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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]i really dont understand the "save wootton" people. the "school" will still exist with the teachers and the programs. why do you cling to a crumbling building?[/quote]

Because it isn't about the school or the education.  It is about the property values.

That and the relatively normal human instinct to reflexively reject change of any kind.  Which, while understandable, is not persuasive.[/quote]

Their property values will not change over school boundaries.  It may change because of what is going on in the country right now.[/quote]

Not only will the property values change, but a huge draw for the county will be gone. High income earners that are looking to put down roots are looking at the ratio of home price to academic cluster success. [b]Wootton clears that hurdle for many, and the resulting Crown will not.[/b] Taylor has no skin in the game and will not feel the effects, but the County will.[/quote]

1. There is no (research-backed) reason to believe that Wootton at Crown will be meaningfully less "successful" than the current location.
2. The county will not lose high income earners because of this move.  There are plenty of other locations within the county with the same "ratio" that you describe.[/quote]

Of course there isn’t any Crown specific research. It’s not open yet. But [b]it’s common sense that there will be a dip [/b](potentially significant, depending on the past performance of the non-Wootton kids who get to go to Crown). Wootton at Crown may recover in 5-10 years, but the damage will be done.

Yes, the county will lose high income earners, likely to Virginia, as there will be one less “W” school. [/quote]

There is research, cited multiple times on this thread, that contradicts your "common sense."[/quote]

Feel free to share the research. I’d like to read it. [/quote]

There is a LOT of great research on this, but here’s one of my favorite summaries. It breaks down the positive benefits both for kids from lower-income backgrounds and those from the higher-resourced communities:

https://tcf.org/content/facts/the-benefits-of-socioeconomically-and-racially-integrated-schools-and-classrooms/[/quote]

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