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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Probably a random question, but does anyone know what percentage of Wootton students are in the walk zone (currently)? And how that compares to other schools?

I feel like it has to be pretty high, right? My sample pool is pretty limited, but I think almost all the Wootton families I know are walkers. Which makes sense, I guess - there's nothing around there but houses.

I'm worried MCPS will shoot itself in the foot with Option H. The County Council has been beating the "more housing" drum, many schools are overcrowded, and I really question whether closing a school is the best idea in the long term. I also don't really see the actual cost savings amounting to so much that it's worth it -- MOE payments will be unchanged. Wootton isn't even on the CIP right now, so it's no additional money would be freed up. If Wootton is kept as a holding school, we're not going to save money on operations/maintenance. And we'd have to pay to bus all those current walkers to Crown. New buses will need to be purchased, new drivers hired, etc. I guess we'd save some on salaries for staff at Crown, if Wootton teachers are moved there? But really, that seems like a negligible cost in the grand scheme of things. And MCPS apparently has the funds to build a new central office building and campus, so the situation can't be that dire. Oh, and let's not forget the Gaithersburg area kids who would be effed over by losing the new school they've been promised.

Overall, I just don't buy that Option H would benefit the County in any real way. I think it's short-sighted. A very cynical part of me wonders if it was put out there to shock the Wootton community into shutting up about rebuilding the school. Seems like the general ask now is if you will please just put some duct tape over the gas leaks and make sure the toilets flush, we will stop bugging you  😂[/quote]

Mcps is going to need way more buses for all the schools. Have you noticed they aren’t being transparent with costs for all this.  [/quote]

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