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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's ironic is that it's pretty clear that Wootton is going to still be very similar after the move, so their reputation and offerings would otherwise stay pretty much the same and no one (except walkers to the current Wootton) would care much... it's still basically the same old W school and any downsides would be cancelled out by the benefits of having a shiny new building.  If folks just accepted it as a minor location change and a minor boundary change, it would just be a tiny blip on Wootton's trajectory but otherwise just the same Wootton it's always been.

Except given how much shouting Wootton families are doing about how the move will ruin Wootton and how it won't "really" be Wootton anymore, I do wonder if they're making it a self fulfilling prophecy?  Like, any reasonable person knows that it will still be Wootton and it's no big deal, but if everyone around you is saying that it's terrible, the old Wootton will be gone, the new one will be worse, then maybe you start believing it? [/quote]

Is it the same Wootton when you change the boundaries and add 33% from other lower-performing schools?  It won’t have the same performance as it did - leading to a decline in reputation and top college admissions statistics. So no, it won’t be the “same old W school”.

It’s also not a minor location change - it goes from a predominantly residential area to a high-traffic commercial area that requires high school kids and buses to drive on 270.

You seem to want to minimize all of the changes. Why is that?  What do you have to gain?  Do you have a house in Crown and kids who would get to go there?[/quote]

Way to prove my point.  Be careful you're not too successful convincing people that the sky is falling and Wootton won't be Wootton anymore but will instead be a more undesirable school... you're the one who'll have to deal with the consequences if they believe you.

(And no, I have nothing to gain other than the spillover benefits of MCPS not having to pay to renovate Wootton... I'm just watching this from a distance from the other side of the county shaking my head at how alarmist done Wootton families are being about what is really, seriously, not that big a deal.  Going from 14% to 19% FARMS is still peanuts.  Most of the families and almost all of the staff will be the same.  The only reason Wootton will go downhill is if you successfully convince everyone that the move means the school will automatically go downhill and then it starts becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy and families start bailing.)[/quote]

Didn’t prove your point at all. It’s a fact when you change the school population as proposed, and handle this closure the way MCPS, performance won’t be the same regardless of the name on the school. Not a self fulfilling prophecy, but rather a consequence of MCPS’ failures.

But I like how you’re making excuses for MCPS. [/quote]

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