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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It has become clear that many (not all) anti-H posters on this thread are concerned about this plan not because of walkability, or making the most fiscally prudent choice for ALL of MCPS at this moment..but rather the potential for a change in the population of students that their kids will go to school with.

In this instance, the population would shift because the geographic location of the building would shift...but really they are arguing for segregation.  I notice that nobody responded earlier when I asked if there would be similar opposition if a large low-income housing project went in close to the current building.  The "results" that some posters seem concerned about are the same.  I wonder if people would be this vocal if the county's proposal was to build more housing.[/quote]

Well, Scotland is low income housing and it’s in the heart of Potomac. Nobody has a problem with it. [/quote]

PP here.  Help me understand how this connects to my question please?[/quote]

Look up Scotland (100 townhomes) in Potomac and where that low income neighborhood goes to school. There’s even a historic black church nearby that was recently rebuilt and expanded.

You’re saying that rich, privileged Wootton families in Potomac and North Potomac don’t want low income minorities going to their school, and that’s why they’re opposed to Crown. Scotland proves this isn’t the case.[/quote]

Got it.  But I don't know that it proves that.  Of course there are existing low income areas now that impact the current population and demographics of Wootton.  I'm positing a significant increase in the amount of that, on par with the increase that many think will result from Option H.[/quote]

It isn’t a question of demographics. Rather one of projected academic performance based on past academic performance. GHS is not in the same league as Wootton based on academic performance. Some GHS students may be, but on average they are not.

It would be like a high-performing major sports team being forced to accept 30%+ more players from a much lower performing team in exchange for a new stadium. Would you expect the resulting team to perform at the same level as before?  It might eventually, but the odds would be against that, especially if other high performing teams were not forced to do so. Also, a new stadium does guarantee championships.[/quote]

Fair point on terminology.  Let's sub in "population with historically low(er) academic performance" for demographics.

And as to your analogy, seems you are arguing that the average performance population of the institution should not change...regardless of the reason?[/quote]

Not PP.

I’m ok with natural population change over time—that’s the only reasonable take.

I’m not okay with forced change jammed down my throat simply because MCPS messed up and opened a school without having the enrollment or funds to do so.

Low income housing does not bother me. [/quote]

Thanks for this answer.  So just to be clear, if Wootton stayed exactly where it is, with improvements, and the underenrollment were addressed by redistricting to add 15% population from current GHS feeders, that would be OK?  Sincere question.  I assume many would agree with this, and you may be one of them.  [/quote]

Oh there would undoubtedly be some loud voices complaining about that, but yes, the majority of Wootton would be fine with that, IMO.

I'm in Cold Spring. I won't deny that there are a few AHs I've encountered who are spun up over demographics and the Wootton name and other stupid shit because they think it will hurt their kid's chances of getting into medical school.  :roll:  And those people are probably the ones posting over and over on this thread and elsewhere. But genuinely, they are in the minority. I have had a LOT of conversations about all this, as you can imagine. Yes, there is almost unified opposition to H at Cold Spring, but 90-95% of those opposed are opposed for purely logistical, practical reasons. Crown is pretty far for us. Most families have 2 working parents and younger kids at home. Someone calculated that busses to Crown will need to be at like 6:15am. Teenagers aren't known for being morning people. If you have to drive your kid to or from school, that could be a 40 minute roundtrip given traffic. Not a lot of people have a spare 40 minutes in their morning or evening schedules. This is going to be a PITA.

We do not care about adding Rosemont or Fields or whoever - 100% fine. It may be hard to tell from anonymous threads like this but the majority of us are completely normal people who are not freaked out by the prospect of lower income kids. And of course having a fancy new building would be nice, although most people I've talked to do think it's kind of screwed up to yank the new building out from under Gaithersburg. But really, it's about location. [/quote]

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