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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]LOL at kids being ostracized years from now because parents disagree with boundary studies. I like H so 90% of the community is going to look down on my kid years from now? GMAFB. It's not that deep. Kim, there's people that are dying...[/quote]

It’s not. It was the pro H poster who first suggested that kids would be ostracized, which—I agree—is just wild.

The 90% was in response to that person.

I’m against H. But I’m not cool with calling kids losers or ostracizing kids.

If H is the chosen option, while I don’t agree, I would work toward building a close knit community.[/quote]

Also, correct me if I'm wrong but, even if H passes, wouldn't the current Wootton schools be in the majority? And also wouldn't they move into the building with all four grades while just 9th and 10th graders arrive from Fields Road/Rosemont?

So, if anything, DuFief/SMES/Lakewood/TES/Fallsmead will be setting the culture first and are unlikely to be the ones ostracized...[/quote]

PP here. Very reassuring to hear this viewpoint. I think community building will be more important than ever. I have a lot of concerns about the amount of awfulness being thrown at Dufief right now from the parkway parents. if not for that I would agree with you. [/quote]

Parkway parent here. One that lol was name dropped. Thanks to whoever did that btw. But I don’t have ill will against Dufief or anyone who supports H.

I don’t agree with H and I will continue to advocate against it. But not cool with name calling kids/parents or ostracizing kids/parents. Also not cool implying that other kids are less then, and not cool calling out Dufief or anyone else.

I think most of us parents on both sides are not crazy. We have more in common than not. Whatever the final decision is, I’m all for working to create a positive culture of kids.[/quote]

I think the issue is there is harm being done now and the not crazy parents who are anti-h might not be contributing to it but they’re also not taking a stand against it (and they do see it, as we all do both publicly and in their private planning threads). The anti-h parents who are concerned about an increase in the FARMS rate are vocal enough about it that it paints everyone in the anti-h movement with the same brush. And it leaves FRES and Rosemont families feeling like the Parkway parents are raising hundreds of thousands of dollars to avoid having to send their kids to school with FRES and Crown kids. I fully believe that is not your intent but the harm is real and it hinders all of our ability to build that positive culture.  [/quote]

GET OFF DCUM. Seriously. This is not the place to get a "feeling" about what real people are thinking. This is the place to hear from a literal handful of people who post over and over.

Look, we're walkers to Wootton. I don't support H because I don't want to trek to Crown every day. Our family's schedule is built around being walkable to school. This will genuinely present logistical problems for us. But, I'm also not contributing to the lawsuit because, as a lawyer, I don't think they have a good case and I don't like throwing money away. We'll just figure out the logistics somehow. But those who are involved with the litigation are fully within their rights and I understand. But I assure you, they are motivated by their own situations, not by you.

The vast, vast, vast majority of anti-H sentiment I have heard, even from the litigious folks, has nothing to do with Rosemont or Fields. If the plan was to send those schools to Wootton where it is, about 95% or more of the kvetching would stop. There are no "private planning threads" (that I've seen) ranting about the minor FARMS increase. Really. Rosemont and Fields are fine. Anyone shouting otherwise on here is probably a troll.

So,.stop thinking it's about you. It's not. People are inherently selfish. We oppose H because it will make our lives more inconvenient and it's bullshit that we have to bear that inconvenience because MCPS are morons. That's it. As I'm always telling my kids - no one is thinking about you anywhere near as much as you think they are. And once this happens, and everyone adjusts and figures out how to make it work, things will settle down and be fine. No one will be ostracized. The kids don't really care one way or the other.[/quote]

So the 87% of Travilah families we keep getting told oppose the move are just sad about the loss of their…3 hour walk to Wootton?[/quote]

Walking distance isn't the only reason to prefer the current Wootton location. Crown is a much busier area. Some of us don't like the idea of our kids being so close to Rio and Crown during lunch and after school. There's more traffic, and several nearby hotels. I appreciate that not everyone would be bothered by this, but it's just a different environment that isn't what I would have picked. [/quote]

There are horels walking distance to current Wootton too. And there's about to be brand new retail across the street from current Wootton kocation. For decades there were multiple rearaurants and other retail across from Wootton. What is the issue exactly? Blair, RM, Northwest, and QO all have retail and busy roads. What is the problem that is unique to Crown??![/quote]

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