Anonymous
Post 01/10/2026 13:09     Subject: Opening bet: Which option Super will pick to present to BoE?
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Anonymous wrote:100% something will be a holding school.... whether it is Wootton or the new building. No chance they add a new school when enrollment is declining at such a fast pace.


Then it has to be crown. They cannot legally close and relocate a school through a boundary process.


The BOE can absolutely approve the closure of a school, which of course requires assigning neighborhoods to a different school.

They can, but they need to go through a different process. Not this rushed boundary study.


I think they’re trying to skirt around this by saying they’re relocating Wootton to Crown, not closing it.

Whether that argument would hold up legally if challenged, who knows. But Option H seeks to relocate Wootton, not close the school itself, although they would be vacating their current building.

A useful precedent to look at would be to look at back when Neelsville Middle School took over Martin Luther King Jr Middle School’s building in Germantown when that school was moved to a new building.


Closing/relocating a school and merging with others are not same as just boundary change. MCPS can claim whatever they want, but it doesn’t hold legal grounds and they should understand that it will definitely be challenged. There needs to be different process to legally force that move.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2026 12:03     Subject: Opening bet: Which option Super will pick to present to BoE?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:100% something will be a holding school.... whether it is Wootton or the new building. No chance they add a new school when enrollment is declining at such a fast pace.


Then it has to be crown. They cannot legally close and relocate a school through a boundary process.


The BOE can absolutely approve the closure of a school, which of course requires assigning neighborhoods to a different school.

They can, but they need to go through a different process. Not this rushed boundary study.


I think they’re trying to skirt around this by saying they’re relocating Wootton to Crown, not closing it.

Whether that argument would hold up legally if challenged, who knows. But Option H seeks to relocate Wootton, not close the school itself, although they would be vacating their current building.

A useful precedent to look at would be to look at back when Neelsville Middle School took over Martin Luther King Jr Middle School’s building in Germantown when that school was moved to a new building.


DP

Isn't this just a matter of the BOE taking a separate vote on the school closure? That seems easy enough for them to do.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2026 11:25     Subject: Opening bet: Which option Super will pick to present to BoE?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:100% something will be a holding school.... whether it is Wootton or the new building. No chance they add a new school when enrollment is declining at such a fast pace.


Then it has to be crown. They cannot legally close and relocate a school through a boundary process.


The BOE can absolutely approve the closure of a school, which of course requires assigning neighborhoods to a different school.

They can, but they need to go through a different process. Not this rushed boundary study.


I think they’re trying to skirt around this by saying they’re relocating Wootton to Crown, not closing it.

Whether that argument would hold up legally if challenged, who knows. But Option H seeks to relocate Wootton, not close the school itself, although they would be vacating their current building.

A useful precedent to look at would be to look at back when Neelsville Middle School took over Martin Luther King Jr Middle School’s building in Germantown when that school was moved to a new building.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2026 10:55     Subject: Opening bet: Which option Super will pick to present to BoE?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:100% something will be a holding school.... whether it is Wootton or the new building. No chance they add a new school when enrollment is declining at such a fast pace.


Then it has to be crown. They cannot legally close and relocate a school through a boundary process.


The BOE can absolutely approve the closure of a school, which of course requires assigning neighborhoods to a different school.

They can, but they need to go through a different process. Not this rushed boundary study.


I am pretty sure they know that. They've explicitly said the school closure is a separate decision from the boundary study but obviously it impacts the boundary study.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2026 10:34     Subject: Opening bet: Which option Super will pick to present to BoE?
Is it a waste to make a brand new Crown HS as a transitional holding school? It is brand new in and out.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2026 10:26     Subject: Opening bet: Which option Super will pick to present to BoE?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:100% something will be a holding school.... whether it is Wootton or the new building. No chance they add a new school when enrollment is declining at such a fast pace.


Then it has to be crown. They cannot legally close and relocate a school through a boundary process.


The BOE can absolutely approve the closure of a school, which of course requires assigning neighborhoods to a different school.

They can, but they need to go through a different process. Not this rushed boundary study.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2026 09:39     Subject: Opening bet: Which option Super will pick to present to BoE?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:100% something will be a holding school.... whether it is Wootton or the new building. No chance they add a new school when enrollment is declining at such a fast pace.


Then it has to be crown. They cannot legally close and relocate a school through a boundary process.


The BOE can absolutely approve the closure of a school, which of course requires assigning neighborhoods to a different school.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2026 08:53     Subject: Opening bet: Which option Super will pick to present to BoE?
Anonymous wrote:100% something will be a holding school.... whether it is Wootton or the new building. No chance they add a new school when enrollment is declining at such a fast pace.


Then it has to be crown. They cannot legally close and relocate a school through a boundary process.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2026 08:18     Subject: Opening bet: Which option Super will pick to present to BoE?
100% something will be a holding school.... whether it is Wootton or the new building. No chance they add a new school when enrollment is declining at such a fast pace.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2026 01:23     Subject: Opening bet: Which option Super will pick to present to BoE?
Anonymous wrote:Modified ABCD


The current enrollment doesn’t support opening of a new school permanently.

The holding school options make more sense.
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2026 18:00     Subject: Opening bet: Which option Super will pick to present to BoE?
They have been very clear from the start that the options are just options to gather feedback. They will not be selection one letter as the final choice, but rather some sort of combination of them.
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2026 17:30     Subject: Opening bet: Which option Super will pick to present to BoE?
Anonymous wrote:H Unfortunately


If they choose H then this will not finish by March
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2026 16:57     Subject: Opening bet: Which option Super will pick to present to BoE?
H Unfortunately
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2026 16:54     Subject: Re:Opening bet: Which option Super will pick to present to BoE?
How about Option I?

For imaginary, impossible, integrated, or whatever other words you want to add to the mix.
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2026 16:31     Subject: Opening bet: Which option Super will pick to present to BoE?
Modified ABCD