Anonymous
01/12/2026 22:04
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Bring on your lawsuits Wootton - you may not move to Crown, but you sure as hell will be rezoned and that is the way it should be. You have no legal standing when MCPS says they rezoned some of you because of proximity.
Are you talking about closing Wootton or just rezoning some to crown? They’re completely different issues
I'm the poster you replied to. I'm talking about not moving Wootton to Crown, but going with another option and rezoning Wootton.
MCPS gave Wootton the option of staying together and adding Fields Rd. But because of the petition they will probably not do that.
But I hope they now rezone Wootton (not just Dufief but everyone in Crown's vicinity)
Move Travilah to QO.
Move Dufief to Crown.
Dufief, Travilah, Fallsmead, Fields Rd, Brown Station, StoneMill, Rachel Carson - no one should get any special treatment - move them all to the closest high school even if it means a split articulation.
House of cards
They need to restart boundary process to do that as none of the options have these.
Most likely it’s still crown as holding school. Mark my words
Or they could go with any of options A-D which they have already proposed with minor modifications.
Anonymous
01/12/2026 21:56
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There seems to be a much higher priority for Wootton parents on keeping the Wootton pkwy building open than on keeping the 6 ES’s together articulating together to the same school.
I would say that’s probably true. Many of them are split up between Wootton and Churchill after middle school anyway. We are extremely close to Wootton. Would have no problem with some movement where other very close in schools got redistricted to Wootton and those much further out redistricted elsewhere-but I want the school where it is.
That would be an interesting poll. If I were mcps, I'd try to find this out. They offered Crown thinking that was what many Wootton parents wanted (students suddenly get a new building and don't even need to go through the pain of a two year holding school). But there's a ton of pushback. I think it would be interesting to find out Wootton parents' perspective on a) keep the community together in the new Crown building(and add another ES in) versus b) keep the old Wootton building, and stick with wherever it is on the improvement list, but remain the school remains subject to redrawing the lines as described in Options 1-G.
Anonymous
01/12/2026 21:55
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Bring on your lawsuits Wootton - you may not move to Crown, but you sure as hell will be rezoned and that is the way it should be. You have no legal standing when MCPS says they rezoned some of you because of proximity.
Are you talking about closing Wootton or just rezoning some to crown? They’re completely different issues
I'm the poster you replied to. I'm talking about not moving Wootton to Crown, but going with another option and rezoning Wootton.
MCPS gave Wootton the option of staying together and adding Fields Rd. But because of the petition they will probably not do that.
But I hope they now rezone Wootton (not just Dufief but everyone in Crown's vicinity)
Move Travilah to QO.
Move Dufief to Crown.
Dufief, Travilah, Fallsmead, Fields Rd, Brown Station, StoneMill, Rachel Carson - no one should get any special treatment - move them all to the closest high school even if it means a split articulation.
House of cards
They need to restart boundary process to do that as none of the options have these.
Most likely it’s still crown as holding school. Mark my words
Anonymous
01/12/2026 21:53
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Bring on your lawsuits Wootton - you may not move to Crown, but you sure as hell will be rezoned and that is the way it should be. You have no legal standing when MCPS says they rezoned some of you because of proximity.
Are you talking about closing Wootton or just rezoning some to crown? They’re completely different issues
I'm the poster you replied to. I'm talking about not moving Wootton to Crown, but going with another option and rezoning Wootton.
MCPS gave Wootton the option of staying together and adding Fields Rd. But because of the petition they will probably not do that.
But I hope they now rezone Wootton (not just Dufief but everyone in Crown's vicinity)
Move Travilah to QO.
Move Dufief to Crown.
Dufief, Travilah, Fallsmead, Fields Rd, Brown Station, StoneMill, Rachel Carson - no one should get any special treatment - move them all to the closest high school even if it means a split articulation.
House of cards
That’s different from the lawsuit discussed for several pages
Anonymous
01/12/2026 21:37
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Bring on your lawsuits Wootton - you may not move to Crown, but you sure as hell will be rezoned and that is the way it should be. You have no legal standing when MCPS says they rezoned some of you because of proximity.
Are you talking about closing Wootton or just rezoning some to crown? They’re completely different issues
I'm the poster you replied to. I'm talking about not moving Wootton to Crown, but going with another option and rezoning Wootton.
MCPS gave Wootton the option of staying together and adding Fields Rd. But because of the petition they will probably not do that.
But I hope they now rezone Wootton (not just Dufief but everyone in Crown's vicinity)
Move Travilah to QO.
Move Dufief to Crown.
Dufief, Travilah, Fallsmead, Fields Rd, Brown Station, StoneMill, Rachel Carson - no one should get any special treatment - move them all to the closest high school even if it means a split articulation.
House of cards
Anonymous
01/12/2026 21:12
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:There seems to be a much higher priority for Wootton parents on keeping the Wootton pkwy building open than on keeping the 6 ES’s together articulating together to the same school.
I would say that’s probably true. Many of them are split up between Wootton and Churchill after middle school anyway. We are extremely close to Wootton. Would have no problem with some movement where other very close in schools got redistricted to Wootton and those much further out redistricted elsewhere-but I want the school where it is.
Anonymous
01/12/2026 20:59
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
There seems to be a much higher priority for Wootton parents on keeping the Wootton pkwy building open than on keeping the 6 ES’s together articulating together to the same school.
Anonymous
01/12/2026 20:58
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:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Do any of the proposals move Wootton kids to Gaithersburg HS? That's what I'd like to see.
You need to get a life. Fantasizing others suffer is just evil.
Going to Gaithersburg HS is "suffering"?
Sounds like we need more people with money to have a stake in the game.
Forcing students to be bused miles away from a high-performing, stable school to a lower-performing school is no harm? Longer commutes, disruption to their coursework and supporting peers are real impact on our children.
It will be good for them to get out of their country club bubble wrapped existence.
I don’t think you have ever actually been to a Wootton neighborhood. Because I have lived in one for 10 years and don’t know a single family who is privileged the way you think they are. And I certainly don’t know anyone in my neighborhood who belongs to a country club. I really think you must have us confused with Whitman or private schools.
If your response to attending a HS 3 miles away is "Fantasizing others suffer is just evil".... you need to get out more. Your kids will benefit. Exploring their world more than 2 miles beyond their home might give them an awesome college essay topic.
And Lakewood Country Club is right by Wootton.
People pay hundreds of thousands and live in much smaller houses than they would otherwise to be close to schools. This is reality you can go into Zillow or redfin. Take Urbana for example. Houses around Urbana HS are much smaller and cost much more than ones even a mile or two away.
We happen to be shopping for house now. This is the reality. House half a mile from the schools costs the same as one two miles from the schools but is older, half as big, smaller lot, etc.
Sounds like we'd all be better off invested in the idea that all schools should be good.
Anonymous
01/12/2026 20:35
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:Do any of the proposals move Wootton kids to Gaithersburg HS? That's what I'd like to see.
You need to get a life. Fantasizing others suffer is just evil.
Going to Gaithersburg HS is "suffering"?
Sounds like we need more people with money to have a stake in the game.
Forcing students to be bused miles away from a high-performing, stable school to a lower-performing school is no harm? Longer commutes, disruption to their coursework and supporting peers are real impact on our children.
It will be good for them to get out of their country club bubble wrapped existence.
I don’t think you have ever actually been to a Wootton neighborhood. Because I have lived in one for 10 years and don’t know a single family who is privileged the way you think they are. And I certainly don’t know anyone in my neighborhood who belongs to a country club. I really think you must have us confused with Whitman or private schools.
If your response to attending a HS 3 miles away is "Fantasizing others suffer is just evil".... you need to get out more. Your kids will benefit. Exploring their world more than 2 miles beyond their home might give them an awesome college essay topic.
And Lakewood Country Club is right by Wootton.
People pay hundreds of thousands and live in much smaller houses than they would otherwise to be close to schools. This is reality you can go into Zillow or redfin. Take Urbana for example. Houses around Urbana HS are much smaller and cost much more than ones even a mile or two away.
We happen to be shopping for house now. This is the reality. House half a mile from the schools costs the same as one two miles from the schools but is older, half as big, smaller lot, etc.
That's on them, especially if they overpaid.
Anonymous
01/12/2026 20:22
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Bring on your lawsuits Wootton - you may not move to Crown, but you sure as hell will be rezoned and that is the way it should be. You have no legal standing when MCPS says they rezoned some of you because of proximity.
Are you talking about closing Wootton or just rezoning some to crown? They’re completely different issues
Replacing the Wootton building with the Crown building, and rezoning some to Gaithersburg and RM.
Wow at first it’s Wootton is just moved there
Then it’s we’re just adding crown
Then it became we are adding fields road
Then we need to rezone Dufief and cold spring
Now it’s rezone some to Gaithersburg and RM
We knew it. It’s not just moving Wootton to crown. It’s closing Wootton and spread Wootton assets around.
Boo hoo.
Anonymous
01/12/2026 20:08
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Bring on your lawsuits Wootton - you may not move to Crown, but you sure as hell will be rezoned and that is the way it should be. You have no legal standing when MCPS says they rezoned some of you because of proximity.
Are you talking about closing Wootton or just rezoning some to crown? They’re completely different issues
Replacing the Wootton building with the Crown building, and rezoning some to Gaithersburg and RM.
Wow at first it’s Wootton is just moved there
Then it’s we’re just adding crown
Then it became we are adding fields road
Then we need to rezone Dufief and cold spring
Now it’s rezone some to Gaithersburg and RM
We knew it. It’s not just moving Wootton to crown. It’s closing Wootton and spread Wootton assets around.
Anonymous
01/12/2026 19:50
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Bring on your lawsuits Wootton - you may not move to Crown, but you sure as hell will be rezoned and that is the way it should be. You have no legal standing when MCPS says they rezoned some of you because of proximity.
Are you talking about closing Wootton or just rezoning some to crown? They’re completely different issues
Replacing the Wootton building with the Crown building, and rezoning some to Gaithersburg and RM.
Anonymous
01/12/2026 19:41
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Bring on your lawsuits Wootton - you may not move to Crown, but you sure as hell will be rezoned and that is the way it should be. You have no legal standing when MCPS says they rezoned some of you because of proximity.
Are you talking about closing Wootton or just rezoning some to crown? They’re completely different issues
Anonymous
01/12/2026 19:16
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Bring on your lawsuits Wootton - you may not move to Crown, but you sure as hell will be rezoned and that is the way it should be. You have no legal standing when MCPS says they rezoned some of you because of proximity.
+1. And I'm not usually one to support lawyers, but in this case your attorney fees act as a sort of Karen tax.
Anonymous
01/12/2026 18:59
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Bring on your lawsuits Wootton - you may not move to Crown, but you sure as hell will be rezoned and that is the way it should be. You have no legal standing when MCPS says they rezoned some of you because of proximity.