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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just wondering, is that possible to keep all current clusters and initiate a selective admissions program to Crown HS, like Thomas Jefferson?[/quote]
Second this.[/quote]

Too controversial..[/quote]

It’s really the best option. A good magnet program strengthens the crown high school. Why force people in Churchill and Wootton to leave and cause so much stress and disruption? Especially for Wootton, the parts get split in all options are really the relatively poorer ones in Wootton and many have been affected by federal Reduction in Force and lost jobs this year. Life has been hard for them and why add another burden?  Let people who want to be at crown to attend crown. 
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Seriously! Prior boards made a huge costly mistake with Crown and now they and MCPS staff are pushing to try and salvage the situation. We didn’t need another school when an addition at 4 high schools would have addressed capacity which was the primary reason for building it in the first place. Now you force disruption when most people of all SES prefer to be local to home.

Having an incredible magnet school would naturally pull kids from all over including W schools and it could be made equitable to have a strong population from upcountry and east county. [/quote]
some of the HS don't have room for additions.  But, even if they did, the cost of additions for 4 to 6 HS would be more than building one brand new HS.  That's why building a home from scratch is often cheaper than renovating an existing.

Also, this would not address the MS capacity issues.[/quote]

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