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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]It's still crazy to close one of the top public high schools in the state unless you value equity over excellence in which case it makes perfect sense.[/quote]

Why do you think excellence will decrease in the new building? [/quote]

Black kids and a lesser town’s name in the address. Half of the IB parents think it was in Potomac to begin with. That sort of delusion was never going be able to absorb the slight of rubbing their faces the county’s indifference. Half of them think this is about Whitman levels of resentment but nobody cares about a Rockville school. It’s not rich enough to be important or poor enough to be cool and school status or envy is really neighborhood status/envy. They spent a generation thinking “at least we are not gaithersburg” and presto change-o now they are. When they talk about losing their identity, thats the identity they are talking about. With some more poor kids thrown into the mix they will slide down academic rankings a tad too and then just be another middle tier not W school regardless of their motivated Asian population.  They were comfortable as a faux W “North” Potomac school with good test scores. [/quote]

Lol OMG this is it! Well said [/quote]

+1 PP wins this thread[/quote]

For stupid, yes.[/quote]

Man Crown parents are sensitive [/quote]

Crown parents probably have more money than Wootton given housing prices.  [/quote]

Actually not. Yes, the SFHs are absurdly expensive, but that's a very small percentage of the housing there.[/quote]

The townhomes are a million or more too.

I don't get the concern for other kids' test scores.  It helps your kids with college admissions not to be in such a competitive environment.  Then, these same parents complain about their kids college acceptances.[/quote]

Townhouse kids don’t belong at Wootton.[/quote]

There are townhouse kids there now.  So, should they all be transfered asap as well as any student without a 3.5 GPA and 1400 SAT?[/quote]

i’m trying to figure out how many times you have made this same comment about gpa and sat score. It’s been multiple times on multiple threads. I would guess maybe we are up to at least a dozen but probably more. Are you really this stupid that you just keep making the same comment over and over thinking it’s just so clever?[/quote]

The complaint is bringing in students who are lower achieving so it makes sense to set a minimum standard for all Wootton students.  [/quote]

The PP is trying to be snarky, but failing. Wootton has high academic achievement and graduation rate. It’s likely these will decrease with the move to Crown, which is why many families have expressed concern. Instead of acknowledging this likelihood, the trolls on this thread choose ridicule to delegitimize it. Reputation of a high school matters, whether it’s academics or sports - both of which drive home purchase decisions.

Perhaps Wootton won’t take much of an academic hit. But if it does, history will not look favorably on MCPS for its decision. [/quote]

And, that is not an issue for their kids.   Their kids will still be high achieving.

Personally, given the last ten years of violent incidents I think they could use a fresh start.  [/quote]

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