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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why was mcps scared to piss off Churchill in the original options but it doesnt care about pissing off wootton and magruder in option h? If theres no valid reason for wootton to sue, then there wouldn't have been grounds for Wayside to sue either right? Option h seems to anger a lot more people than just Wayside from a future votes for boe or county counsil perspective.[/quote]

Julie Yang went to bat for Churchill and got Wayside put back there, probably as a way of ensuring her vote down the line. Then she showed up to Wootton to tell us she also stuck her neck out for us. Maybe she did or maybe she didn't but even if she did, it wasn't enough since she had cashed in her chip for Wayside. What Wayside had going for them was they did this starting in October. Wootton didn't have the same chance for another set of options to change. Timing really is everything. [/quote]

The same Julie Yang who made sure Cold Spring didn’t go to RM in the original draft of option H and negotiated Cold Spring instead to go to Churchill despite the overcapacity?

Cold Spring is also the only Wootton neighborhood that can vote for her in county council race.

This whole process is: Backroom deals only. [/quote]

This is all no comparison to the Wootton situation. Much of Wayside uproar was due to location, look at the first round maps which were insane how they carved up Wootton and Churchill boundaries and there’d be a large area of Wootton surrounded like an island by Churchill neighborhoods. Remember the first round was bogus anyway, they simply were trying to show each of the four factors emphasized.

Also Wayside isn’t getting off free and clear, if the recommended H doesn’t get approved the alternative recommended will split Wayside and send about 1/4th of it and Potomac ES to current Wootton.

Compare the situation to Wootton which is really about financials and enrollment declines. Not to mention having a brand new school located closer to half of the Wootton cluster than the current building which is available to use keeping from having to operate another high school when enrollment doesn’t support it.

I believe Cold Spring being moved was to both eliminate concerns about Option H for them when geographically they had it the worst to Crown and possibly also because they think in a future elementary school study that parts of Churchill are moved to a Wootton (at Crown), QO, WJ or Whitman feeding ES.

Like Cold Spring is 2 miles to Churchill vs 6 miles to Crown. Whereas neighborhoods in Churchill include some of Wayside near Cavanaugh and Piney Meetinghouse are 6 miles to Churchill but only 3.4 miles to Crown, or some of Potomac ES near Piney Meetinghouse and Glen are 6 miles to Crown and QO but 4 to Churchill. Or parts of Seven Locks by Montgomery Mall are 3 miles to Churchill but 1.5 miles to WJ.

- RM IB alum with two kids in preschool looking to buy in either the Whitman, Churchill, BCC or WJ clusters. [/quote]

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