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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The basic point that seems to be lost here is that Wootton has been a too performing school that improves the prestige of the MCPS system.   Why would anyone want a school like that closed?   The name at least should be preserved, which would carry the prestige forward.  However there in lie the issue.  One of the agendas here is to get rid of the name, even if that means erasing the prestige. Why have top, Nationally recognized schools when we can have mediocrity?[/quote]

Not a single person on the BOE or County Council ever once advocated for changing the name of Wootton.  Not one.  And saying that it is an agenda today, is unfounded speculation.

And I think you wildly exaggerate the "prestige" of the name.  Any prestige comes from the fact that it is a school, and any good school would generate the same "prestige."[/quote]

[b]Wrong on both counts.[/b] Thomas Wootton was a slave owner. Do you honestly think MCPS is going to keep the name for a new school that isn’t even going to be comprised of the same student body?  Likewise, the Wootton name carries a lot of prestige and is [b]widely recognized outside of the DC area[/b]. If your logic made any sense, then no school would have any reputation - but reality says they do. A school’s prestige is self perpetuating because parents who want a great education for their kids buy in areas with great schools. Those parents value education and will make sure their kids perform to their best. That prestige is undermined by actions like Option H. [/quote]

Name a current member of the county council or BOE that has ever advocated for Wootton to change names?
Identify any statement or data point that indicates that the name of the school is a factor in the current decision?
I'm not wrong.

Any evidence that the name is "widely recognized outside the DC area"?[/quote]

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