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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]

Why do you think your school should basically be treated differently than any other school?  Crown families probably don't want Wootton families because of how you all behave.  Ever think of that?  They are wealthy families, probably more wealthy than you, who were promised a new school that is now being taken over by entitled parents.[/quote]

Way to project there buddy. And good to know you don’t live in Wootton or Gaithersburg, so you don’t really have a direct interest here. You also probably don’t have kids in MCPS at all, so you don’t even have an indirect interest here.

Wootton families don’t want Crown. Gaithersburg families do. And Gaithersburg families would be happy to use Crown’s excess as a holding school. They would be slightly less happy if Crown were completely used as a holding school for a few years (like Woodward) but at least it would be all theirs eventually. This settles the matter according to your logic.

Gaithersburg families don’t need you defending them. They can speak for themselves - and have spoken by opposing Option H. But people like you seem to think you know what’s best for others.  Here’s a hint: You don’t.

Take a seat. [/quote]

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