Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 21:13     Subject: Wootton currently rated a 10 and Gaithersburg HS currently rated a 3…
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So what do we think the new Crown High School will be rated? It will certainly not be a 10, so what are we thinking? 5, 6?

And before anyone jumps in that ratings don’t matter-they absolutely matter. Colleges look at them for one.

And MCPS seems to be absolutely fine losing the prestige of Wootton’s high performance.


My opinion of Wooton and MCPS is decreasing. What has become obvious is that they are basically cheating demographics to "fake" quality education. The school boundaries now aren't even contiguous.

I don't think it matters what the Good Schools ratings is.

A) The "neighborhood" isn't that great.
B) The education isn't that great.

It's over for Wooton.

You really haven't done much research when you can't even spell the name of the school. It's Wootton



With all disrespect intended.


Honest question. Why the disrespect? I moved to this neighborhood because the school was great and I knew it would provide a good education for my kids. And my kids are now in college and the education was exactly what I wanted. Why do you hate Wootton so much?


Because you can't even figure it out yourself.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 20:57     Subject: Wootton currently rated a 10 and Gaithersburg HS currently rated a 3…
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So what do we think the new Crown High School will be rated? It will certainly not be a 10, so what are we thinking? 5, 6?

And before anyone jumps in that ratings don’t matter-they absolutely matter. Colleges look at them for one.

And MCPS seems to be absolutely fine losing the prestige of Wootton’s high performance.


My opinion of Wooton and MCPS is decreasing. What has become obvious is that they are basically cheating demographics to "fake" quality education. The school boundaries now aren't even contiguous.

I don't think it matters what the Good Schools ratings is.

A) The "neighborhood" isn't that great.
B) The education isn't that great.

It's over for Wooton.

You really haven't done much research when you can't even spell the name of the school. It's Wootton



With all disrespect intended.


Honest question. Why the disrespect? I moved to this neighborhood because the school was great and I knew it would provide a good education for my kids. And my kids are now in college and the education was exactly what I wanted. Why do you hate Wootton so much?


Don’t mind them. They are jealous and it goes back many years. Stupid but it is what it is.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 20:53     Subject: Wootton currently rated a 10 and Gaithersburg HS currently rated a 3…
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So what do we think the new Crown High School will be rated? It will certainly not be a 10, so what are we thinking? 5, 6?

And before anyone jumps in that ratings don’t matter-they absolutely matter. Colleges look at them for one.

And MCPS seems to be absolutely fine losing the prestige of Wootton’s high performance.


My opinion of Wooton and MCPS is decreasing. What has become obvious is that they are basically cheating demographics to "fake" quality education. The school boundaries now aren't even contiguous.

I don't think it matters what the Good Schools ratings is.

A) The "neighborhood" isn't that great.
B) The education isn't that great.

It's over for Wooton.

You really haven't done much research when you can't even spell the name of the school. It's Wootton



With all disrespect intended.


Honest question. Why the disrespect? I moved to this neighborhood because the school was great and I knew it would provide a good education for my kids. And my kids are now in college and the education was exactly what I wanted. Why do you hate Wootton so much?
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 20:31     Subject: Wootton currently rated a 10 and Gaithersburg HS currently rated a 3…
Anonymous wrote:Where do these ratings come from? Specify the source.

Usually those are derived from test scores which are correlated with parent affluence.

So a lower rating will just mean you have a more demographically mixed school.

Colleges look at SAT and GPA. Affluent children at a demographically poorer school can still get high SATs. Maybe they will need more private tutoring.


You misspelled “intelligence”
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 20:17     Subject: Wootton currently rated a 10 and Gaithersburg HS currently rated a 3…
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So what do we think the new Crown High School will be rated? It will certainly not be a 10, so what are we thinking? 5, 6?

And before anyone jumps in that ratings don’t matter-they absolutely matter. Colleges look at them for one.

And MCPS seems to be absolutely fine losing the prestige of Wootton’s high performance.


My opinion of Wooton and MCPS is decreasing. What has become obvious is that they are basically cheating demographics to "fake" quality education. The school boundaries now aren't even contiguous.

I don't think it matters what the Good Schools ratings is.

A) The "neighborhood" isn't that great.
B) The education isn't that great.

It's over for Wooton.

You really haven't done much research when you can't even spell the name of the school. It's Wootton



With all disrespect intended.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 20:14     Subject: Wootton currently rated a 10 and Gaithersburg HS currently rated a 3…
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So what do we think the new Crown High School will be rated? It will certainly not be a 10, so what are we thinking? 5, 6?

And before anyone jumps in that ratings don’t matter-they absolutely matter. Colleges look at them for one.

And MCPS seems to be absolutely fine losing the prestige of Wootton’s high performance.


My opinion of Wooton and MCPS is decreasing. What has become obvious is that they are basically cheating demographics to "fake" quality education. The school boundaries now aren't even contiguous.

I don't think it matters what the Good Schools ratings is.

A) The "neighborhood" isn't that great.
B) The education isn't that great.

It's over for Wooton.


I think it's over for MCPS TBH. Schools are in ghetto, MoCo is no better than PG, tax still going up... No good news here.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 20:05     Subject: Wootton currently rated a 10 and Gaithersburg HS currently rated a 3…
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So what do we think the new Crown High School will be rated? It will certainly not be a 10, so what are we thinking? 5, 6?

And before anyone jumps in that ratings don’t matter-they absolutely matter. Colleges look at them for one.

And MCPS seems to be absolutely fine losing the prestige of Wootton’s high performance.


My opinion of Wooton and MCPS is decreasing. What has become obvious is that they are basically cheating demographics to "fake" quality education. The school boundaries now aren't even contiguous.

I don't think it matters what the Good Schools ratings is.

A) The "neighborhood" isn't that great.
B) The education isn't that great.

It's over for Wooton.

You really haven't done much research when you can't even spell the name of the school. It's Wootton

Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 19:46     Subject: Wootton currently rated a 10 and Gaithersburg HS currently rated a 3…
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So what do we think the new Crown High School will be rated? It will certainly not be a 10, so what are we thinking? 5, 6?

And before anyone jumps in that ratings don’t matter-they absolutely matter. Colleges look at them for one.

And MCPS seems to be absolutely fine losing the prestige of Wootton’s high performance.


My opinion of Wooton and MCPS is decreasing. What has become obvious is that they are basically cheating demographics to "fake" quality education. The school boundaries now aren't even contiguous.

I don't think it matters what the Good Schools ratings is.

A) The "neighborhood" isn't that great.
B) The education isn't that great.

It's over for Wooton.


No

Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 19:17     Subject: Wootton currently rated a 10 and Gaithersburg HS currently rated a 3…
Anonymous wrote:So what do we think the new Crown High School will be rated? It will certainly not be a 10, so what are we thinking? 5, 6?

And before anyone jumps in that ratings don’t matter-they absolutely matter. Colleges look at them for one.

And MCPS seems to be absolutely fine losing the prestige of Wootton’s high performance.


My opinion of Wooton and MCPS is decreasing. What has become obvious is that they are basically cheating demographics to "fake" quality education. The school boundaries now aren't even contiguous.

I don't think it matters what the Good Schools ratings is.

A) The "neighborhood" isn't that great.
B) The education isn't that great.

It's over for Wooton.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 19:13     Subject: Wootton currently rated a 10 and Gaithersburg HS currently rated a 3…
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Where do these ratings come from? Specify the source.

Usually those are derived from test scores which are correlated with parent affluence.

So a lower rating will just mean you have a more demographically mixed school.

Colleges look at SAT and GPA. Affluent children at a demographically poorer school can still get high SATs. Maybe they will need more private tutoring.


A lower rating is based on test scores. Which is student performance. and yes, is directly impacted by family influence/involvement. The less family involvement in a school-the lower the score.

Niche/Great schools. everyone wants to say the ratings don’t matter but again-colleges DO in fact look at them.


Colleges do look at them, but not in the way you are insinuating. Attending a higher-ranked school does not improve your chances of admission, and a lower-ranked school does not lower them. If anything, it is the opposite. A kid coming out of a less-segregated school, with strong grades, extracurriculars, and test scores, is going to be prioritized over the 50th kid in the same cohort from a high ranked school, applying to the same schools, with the same course load, test scores, and extracurriculars.


That's why they quit looking at standardized scores altogether. Because this rural kid got 31 on the ACT and graduated 3rd from a so, so high school with parents that were in the bottom quarter of household income.

And that breaks the model. Because you'd have to be impressed, but you don't want to be.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 19:07     Subject: Wootton currently rated a 10 and Gaithersburg HS currently rated a 3…
Anonymous wrote:Well, yeah. There’s levels to this. Said this in another thread but bears repeating:

I’m a Wootton parent. My neighbors are construction executives and a descendant of an extremely successful local business owner.

My cousin is a Magruder parent. His neighbors are teachers and accountants.


Based on context I can tell that you're probably saying that your neighbors are very well to do and successful.

But without the context it means nothing to me and I'm pretty sure it's the same with a lot of the people I know as well. Maybe it's better that your neighbors stay in their little silos if they're expecting any prestige for their roles/jobs.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 17:34     Subject: Wootton currently rated a 10 and Gaithersburg HS currently rated a 3…
Anonymous wrote:Well, yeah. There’s levels to this. Said this in another thread but bears repeating:

I’m a Wootton parent. My neighbors are construction executives and a descendant of an extremely successful local business owner.

My cousin is a Magruder parent. His neighbors are teachers and accountants.


My cousin is a Magruder parent and he is an oncologist. I am a Wootton parent, a fed, and live in a tiny old Rockshire townhouse.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 17:16     Subject: Wootton currently rated a 10 and Gaithersburg HS currently rated a 3…
Anonymous wrote:Well, yeah. There’s levels to this. Said this in another thread but bears repeating:

I’m a Wootton parent. My neighbors are construction executives and a descendant of an extremely successful local business owner.

My cousin is a Magruder parent. His neighbors are teachers and accountants.


THAT.IS.SO.STUPID.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 17:03     Subject: Wootton currently rated a 10 and Gaithersburg HS currently rated a 3…
Well, yeah. There’s levels to this. Said this in another thread but bears repeating:

I’m a Wootton parent. My neighbors are construction executives and a descendant of an extremely successful local business owner.

My cousin is a Magruder parent. His neighbors are teachers and accountants.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 16:32     Subject: Wootton currently rated a 10 and Gaithersburg HS currently rated a 3…
Anonymous wrote:Another Wootton thread? How refreshing and original!


+100. The woe is me crowd certainly is riled up. At some point they’ll realize that school boundaries are not forever and not conveyed with the house.