Anonymous
12/17/2025 16:30
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I went to the meeting- it was full of Fallsmead and local residents that don't even have kids in school and said during the breakout sessions they were worried about their property values. I totally understand no one wants a hole in the ground where Wootton was should the school move. But I also think some of the other schools who like (or at least are neutral) about option H are getting drowned out.
LOL This is Horizon Hill back in the 80s all over again, from the argument around property values to changing from being a walker to a bus rider. And guess what.. it turned out fine.
It’s fine as long as it’s somebody else losing the money. These people swallowed the loss and nobody cared.
MCPS is not in the real estate business, nor should it care about your property values.
Sorry.
Why shouldn’t they care? the property value goes down and so do the taxes.
Speaking of which, MoCo revenue is already down by a lot, and projected to decrease. So, it makes zero financial sense to have a brand new school a few miles away and fix Wootton, all while projected enrollment is expected to decrease.
Spoken from a true county perspective. Most people in Rockville are paying taxes to have amenities like schools close by. I think it's fine to force Potomac to go to Crown as they are likely fine with rolling around all day long anyway but picking up people from Rockville to go a whole town over. I think we can make room for them in RM and RHS. The ones that are already in Rockville proper.
What are you even talking about? You do know Potomac pays taxes as well yes? What an idiot.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 16:27
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
There will not be money to build new schools. The superintendent's CIP budget request has no chance of being fully funded. We'll finish Woodward and Crown, and then get Damascus started, but that's about it.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 16:18
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I went to the meeting- it was full of Fallsmead and local residents that don't even have kids in school and said during the breakout sessions they were worried about their property values. I totally understand no one wants a hole in the ground where Wootton was should the school move. But I also think some of the other schools who like (or at least are neutral) about option H are getting drowned out.
It wouldn't be a hole in the ground, it would be an operational holding school, to be used by a long list of HS and MS that need renovations.
They actually don’t know this for sure. Holding school is one idea but per the latest articles it’s not set in stone.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 16:15
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I went to the meeting- it was full of Fallsmead and local residents that don't even have kids in school and said during the breakout sessions they were worried about their property values. I totally understand no one wants a hole in the ground where Wootton was should the school move. But I also think some of the other schools who like (or at least are neutral) about option H are getting drowned out.
LOL This is Horizon Hill back in the 80s all over again, from the argument around property values to changing from being a walker to a bus rider. And guess what.. it turned out fine.
It’s fine as long as it’s somebody else losing the money. These people swallowed the loss and nobody cared.
MCPS is not in the real estate business, nor should it care about your property values.
Sorry.
Why shouldn’t they care? the property value goes down and so do the taxes.
+1
So much navel gazing that MCPS/MoCo lose sight of disappearing dollars. Just to prove everything is equitable.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 16:10
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:I went to the meeting- it was full of Fallsmead and local residents that don't even have kids in school and said during the breakout sessions they were worried about their property values. I totally understand no one wants a hole in the ground where Wootton was should the school move. But I also think some of the other schools who like (or at least are neutral) about option H are getting drowned out.
It wouldn't be a hole in the ground, it would be an operational holding school, to be used by a long list of HS and MS that need renovations.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 16:09
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I went to the meeting- it was full of Fallsmead and local residents that don't even have kids in school and said during the breakout sessions they were worried about their property values. I totally understand no one wants a hole in the ground where Wootton was should the school move. But I also think some of the other schools who like (or at least are neutral) about option H are getting drowned out.
LOL This is Horizon Hill back in the 80s all over again, from the argument around property values to changing from being a walker to a bus rider. And guess what.. it turned out fine.
It’s fine as long as it’s somebody else losing the money. These people swallowed the loss and nobody cared.
MCPS is not in the real estate business, nor should it care about your property values.
Sorry.
Why shouldn’t they care? the property value goes down and so do the taxes.
Speaking of which, MoCo revenue is already down by a lot, and projected to decrease. So, it makes zero financial sense to have a brand new school a few miles away and fix Wootton, all while projected enrollment is expected to decrease.
Spoken from a true county perspective. Most people in Rockville are paying taxes to have amenities like schools close by. I think it's fine to force Potomac to go to Crown as they are likely fine with rolling around all day long anyway but picking up people from Rockville to go a whole town over. I think we can make room for them in RM and RHS. The ones that are already in Rockville proper.
The Rockville city limits are not a factor in the boundary study.
We've already assessed that it's fine to leave MoCo because this is a structural problem forced on us by the state.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 16:06
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I went to the meeting- it was full of Fallsmead and local residents that don't even have kids in school and said during the breakout sessions they were worried about their property values. I totally understand no one wants a hole in the ground where Wootton was should the school move. But I also think some of the other schools who like (or at least are neutral) about option H are getting drowned out.
LOL This is Horizon Hill back in the 80s all over again, from the argument around property values to changing from being a walker to a bus rider. And guess what.. it turned out fine.
It’s fine as long as it’s somebody else losing the money. These people swallowed the loss and nobody cared.
MCPS is not in the real estate business, nor should it care about your property values.
Sorry.
Why shouldn’t they care? the property value goes down and so do the taxes.
Speaking of which, MoCo revenue is already down by a lot, and projected to decrease. So, it makes zero financial sense to have a brand new school a few miles away and fix Wootton, all while projected enrollment is expected to decrease.
Spoken from a true county perspective. Most people in Rockville are paying taxes to have amenities like schools close by. I think it's fine to force Potomac to go to Crown as they are likely fine with rolling around all day long anyway but picking up people from Rockville to go a whole town over. I think we can make room for them in RM and RHS. The ones that are already in Rockville proper.
The Rockville city limits are not a factor in the boundary study.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 15:58
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I went to the meeting- it was full of Fallsmead and local residents that don't even have kids in school and said during the breakout sessions they were worried about their property values. I totally understand no one wants a hole in the ground where Wootton was should the school move. But I also think some of the other schools who like (or at least are neutral) about option H are getting drowned out.
LOL This is Horizon Hill back in the 80s all over again, from the argument around property values to changing from being a walker to a bus rider. And guess what.. it turned out fine.
It’s fine as long as it’s somebody else losing the money. These people swallowed the loss and nobody cared.
MCPS is not in the real estate business, nor should it care about your property values.
Sorry.
Why shouldn’t they care? the property value goes down and so do the taxes.
Speaking of which, MoCo revenue is already down by a lot, and projected to decrease. So, it makes zero financial sense to have a brand new school a few miles away and fix Wootton, all while projected enrollment is expected to decrease.
Spoken from a true county perspective. Most people in Rockville are paying taxes to have amenities like schools close by. I think it's fine to force Potomac to go to Crown as they are likely fine with rolling around all day long anyway but picking up people from Rockville to go a whole town over. I think we can make room for them in RM and RHS. The ones that are already in Rockville proper.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 14:56
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I went to the meeting- it was full of Fallsmead and local residents that don't even have kids in school and said during the breakout sessions they were worried about their property values. I totally understand no one wants a hole in the ground where Wootton was should the school move. But I also think some of the other schools who like (or at least are neutral) about option H are getting drowned out.
LOL This is Horizon Hill back in the 80s all over again, from the argument around property values to changing from being a walker to a bus rider. And guess what.. it turned out fine.
It’s fine as long as it’s somebody else losing the money. These people swallowed the loss and nobody cared.
MCPS is not in the real estate business, nor should it care about your property values.
Sorry.
Why shouldn’t they care? the property value goes down and so do the taxes.
Speaking of which, MoCo revenue is already down by a lot, and projected to decrease. So, it makes zero financial sense to have a brand new school a few miles away and fix Wootton, all while projected enrollment is expected to decrease.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 14:54
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I went to the meeting- it was full of Fallsmead and local residents that don't even have kids in school and said during the breakout sessions they were worried about their property values. I totally understand no one wants a hole in the ground where Wootton was should the school move. But I also think some of the other schools who like (or at least are neutral) about option H are getting drowned out.
LOL This is Horizon Hill back in the 80s all over again, from the argument around property values to changing from being a walker to a bus rider. And guess what.. it turned out fine.
It’s fine as long as it’s somebody else losing the money. These people swallowed the loss and nobody cared.
MCPS' concern is not your property value, though I understand the angst around it.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 14:53
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I went to the meeting- it was full of Fallsmead and local residents that don't even have kids in school and said during the breakout sessions they were worried about their property values. I totally understand no one wants a hole in the ground where Wootton was should the school move. But I also think some of the other schools who like (or at least are neutral) about option H are getting drowned out.
LOL This is Horizon Hill back in the 80s all over again, from the argument around property values to changing from being a walker to a bus rider. And guess what.. it turned out fine.
It’s fine as long as it’s somebody else losing the money. These people swallowed the loss and nobody cared.
MCPS is not in the real estate business, nor should it care about your property values.
Sorry.
You'd be surprised who sits on those boards. Let's face it developers are going to make a boat load on building out the sparsely populated areas around Gaithersburg. The Washingtonian was just a test case.
Even if it is only an 8 people will shell out premium dollars for those schools, much more than they put into building it. Why? Because social status is mathematically challenged.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 14:34
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I went to the meeting- it was full of Fallsmead and local residents that don't even have kids in school and said during the breakout sessions they were worried about their property values. I totally understand no one wants a hole in the ground where Wootton was should the school move. But I also think some of the other schools who like (or at least are neutral) about option H are getting drowned out.
LOL This is Horizon Hill back in the 80s all over again, from the argument around property values to changing from being a walker to a bus rider. And guess what.. it turned out fine.
It’s fine as long as it’s somebody else losing the money. These people swallowed the loss and nobody cared.
MCPS is not in the real estate business, nor should it care about your property values.
Sorry.
Why shouldn’t they care? the property value goes down and so do the taxes.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 14:33
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:It is ridiculous that the BOE president in our table last night doesn’t even know what H is. She said it is a permanent move and a new building! Everyone at the table had to educate her first what H does. How hilarious!!!!
She seemed pretty clueless overall.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 14:29
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
It is ridiculous that the BOE president in our table last night doesn’t even know what H is. She said it is a permanent move and a new building! Everyone at the table had to educate her first what H does. How hilarious!!!!
Anonymous
12/17/2025 14:22
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I went to the meeting- it was full of Fallsmead and local residents that don't even have kids in school and said during the breakout sessions they were worried about their property values. I totally understand no one wants a hole in the ground where Wootton was should the school move. But I also think some of the other schools who like (or at least are neutral) about option H are getting drowned out.
LOL This is Horizon Hill back in the 80s all over again, from the argument around property values to changing from being a walker to a bus rider. And guess what.. it turned out fine.
It’s fine as long as it’s somebody else losing the money. These people swallowed the loss and nobody cared.
MCPS is not in the real estate business, nor should it care about your property values.
Sorry.