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Someone messed up your car. Then they tell you to just buy a new car from them using your own money, and you should be thankful?

[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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Sure, MCPS sucks,  but when they started to build Crown, all of the surrounding HS were projected to be over capacity, and they didn't have this regional model concept.

Now, they are projecting enrollment declines, and we have a huge budget issue.

Yes, they should've fixed Wootton a while ago, but there were a lot of schools that needed to be fixed in the CIP.

So, here we are, declining enrollments, budget issues, a brand new HS, and another HS next to that new build that is falling apart.

Common sense is to move the Wootton kids to Crown.[/quote]

It's not common sense at all and represents a significant move - causing unnecessary disruption to thousands of families.  When you make a mistake, you don't compound that mistake by saying "oh well, you're going to do what we want anyway."  That just pisses people off.  Wootton can be renovated over time, with the most egregious problems fixed.  MCPS simply doesn't want to do this.

Also, can you explain how Wootton is "next to that new build that is falling apart"?  They're not exactly next to each other - not by a long shot.

Finally, as for declining enrollments, you seem to want to take what MCPS says at face value.  If they got the construction of Crown so wrong, why do you believe them now?[/quote]
? when there is a new school, there is disruption. Wootton is the HS that is falling apart.  Crown is the brand new HS next to it.

Does it make sense to you to fix a car that's falling a part when you have a brand new car right next to it, and your family size is shrinking such that you don't need a second car anymore, and your income was reduced?

Your  view is more emotional. I get it. No one likes change.  But, your view is not logical.[/quote][/quote]
In this case, no one messed up your car.  Time degraded it.  It happens.

Like it or not, you are part of the MCPS family.  You are part of the family that is shrinking and has declining revenues.  It makes zero sense for the family to fix up the car that needs millions in repairs.[/quote]

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