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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Was it considered a closure back when Blair was moved?[/quote]

Not the same analogy at all.
Blair kept its name.
Blair’s move was closer.
Blair’s feeder pattern didn’t change. [/quote]

Only the first of those is at all relevant to whether it was a closure.  And was it?[/quote]

No the facts are all relevant.
In Blair’s case, MCPS was upfront. Blair needs a rebuild. We’re going to build a new campus for this sole purpose.

In this case, MCPS build a new school without any reason but for the fact that if they didn’t, the land would have to be given back to the developers. Now they realized due to COVID, crack down on immigration, and loss of federal workers, they don’t have the enrollment for a new school. They then created options like A-D to shift kids around.

They then get hit with Churchill lawsuits. Backed down, and created new options like E-H.

Unlike the Blair situation where it was a move that the community wanted and MCPS expressly told was for them, here this move is not welcomed by the community and only made not because MCPS cares about Wootton but because they royally messed up by breaking ground before they did their due diligence, but are too afraid to piss of Churchill folks so they are targeting Wootton.

The intended purposes are completely different here.[/quote]

How is it relevant to whether or not the action IS a closure?

All you points go to whether it was a well-justified and well-supported closure.  Fine.  But did it meet the definition of a closure?
The question isn't about whether the situations are identical.  Clearly they aren't.  But if we are trying to determine whether the current situation is a closure, it would help to know whether that was determined to be a closure and the rules applied.[/quote]

If you go back, there’s like pages and pages on this thread explaining why this is a closure.

The location is different
The building is different (again, we don’t even know what will happen to the existing building)
The student body is different 
The teachers will be different
The feeder pattern (and thus the community) will be different 
The name possibly will be different (logic would dictate that it would because why Wootton HS not be on Wootton Parkway. At best, maybe it’s Wootton HS at Crown or something like that)

Can you tell me what stays the same? 
Students, teachers, community, and name make up the school.
Literally every aspect of the school changes.

This is a closure.[/quote]

OK I think something got confused here.  This thread is a response to whether the move to a new Blair building was considered a closure.  If it was or was not, that would be illustrative as to whether the current proposal would be a closure.[/quote]

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