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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Renovating/rebuilding Wootton is expected to cost almost $300M--of which $0 have been allocated at this time. Using Crown as the new Wootton would mean that MCPS could save that money, minus whatever it would cost to keep it functional and safe for use as a holding school. Further, having a holding school in general would allow Magruder to be rebuilt faster and at a savings of over $100M. That is close to half a BILLION dollars in savings for taxpayers. In the name of fiscal responsibility, how could we choose to do this plan?[/quote]

*edit: how could we NOT choose this plan?[/quote]

I mean people seem to think that Black and Brown kids are taking money meant for them (actually the opposite happens every year) and the BOE likes to listen to rich people so that's why.[/quote]

Our school is a dumb and far worse, but we know better than to complain and risk the school closing.[/quote]

It kind of seems like the posters saying that the population at Wootton should have just been quiet and not complain, should've just stayed silent and be the "model minority".

With Wootton always being overlooked for renovations and passed on for the CIP, one can't help but wonder and see the comparisons on how immigrant populations were at first regulated and confined in slums.[/quote]

Well, Wootton is being restricted to Region 4 now. No more access to magnets at Blair, Einstein, or Poolesville. Oh wait, is MCPS going to kick Wootton to Crown's Region 5? That means no access to RM either. So no access to any already established magnets - hmmmm...[/quote]

No, Wootton is restricted in Region 4 in all 8 options. Check out the articulation table on the boundary study website. If Crown is going to be used as a holding school, Region 5 will also have 4 HSs instead of 5. If Wootton is moved to Crown permanently (option H), the new Crown will be part of Region 4 and host programs that Wootton is supposed to host.[/quote]

Wootton moving to the Crown facility is a win for that community and for the new region 4. With Churchill, Wootton will have a good student cohort to rebuild an outstanding STEM program.[/quote]

Region 4 is in a lesser bad situation main because the cohort of high-achiever is large and strong, but still there’s an outcry of lacking teachers and resource to fund extra teachers, let alone magnet teachers. Wootton couldn’t even find an AP Calc teacher at the beginning of this semester.[/quote]

Not finding a teacher vs not having the class is very different.  We have classes with no teachers.  The teacher teachers another class and gives the one class assignments and videos.  [/quote]

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