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Anonymous wrote:If they do a total rezone just send Dufief, Travilah and Stone Mill all to Crown. Dufief's main issue initially with A-D was that they were the only ones being pulled from the Wootton cluster and it was being done in a way that made no sense. If it's all three schools that are clearly closer to Crown than Wootton, have at it.

Also, it's becoming more and more obvious that Fallsmead/Lakewood care more about Wootton staying on the Parkway than keeping the cluster together. The North Potomac schools that don't really care about Option H have been quiet and going along with anti-H anyway, but now that it's clear no one cares about keeping them in the cluster hopefully they get more vocal about getting their kids into a safe school. Because this sudden change to "actually, we don't want repairs" doesn't help the kids.

Technically, Dufief, Travilah and Stone Mill may be closer to Crown HS than to Wootton HS. If they split Wootton like this by rezoning, pull out some to Crown and take some in to Wootton, both Crown HS and Wootton HS exist may work. I am sure Dufief would be fine with this option since they are not alone.

I would say when they build so many houses all over everywhere in MoCo, rezoning is unavoidable.

I think Dufief would be fine with this if they took in all of Stone Mill and Travilah as well. But then how do you fill Wootton?

So essentially zoning out half of Wootton? Wootton in on the chopping block, everyone is lining up with a knife

The consensus of the Wootton community seems to be that keeping the building open is most important; who attends is of secondary importance.

No, who attends is the most important. You all should kick out any child getting B,s and under a 1500 sat and 250 map.

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Anonymous wrote:If they do a total rezone just send Dufief, Travilah and Stone Mill all to Crown. Dufief's main issue initially with A-D was that they were the only ones being pulled from the Wootton cluster and it was being done in a way that made no sense. If it's all three schools that are clearly closer to Crown than Wootton, have at it.

Also, it's becoming more and more obvious that Fallsmead/Lakewood care more about Wootton staying on the Parkway than keeping the cluster together. The North Potomac schools that don't really care about Option H have been quiet and going along with anti-H anyway, but now that it's clear no one cares about keeping them in the cluster hopefully they get more vocal about getting their kids into a safe school. Because this sudden change to "actually, we don't want repairs" doesn't help the kids.

Technically, Dufief, Travilah and Stone Mill may be closer to Crown HS than to Wootton HS. If they split Wootton like this by rezoning, pull out some to Crown and take some in to Wootton, both Crown HS and Wootton HS exist may work. I am sure Dufief would be fine with this option since they are not alone.

I would say when they build so many houses all over everywhere in MoCo, rezoning is unavoidable.

Yeah, I was looking at the map, that seems to be the case. Seems like Wootton should be folded into the Rockville System(s) for the families that are actually in Rockville.

It is really disingenuous to take families in Rockville, who are paying to Rockville taxes for Rockville amenities and ship them 3 miles away to Gaithersburg.

Pretty simple, take the outer county residents who bought into car commuting, send them to Crown their only issue is likely demographics. They knew what they were signing up for before they bought when it comes to car commuting. Leave the ones in Rockville at Wootton, fix the school with the light attendance, then rebalance Wootton, Richard Montgomery and Rockville High School as necessary.

that's not how it works. MCPS gets county funds, not city funds.

-RMHS cluster parent who lives in Rockville

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Anonymous wrote:If they do a total rezone just send Dufief, Travilah and Stone Mill all to Crown. Dufief's main issue initially with A-D was that they were the only ones being pulled from the Wootton cluster and it was being done in a way that made no sense. If it's all three schools that are clearly closer to Crown than Wootton, have at it.

Also, it's becoming more and more obvious that Fallsmead/Lakewood care more about Wootton staying on the Parkway than keeping the cluster together. The North Potomac schools that don't really care about Option H have been quiet and going along with anti-H anyway, but now that it's clear no one cares about keeping them in the cluster hopefully they get more vocal about getting their kids into a safe school. Because this sudden change to "actually, we don't want repairs" doesn't help the kids.

Technically, Dufief, Travilah and Stone Mill may be closer to Crown HS than to Wootton HS. If they split Wootton like this by rezoning, pull out some to Crown and take some in to Wootton, both Crown HS and Wootton HS exist may work. I am sure Dufief would be fine with this option since they are not alone.

I would say when they build so many houses all over everywhere in MoCo, rezoning is unavoidable.

Yeah, I was looking at the map, that seems to be the case. Seems like Wootton should be folded into the Rockville System(s) for the families that are actually in Rockville.

It is really disingenuous to take families in Rockville, who are paying to Rockville taxes for Rockville amenities and ship them 3 miles away to Gaithersburg.

Pretty simple, take the outer county residents who bought into car commuting, send them to Crown their only issue is likely demographics. They knew what they were signing up for before they bought when it comes to car commuting. Leave the ones in Rockville at Wootton, fix the school with the light attendance, then rebalance Wootton, Richard Montgomery and Rockville High School as necessary.

Anonymous wrote:Power washing: No sarcasm, but rather people are not seeing the broader issue. An objective of some is to have The Wootton name go away. Once it does, no more "W" school, no more historical achievement, no more pride of being part of a Wootton community. Other items that are important to people can still be partially salvaged, but Wootton will be history and a large part of what makes Wootton what it is will also be gone. If that is OK, then fine, but it seems be a huge concession from which to try to salvage something.

You keep saying this, without evidence. The MCPS policy is that school name changes originate when a school community organizes a petition to change the name, which has not happened.

Anonymous wrote:Power washing: No sarcasm, but rather people are not seeing the broader issue. An objective of some is to have The Wootton name go away. Once it does, no more "W" school, no more historical achievement, no more pride of being part of a Wootton community. Other items that are important to people can still be partially salvaged, but Wootton will be history and a large part of what makes Wootton what it is will also be gone. If that is OK, then fine, but it seems be a huge concession from which to try to salvage something.

The one thing I kind of see now about the Wootton name going away is that MCPS is indeed proposing the school to close. And if they are, then they need to go through what was outlined in the previous post.

It seems MCPS is trying to circumvent the process by saying they're taking all of Wootton and moving them to the Crown location.

But if they start taking in and adding feeder schools, basically makes it a different school then what it was before. So they in essence, closed the previous school. Then if they change the name too? That's definite that Wootton closed as a school.

But in terms of history and tradition? Maybe it's because our family is not in Wootton yet and don't know of it and appreciate it yet. But I grew up in the area and don't really know of anything about Wootton having a rich tradition that is important to the students. There was this article a while back saying how the trophy case was in bad shape but the article didn't really quote any students saying how much it mattered to them or anything:
https://woottoncommonsense.com/1515/news/online-exclusive-trophy-case-in-disarray/

If you told me it was a big deal to QO or Northwest, or some other school that was a powerhouse for a good period in anything, sports, arts, academic contests, etc, I'd probably understand. And can understand if it's important and sentimental to the people that earned those awards and trophies too.

Maybe I'll make sure to stop by and take a look to see what's in there next time I'm at Wootton. And I'll qualify all of that with admitting maybe I'm not that much of a sentimental person to begin with. So maybe I just don't get it.

Power washing: No sarcasm, but rather people are not seeing the broader issue. An objective of some is to have The Wootton name go away. Once it does, no more "W" school, no more historical achievement, no more pride of being part of a Wootton community. Other items that are important to people can still be partially salvaged, but Wootton will be history and a large part of what makes Wootton what it is will also be gone. If that is OK, then fine, but it seems be a huge concession from which to try to salvage something.

Anonymous wrote:Lol to power wash exterior wall & relocation of trophy case & gym banner. Is this for real that is really important on the top list to Wootton families? A commercial power wash machine, ladders & some movers with handymen can do all these at inexpensive cost. Maybe ask the fire department for a favor using fire extinguisher trunk for a few hours can definitely make the exterior walls shiny and clean.

The problem with anonymous forums is that you can't tell if the poster is being sarcastic, joking, a troll or just one or two people that have that sentiment.

Lol to power wash exterior wall & relocation of trophy case & gym banner. Is this for real that is really important on the top list to Wootton families? A commercial power wash machine, ladders & some movers with handymen can do all these at inexpensive cost. Maybe ask the fire department for a favor using fire extinguisher trunk for a few hours can definitely make the exterior walls shiny and clean.

Again, we're going to need a pie chart or something to see what is most important to Wootton families. I would guess the top couple would be:
-location
-staying with the expected cohort
-safe and functioning school

I'd guess the awards and powerwashing the exterior would be waaaay down that list.

Couldn't the powerwashing and some light cosmetic rehab be done by some sort of community event?

What's exactly in the trophy case? Doing a quick Google search brings up this result:

Wootton High School has a strong championship history across various sports, including recent successes like the
2025 State Swim & Dive titles (with individual records), a Bocce County Championship, and strong Cross Country finishes (including 2024 3A State Runner-Up for girls). They also have historical state titles in Girls Volleyball, Basketball, Baseball, Cross Country, and Golf, along with competitive acapella (The Academics) and other programs.
Recent Highlights (2024-2025):

Swimming & Diving: Won three 2025 Maryland State Championships, including individual wins and a state record in freestyle for Tyler Coapstick (Feb 2025).
Bocce: Won the 2025 Montgomery County Championship (Feb 2025).
Cross Country: Girls team finished 3A West Region Champions and 4th at States in 2024; boys placed 3rd regionally (Nov 2025).
Acapella: The Academics won the Sing Strong competition in NYC (Feb 2024).

Historical State Championships (Selected):

Girls Volleyball: 7 times (1983-89).
Varsity Basketball: 3 times (1978-79, 1983).
Baseball: 1996.
Golf: 3 times (1983, 1996-97).
Girls Soccer: 1998.
Cross Country: 1978.

Other Noteworthy Achievements:

Strong county-level performances in various sports, including recent success in indoor track & field and other team sports

With regard to keeping the building open: That is at best another licking of the can by a few years. Eventually a relocation or rebuild in place will be required. If either of those takes place, the Wootton name will disappear. Two things to consider: 1) The front of the current school looks horrible but could be significantly improved with some relatively inexpensive power washing of the name area. That has not and will not happen. 2). If H goes through and the cluster is fully moved, then wouldn't it makes sense to relocate the trophy case and the gym banners? Also Not happening. Debating zoning and distances to schools does not change the agenda item to make the name go away.

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Anonymous wrote:Here are the maps for the original options 2 through 4 too:

https://imgur.com/a/mMzArd3


In every option, Wayside was slated to go to Wootton.

The Rio island was under consideration to go to Crown but MCPS was also willing to keep it at Wootton in some options. Similar to some of the North Potomac area.

If MCPS didn't try to move Wayside to Wootton, other than maybe some of the areas near the Crown HS site, most of the Wootton wouldn't have been looked at or changed.

MCPS is secretly making an agreement with wayside families to not touch them already

Yeah right? And maybe when MCPS realized they weren't going to be able to move Wayside is when this whole thing about "Oh we don't have enough students to fill both schools and need to close Wootton" came out.

That proposal came out around the same time as the big news of declining enrollment.

I'm kind of a skeptic/cynic and can see MCPS asking the media to publish the articles about declining enrollment to help set up their proposal to close Wootton.

Anonymous wrote:Here are the maps for the original options 2 through 4 too:

https://imgur.com/a/mMzArd3


In every option, Wayside was slated to go to Wootton.

The Rio island was under consideration to go to Crown but MCPS was also willing to keep it at Wootton in some options. Similar to some of the North Potomac area.

If MCPS didn't try to move Wayside to Wootton, other than maybe some of the areas near the Crown HS site, most of the Wootton wouldn't have been looked at or changed.

MCPS is secretly making an agreement with wayside families to not touch them already

Here are the maps for the original options 2 through 4 too:

https://imgur.com/a/mMzArd3


In every option, Wayside was slated to go to Wootton.

The Rio island was under consideration to go to Crown but MCPS was also willing to keep it at Wootton in some options. Similar to some of the North Potomac area.

If MCPS didn't try to move Wayside to Wootton, other than maybe some of the areas near the Crown HS site, most of the Wootton wouldn't have been looked at or changed.

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Anonymous wrote:If they do a total rezone just send Dufief, Travilah and Stone Mill all to Crown. Dufief's main issue initially with A-D was that they were the only ones being pulled from the Wootton cluster and it was being done in a way that made no sense. If it's all three schools that are clearly closer to Crown than Wootton, have at it.

Also, it's becoming more and more obvious that Fallsmead/Lakewood care more about Wootton staying on the Parkway than keeping the cluster together. The North Potomac schools that don't really care about Option H have been quiet and going along with anti-H anyway, but now that it's clear no one cares about keeping them in the cluster hopefully they get more vocal about getting their kids into a safe school. Because this sudden change to "actually, we don't want repairs" doesn't help the kids.

Technically, Dufief, Travilah and Stone Mill may be closer to Crown HS than to Wootton HS. If they split Wootton like this by rezoning, pull out some to Crown and take some in to Wootton, both Crown HS and Wootton HS exist may work. I am sure Dufief would be fine with this option since they are not alone.

I would say when they build so many houses all over everywhere in MoCo, rezoning is unavoidable.

I think Dufief would be fine with this if they took in all of Stone Mill and Travilah as well. But then how do you fill Wootton?

So essentially zoning out half of Wootton? Wootton in on the chopping block, everyone is lining up with a knife

The consensus of the Wootton community seems to be that keeping the building open is most important; who attends is of secondary importance.

Yep. Which is pretty offensive to schools that were okay with H, but supported anti-H because they wanted to remain in the cluster. So I would expect them to stop being quiet and going along with things.

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Anonymous wrote:If they do a total rezone just send Dufief, Travilah and Stone Mill all to Crown. Dufief's main issue initially with A-D was that they were the only ones being pulled from the Wootton cluster and it was being done in a way that made no sense. If it's all three schools that are clearly closer to Crown than Wootton, have at it.

Also, it's becoming more and more obvious that Fallsmead/Lakewood care more about Wootton staying on the Parkway than keeping the cluster together. The North Potomac schools that don't really care about Option H have been quiet and going along with anti-H anyway, but now that it's clear no one cares about keeping them in the cluster hopefully they get more vocal about getting their kids into a safe school. Because this sudden change to "actually, we don't want repairs" doesn't help the kids.

Technically, Dufief, Travilah and Stone Mill may be closer to Crown HS than to Wootton HS. If they split Wootton like this by rezoning, pull out some to Crown and take some in to Wootton, both Crown HS and Wootton HS exist may work. I am sure Dufief would be fine with this option since they are not alone.

I would say when they build so many houses all over everywhere in MoCo, rezoning is unavoidable.

I think Dufief would be fine with this if they took in all of Stone Mill and Travilah as well. But then how do you fill Wootton?

So essentially zoning out half of Wootton? Wootton in on the chopping block, everyone is lining up with a knife

The consensus of the Wootton community seems to be that keeping the building open is most important; who attends is of secondary importance.