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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, MCPS could do a mini-renovation at Wootton to fix many of the more egregious issues.  If there are classrooms that are problematic, then temporary classrooms for a few years is the answer until permanent fixes can be made.  Based on what a PP indicated about the age of all of the other high schools in the area, Wootton doesn't seem like an outlier at all.

The idea that Wootton has been crumbling for years (more than a decade), yet MCPS now can't find the money to do a full scale renovation until 2035 appears intentional.  The Wootton -> Crown -> rename Crown to Wootton seems like a transparent attempt to transplant all of the high-achieving kids from Wootton to Crown (by dangling a new building), then steal the reputation of Wootton as a high-achieving school.  FYI, Wootton gained significant national recognition in the early 2000s, particularly when it was named a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence in 2002.

Option H - MCPS creates a high-achieving school without the 20-30 years that it takes to develop one organically.  Pats itself on the back for meeting its goals....[/quote]

I mean, it would basically be the same school in a different location/building?  I don't see how it would be stealing another school's reputation-- how do you steal from yourself?  [/quote]

Nope.  The new Wootton would be a mix of the old Wootton and the kids that would have gone to Crown.[/quote]

Okay, but how is that "stealing a reputation'?  It's just, like, a relatively minor boundary change and a school building change.  When those things happen at other schools people don't act like the school is no longer the same school, so why now?  I mean, granted, those things don't usually happen at the same time, but I still don't really follow why it's that big a deal... [/quote]

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