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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's the guarantee the board doesn't goof up and rename Wootton to Crown in Option H?  The map shows the HS name as Crown not Wootton for Option H.   Renaming Wootton would be a disaster for kids college prospects.[/quote]

This has to be a joke. Colleges are not as dumb as this comment is. Do you truly believe that colleges will not understand that a school was renamed? This is not novel and has happened recently as schools distance themselves from names of confederates.[/quote]

I am also concerned about name change in option H. Renaming Wootton (because of who T. Wootton was) is a separate issue. Option H changes the school's boundary (if in a limited way). To me, this is different from mere renaming. This is changing Wootton into a different school. Tradition and reputation will be affected.[/quote]

You're correct that moving to the Crown location will change the current Wootton cluster's geographic center and any future redistricting might have the school include more portions of Gaithersburg (and, to name what you are talking about, people of color) as they will now be in much closer proximity. But that is a very different issue that a simple rename which is what could happen here given that 1) there is no plan to move any additional students, save a small portion of Rosemont ES, into the current Wootton cluster 2) can you even imagine another secondary school boundary study after this one? The county is too broke and exhausted to even consider taking that on within the next decade or two. [/quote]

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