Anonymous
01/11/2026 10:03
Subject: Re: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:Wootton + Fields Rd + Rosemont - Dufief - Travilah = Crown? Is that it?
No lol what????
Wootton + Horizon Hill - Dufief - Travilah.
Send Fields Road, Rosemont, Dufief, Travilah, and everyone to where it geographically makes most sense.
Makes most geographic sense to send Fields Rd to Crown. Bless them they are wonderful people.
Yes! I would be furious if I can see Crown HS from my house but unable to attend.
I would be furious if I can see Wootton HS from my house but unable to attend and have to be bussed to crown.
But Wootton HS will be torn down and won't exist, so that problem would be solved...
Anonymous
01/11/2026 10:02
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 think they would have been better off proposing a total redrawing of the boundaries instead of this absolute ridiculousness. We specifically didn’t buy into Dufief or Travilah because we honestly just assumed it was a matter of time until they got redistricted. They are not even close to Wootton and it makes no sense at all for them to go there.
It’s way harder to push against a change that makes logical geographical sense.
Same here. That’s why I bought walking distance of Wootton!
Us too. We looked at several Dufief houses when we were moving from a Brown Station house. I wasn't against our kids going to QO or Crown, but we ended up buying walking distance to Wootton to not have to deal with the uncertainty of the boundary study. Joke's on us.
You never know what is going to happen. Even this, even this, superintendent recognizes serious pushback.
The thing is that any option that moves a group of kids will be "push backed" against by those parents. The rest of us think it's fine, and in fact, makes sense. To me, the Wootton folks seem like whiners.
Anonymous
01/11/2026 09:47
Subject: Re:Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wootton + Fields Rd + Rosemont - Dufief - Travilah = Crown? Is that it?
No lol what????
Wootton + Horizon Hill - Dufief - Travilah.
Send Fields Road, Rosemont, Dufief, Travilah, and everyone to where it geographically makes most sense.
Makes most geographic sense to send Fields Rd to Crown. Bless them they are wonderful people.
Yes! I would be furious if I can see Crown HS from my house but unable to attend.
You can be furious, but this is the case all across MCPS. The location of the HS all across the county are not equidistant to each other, so the boundaries are drawn such that some homes are closer to one HS but they are zoned for another HS further away.
Anonymous
01/11/2026 09:43
Subject: Re:Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wootton + Fields Rd + Rosemont - Dufief - Travilah = Crown? Is that it?
No lol what????
Wootton + Horizon Hill - Dufief - Travilah.
Send Fields Road, Rosemont, Dufief, Travilah, and everyone to where it geographically makes most sense.
For the last time, HH doesn't want to go to Wootton. Most of the parents in HH with kids in MCPS prefer to stay at RM.
Fallsgrove should go to Crown, though.
Anonymous
01/11/2026 09:42
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:I think they would have been better off proposing a total redrawing of the boundaries instead of this absolute ridiculousness. We specifically didn’t buy into Dufief or Travilah because we honestly just assumed it was a matter of time until they got redistricted. They are not even close to Wootton and it makes no sense at all for them to go there.
It’s way harder to push against a change that makes logical geographical sense.
This. Geography should always be the #1 factor.
Anonymous
01/11/2026 09:33
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:I don't have any information about lawsuits but my guess is that they are arguing discrimination. That's how a huge # of lawsuits in the education space are framed. A few years ago, I think MCPS would have fought that type of case but given the current political climate, I'm guessing they don't want to take that on.
On what basis?
Anonymous
01/11/2026 09:32
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:I'm not saying Fields Road ES shouldn't go to Crown.
But look at the map overview for Shady Grove Middle School.
Taunton Drive is literally adjacent to the parking lot to Shady Grove Middle school. But students that live on that street and connecting neighborhood gets bussed 2 miles away to Gaithersburg Middle School.
It's even a worse case than Fields Road ES, which has a highway and about a mile separating the Fields Road community from Crown High school.
So wouldn't be the first time MCPS buses students past a school within sight of another school from their neighborhood.
True, but these current boundary studies were intended to fix those issues, not create new ones.
Anonymous
01/11/2026 09:04
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
I don't have any information about lawsuits but my guess is that they are arguing discrimination. That's how a huge # of lawsuits in the education space are framed. A few years ago, I think MCPS would have fought that type of case but given the current political climate, I'm guessing they don't want to take that on.
Anonymous
01/10/2026 23:54
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
I'm not saying Fields Road ES shouldn't go to Crown.
But look at the map overview for Shady Grove Middle School.
Taunton Drive is literally adjacent to the parking lot to Shady Grove Middle school. But students that live on that street and connecting neighborhood gets bussed 2 miles away to Gaithersburg Middle School.
It's even a worse case than Fields Road ES, which has a highway and about a mile separating the Fields Road community from Crown High school.
So wouldn't be the first time MCPS buses students past a school within sight of another school from their neighborhood.
But look at the map overview for Shady Grove Middle School.
Taunton Drive is literally adjacent to the parking lot to Shady Grove Middle school. But students that live on that street and connecting neighborhood gets bussed 2 miles away to Gaithersburg Middle School.
It's even a worse case than Fields Road ES, which has a highway and about a mile separating the Fields Road community from Crown High school.
So wouldn't be the first time MCPS buses students past a school within sight of another school from their neighborhood.
Anonymous
01/10/2026 23:21
Subject: Re:Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wootton + Fields Rd + Rosemont - Dufief - Travilah = Crown? Is that it?
No lol what????
Wootton + Horizon Hill - Dufief - Travilah.
Send Fields Road, Rosemont, Dufief, Travilah, and everyone to where it geographically makes most sense.
Makes most geographic sense to send Fields Rd to Crown. Bless them they are wonderful people.
Yes! I would be furious if I can see Crown HS from my house but unable to attend.
I would be furious if I can see Wootton HS from my house but unable to attend and have to be bussed to crown.
Anonymous
01/10/2026 21:59
Subject: Re:Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wootton + Fields Rd + Rosemont - Dufief - Travilah = Crown? Is that it?
No lol what????
Wootton + Horizon Hill - Dufief - Travilah.
Send Fields Road, Rosemont, Dufief, Travilah, and everyone to where it geographically makes most sense.
Makes most geographic sense to send Fields Rd to Crown. Bless them they are wonderful people.
Yes! I would be furious if I can see Crown HS from my house but unable to attend.
Anonymous
01/10/2026 21:53
Subject: Re:Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wootton + Fields Rd + Rosemont - Dufief - Travilah = Crown? Is that it?
No lol what????
Wootton + Horizon Hill - Dufief - Travilah.
Send Fields Road, Rosemont, Dufief, Travilah, and everyone to where it geographically makes most sense.
Makes most geographic sense to send Fields Rd to Crown. Bless them they are wonderful people.
Anonymous
01/10/2026 21:49
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 think they would have been better off proposing a total redrawing of the boundaries instead of this absolute ridiculousness. We specifically didn’t buy into Dufief or Travilah because we honestly just assumed it was a matter of time until they got redistricted. They are not even close to Wootton and it makes no sense at all for them to go there.
It’s way harder to push against a change that makes logical geographical sense.
Same here. That’s why I bought walking distance of Wootton!
Us too. We looked at several Dufief houses when we were moving from a Brown Station house. I wasn't against our kids going to QO or Crown, but we ended up buying walking distance to Wootton to not have to deal with the uncertainty of the boundary study. Joke's on us.
You never know what is going to happen. Even this, even this, superintendent recognizes serious pushback.
What???
Anonymous
01/10/2026 21:47
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think they would have been better off proposing a total redrawing of the boundaries instead of this absolute ridiculousness. We specifically didn’t buy into Dufief or Travilah because we honestly just assumed it was a matter of time until they got redistricted. They are not even close to Wootton and it makes no sense at all for them to go there.
It’s way harder to push against a change that makes logical geographical sense.
Same here. That’s why I bought walking distance of Wootton!
Us too. We looked at several Dufief houses when we were moving from a Brown Station house. I wasn't against our kids going to QO or Crown, but we ended up buying walking distance to Wootton to not have to deal with the uncertainty of the boundary study. Joke's on us.
You never know what is going to happen. Even this, even this, superintendent recognizes serious pushback.
Anonymous
01/10/2026 21:24
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Also the distance from the Crown site for the two schools are:
Fields Road ES: 1.8 miles
Brown Station: 4.2 to 4.7 miles depending on route
Moving Fields Road from QO to anywhere other than Crown doesn't make sense.
Especially taking into account FARMS rates. Why would you take add two schools with FARMS rate of about 50 percent to a school that is projected to be close to capacity and also has a FARMS rate of around 60 percent?
AND there is more development proposed and going on around Gaithersburg? The green area by Rio Lake? Lakeforest mall?
Fields Road ES: 1.8 miles
Brown Station: 4.2 to 4.7 miles depending on route
Moving Fields Road from QO to anywhere other than Crown doesn't make sense.
Especially taking into account FARMS rates. Why would you take add two schools with FARMS rate of about 50 percent to a school that is projected to be close to capacity and also has a FARMS rate of around 60 percent?
AND there is more development proposed and going on around Gaithersburg? The green area by Rio Lake? Lakeforest mall?