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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What no one has mentioned so far is logistics.  Specifically transport.

If option H were to be the only change, I would be less concerned about bussing, but as it is, MCPS doesn't have enough buses/drivers for today's needs. So if option H becomes the way forward, then coupled with the proposed changes - namely grandfathered magnet students (so keeping current bussing levels) while implementing the new boundaries/regional programs which will overall increase demand for busses/drivers, how does MCPS then think they will also have enough to then bus all the Wootton students to Crown, many of whom are in the walk zone today?

We already know that Taylor's plan in his former school district caused bussing problems, making headline news - forcing students to opt-in to riding the school bus because there weren't enough seats. And that was for a much smaller school district. I see this being the likely scenario again - with or without Option H - but Option H will exacerbate this situation even more. Then I imagine that's even more clogged local roads as a result for all the students who can't get a bus even if they want one.[/quote]

The folks who are highly in favor of Option H don't care about this.  They also don't care about the increased amount of traffic because half of Wootton's students can't walk to Crown anymore.

Instead, they're convinced that the only reasons Wootton parents oppose Option H is because of racism and/or classism.  When these are always what you're looking for, they're the only things you'll find (and you'll ignore pesky little facts that are inconsistent with your worldview).[/quote]

Wootton parent here - so the Crown kids will walk now instead of the Wootton kids. Either way. At the end of the day there is no demand for both schools and one needs to close for the time being. [/quote]

Let's be real if walkability were a priority, you would have bought in a city where they built sidewalks.  You know why they don't build sidewalks in Potomac?  Because they are trying to keep out the "pedestrians".[/quote]

Just saying, I know the book, "Where the sidewalk ends", and it happens to end right at the border between RM and Wooton school districts.[/quote]

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