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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Crown never should have been built. [/quote]

Oh in that case I am going to go get my time machine, thank you![/quote]

Fine, let’s use Crown as a holding school. Taylor already has money to fix up and claims that he needs to operate Wootton as a holding school, so why move it or the Wootton boundaries at all?  Crown seems line the perfect place to use as a holding school. The excess capacity can be used for 5-10 years while other high schools are renovated and remediated, at which point Crown will have grown it’s student population organically. [/quote]

Where do you see that Taylor has the money or a timeline to renovate Wootton as a holding school?

The only portion of the recommendation that addresses using the current site of Wootton as a holding school is one sentence: "The current site on Wootton Parkway will be used as a holding site for schools to allow for major construction projects as well as smaller projects such as roof replacements or Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) projects that usually occur over multiple phases, potentially accelerating secondary capital projects."

There's been no planning for which schools, in which order, would use a holding school. Meanwhile, Crown will be ready to open in 1.5 years.

It's not a good use of a brand new school to sit vacant while the Wootton site continues to fall apart.

With perfect hindsight, Crown shouldn't have been built and the building at Wootton shouldn't have been allowed to deteriorate as far as it has. But with the current situation (brand new building in Gaithersburg, falling apart building in Rockville), it makes perfect sense and the best use of resources to move Wootton to the Crown site and [/quote]

None of the options left Crown vacant. It was choice whether Crown or Wootton would serve as a holding school. Because Taylor is planning to use Wootton as a holding school, there is money to do so. Therefore, why close Wootton, change the boundaries, and move its kids to Crown?  The only reason is that Taylor wants Wootton kids at Crown, rather than a majority student population made up of QO, GHS, and other Gaithersburg schools, along with the remaining portion used as a holding school. That would clearly demonstrate MCPS’ incompetence in building Crown. There are BOE and County Council elections coming up, and the Crown developers would be very unhappy with the members of both. [/quote]

The superintendent has a plan to use Wootton as a holding school [b][i]in the future[/b][/i]. There's currently no money set aside for that purpose now and there's no plan to use any site as a holding school by 2027-2028. In the meantime, Wootton needs repairs, which are not budgeted for. So, sure, there may be money for Wootton's renovations [b][i]in the future[/i][/b], but not in time for the students to continue classes in a building that's falling apart in 2027.

Building Crown ended up not being necessary given the declining enrollment, but that money is spent and the building will be built. The only question now is how best to use it and using it to house a permanent body of students is the best use.[/quote]

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