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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let's be so for real right now... Wootton, with yard signs, campaigns, tons of people at their rally, more testimony slots than any other speakers plus a politician (maybe more than one), plus some building organization, plus their PTA prez, think that DuFief, a tiny ass elementary school within the same Wootton cluster with a few parents, was so powerful that DuFief is the reason that the Superintendent's recommendation is going through? And you continue to attack one school, when in fact, there are some people at other schools within the cluster (Stone Mill, Travilah, probably parents at other schools too afraid to say a damn thing) and other schools not within the cluster (Crown), besides DuFief, that feel the same? And now Wootton teachers (some, not all) are coming out and saying the same - that they want to move?

Wootton - you've done everything you can do to advocate - and MCPS still isn't going to cave to you. They literally can't. But if we put ourselves in MCPS shoes for one second and guess what they are thinking, it might be something like this... Wootton has been advocating for over a decade that their school is in disrepair and even though this new school was meant for other things (overcrowding at other schools?), things have changed (no money, declining enrollment) and we need to address this hazardous situation (current Wootton) so here is a BRAND NEW SCHOOL and we are doing our best to serve the community it was originally meant for (Crown) at the same time. And we still need money to do more for other schools because we aren't doing enough. It's not perfect.

It's not over and they could vote against the recommendation but I guess we will see. But it's not a school within your own cluster that's the problem - they were just the only ones willing to speak up. You are giving way too much credit where credit is not due. [/quote]

THIS. Dufief is not that powerful to shape this study. Really. The board's gonna do what THE BOARD wants to do. [/quote]

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