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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those in the Wootton Cluster advocating for Option "W," it's not clear to me what their option means with regard to which building becomes a holding school for MCPS, which is absolutely needed.

Is Option W advocating for Crown to be that holding school, as Taylor proposed? Is it not taking a stance on that?

If it's the latter, I think that sinks Option W because a secondary holding school is absolutely necessary for all of the schools currently in and likely to be moved into the CIP.

Also, if Wootton is advocating to be included in the CIP, who are they advocating be bumped out? I'm not seeing how they're creating leverage with Option W. It just basically seems like the Wootton Cluster wants its cake and to eat it too.[/quote]

Wootton does not want to serve as a holding school. That position is independent of whether MCPS ultimately designates Crown as a holding school. Framing this as a black-and-white choice oversimplifies the situation. Taylor is already exploring a P3 model for school renovations, which makes it possible for two or even three schools to be renovated at the same time

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You are kidding yourself if you think the choice is independent of the Crown decision. In order for Wootton to be added to the CIP as advocated, SOMETHING needs to be removed to add Wootton to the CIP.

MCPS already stated there would be serious savings in time and money if Damascus, which is the only high school currently in the CIP, was able to use Crown as a holding school. It sounds like they might have been willing, based on the Wootton community's advocacy for a safe and modern building, to shift them into Crown and use Wootton as the holding school, but it appears the Wootton community is rejecting that too.

The only other alternative to make Option W happen would be for Wootton to ask for Damascus to be bumped from the current CIP and added in its place. Is that what Option W is asking for? Again, Option W wants to wave a magic wand without making any difficult decisions or tradeoffs but doesn't explain how or why that would be feasible.[/quote]

You seem confused. Damascus is already  on the CIP first in line. Wootton is not any closer to Damascus than Crown is. They can use Crown as a holding school. We aren’t advocating to push Damascus out. [b]We are advocating for the short term emergency repairs that won’t require us to use a holding school. and then wait our turn on the CIP for the larger scale renovation[/b]. [/quote]

So you want two bites at the apple. Again, from an advocacy perspective, I'm not sure how that makes sense where there are finite resources, declining enrollments and increasing costs for construction.

How much would the short-term emergency repairs be? And does it make sense to do a emergency repairs and then a large scale renovation both? Or does Wootton need to be a complete teardown and rebuild?

Has the Wootton Cluster done the homework behind its Option W to make a compelling case here? Based on what I've seen thus far, not so much.[/quote]

I tend to agree. Wootton wants repairs but doesn’t want to use a holding school? Do you think the other schools like Damascus WANT to move to a holding school for repairs? You’ll need to craft a better argument here. [/quote]
Wootton families are more than happy to use Crown as a holding school while Wootton is renovated or rebuilt.  What they don't want if for Crown to become the new Wootton permanently and for Wootton to be razed or used as a holding school.[/quote]

If you want it rebuilt, wait your turn.  You are on the list but refuse to wait and want imediate priority.  [/quote]

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