Crown boundary study Option H

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Anonymous wrote:Of course it makes the most sense to use Crown as a holding school. Option G uses Crown as a holding school but allows kids who live in Crown enroll there. Why don’t want Magruder and Damascus kids have to use Wootton as a holding school? Move them from one crumbling school to another? Why this giveaway to Wootton kids with a brand new school while Damascus and Magruder are stuck with literal sh”t for the next 6 years?

It’s so they never have to repair Wootton.

Reading the comments in this thread, DCUM wants to stick it to Wootton at the expense of Damascus, Magruder and Gaithersburg.

[Anonymous]

You all keep talking in circles at each other, getting nowhere. At this point, I think everyone on this thread has made up their mind. Put your energy into something more productive like writing to BOE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You all keep talking in circles at each other, getting nowhere. At this point, I think everyone on this thread has made up their mind. Put your energy into something more productive like writing to BOE.

As if matters/does anything at all to write to them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You all keep talking in circles at each other, getting nowhere. At this point, I think everyone on this thread has made up their mind. Put your energy into something more productive like writing to BOE.

As if matters/does anything at all to write to them.

True that. They will do what they want

Ask the Cabin Branch parents or read that thread from the archives

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You all keep talking in circles at each other, getting nowhere. At this point, I think everyone on this thread has made up their mind. Put your energy into something more productive like writing to BOE.

True that. MCPS has already decided. The BOE is testing the political winds before announcing. Personally, I think they're going to use Crown as a holding school for Wootton while they claim that they'll find the money to renovate Wootton. Give or take 5-10 years from now, after the current crop of late-elementary and middle school kids graduate, MCPS will announce that the move is permanent and the Wootton name will disappear (although he was a founding father, he was a significant slave owner in Maryland):

1. Kids kids were happy/doing well (and it will cherry-pick or massage the numbers to show this)
2. Families have adapted well to the change (the parents of past students will have moved on or gone quiet because their kids aren't in MCPS anymore)
3. Diversity numbers are up (and make MCPS look good)
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100. MCPS couldn't find (never budgeted) the money.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You all keep talking in circles at each other, getting nowhere. At this point, I think everyone on this thread has made up their mind. Put your energy into something more productive like writing to BOE.

True that. MCPS has already decided. The BOE is testing the political winds before announcing. Personally, I think they're going to use Crown as a holding school for Wootton while they claim that they'll find the money to renovate Wootton. Give or take 5-10 years from now, after the current crop of late-elementary and middle school kids graduate, MCPS will announce that the move is permanent and the Wootton name will disappear (although he was a founding father, he was a significant slave owner in Maryland):

1. Kids kids were happy/doing well (and it will cherry-pick or massage the numbers to show this)
2. Families have adapted well to the change (the parents of past students will have moved on or gone quiet because their kids aren't in MCPS anymore)
3. Diversity numbers are up (and make MCPS look good)
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100. MCPS couldn't find (never budgeted) the money.

Sorry, I forgot reason #101 - The BOE chose to sell the land to a developer for $$$$ (who conveniently offered campaign funding to the DCCC or other MD (D) group that will make sure it trickles down to the campaigns of the current or former BOE members (who are running for higher offices).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You all keep talking in circles at each other, getting nowhere. At this point, I think everyone on this thread has made up their mind. Put your energy into something more productive like writing to BOE.

True that. MCPS has already decided. The BOE is testing the political winds before announcing. Personally, I think they're going to use Crown as a holding school for Wootton while they claim that they'll find the money to renovate Wootton. Give or take 5-10 years from now, after the current crop of late-elementary and middle school kids graduate, MCPS will announce that the move is permanent and the Wootton name will disappear (although he was a founding father, he was a significant slave owner in Maryland):

1. Kids kids were happy/doing well (and it will cherry-pick or massage the numbers to show this)
2. Families have adapted well to the change (the parents of past students will have moved on or gone quiet because their kids aren't in MCPS anymore)
3. Diversity numbers are up (and make MCPS look good)
.
.
.
100. MCPS couldn't find (never budgeted) the money.

Sorry, I forgot reason #101 - The BOE chose to sell the land to a developer for $$$$ (who conveniently offered campaign funding to the DCCC or other MD (D) group that will make sure it trickles down to the campaigns of the current or former BOE members (who are running for higher offices).

Wootton parents should just plan on MCPS doing what it wants to do, namely, sell in a few years and buy somewhere else after your kids are out of MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Is Darnestown really ok with that long trip to Poolesville in this option ?

[Anonymous]

My kids are walking distance to Wooton and I'm completely fine with them going to a fresh new HS. I really don't understand what the big deal is. Wooton is so darn ugly and old.

As long as they go to school and graduate, it's a win

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids are walking distance to Wooton and I'm completely fine with them going to a fresh new HS. I really don't understand what the big deal is. Wooton is so darn ugly and old.

As long as they go to school and graduate, it's a win

So just send them to Gaithersburg High School now-i’m sure they will do fine and graduate! I imagine Cosa’s for that school are granted easily since it’s not at capacity AND nobody actually ever asks to Cosa there.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are walking distance to Wooton and I'm completely fine with them going to a fresh new HS. I really don't understand what the big deal is. Wooton is so darn ugly and old.

As long as they go to school and graduate, it's a win

So just send them to Gaithersburg High School now-i’m sure they will do fine and graduate! I imagine Cosa’s for that school are granted easily since it’s not at capacity AND nobody actually ever asks to Cosa there.

And to add-GHS is a gorgeous Looking school-it just has every other problem you can think of-but the building is super nice!

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Anonymous wrote:Is Darnestown really ok with that long trip to Poolesville in this option ?

Yes.

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Anonymous wrote:I see that a formal request was recently
made to add Fields road to option H. How big are Rosemont and Fields road? Wootton already has a pretty significant population so I imagine this would just be another situation of making a school overcrowded right from the get go which kind of defeats the entire purpose? Also, I hate that The middle schools don’t go to high school together-that is so backwards and I haven’t seen that in any other district I have lived in. You basically have to start over in High School.

500+ students for both fields road and crown from rosemont. It could grow to 1000 as there are still new housing development. It doesn’t work for capacity unless they move some Wootton ES out.

And this is why I keep saying they need to move out Dufief and parts of Travilah out. Fields Road belongs in Crown so to accommodate them something has to go out from Wootton.

And I keep saying A-D has Dufief at Crown, E-H has Dufief at Wootton, the county is saying no more official options, so will they just completely blindside Dufief and move them to QO? They probably would, but doing that is a complete violation of trust in the process.

Wasn't Dufief to QO at one point? Wouldnt really be a blindside right? Or did they replace QO with Crown?

Couple of the round 1 June options had them going to QO when they were doing all the crazy redistricting everywhere but MCPS has repeatedly said that strategy is off the table- and those options are off the table- now that the regional model is part of the boundary study. So yeah, you could say it isn't a complete blindside. Instead it would be an outright lie.

Strategies change based on other needs. Wootton going to Crown was never part of the plan then but then Wootton parents put up a big show with petitions flying around to save their children from an unsafe school. MCPS listened and now you have Option H. And Fields Road community is opposed to going elsewhere than their neighborhood school and who could blame them. MCPS has to listen to them too.

Wootton parents got what they asked for with regards to a safe school. And if Dufief or Travilah has to move to accommodate Fields Road so be it. It makes logical sense that Fields Road goes to Crown, not Dufief or Travilah. You can thank the Wootton parents who circulated those petitions.

Yeap we definitely should thank those parents because Wootton is one of the oldest buildings and constantly pushed back and off of the CIP.

If anyone should be mad at anyone, the anger should be directed towards the decision makers who allowed the maintenance to get pushed back to this extent.

Then remember this when it comes time for elections which parties and groups to affiliate with.

You can't have it all. There will be unhappy parents no matter what they do.

By moving Wootton to Crown and adding Fields Road, they just have a new set of walkers - the Fields Road ES cluster.

And if they move Dufief or Travilah to QO, it should not matter since they will be be bussed a shorter distance now and that is a good thing right?

Not what those schools want, they don't mind the extra mile on the bus, but their feedback doesn't matter, right? Just everyone else's.

I'm sure they don't, but it does not work that way does it? MCPS has to consider all factors and decide what is best.

But that’s the point the Wootton families are trying to make-There are numerous high schools closer to Wootton neighborhoods than Crown so how does it make sense to move there? If you are using the distance as a factor the whole option H should be thrown out.

Yes I was initially on board with option H but now with all of the proposed changes it’s not the same option. I’m 100% for either holding school option, E or F. Still saves the county a ton of money versus A-D and we don’t have all of this chaotic change.

G as a hybrid makes no sense. Administration would be impossible.

Damascus parent here - agree with A- F being the preferred compromise for majority of the most pressing needs in the county right now including our community, Wootton and Magruder. Although it’s not perfect, we need a solution. Highly encourage anyone else who agrees to write to the board of Ed, Cat Malchodi, Dr. Taylor and any councilmember who may help. Don’t forget to complete the boundary study surveys . Venting here makes for a lively debate but if you want real action please do those things , regardless of your position

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are walking distance to Wooton and I'm completely fine with them going to a fresh new HS. I really don't understand what the big deal is. Wooton is so darn ugly and old.

As long as they go to school and graduate, it's a win

So just send them to Gaithersburg High School now-i’m sure they will do fine and graduate! I imagine Cosa’s for that school are granted easily since it’s not at capacity AND nobody actually ever asks to Cosa there.

Crown HS is the same as Gaithersburg HS? Is that what I said d-bag? I genuinely don't understand what the big deal is. Crown HS is brand spanking new in a very nice area

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are walking distance to Wooton and I'm completely fine with them going to a fresh new HS. I really don't understand what the big deal is. Wooton is so darn ugly and old.

As long as they go to school and graduate, it's a win

So just send them to Gaithersburg High School now-i’m sure they will do fine and graduate! I imagine Cosa’s for that school are granted easily since it’s not at capacity AND nobody actually ever asks to Cosa there.

Crown HS is the same as Gaithersburg HS? Is that what I said d-bag? I genuinely don't understand what the big deal is. Crown HS is brand spanking new in a very nice area

It's because the ^PP doesn't want their kids associating with too many black/brown kids. Wouldn't be surprised if they support Trump and call Somalis "garbage".