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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wait, this would just be a 2 year move, right?  They would rebuild Wotton and send kids back there when done? 
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No. Permanent move I believe for Option H. The money will go to fund Damascus or Magruder HS renovations. [/quote]

Just curious: aren't more people concerned about this? This seems like a pretty radical proposal. Admittedly, I am not very well versed in the issue. As I understand, the idea is to permanently close Wootton and, instead, open a new school in Gaithersburg. Am I missing something? Are Wootton families OK with this? What about families in Gaithersburg? Wasn't the new school supposed to address their issues?[/quote]

Wootton families don’t want to move but there isn’t a good choice. They want safe schools. It would still keep the Wootton name. It will also pull in surrounding neighborhoods so Wootton feeders plus some new ones. That will help the immediate neighborhood too. That said, the overcrowding issues this whole thing was supposed to address no longer apply. Overcrowding is not what it was ten years ago. In this option, moving Wootton to this new building, every single middle and high school except Churchill is under 100% utilization. Churchill is a couple of percents over but no one wants to leave so it is what it is.  [/quote]

Option H calls this cluster Crown, with Wootton in Parenthesis, which I take to mean that Wootton will be renamed to Crown. With all resulting possibilities, like the new Crown (Wootton) belonging to region 5, no longer 4. And Wootton no longer being a school, but possibly becoming the new holding school (and no significant fixes, like the proposal for SSIMS closing).

What do local families think of Wootton becoming a holding school? Concerns about traffic? Wootton Parkway is a one-lane road each side that is already clogged during school transit times.[/quote]

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