Overall Results

ELA (literacy): 57% of MCPS students scored proficient — higher than the state average but still meaning nearly half of all students are not reading on grade level.

Math: 35.7% of students met proficiency — an increase from last year but still indicating that nearly two-thirds of MCPS students are not yet meeting math standards.

There’s a multi-billion dollar backlog for repair and renovation — even a proposed $2.7 billion plan over six years would still only cover half of what’s needed.

There’s a multi-billion dollar backlog for repair and renovation — even a proposed $2.7 billion plan over six years would still only cover half of what’s needed.

2035 (10 Years From Now)
If Nothing Changes at Wootton
The building is nearly 65 years old and long past normal life expectancy. Aging systems move from “poor” to “critical failure.” Parts of the school may become unusable:
Classrooms closed
Bathroom wings offline
Auditorium, gym, or labs restricted because of air or electrical hazards
Daily disruptions become normal: canceled rehearsals, relocated AP tests, emergency evacuations, repeated closures of rooms or corridors.
MCPS spends millions on bandaid repairs, which delays true renovation even further.
Wootton becomes an equity embarrassment: top-producing academic school in one of the wealthiest counties—but physically neglected.
Families who can leave leave; the county loses trust.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ll bite. For me, it’s about what I consider a better school based on a peer group of kids who are motivated and have strong home support… so FARMS rate matters to me.

I prefer to avoid Wootton because of the super intense Asian-led competitive culture that I don’t think is healthy for (any) kids. I’m sure my kids would get an equivalent education there, I don’t think Churchill is academically superior or has smarter or better kids.

And of course we care about our property values. Our house is a large investment for us and a decline in property value is not nothing.

We moved from DC to MCPS for the schools and miss DC. Our property and state taxes are significantly higher here so if the schools change, we will likely move back to DC.

Thanks for a honest answer instead of hiding behind friends and communities. Rarely folks give stright answer.

This is one parent's perspective - and it is no less valid than any other parent's perspective. Unfortunately, MCPS has already decided what it wants to do. The only real factor is voter backlash against local politicians whose career trajectory could be derailed. Another one could be the loss of high-income earners who pay county taxes but decide to move to Northern Virginia for better schools once they're zoned out of the MCPS school for their current house.

Get in line. With WFH anyone that can manage to sell their home is packing their bags. Especially those of us in the average school districts.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To me it just sounds like Wootton parents are already assuming Crown will be a bad school before it even opened.

You see they know that the school "brand" thing is like a BS in real estate. They have trotted it out for years, "Which school'd you go to?", "Rockville", "OH wah wah". Now they are faced with having to explain that Crown is a good school you can get a good education, but "wah wah", it doesn't have a name brand.

Caught in their own doo-doo it seems.

Oh another anti Asian racist taking a swing at Wootton. How original!!! Listen, you can move our entire student body to Crown and Crown will be the best school in the county because of our capable students and super engaged parents. I know it’s hard to believe that there are successful minorities out there. Wootton doesn’t have a name brand. You know what it has? A school profile. A college admissions counselor looking at our school profile submitted with transcripts will draw all the right conclusions. We don’t say “oh wah wah” because it’s Rockville, we say “oh wah wah” because we know that our college admissions outcomes will be better.

Hey look there's a FARMS kid, better sell your house.

No FARMS is coming to Crown under option H or any other option so stick your virtue signaling where you have a stick stuck.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ll bite. For me, it’s about what I consider a better school based on a peer group of kids who are motivated and have strong home support… so FARMS rate matters to me.

I prefer to avoid Wootton because of the super intense Asian-led competitive culture that I don’t think is healthy for (any) kids. I’m sure my kids would get an equivalent education there, I don’t think Churchill is academically superior or has smarter or better kids.

And of course we care about our property values. Our house is a large investment for us and a decline in property value is not nothing.

We moved from DC to MCPS for the schools and miss DC. Our property and state taxes are significantly higher here so if the schools change, we will likely move back to DC.

Thanks for a honest answer instead of hiding behind friends and communities. Rarely folks give stright answer.

This is one parent's perspective - and it is no less valid than any other parent's perspective. Unfortunately, MCPS has already decided what it wants to do. The only real factor is voter backlash against local politicians whose career trajectory could be derailed. Another one could be the loss of high-income earners who pay county taxes but decide to move to Northern Virginia for better schools once they're zoned out of the MCPS school for their current house.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To me it just sounds like Wootton parents are already assuming Crown will be a bad school before it even opened.

You see they know that the school "brand" thing is like a BS in real estate. They have trotted it out for years, "Which school'd you go to?", "Rockville", "OH wah wah". Now they are faced with having to explain that Crown is a good school you can get a good education, but "wah wah", it doesn't have a name brand.

Caught in their own doo-doo it seems.

Oh another anti Asian racist taking a swing at Wootton. How original!!! Listen, you can move our entire student body to Crown and Crown will be the best school in the county because of our capable students and super engaged parents. I know it’s hard to believe that there are successful minorities out there. Wootton doesn’t have a name brand. You know what it has? A school profile. A college admissions counselor looking at our school profile submitted with transcripts will draw all the right conclusions. We don’t say “oh wah wah” because it’s Rockville, we say “oh wah wah” because we know that our college admissions outcomes will be better.

Hey look there's a FARMS kid, better sell your house.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To me it just sounds like Wootton parents are already assuming Crown will be a bad school before it even opened.

You see they know that the school "brand" thing is like a BS in real estate. They have trotted it out for years, "Which school'd you go to?", "Rockville", "OH wah wah". Now they are faced with having to explain that Crown is a good school you can get a good education, but "wah wah", it doesn't have a name brand.

Caught in their own doo-doo it seems.

Oh another anti Asian racist taking a swing at Wootton. How original!!! Listen, you can move our entire student body to Crown and Crown will be the best school in the county because of our capable students and super engaged parents. I know it’s hard to believe that there are successful minorities out there. Wootton doesn’t have a name brand. You know what it has? A school profile. A college admissions counselor looking at our school profile submitted with transcripts will draw all the right conclusions. We don’t say “oh wah wah” because it’s Rockville, we say “oh wah wah” because we know that our college admissions outcomes will be better.

Anonymous wrote:To me it just sounds like Wootton parents are already assuming Crown will be a bad school before it even opened.

You see they know that the school "brand" thing is like a BS in real estate. They have trotted it out for years, "Which school'd you go to?", "Rockville", "OH wah wah". Now they are faced with having to explain that Crown is a good school you can get a good education, but "wah wah", it doesn't have a name brand.

Caught in their own doo-doo it seems.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Polished language will say friends communitities blah blah.

For some it's FARMS rate and propety values. For some, it's not even FARMS rate because Churchill and Wootton have low FARMS rate and equally good schools. It's just snobbish attitude.

- Churchill Parent

This.

Churchill thinks the white people are superior to Asians. Asians think higher FARMS = kids that disrupt their kids' learning environment

Let me get this. Whites' desire to segregate is driven by their evil superiority complex. Asians' desire to segregate is driven by their passion for learning. Racial tropes like this are not helpful. The ironic thing is that they are mostly pushed by white woke idiots.