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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That testimony makes a great point. Why rush to close Wootton and move its kids to Crown?  Is it to avoid the embarrassment of using it as a holding school for Magritte kids?  Don’t want those kids using the shiny new building?  Seems like the Magruder families want Crown and the Wootton families don’t. If it’s a question of money, wouldn’t it make sense to do this - unless MCPS has no intention of renovating Magruder in the next 5-10 years. And if it does, then there is money to remediate Wootton where it is AND move Magruder kids to Crown for a few years. Everybody wins. [/quote]

No, everyone does not win.

If you are from the Magruder community, I empathize with your frustration, and I am fine with you advocating for your own community and fighting to get what you want.  But please, for the love of G-d, let's have these Rockville folks (the city council, Wootton et. al) STOP acting like they are being gracious by saying that, "In addition to Wootton and Magruder students being held at Crown, we'll allow local kids (FRES and Rosemont Island 8) to attend the holding school too XD XD XD".  I hope you all realize how ridiculous that statement is.  So my children from the Fields Road cluster should start off for two years as a teeny tiny minority at "Magruder @ Crown", then two years later as the same teeny tiny minority at "Wootton @ Crown" and have no home school of their own?  It's a completely ridiculous suggestion.  You need to level and accept that when you fly signs stating "CROWN = HOLDING SCHOOL" you are NOT being equitable; you are advoacting AGAINST the interests of the local population for whom Crown was designed and by whom impact taxes were paid.  Again, if that is what you want to do for your community.  By all means, go ahead.  But don't act as though this does not affect others. I believe most of us from FRES and Crown would prefer to stay at QO and/or GHS than to become a tiny minority for years on end in an indefinite holding school.

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Wootton’s high performing cluster would remain intact, Magruder could use the school for renovations, that’s a pretty big incentive. It doesn’t make sense to prioritize Fields Road over that option. If you would prefer to stay at QO you could get a COSA. Whether you do or don’t, [b]you would be better off than you are today[/b]. That’s clearly the best option overall.[/quote]

Hand out bread and circuses much?  It's about making their facility situation and current Wootton's (and current QO...and current GHS...and current Churchill...and) relatively equitable.  [i]To each other[/i].  Start from that.

-- DP[/quote]

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