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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]HALF THE CLUSTER is closer to Crown than the current Wootton building. This isn’t an issue of one feeder school being closer. It is literally 3/6 current feeders.

I’m from one of the currently farther schools (Travilah, Stone Mill, Dufeif) and I support option H. I know it seems like it is because of distance, but it is actually for fiscal reasons.  This seems like a good way to save some money AND get our kids into a safer space.

Also, I am increasingly upset that when half the cluster is closer to the proposed new location, we are being held back because of Fallsmead (which will forever have to disprove their nickname of “Falls-me” to the remainder of the cluster) and Lakewood. I do understand Cold Spring because truly, they ARE far from the Crown location but Lakewood and Falls-me need to get over it. [/quote]

Just like half have your reasons for being for it, You need to be understanding of half the cluster that is against it. I don’t see why you think one side’s opinion is more important than the other here? Would you be fine getting sent to Crown without the rest of Wootton? If so then you should suggest that to the board.

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I actually really get that. What I don’t get is the other half acting like our half doesn’t exist and pretending that “no one” in the Wootton cluster wants H, when in fact, many, many do.[/quote]

You didn’t answer the second part of the question. [/quote]

Alone? No. I don’t think it’s good for kids to get split off from their entire friend group. But I would absolutely be open to Stone Mill, Travilah, and Dufeuf going to crown with Crown/Gaithersburg kids. The issue is where would Cold Spring, Fallsmead and Lakewood go? We really don’t need 2 schools at this point.[/quote]

PP here-I meant with the other 3 feeders that are for H. I think those 3 (and I am in one would be happier getting redistricted to a closer school
to us rather than go to Crown if fixing Wootton is truly not an option. [/quote]

I'm in one of those schools too and I would be happy going to Crown IF ALL THREE (Dufief, Stone Mill and Travillah) went. [/quote]

This is probably the key for all schools--in both of the MCPS regions--having one ES go alone seems scary and disruptive.  But if &gt;2 go together, then you have part of your community along with you, so much less radical change.

Related to this, my #1 criteria for advocating for one model or another is to avoid/get rid of split articulation problems.  The Options A-D were terrible on that count.  And in this second round of options, all of the oxygen has been taken up by Option H.  I'd vote for any option that have no/very low split of MSs to different high schools.  (I'm less concerned about splitting ESs to different MSs and if that does end up happening, then I'd imagine they will clean it up with a new ES boundary study soon enough.)[/quote]

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