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[quote=Anonymous]There are two types of arguments against Wootton moving that have appeared in this thread.

One is a very reasonable one about proximity/walkability.  That parallels the arguments parents are making all over the county in terms of their boundary preferences.

The other is a quasi-racist (or at least classist) argument that Wootton parents don't want their students to be joined by students from Gaithersburg or elsewhere.  This appears to be ill informed (not only in the stereotyping of students from GHS but also in the actual data of the demographics in the Crown area).  These posters are also effectively advocating for a continued (or greater) separation of rich families from poor families in setting boundaries, and this is distasteful to pretty much everyone except those directly affected.

There are also varying specious arguments about the move motivating teacher turnover or the importance of the school name.  I take these arguments as non-serious.

We should remember that these are quite possibly different posters.  Some advocating based on the first rationale and others based on the second.  Nevertheless, Wootton parents should understand that any arguments that amount to saying that you're against Option H because you want to maintain the privileged position you've always had will probably fall on deaf ears among the rest of us who do not enjoy that privilege. [/quote]

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