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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are assuming that Crown Farm High School will not be as desirable as Wootton. Why?[/quote]
If the Crown high school were part of a newly formed cluster, then it might presumably pull one elementary district from other neighboring clusters, like QO, RM and Gaithersburg.  These might include elementary zones like Fields Road (QO) and Rosemont (GBurg), which are closest in proximity.  The demographics in those zones are quite different (i.e., much more lower cost and multi-family housing, and less white/Asian) than in Wootton.  Thus, while redistricting may be the right thing to do from a county-wide policy standpoint, expect the Wootton PTA and activists/residents to resist.

Additionally, if this were the outcome, the new cluster would have no continuity between middle school and high school, as you'd have every elementary zone attending a different middle school from others in the same cluster.

Given the middle school dynamic here (and the fact that there are no current plans to my knowledge for a new middle school in this area), it's possible they'll leave the current clusters in place, and just make the new high school some sort of consortium school (STEM, etc.) that pulls from these zones.  That may be easier to implement than starting redistricting wars.  Who knows how it will all end up playing out.[/quote]

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