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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Makes zero sense to build a new HS and fix up a crumbling one when enrollment is decreasing, budgets are being cut, and tax revenue is down.

The kids will be fine taking a bus instead of walking.  Thousands of kids do it in MCPS.  They will be fine.[/quote]

More like 50% of the kids who can walk to Wootton will be forced to take a bus.  That means their parents will have to drive to pick up for after school activities, further clogging the roads around Crown.

Wootton can be repaired in the interim, and renovated in the long term.  It's just that MCPS doesn't want to do that.[/quote]
They will survive.   Gosh, how do the rest of us schlubs manage put our kids on the bus and drive to pick them up after school for activities.

Moco tax revenues are down. Enrollment is declining.   Makes zero sense to rebuild Wootton for a few neighborhoods to have to take a bus.

I don't work for MCPS, and I think it's a stupid idea to fix Wootton AND open Crown.[/quote]

It’s stupid idea to build crown. MCPS’s mismanagement is undeniable. They poured resources into opening an unnecessary school while neglecting Wootton’s needs, now forcing Wootton to become the victim of their poor planning and lose its current building where they belong for 50+ years. It’s no different from Silver Spring international middle school which is forced to close.

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Not saying it wasn't stupid to build Crown, but what's your solution for Wootton? Keep kids there in a moldy tinderbox of a building just to prove the point that MCPS is stupid? Or send kids 2.3 miles away to a brand new building with all the bells and whistles (but oh yeah, you have to let another ES or two into the mix)? The Wootton community looks pretty bad opposing this. [/quote]

This may be a solution, but it’s happening only after MCPS’s mismanagement has already done its damage. They should have just renovated Wootton according to the original CIP. Instead, they invited avoidable problems and widespread disruption. MCPS is the one at fault and should be condemned.  Wootton is the victim and the one paying the price for MCPS poor decisions.

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We are all victims of MCPS' poor planning and management, not just in this case.

But it would be stupid to keep making bad decisions one after another.  Moving Wootton to Crown is the best play with the cards we've been dealt.[/quote]

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