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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not so sure it's actually viable. But good luck...

Essentially the ones suing don't like the data and they are insisting this Wootton relocation is instead a move. They say it's "carving" up the school. Uh, no. The school clusters are completely intact except for Cold Spring who ASKED to be sent to Churchill. Adding some Fields Rd and Rosemont students- gasp!

Per their press release-

The plan:

The complaint raises concerns that the Superintendent’s recommended “Modified Option H” may have been advanced through a process that lacked required planning analysis and transparency.

The concerns:

The complaint asks the Inspector General to review several issues related to the boundary study and capital planning process, including:

Material Exceedance of Board-Approved Boundary Study Scope as the recommendation exceeds Board’s own The October 30, 2025 amendment that authorized only the consideration of Crown High School as temporary holding space.
Possible predetermined decision-making in the boundary study process prior to completion of the public engagement phase.
Potential misuse or recharacterization of state-approved capital funding for the new Crown High School project.
Failure to conduct transportation, infrastructure, environmental, and safety analyses typically associated with major public infrastructure decisions.
Potential reliance on flawed or incomplete enrollment projections, including modeling that may not account for significant new housing development within the Wootton cluster.
Possible waste or inefficient use of public infrastructure, including repurposing an existing high school facility for indefinite temporary use.
Inadequate documentation and administrative record supporting a major structural change to the county’s high school system.
Defacto school closure, constituting a functional discontinuance of a comprehensive high school under Md. Educ. § 4-109 and COMAR 13A.02.09.

This has led community-based groups to launch a Legal Defense Fund managed by the newly-formed non-profit, the Community and Education Policy Alliance (CEPA,) with plans to sue over multiple aspects of the mismanaged decision-making process.[/quote]

EDIT: Essentially the ones suing don't like the data and they are insisting this Wootton relocation is instead a CLOSURE. [/quote]

Misuse of state funds sounds serious. [/quote]

Serious if true. The problem is they have no evidence. Just vibes. [/quote]

How do you know they don’t have evidence? Are you a part of their legal team?

I wouldn’t be so quick to say that. [/quote]

Is it like that AI data video they put out about projections? Their version of alternate facts? [/quote]

Nope! Guess you’ll just have to wait 😉 [/quote]

And you think opening Crown as a holding school couldn't also be construed as misuse of state funds? LOL [/quote]

But isn’t that what Taylor proposed as Option G?  So you’re saying Taylor proposed misusing state funds?[/quote]

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