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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At a minimum, Crown should be used as a holding school for Magruder. It would allow the Magruder repairs to be completed much quicker than if they have to wait to fix Wootton before they can use that as their holding school. [/quote]

And if Taylor wants to use Wootton as a holding school, then there is no reason to move Wootton to Crown [b]unless it is declared unfit for human habitation - which means that MCPS is officially closing Wootton[/b].  In that case, MCPS must comply with COMAR regulations, which it hasn’t. Taylor is trying to get around this failure by moving the boundary at the same time he moves Wootton’s kids over to Crown (but not all Wootton kids).[/quote]

This isn't true.  No evidence that a rebuild is a closure.  And in fact buildings have been rebuilt on several occasions without it triggering closure requirements.[/quote]

If Wootton is going to be used as a holding school, there is no reason to close it, move the Wootton boundary to encompass Crown, and transplant the Wootton kids into Crown.

If Taylor officially condemns Wootton’s building, slates it for demolition, and agrees NEVER to use the current building as a holding school, then Option H would make a bit more sense. If he won’t, then this is all a charade to cover up his incompetence or intentional plan to avoid using Crown as a holding school. [/quote]

Option H does make sense given timing. The Crown building is slated to open in 2027, the need for a holding school will be sometime in the future after 2027, and current enrollment doesn't require a 27th high school.

The current Wootton site is probably going to sit empty for a couple years after Wootton moves to Crown until the holding school is needed.[/quote]

The point is that if Wootton will be used as the holding school, then it can be operated where it is right now. Crown can be used as a holding school because that gives MCPS the flexibility it needs - just like Woodward is today. Instead, Option H closes a high performing school. [/quote]

And operating Crown as a holding school preserves Gaithersburg’s ability to grow, and given the pace of construction in the area, it seems very likely it will need Crown.  If Wootton is closed and moved now, Gaithersburg high schools will remain overcrowded or have no outlet when they get to that point. This means that Wootton would need to be reopened as a permanent school and boundaries will need to be changed again. Option H might solve for MCPS not having the money to fully renovate Wootton now, but it’s not on the CIP so that’s a red herring. [/quote]

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