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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did the public hearing on this happen tonight? [/quote]

Yes, you can watch the video here:

[url]https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=DRDRB26D21B7[/url][/quote]

Anyone able to summarize?  Was it all/mostly anti-H or mixed?  Did any Board members say anything interesting?[/quote]

Actually a whole lot of support for the recommendation (Modified H) including from some Wootton feeders. There was a joint video from Dufief/Stone Mill/Travilah all supporting. [/quote]

Good. I'm glad Dufief woke up and realized that the rest of Wootton will sacrifice them without a second thought and they would rather be with Wootton at Crown with one more school than without the rest of Wootton if other options were chosen.[/quote]

Not a member of that community but I found that DuFief went out of its way to be kind and advocate not just for themselves but for others. One of the videos explicitly mentioned being excited for their kids to make new friends from Fields Road/Crown, which helps to tone down the rhetoric from Fallsmead/Lakewood about how Gaithersburg/ modest increase FARMS students are going to irrevocably destroy Wootton.  They also advocated for Travilah and Stone Mill.

Beyond that here were my perceptions of how other communities reacted:

Strong Support for Modified Option H:

- Damascus HS
- Churchill HS*
- Fields Road ES

Mild support to mixed:

- Darnestown ES** 
- Northwest HS

Some rejection:

- RM HS
- Magruder HS

Complete rejection: 
- Fallsmead ES
- Clarksburg HS

...

*Churchill's strong support seems to stem from the fact that, under most other options, an ES from their school or portions of multiple ES from their school would be transferred to Wootton. They seem to feel genuinely positively about Cold Spring being added too, noting that their enrollment is declining anyhow.

**Darnestown raised concerns about the distance of Pooleseville HS but noted that it would be an okay move so long as they are sent to John Poole MS as opposed to Kingsview. [/quote]

What was RM opposed to?[/quote]

Doesn't alleviate any overcrowding at RM. Still keeps the many portables all over the campus.[/quote]

This might not be the case with the transition to the regional model, which will mean the magnet/IB population will significantly drop in overall numbers.  Same logic is what triggered moving Darnestown ES to Poolesville in the latest iteration. [/quote]

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