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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]The irony that a few decades ago Ritchie Park families went BALLISTIC when they were moved from Wootton to Richard Montgomery because they were almost all walkers and then were bussed instead.

But the board is like hmmm, let’s move Wayside to Wootton and not even consider Ritchie Park right up the street and convert them back to walkers, tells you everything you need to know about how f’d up this entire thing is. [/quote]

I am shocked how many of these plans have walkers less than 1/2 mile (way less than the 2 mile) getting bused to other high schools.

I honestly thought they were going to clean up a lot of congestion and all of these plans make it worse for almost every high school. [/quote]

The biggest shock is that 2 of the 4 options keep the Rio area bused all the way to Wootton instead of walking across Fields to attend Crown HS. Dumbest thing I’ve seen. [/quote]

While I'm not a big fan of split articulation, I do see the argument for moving the Fallsmead triangle since they can walk to Crown. What worries me is that if they move the Fallsmead triangle to Crown, that could mean they are choosing one of their pro-split articulation options (options 2 and 4) that also involve things like breaking up Lakewood to send a small group to Crown that most definitely cannot walk there. I'm wondering how much they see these options as grouped together such that making one change will imply others, particularly for schools currently in the same cluster like Fallsmead and Lakewood.[/quote]

I think the reason they are sending that small Lakewood group to Crown along with the Fallsmead triangle in those pro-split articulation options is because they *do* think the Lakewood group is walking distance to Crown. Despite it being a 45 minute walk along busy/dangerous roads. It's insanity!!! [/quote]

Nobody will let their kids walk 45 min each way on high way 28 everyday. BOE needs to withdraw these asinine options. [/quote]

Right. Designating this Lakewood neighborhood as walking distance to Crown is effectively just taking bus service away from the neighborhood and forcing the parents to figure out driving options. Because walking is not viable. And of course this will just increase any traffic/congestion issues. [/quote]

The boundary study won't actually determine which neighborhoods get bus service to Crown. That'll come later when transportation does an analysis.[/quote]

If they aren’t expecting to save on buses due to false perceptions of what’s walkable, it’s extra confusing why they are messing with that Lakewood neighborhood. Do those few kids have a big impact on demographics?  
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It feels like MCPS and BOE are unfairly targeting the Wootton district—almost as if there’s a deliberate effort to disrupt our community. None of the options offers any benefit in any school demographics, but they just want some Wootton neighborhoods to be split out for the sake of change and pay the price for their agenda. [/quote]

This is what is happening with *every* cluster. No cluster is being left alone - they are all being shifted and moved around. Wootton is not different.  And again, there is a new school being built and Wootton is one of the closest clusters to it - where do you expect the children to come from to populate a new school?[/quote]

Wootton is under capacity and the reason to build crown is because RM QO Gaithersburg are overcrowded. Guess what? they are not that overcrowded and can’t fill a brand new high school. Now Wootton is the victim for this political exercise.[/quote]

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