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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The big winner in this situation will be private schools. Parents who are unhappy with the new school boundaries, and are affluent enough to do so, will simply send their kids to private schools.  Unfortunately not everyone can afford that.  Some families will end up in a less desirable academic situation with no ability to buy their way out.  Montgomery county will have one less top rated school.  [/quote]

It’s so interesting cus they want to destroy it but they also love to publish it as a top rated school. Make it make sense.[/quote]

Yawn. [/quote]

[b]This PP doesn’t care about the loss of a top school because s/he doesn’t live in Wootton. [/b]

MCPS wants to lift and shift Wootton kids to Crown, then change the name of Crown to Wootton in order to continue to trade on its reputation as a top school. This is what the developers around Crown want too because they can sell their townhomes at top dollar to gullible buyers. Why do you think the land for Crown (prime real estate) was given to MCPS for free?

Seems like the seeds for Option H were planted years ago, coupled with removing Wootton from the CIP and building neglect to encourage Wootton families to accept Crown.  This would move the “Wootton” boundaries to where MCPS wanted them years ago through boundary studies but which Wootton parents strongly opposed.  It would also cover up the risk of under enrollment at Crown and save $100M+ in renovation costs for the current Wootton building (which could be funneled into other pet projects).

MCPS doesn’t see Option H as a loss of a top school. It’s a win for them on multiple fronts. [/quote]

Not the referenced pp.  But when you put it this way, I'm sold!  MCPS is completely unfair with some kids getting "top" schools and other kids getting, what, "bottom" schools?  Step back and think of this in terms of morality and public policy rather than your own kid.  If you were behind a veil of ignorance (you didn't know which school your own kid was in) would you intentionally design a system where there are "top" and "bottom" schools?

The bolded bit is the best argument I've seen in favor of Option H![/quote]

Your bias is showing. You know exactly what the PP meant. Care to explain how Wootton became a top performing school?

Hint: it wasn’t because MCPS funneled resources to Wootton at the expense of other schools.[/quote]

Write it yourself.  I dare you.[/quote]

My question was to you because you claimed “MCPS is completely unfair with some kids getting "top" schools and other kids getting, what, "bottom" schools? … intentionally design a system where there are "top" and "bottom" schools?“

You clearly think MCPS is behind Wootton’s success and that it did so by taking away from other schools. Alternatively, you think Wootton is unfair by succeeding where other schools are failing, and you want to redistribute that success. Back up your argument or back away from it.

Your move.[/quote]

So you don't want to share why you think that Wootton became a top performing school?  Clearly you have a theory, given you gave a "hint."[/quote]

Smart people can figure it out.  You must need the, "explain it to me like I am a 5-year-old" version.  Clearly not in the Wootton catchment.  [/quote]

Yes, I need the explain it to me like I am five version.  I am not in the Wootton cachement.  Will you share?[/quote]

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