’t realistically use it for a holding school if they are saying it’s not safe enough for students.

Except that Taylor's take on that is that anyone can handle the problems with low-standard conditions for a couple of years in a holding facility while their own school gets upgraded/rebuilt.

The modifications needed to bring Wootton (or SSIMS in the other study) up to some kind of minimum standard could be done for far less than it would take to properly recondition or rebuild that facility for long-term occupancy by a school community, and might be done at that lower cost, even if crashing the schedule, largely over the next two summers leading into 2027-28, when Wootton would move to the Crown location, allowing immediate use of Wootton as the holding facility.

The attention might even see the County engage in tradeoffs, such as cleaning up the nearby abandoned building.

It’s obvious you don’t live anywhere near the area or you would know that they are building housing now in the previously abandoned building near Wootton. Housing that would have been more walkers to the school.

Soooo...because the once-abandoned building is no longer abandoned & occupied by squatters (remember, that was the thing about which one poster complained a few posts back), MCPS couldn't use a slightly improved Wootton as a holding facility? I don't see the straight-line argument, there, only a shade cast at the prior post.

Yes I’d think HVAC/roofing gets replaced and badly damaged ceilings replaced and then it is a holding school. There’s like 15-20 secondary schools which will need major renovations in the coming 10-15 years and we have no holding school for them!

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a future Wootton parent and I want Crown. If we lose option H, I’m not sending my kids into that moldy building!

So send them to private. You are in a very very small minority that wants crown.

We are fortunate to have the option of private school if it comes to that, but I’m speaking up because I know others who share my view and want Wootton at Crown as well. Many of us simply aren’t as vocal. The opposition may be loud, but it’s largely concentrated in one neighborhood. Not hearing from us doesn’t mean we don’t exist or that our numbers are small.

Then why aren’t being vocal about what you want? Don’t complain if/when you don’t get crown when you are doing nothing to advocate for it.

Why do they need to be. Crown makes sense.

haha ok. When homeless folks take over an abandoned Wootton and needles start being left all over the street for kids to find we will see if you still feel like it makes sense.

Are there druggie squatters at Radnor, or are you constructing a boogeyman?

An abandoned building attracts squatters no matter where it is. The building that was left empty right near wootton had that very problem.

And would Wootton sit empty, or would it be an occupied holding school for the predictable future?

Well this is the point Wootton parents are trying to make-if you are going to make it safe enough to be a holding school then you can use Crown as a holding school while you do that and let Wootton students go back to their school. But the point everyone for Crown is saying is that mcps doesn’t have the money to fix it-so it will sit empty for who knows how long if that happens. They can’t realistically use it for a holding school if they are saying it’s not safe enough for students.

Except that Taylor's take on that is that anyone can handle the problems with low-standard conditions for a couple of years in a holding facility while their own school gets upgraded/rebuilt.

The modifications needed to bring Wootton (or SSIMS in the other study) up to some kind of minimum standard could be done for far less than it would take to properly recondition or rebuild that facility for long-term occupancy by a school community, and might be done at that lower cost, even if crashing the schedule, largely over the next two summers leading into 2027-28, when Wootton would move to the Crown location, allowing immediate use of Wootton as the holding facility.

The attention might even see the County engage in tradeoffs, such as cleaning up the nearby abandoned building.

It’s obvious you don’t live anywhere near the area or you would know that they are building housing now in the previously abandoned building near Wootton. Housing that would have been more walkers to the school.

Soooo...because the once-abandoned building is no longer abandoned & occupied by squatters (remember, that was the thing about which one poster complained a few posts back), MCPS couldn't use a slightly improved Wootton as a holding facility? I don't see the straight-line argument, there, only a shade cast at the prior post.

Yes I’d think HVAC/roofing gets replaced and badly damaged ceilings replaced and then it is a holding school. There’s like 15-20 secondary schools which will need major renovations in the coming 10-15 years and we have no holding school for them!

But where is the money? If they have the money, then why not renovate Wootton? It’s odd that every school can be renovated but just not Wootton.
If we really need a holding school, then Crown is a better site as it’s more centrally located and closer to other schools. Less commute for 2-3 years for each school to be renovated and that’s a big deal too.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a future Wootton parent and I want Crown. If we lose option H, I’m not sending my kids into that moldy building!

So send them to private. You are in a very very small minority that wants crown.

We are fortunate to have the option of private school if it comes to that, but I’m speaking up because I know others who share my view and want Wootton at Crown as well. Many of us simply aren’t as vocal. The opposition may be loud, but it’s largely concentrated in one neighborhood. Not hearing from us doesn’t mean we don’t exist or that our numbers are small.

Then why aren’t being vocal about what you want? Don’t complain if/when you don’t get crown when you are doing nothing to advocate for it.

Why do they need to be. Crown makes sense.

haha ok. When homeless folks take over an abandoned Wootton and needles start being left all over the street for kids to find we will see if you still feel like it makes sense.

Are there druggie squatters at Radnor, or are you constructing a boogeyman?

An abandoned building attracts squatters no matter where it is. The building that was left empty right near wootton had that very problem.

And would Wootton sit empty, or would it be an occupied holding school for the predictable future?

Damascus is the only one on CIP and will not be renovated until 2029. So at least 2027-2029 will be empty and then on and off depends if they have money to renovate.

From the CIP working session where they introduced the ideas of having Crown be a holding school and the same for SSIMS/SCES

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DN4KQG52F8D6/$file/FY2027%20Cap%20Bdgt%20FY2027-2032%20CIP%20251104%20PPT.pdf

Damascus would start occupancy in FY29, which would be the fall of 2028. Between the summers of 2026 & 2027 and the 2027-28 school year, when Wootton would occupy Crown, there would be plenty of time to have the minimum required repair/upgrade work done to the old Wootton to make it more suitable for holding others. Crashing the schedule for that (to try to shoehorn it in over just the next 2 summers) only would be necessary if they likewise crashed the planning schedule for Damascus, advancing that whole effort by a year.

After Damascus spends its three years there, Magruder would be next up, occupying the site for the next two. Wootton, next on the list in that presentation, would not need that project anymore, having moved to the Crown site. Not only do they accelerate things for the first two schools (as they would using Crown), with the noted savings, but also:

-- Whichever school would be up for reno/replacement after Wootton (and there's a long list) would get there two years earlier,

-- MCPS would save the difference between whatever the cost might be for that minimal old Wootton facility reconditioning and the $297.6M it was projected to cost for the Wootton revitalization/replacement (if using Crown as a holding school),

-- Crown, scheduled for completion to be ready for occupancy for the 2027-28 school year, itself would see immediate occupancy (by Wootton plus whatever was added from Gaithersburg) instead of not only lying in a vacant state for a year, but also being one in which there, presumably, would not be construction activity scheduled at that that might dissuade the misuse of the property by third parties that was the concern of the past poster about a vacant Wootton, and, of course,

-- Wootton would be in a new facility for the duration of all of that, instead of waiting for six more years before temporarily moving to Crown for holding and another two before they could move back.

On the other hand:

-- It would be in another location, a bit farther for most currently zoned to Wootton,

-- The Wootton zone will change to incorporate parts of Gaithersburg, and may see one or other current elementary be assigned to neighboring secondary schools,

-- The immediate neighborhood would have other communities rotating through the facility for school purposes, which is less than ideal (though the community use of the facility likely would be preserved, with both the old and new Wootton sites available in close proximity, whereas that community's use of the Crown facility would be far less likely if it was not their assigned school site).