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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I watched yesterday's video recording, and it was not a pleasant experience. BOE chose to let the CO staff to defend their projection, whereas Wootton parents insisted their data were flawed. So they ended up in stuck, and BOE apparently firmly believed in the former. It's a lost war to me from a spectator's perspective. [/quote]

That sets up the BOE’s decision as being arbitrary and capricious. Disregarding clear data flaws is the very definition. If the BOE were smart (and honest) it would redo its numbers. But that would mean Wootton can’t move to Crown in the fall of 2027. [/quote]

The data doesn’t seem flawed. I’ve watched all the presentations even the joint one with planning board. It all seems very defensible and would withstand legal challenge. [/quote]

A court looks at everything - it’s not obligated to believe anyone. [/quote]

Uh no.
No, they look at the record before it. And will defer to policy makers when reasoned. Seems reasoned here. I wouldn’t want to be the one wasting money on this suit. MCPS will win despite you not liking it.[/quote]

Suing because you didn’t get the outcome you wanted is such a waste of money…why won’t they learn that MCPS and the BOE can make these decisions? They choose to give communities a voice…it doesn’t mean they have to agree with what is said.[/quote]

Lawsuits will turn up corruption. This whole process has been bizarre and there is no logical argument as to why Wootton should close but Magruder remain open. Hold them to the fire and let’s see what turns up.[/quote]

And then this board will light up complaining about all the money MCPS spent on lawsuits…it’s like a full circle, that we end up causing.[/quote]

If everything is on the up and up, why is MCPS (and posters on DCUM) afraid of what it might uncover?  If there’s such confidence, then the case should get dismissed quickly, so little to no legal expenses. Then again, MCPS blew millions on a case that went all the way to the Supreme Court when if had a very inexpensive alternative it could have taken (but flatly refused, even though it had done it before). [/quote]

This logic is so faulty.  Filing lawsuits because you don’t like something and want to see what if “something sticks.”

Do you welcome any and all lawsuits that anybody could file against you in your personal and professional capacity because you are confident you have done nothing wrong?

Or maybe do you see it as a wasteful drain on time and resources?[/quote]

Litigation is often the only way for the truth to come out. Maybe MCPS should have thought about the risk of litigation before it cooked up Option H and tried to sneak it past everyone over the holidays?  Why do that if it was perfectly legal?  Why fear litigation if MCPS is right?  Indeed, the case should get dismissed quickly if MCPS is right.

Then again, MCPS thought it was right until the Supreme Court told it that it was dead wrong. Likewise, MCPS broke the rules when it bought EV buses. Seems like MCPS can get important matters very wrong. [/quote]

People keep trying to make this point that they snuck it in before the holidays and no one had a chance to comment or respond to it. This is demonstrably false. There was a survey, which a lot of people in the Wootton cluster responded to, and there have been public meetings. They can’t make people engage.[/quote]

Go ahead and tell us what the survey results were. And while you’re at it, what was the community’s response at the public meetings?  They didn’t have to make anyone engage - sneaking in Option H in early December guaranteed community response would be delayed until after the 1st of the year. Then a snowstorm hit and meetings were canceled.

So yeah, MCPS gave little time for a response. But when that response came, it was loud and unequivocal but MCPS ignored it anyway. [/quote]

Just because the opposition is loud, doesn't mean MCPS or the BOE needs to follow it.

MCPS has already incorporated feedback into the process (moving Cold Spring into Churchill, moved Fields Road to Wootton). They've held multiple meetings and took many survey results. There's been a robust debate between all the stakeholders.

This kind of decision isn't decided by whether a school population supports it or not; there's going to be various trade-offs of any decision, even maintaining the status quo.

MCPS and BOE need to make decisions based on the entire county holistically and not let the process to be hijacked by an outspoken minority.[/quote]

The survey has come out overwhelmingly against the proposal. It has been dismissed as manipulated.

And yet it aligns with the meetings held have been filled with people who vehemently opposed to the proposal.

All because MCPS and BOE obviously decided the outcome on their own, outside the process, because they think they know better.

Subverting the will of the community is unacceptable. It's unacceptable at the national level and it's unacceptable at the local level. This was not done properly, full stop, and the community has shown it is not going to roll over on this. It's time to go back to the drawing board.

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I understand, to a point, that Wootton parents are worried about change and it really comes from the concern about your kids and their education. That’s important and feels very personal.

That said, from the outside, this proposal makes sense. You’ll still have a great school and a much better building and the school district can use the brand new building it paid for. Unless there’s truly something the rest of us aren’t seeing, you all seem like you’re overreacting big time.[/quote]

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