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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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. [b]The board's gonna do what THE BOARD wants to do. [/b][/quote]

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No one is saying Dufief are the real power brokers. Thats a joke. They aren’t. Taylor is just using them for convenience, which is why they can sing Taylor’s praises for now all they want, just don’t cry when he backstabs Dufief like Dufief backstabbed the entire cluster.

The anger isn’t directed at Dufief because they are some influence on Taylor. The anger is there because Dufief is a sell out. [/quote]

Dufief was not aligned with anti-h to begin with. To my knowledge, there was no sellout as I’m pretty sure I remember them being honest from the beginning. When it was made very clear there was no emergency fund for Wootton, they pivoted to make the most of what was offered and leaned into the option that kept them in the cluster. Do you feel they were misleading you/your community? Like, honestly?[/quote]

Actually they were number of Dufief folks who literally testified against option H, and then Dufief changed its tune.[/quote]

So you’re telling me there were a number of Dufief folks who were against H and then they changed their minds? Still not seeing the problem here as I imagine they changed their minds as they learned more or additional options came out. What makes that back-stabbing? People are allowed to change their minds and based on testimonies it was all publicized. And if these individuals didn’t testimony, then how do you know?[/quote]

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