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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I listened to all of today’s Board meeting virtually. My heart goes out to the Magruder community. I really do feel for them. To go from a pretty crappy school only to attend a holding school at a slightly better but still crappy building, without any real timeline?

So I have two questions (yes I know the whole H and Wootton being moved is a hot issue, but let’s suspend that for the purpose of this thread):

1. Why isn’t Magruder excluded from the boundary study in the first place?
2. How is what is happening to Magruder justifiable?

One of their speakers said it perfectly. Wootton is supposedly so unsafe and in poor condition such that the entire student body must go to a new building, yet somehow okay for the more diverse and less resourced Magruder community???[/quote]

If Magruder ends up attending a holding school, it’s because they will ACTUALLY get a school renovation. That means at the end of it, they have a new school! I think many schools would trade off a couple of years in not ideal conditions to have a fully renovated school in the same location as before when it’s all over.

The issue is no funding right now. Moving Wootton to Crown solves several problems. Removes the need for a full wootton renovation and prevents the county from using a brand new school as a holding school. I personally think something happened behind the scenes with the city of Gaithersburg and it’s just a no go to use crown as holding. [/quote]

But that’s the problem right—Magruder isn’t on the CIP!!! Even if the recommendation is passed, the only thing guaranteed is Wootton kids get a new school. There’s no guaranteed that there is funding for Wootton to be made into a holding school and no guarantee that Magruder will be renovated. You are asking the Magruder community to support something in abstract. How can we trust that when MCPS continuously ignore us? [/quote]

100% it’s bonkers to me that magruder is supporting this Rockville amendment. It’s going to mean it takes even longer to have enough funding for the renovations. Also if you think Wootton won’t flip on them the minute option H gets shut down to jump in front of magruder for renovations you’re out of your mind. As Laura said tonight the amendment actually alluded to Wootton going first. [/quote]

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