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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Doubtful there are lots of kids when DuFief has like a total enrollment of 75-100 total. Absolutely true that the Wootton cluster ESs are shockingly under enrolled, to the detriment of other clusters.[/quote]

There are lots of MS and HS kids. We had the same experience at Travilah. A handful of kids at the bus stop in ES but tons of kids at the bus stop for MS and HS. Loved Travilah but it would have been fine to have more ES kids there. Travilah didn't have very many FARMS kids but did a lot to make sure that the FARMS kids did not feel left out. Our PTA always raised money for the guidance counselor to buy t-shirts for kids who couldn't afford them, give them credits to buy stuff at the book fair, cover the cost of field trips, pay for a homework club including bus service home for extra help after school, and other things. I think Travilah would welcome FARMS kids and they would do well there if their families were OK with a longer bus ride. Gaithersburg families protested very loudly when the possibility of coming to Wootton came up years ago because of the bus distance. I don't blame them because it is far away. I wouldn't want my kid on a long bus ride either.

MCPS is finally going to rezone some Rachel Carson kids into Dufief but haven't made any plans to increase the physical size of Frost or Wootton so no idea how that will play out. I think the problem is that the county doesn't have any money to expand Wootton. If they bring in more ES kids then they need to increase the size of Frost and Wootton. Wootton is physically a very small school and has never been renovated. 
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