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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is so confusing. So if they use Crown as a holding school, does that mean all of this boundary stuff was for nothing?[/quote]

I think they could still reassign some Clarksburg students to Damascus to relieve overcrowding there, for example, but wouldn't reassign any students directly to Crown at this time. That would come later, sometime after Damascus, Magruder, and Wootton had used it for a holding school. Note that neither Magruder nor Wootton's project sare included in the new CIP.[/quote]

That seems to we are talking about a decade like 10 years after if wait until Damascus, Magruder, and Wootton have used Crown HS as a holding school. My kids may have graduated from MCPS by then. Lol[/quote]
That would be good. Not many are really in favor of boundary changes. 
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Yes and given the amount of outdated facilities county wide that need replacement and all the money it will cost, it seems to me like they want to a) not cause so much disruption when enrollment is declining, b) use this to help renovate Damascus for sure and then probably/maybe Magruder and Wootton. Given crowns proximity to Wootton it seems like it may even make sense to use crown to house Damascus for 2 years to finish a renovation, then perhaps Magruder for 3 years then if enrollment has declined as expected possibly move Wootton to Crown for good.

[b]Does the county have a holding school large enough for middle schools?[/b] I know Tilden was at Woodward before it was destroyed and replaced but not sure where else they have one. But the current Wootton building could have hvac replaced and be used for holding school to redo middle schools too.

If I recall Woodward was closed for many years and then used as Tilden and then reopened as a high school. Could do the same for Wootton.

Much rather not blow $300M on an unneeded school when there’s elementary schools from the 50s and 60s still in use![/quote]

No, not anymore. That's one rationale for turning SSIMS into a holding school. But they could use one upcounty as well.[/quote]

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