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Anonymous wrote:I hope they can reduce busing costs. Boundaries like Wootton's are terrible. Most of the students live closer to another school.

And then Horizon Hill neighborhood which is walkable, DOESN'T go to Wootton.

In Kensington, many families who live near Einstein also end up being bussed cross-county to WJ. These segregated boundaries from 40 years ago need to go.

Every single time I have read claims like this, and then looked into specifics of the actual boundary, it was immediately clear that the boundaries result from constraints from the distribution of population and placements of schools.

Boundaries will be improved where it's doable, but situations like what you're describing are likely to persist after redistricting.

LOL which is easily corrected. Why I should pay for your kids to be bussed when there's a perfectly fine school nearby.

Fine isn’t always good enough for people who can afford better.

If you choose private, that's your business, but I shouldn't be subsidizing segregation.

You don’t subsidize segregation. People choose to segregate themselves. They want to live in neighborhoods with their own ethnic groups. Desegregation is unnatural and costs lots of tax dollars for bussing and unnecessary emotional stress on people. Bussing failed decades ago and will never be successful.

To a lesser extent, but where i have to object is these gerrymandered boundaries like take Wootton for example where 80% of the boundary is closer to another HS. This was done specifically to create a segregated boundary and this is just one of many such examples.

Citation needed.

easy just look at the boundaries it's self-evident

What a joke - we've posted before about the demographic make-up in Montgomery County 40-50 years ago. It was overwhelmingly white (94.5% in 1970), and there were no boundaries for Wootton that would have sent a sizable number of black kids there. There just weren't enough in the County. The only way to be "desegregated" would be to bus just a few black (and even fewer Hispanics and Asians) to each school. Boundaries designed back then were not due to segregation.

Now we are starting to have the same issue in reverse with White kids, who now are only 25% of MCPS students, a percentage getting lower each year. Yes, you can bus that 25% all around the county, but for what purpose? And is that remnant of the population really in the same few schools because of "segregation"?

At MCPS, it's not really about bussing white kids around. It's about spreading kids around from certain neighborhoods that will reduce some of the excessively high FARMS rates at schools.

Same thing. House prices at areas that are bussed to high performing schools will increase value, which will then replace high farm students with low farm students over time. Stop using public schools to do social engineering. Public schools should focus on providing good quality education. Bussing students around would not help, but instead would drain resources which could be used to improve education quality.

Public schools should focus on providing good quality education, not maintaining house prices.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope they can reduce busing costs. Boundaries like Wootton's are terrible. Most of the students live closer to another school.

And then Horizon Hill neighborhood which is walkable, DOESN'T go to Wootton.

In Kensington, many families who live near Einstein also end up being bussed cross-county to WJ. These segregated boundaries from 40 years ago need to go.

Every single time I have read claims like this, and then looked into specifics of the actual boundary, it was immediately clear that the boundaries result from constraints from the distribution of population and placements of schools.

Boundaries will be improved where it's doable, but situations like what you're describing are likely to persist after redistricting.

LOL which is easily corrected. Why I should pay for your kids to be bussed when there's a perfectly fine school nearby.

Fine isn’t always good enough for people who can afford better.

If you choose private, that's your business, but I shouldn't be subsidizing segregation.

You don’t subsidize segregation. People choose to segregate themselves. They want to live in neighborhoods with their own ethnic groups. Desegregation is unnatural and costs lots of tax dollars for bussing and unnecessary emotional stress on people. Bussing failed decades ago and will never be successful.

To a lesser extent, but where i have to object is these gerrymandered boundaries like take Wootton for example where 80% of the boundary is closer to another HS. This was done specifically to create a segregated boundary and this is just one of many such examples.

Citation needed.

easy just look at the boundaries it's self-evident

What a joke - we've posted before about the demographic make-up in Montgomery County 40-50 years ago. It was overwhelmingly white (94.5% in 1970), and there were no boundaries for Wootton that would have sent a sizable number of black kids there. There just weren't enough in the County. The only way to be "desegregated" would be to bus just a few black (and even fewer Hispanics and Asians) to each school. Boundaries designed back then were not due to segregation.

Now we are starting to have the same issue in reverse with White kids, who now are only 25% of MCPS students, a percentage getting lower each year. Yes, you can bus that 25% all around the county, but for what purpose? And is that remnant of the population really in the same few schools because of "segregation"?

At MCPS, it's not really about bussing white kids around. It's about spreading kids around from certain neighborhoods that will reduce some of the excessively high FARMS rates at schools.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope they can reduce busing costs. Boundaries like Wootton's are terrible. Most of the students live closer to another school.

And then Horizon Hill neighborhood which is walkable, DOESN'T go to Wootton.

In Kensington, many families who live near Einstein also end up being bussed cross-county to WJ. These segregated boundaries from 40 years ago need to go.

Every single time I have read claims like this, and then looked into specifics of the actual boundary, it was immediately clear that the boundaries result from constraints from the distribution of population and placements of schools.

Boundaries will be improved where it's doable, but situations like what you're describing are likely to persist after redistricting.

LOL which is easily corrected. Why I should pay for your kids to be bussed when there's a perfectly fine school nearby.

Fine isn’t always good enough for people who can afford better.

If you choose private, that's your business, but I shouldn't be subsidizing segregation.

You don’t subsidize segregation. People choose to segregate themselves. They want to live in neighborhoods with their own ethnic groups. Desegregation is unnatural and costs lots of tax dollars for bussing and unnecessary emotional stress on people. Bussing failed decades ago and will never be successful.

To a lesser extent, but where i have to object is these gerrymandered boundaries like take Wootton for example where 80% of the boundary is closer to another HS. This was done specifically to create a segregated boundary and this is just one of many such examples.

Citation needed.

easy just look at the boundaries it's self-evident

What a joke - we've posted before about the demographic make-up in Montgomery County 40-50 years ago. It was overwhelmingly white (94.5% in 1970), and there were no boundaries for Wootton that would have sent a sizable number of black kids there. There just weren't enough in the County. The only way to be "desegregated" would be to bus just a few black (and even fewer Hispanics and Asians) to each school. Boundaries designed back then were not due to segregation.

Now we are starting to have the same issue in reverse with White kids, who now are only 25% of MCPS students, a percentage getting lower each year. Yes, you can bus that 25% all around the county, but for what purpose? And is that remnant of the population really in the same few schools because of "segregation"?

At MCPS, it's not really about bussing white kids around. It's about spreading kids around from certain neighborhoods that will reduce some of the excessively high FARMS rates at schools.

Same thing. House prices at areas that are bussed to high performing schools will increase value, which will then replace high farm students with low farm students over time. Stop using public schools to do social engineering. Public schools should focus on providing good quality education. Bussing students around would not help, but instead would drain resources which could be used to improve education quality.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope they can reduce busing costs. Boundaries like Wootton's are terrible. Most of the students live closer to another school.

And then Horizon Hill neighborhood which is walkable, DOESN'T go to Wootton.

In Kensington, many families who live near Einstein also end up being bussed cross-county to WJ. These segregated boundaries from 40 years ago need to go.

Every single time I have read claims like this, and then looked into specifics of the actual boundary, it was immediately clear that the boundaries result from constraints from the distribution of population and placements of schools.

Boundaries will be improved where it's doable, but situations like what you're describing are likely to persist after redistricting.

LOL which is easily corrected. Why I should pay for your kids to be bussed when there's a perfectly fine school nearby.

Fine isn’t always good enough for people who can afford better.

If you choose private, that's your business, but I shouldn't be subsidizing segregation.

You don’t subsidize segregation. People choose to segregate themselves. They want to live in neighborhoods with their own ethnic groups. Desegregation is unnatural and costs lots of tax dollars for bussing and unnecessary emotional stress on people. Bussing failed decades ago and will never be successful.

To a lesser extent, but where i have to object is these gerrymandered boundaries like take Wootton for example where 80% of the boundary is closer to another HS. This was done specifically to create a segregated boundary and this is just one of many such examples.

Citation needed.

easy just look at the boundaries it's self-evident

What a joke - we've posted before about the demographic make-up in Montgomery County 40-50 years ago. It was overwhelmingly white (94.5% in 1970), and there were no boundaries for Wootton that would have sent a sizable number of black kids there. There just weren't enough in the County. The only way to be "desegregated" would be to bus just a few black (and even fewer Hispanics and Asians) to each school. Boundaries designed back then were not due to segregation.

Now we are starting to have the same issue in reverse with White kids, who now are only 25% of MCPS students, a percentage getting lower each year. Yes, you can bus that 25% all around the county, but for what purpose? And is that remnant of the population really in the same few schools because of "segregation"?

At MCPS, it's not really about bussing white kids around. It's about spreading kids around from certain neighborhoods that will reduce some of the excessively high FARMS rates at schools.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope they can reduce busing costs. Boundaries like Wootton's are terrible. Most of the students live closer to another school.

And then Horizon Hill neighborhood which is walkable, DOESN'T go to Wootton.

In Kensington, many families who live near Einstein also end up being bussed cross-county to WJ. These segregated boundaries from 40 years ago need to go.

Every single time I have read claims like this, and then looked into specifics of the actual boundary, it was immediately clear that the boundaries result from constraints from the distribution of population and placements of schools.

Boundaries will be improved where it's doable, but situations like what you're describing are likely to persist after redistricting.

LOL which is easily corrected. Why I should pay for your kids to be bussed when there's a perfectly fine school nearby.

Fine isn’t always good enough for people who can afford better.

If you choose private, that's your business, but I shouldn't be subsidizing segregation.

You don’t subsidize segregation. People choose to segregate themselves. They want to live in neighborhoods with their own ethnic groups. Desegregation is unnatural and costs lots of tax dollars for bussing and unnecessary emotional stress on people. Bussing failed decades ago and will never be successful.

To a lesser extent, but where i have to object is these gerrymandered boundaries like take Wootton for example where 80% of the boundary is closer to another HS. This was done specifically to create a segregated boundary and this is just one of many such examples.

Citation needed.

easy just look at the boundaries it's self-evident

What a joke - we've posted before about the demographic make-up in Montgomery County 40-50 years ago. It was overwhelmingly white (94.5% in 1970), and there were no boundaries for Wootton that would have sent a sizable number of black kids there. There just weren't enough in the County. The only way to be "desegregated" would be to bus just a few black (and even fewer Hispanics and Asians) to each school. Boundaries designed back then were not due to segregation.

Now we are starting to have the same issue in reverse with White kids, who now are only 25% of MCPS students, a percentage getting lower each year. Yes, you can bus that 25% all around the county, but for what purpose? And is that remnant of the population really in the same few schools because of "segregation"?

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Anonymous wrote:I hope they can reduce busing costs. Boundaries like Wootton's are terrible. Most of the students live closer to another school.

And then Horizon Hill neighborhood which is walkable, DOESN'T go to Wootton.

In Kensington, many families who live near Einstein also end up being bussed cross-county to WJ. These segregated boundaries from 40 years ago need to go.

Every single time I have read claims like this, and then looked into specifics of the actual boundary, it was immediately clear that the boundaries result from constraints from the distribution of population and placements of schools.

Boundaries will be improved where it's doable, but situations like what you're describing are likely to persist after redistricting.

LOL which is easily corrected. Why I should pay for your kids to be bussed when there's a perfectly fine school nearby.

Fine isn’t always good enough for people who can afford better.

If you choose private, that's your business, but I shouldn't be subsidizing segregation.

You don’t subsidize segregation. People choose to segregate themselves. They want to live in neighborhoods with their own ethnic groups. Desegregation is unnatural and costs lots of tax dollars for bussing and unnecessary emotional stress on people. Bussing failed decades ago and will never be successful.

To a lesser extent, but where i have to object is these gerrymandered boundaries like take Wootton for example where 80% of the boundary is closer to another HS. This was done specifically to create a segregated boundary and this is just one of many such examples.

Citation needed.

easy just look at the boundaries it's self-evident

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Anonymous wrote:I think that these should be the MCPS priorities above anything else:

1. Health & Safety. This means addressing student and teacher safety. Ex. if a building has asbesdos or falling ceilings that's dealt with before other renovations. That also means if a school has rats or mice, that's dealt with before building a new school or re-renovating a school with artificial overcrowding that could be addressed with a boundary change. If also this means a school needs an SRO because of rising incidents, it needs an SRO.
2. Academics. This means that no teacher classroom is without basic school supplies or what they need to conduct effective instruction. This means that the Central Office provides support and assistance to teacher concerns, not the other way around. This does not mean teachers go off rails by teaching personal bias, but if it's related to the course material to supplement the module or a textbook, it's fair game. I know the CO will claim they already support teachers, but if a teacher says they're asking parents for materials to help with instruction - they're really not.
3. Fiscal Responsibility. Pet projects are not funded until 1 and 2 are addressed. Period.
4. Everything else is a "competing priority" that can be decided by MCPS leadership; subject to financial constraints.

And my kids have been in extremely overcrowded schools for years - I think that should be the first priority. Not sure what artificial overcrowding is, but the chaos at the overcrowded schools is just that: chaos. The overcrowding has lead to an extremely unsafe environment.

All schools have rats - kids leave behind food and trash, it's like a paradise for the rats

And asbestos is fine as long as its not disturbed.

I agree with you about academics, but let's fill all the teacher roles with qualified teachers, not long term subs, and not the sub of the day or no sub so they get pawned off to other classrooms.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope they can reduce busing costs. Boundaries like Wootton's are terrible. Most of the students live closer to another school.

And then Horizon Hill neighborhood which is walkable, DOESN'T go to Wootton.

In Kensington, many families who live near Einstein also end up being bussed cross-county to WJ. These segregated boundaries from 40 years ago need to go.

Every single time I have read claims like this, and then looked into specifics of the actual boundary, it was immediately clear that the boundaries result from constraints from the distribution of population and placements of schools.

Boundaries will be improved where it's doable, but situations like what you're describing are likely to persist after redistricting.

LOL which is easily corrected. Why I should pay for your kids to be bussed when there's a perfectly fine school nearby.

Fine isn’t always good enough for people who can afford better.

If you choose private, that's your business, but I shouldn't be subsidizing segregation.

You don’t subsidize segregation. People choose to segregate themselves. They want to live in neighborhoods with their own ethnic groups. Desegregation is unnatural and costs lots of tax dollars for bussing and unnecessary emotional stress on people. Bussing failed decades ago and will never be successful.

To a lesser extent, but where i have to object is these gerrymandered boundaries like take Wootton for example where 80% of the boundary is closer to another HS. This was done specifically to create a segregated boundary and this is just one of many such examples.

Citation needed.

easy just look at the boundaries it's self-evident

It’s not at all. Many HS are all close together. Walking distance of Wootton doesn’t have many houses.
There are a lot of people who are looking forward to this redistricting so they can benefit from being rezoned into Wootton.

What? Crown is being built a few miles north for hundreds of millions of dollars, and it's going to need people zoned to it to justify its existence. Who are you expecting to get redistricted INTO Wootton?

Wootton is under capacity, so if some of Wootton gets rezoned to crown, then some of other HS will have to be rezone to Wootton.

Woootton is at the northmost edge of its boundary. Many neighborhoods to its South are closer to other nearby schools. seems like families to its north in Rockville would be much closer than those near the Potomac.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope they can reduce busing costs. Boundaries like Wootton's are terrible. Most of the students live closer to another school.

And then Horizon Hill neighborhood which is walkable, DOESN'T go to Wootton.

In Kensington, many families who live near Einstein also end up being bussed cross-county to WJ. These segregated boundaries from 40 years ago need to go.

Every single time I have read claims like this, and then looked into specifics of the actual boundary, it was immediately clear that the boundaries result from constraints from the distribution of population and placements of schools.

Boundaries will be improved where it's doable, but situations like what you're describing are likely to persist after redistricting.

LOL which is easily corrected. Why I should pay for your kids to be bussed when there's a perfectly fine school nearby.

Fine isn’t always good enough for people who can afford better.

If you choose private, that's your business, but I shouldn't be subsidizing segregation.

You don’t subsidize segregation. People choose to segregate themselves. They want to live in neighborhoods with their own ethnic groups. Desegregation is unnatural and costs lots of tax dollars for bussing and unnecessary emotional stress on people. Bussing failed decades ago and will never be successful.

To a lesser extent, but where i have to object is these gerrymandered boundaries like take Wootton for example where 80% of the boundary is closer to another HS. This was done specifically to create a segregated boundary and this is just one of many such examples.

Citation needed.

easy just look at the boundaries it's self-evident

It’s not at all. Many HS are all close together. Walking distance of Wootton doesn’t have many houses.
There are a lot of people who are looking forward to this redistricting so they can benefit from being rezoned into Wootton.

What? Crown is being built a few miles north for hundreds of millions of dollars, and it's going to need people zoned to it to justify its existence. Who are you expecting to get redistricted INTO Wootton?

Wootton is under capacity, so if some of Wootton gets rezoned to crown, then some of other HS will have to be rezone to Wootton.

Woootton is at the northmost edge of its boundary. Many neighborhoods to its South are closer to other nearby schools. seems like families to its north in Rockville would be much closer than those near the Potomac.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope they can reduce busing costs. Boundaries like Wootton's are terrible. Most of the students live closer to another school.

And then Horizon Hill neighborhood which is walkable, DOESN'T go to Wootton.

In Kensington, many families who live near Einstein also end up being bussed cross-county to WJ. These segregated boundaries from 40 years ago need to go.

Every single time I have read claims like this, and then looked into specifics of the actual boundary, it was immediately clear that the boundaries result from constraints from the distribution of population and placements of schools.

Boundaries will be improved where it's doable, but situations like what you're describing are likely to persist after redistricting.

LOL which is easily corrected. Why I should pay for your kids to be bussed when there's a perfectly fine school nearby.

Fine isn’t always good enough for people who can afford better.

If you choose private, that's your business, but I shouldn't be subsidizing segregation.

You don’t subsidize segregation. People choose to segregate themselves. They want to live in neighborhoods with their own ethnic groups. Desegregation is unnatural and costs lots of tax dollars for bussing and unnecessary emotional stress on people. Bussing failed decades ago and will never be successful.

To a lesser extent, but where i have to object is these gerrymandered boundaries like take Wootton for example where 80% of the boundary is closer to another HS. This was done specifically to create a segregated boundary and this is just one of many such examples.

Citation needed.

easy just look at the boundaries it's self-evident

It’s not at all. Many HS are all close together. Walking distance of Wootton doesn’t have many houses.
There are a lot of people who are looking forward to this redistricting so they can benefit from being rezoned into Wootton.

What? Crown is being built a few miles north for hundreds of millions of dollars, and it's going to need people zoned to it to justify its existence. Who are you expecting to get redistricted INTO Wootton?

Wootton is under capacity, so if some of Wootton gets rezoned to crown, then some of other HS will have to be rezone to Wootton.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope they can reduce busing costs. Boundaries like Wootton's are terrible. Most of the students live closer to another school.

And then Horizon Hill neighborhood which is walkable, DOESN'T go to Wootton.

In Kensington, many families who live near Einstein also end up being bussed cross-county to WJ. These segregated boundaries from 40 years ago need to go.

Every single time I have read claims like this, and then looked into specifics of the actual boundary, it was immediately clear that the boundaries result from constraints from the distribution of population and placements of schools.

Boundaries will be improved where it's doable, but situations like what you're describing are likely to persist after redistricting.

LOL which is easily corrected. Why I should pay for your kids to be bussed when there's a perfectly fine school nearby.

Fine isn’t always good enough for people who can afford better.

If you choose private, that's your business, but I shouldn't be subsidizing segregation.

You don’t subsidize segregation. People choose to segregate themselves. They want to live in neighborhoods with their own ethnic groups. Desegregation is unnatural and costs lots of tax dollars for bussing and unnecessary emotional stress on people. Bussing failed decades ago and will never be successful.

To a lesser extent, but where i have to object is these gerrymandered boundaries like take Wootton for example where 80% of the boundary is closer to another HS. This was done specifically to create a segregated boundary and this is just one of many such examples.

Citation needed.

easy just look at the boundaries it's self-evident

It’s not at all. Many HS are all close together. Walking distance of Wootton doesn’t have many houses.
There are a lot of people who are looking forward to this redistricting so they can benefit from being rezoned into Wootton.

What? Crown is being built a few miles north for hundreds of millions of dollars, and it's going to need people zoned to it to justify its existence. Who are you expecting to get redistricted INTO Wootton?

Wootton is under capacity, so if some of Wootton gets rezoned to crown, then some of other HS will have to be rezone to Wootton.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope they can reduce busing costs. Boundaries like Wootton's are terrible. Most of the students live closer to another school.

And then Horizon Hill neighborhood which is walkable, DOESN'T go to Wootton.

In Kensington, many families who live near Einstein also end up being bussed cross-county to WJ. These segregated boundaries from 40 years ago need to go.

Every single time I have read claims like this, and then looked into specifics of the actual boundary, it was immediately clear that the boundaries result from constraints from the distribution of population and placements of schools.

Boundaries will be improved where it's doable, but situations like what you're describing are likely to persist after redistricting.

LOL which is easily corrected. Why I should pay for your kids to be bussed when there's a perfectly fine school nearby.

Fine isn’t always good enough for people who can afford better.

If you choose private, that's your business, but I shouldn't be subsidizing segregation.

You don’t subsidize segregation. People choose to segregate themselves. They want to live in neighborhoods with their own ethnic groups. Desegregation is unnatural and costs lots of tax dollars for bussing and unnecessary emotional stress on people. Bussing failed decades ago and will never be successful.

To a lesser extent, but where i have to object is these gerrymandered boundaries like take Wootton for example where 80% of the boundary is closer to another HS. This was done specifically to create a segregated boundary and this is just one of many such examples.

Citation needed.

easy just look at the boundaries it's self-evident

It’s not at all. Many HS are all close together. Walking distance of Wootton doesn’t have many houses.
There are a lot of people who are looking forward to this redistricting so they can benefit from being rezoned into Wootton.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope they can reduce busing costs. Boundaries like Wootton's are terrible. Most of the students live closer to another school.

And then Horizon Hill neighborhood which is walkable, DOESN'T go to Wootton.

In Kensington, many families who live near Einstein also end up being bussed cross-county to WJ. These segregated boundaries from 40 years ago need to go.

Every single time I have read claims like this, and then looked into specifics of the actual boundary, it was immediately clear that the boundaries result from constraints from the distribution of population and placements of schools.

Boundaries will be improved where it's doable, but situations like what you're describing are likely to persist after redistricting.

LOL which is easily corrected. Why I should pay for your kids to be bussed when there's a perfectly fine school nearby.

Fine isn’t always good enough for people who can afford better.

If you choose private, that's your business, but I shouldn't be subsidizing segregation.

You don’t subsidize segregation. People choose to segregate themselves. They want to live in neighborhoods with their own ethnic groups. Desegregation is unnatural and costs lots of tax dollars for bussing and unnecessary emotional stress on people. Bussing failed decades ago and will never be successful.

To a lesser extent, but where i have to object is these gerrymandered boundaries like take Wootton for example where 80% of the boundary is closer to another HS. This was done specifically to create a segregated boundary and this is just one of many such examples.

Citation needed.

easy just look at the boundaries it's self-evident

It’s not at all. Many HS are all close together. Walking distance of Wootton doesn’t have many houses.
There are a lot of people who are looking forward to this redistricting so they can benefit from being rezoned into Wootton.

What? Crown is being built a few miles north for hundreds of millions of dollars, and it's going to need people zoned to it to justify its existence. Who are you expecting to get redistricted INTO Wootton?