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Anonymous wrote:Back to the original purpose of this thread....

This is going to have significant impact on MCPS. I predict:

- Expect more school closures. Taylor already said this but we can't sustain the number of schools with the conditions they are in
- Expect class sizes to go up again. As buildings are closed and boundaries are reshaped, class sizes will go up.
- Teachers shouldn't expect raises for a while. They got them in the last budget cycle and they probably won't get another raise for 3 years at least.
- Programs will be cut. Not sure which ones, but with federal and state funding disappearing, some services in MCPS also have to go away.

Yes. Related to various things going on, I think fiscal pressures and enrollment decline make it likely that:
- Crown will be a holding school
- A few of the ESs on the CIP will not be funded for renovation/replacement

I think the Crown outcome is really up in the air. The City of Gaithersburg is throwing its weight around, and they donated the land specifically for a new school. I think if it is a holding school, it has to be one for a finite time in the same way that Woodward is serving for Northwood.

I also think it could be that Wootton becomes the new Crown, but then many legacy neighborhoods will no longer have access to Wootton, which will cause quite a bit of uproar.

Really, it comes to down to who MCPS is more comfortable with pissing off: Rockville or Gaithersburg. I think MCPS would choose Rockville over Gaithersburg, but it's going to be a nasty fight with some serious wounds along the way.

What does Rockville have to do with this? Wootton isn't in Rockville. Though, it would have been nice had they taken some of the Rootten kids and balance the RM kids over to Rockville, so we don't have a double standard school system in Rockville.

You didn't even know Wootton was in Rockville, yet smearing children ("rooten kids")? Why are you even commenting? Just to embarrass yourself?

Let me guess. Are you one of the Hungerford 'friends and family' crowd who were banking on sending their kids to Crown through redistricting? Or one of the 'Kings Farm I don't wanna go to Gaithersburg HS' parents?

Nope just a Rockville parent that is unhappy with the services offered by MCPS.

Move to a red state and get back to us you idiot.

Two of my neighbors moved here from red states because their children needed services. One had down syndrome and her mental age will not get above about 8 or 9 years old. She gets fabulous help. Another with downs also whose mental age won't get above age five the same. One came from Indiana, the other from Oklahoma.

Shut the hell up. You are a complete and utter idiot.

I used to be very anti Trump. Personally I don't think any person of color or anyone whose family recently immigrated here should align with anyone who started their election campaign in meetings/rallies with David Duke and has clear anti immigrant policies. People from that background that veer that way forgot where they came from and what they look like.

But seeing how downhill things have gone and is still going and what the far left is pushing and what helped lead to the decline, and then hearing the things that Trump and Vance talk about, is kind of veering me more to the right. So more red areas don't look too bad to me now.

In today's Washington Post, there is an article about how Nikki Minaj looks like she's veering more towards Trump too (stuck behind a paywall):

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/2025/12/15/nicki-minaj-jd-vance-nigerian-christians/

So don't think it's just me that is converting.

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Anonymous wrote:Back to the original purpose of this thread....

This is going to have significant impact on MCPS. I predict:

- Expect more school closures. Taylor already said this but we can't sustain the number of schools with the conditions they are in
- Expect class sizes to go up again. As buildings are closed and boundaries are reshaped, class sizes will go up.
- Teachers shouldn't expect raises for a while. They got them in the last budget cycle and they probably won't get another raise for 3 years at least.
- Programs will be cut. Not sure which ones, but with federal and state funding disappearing, some services in MCPS also have to go away.

Yes. Related to various things going on, I think fiscal pressures and enrollment decline make it likely that:
- Crown will be a holding school
- A few of the ESs on the CIP will not be funded for renovation/replacement

I think the Crown outcome is really up in the air. The City of Gaithersburg is throwing its weight around, and they donated the land specifically for a new school. I think if it is a holding school, it has to be one for a finite time in the same way that Woodward is serving for Northwood.

I also think it could be that Wootton becomes the new Crown, but then many legacy neighborhoods will no longer have access to Wootton, which will cause quite a bit of uproar.

Really, it comes to down to who MCPS is more comfortable with pissing off: Rockville or Gaithersburg. I think MCPS would choose Rockville over Gaithersburg, but it's going to be a nasty fight with some serious wounds along the way.

What does Rockville have to do with this? Wootton isn't in Rockville. Though, it would have been nice had they taken some of the Rootten kids and balance the RM kids over to Rockville, so we don't have a double standard school system in Rockville.

You didn't even know Wootton was in Rockville, yet smearing children ("rooten kids")? Why are you even commenting? Just to embarrass yourself?

Let me guess. Are you one of the Hungerford 'friends and family' crowd who were banking on sending their kids to Crown through redistricting? Or one of the 'Kings Farm I don't wanna go to Gaithersburg HS' parents?

They are mostly trolls who have no kids in MCPS

You mean like the MCPS staff that like to post here?

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Anonymous wrote:Back to the original purpose of this thread....

This is going to have significant impact on MCPS. I predict:

- Expect more school closures. Taylor already said this but we can't sustain the number of schools with the conditions they are in
- Expect class sizes to go up again. As buildings are closed and boundaries are reshaped, class sizes will go up.
- Teachers shouldn't expect raises for a while. They got them in the last budget cycle and they probably won't get another raise for 3 years at least.
- Programs will be cut. Not sure which ones, but with federal and state funding disappearing, some services in MCPS also have to go away.

Yes. Related to various things going on, I think fiscal pressures and enrollment decline make it likely that:
- Crown will be a holding school
- A few of the ESs on the CIP will not be funded for renovation/replacement

I think the Crown outcome is really up in the air. The City of Gaithersburg is throwing its weight around, and they donated the land specifically for a new school. I think if it is a holding school, it has to be one for a finite time in the same way that Woodward is serving for Northwood.

I also think it could be that Wootton becomes the new Crown, but then many legacy neighborhoods will no longer have access to Wootton, which will cause quite a bit of uproar.

Really, it comes to down to who MCPS is more comfortable with pissing off: Rockville or Gaithersburg. I think MCPS would choose Rockville over Gaithersburg, but it's going to be a nasty fight with some serious wounds along the way.

What does Rockville have to do with this? Wootton isn't in Rockville. Though, it would have been nice had they taken some of the Rootten kids and balance the RM kids over to Rockville, so we don't have a double standard school system in Rockville.

You didn't even know Wootton was in Rockville, yet smearing children ("rooten kids")? Why are you even commenting? Just to embarrass yourself?

Let me guess. Are you one of the Hungerford 'friends and family' crowd who were banking on sending their kids to Crown through redistricting? Or one of the 'Kings Farm I don't wanna go to Gaithersburg HS' parents?

They are mostly trolls who have no kids in MCPS

Anonymous wrote:Why would trump do this to the moco government?

Just stop you know why.

He's a piece of garbage. Actually worse than garbage, but I digress.

He thinks he can bully blue states. He has destroyed the department of education

Go online and read some court cases fool. And read Project 2025 and The Heritage Foundation papers how is this hard?

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Anonymous wrote:Back to the original purpose of this thread....

This is going to have significant impact on MCPS. I predict:

- Expect more school closures. Taylor already said this but we can't sustain the number of schools with the conditions they are in
- Expect class sizes to go up again. As buildings are closed and boundaries are reshaped, class sizes will go up.
- Teachers shouldn't expect raises for a while. They got them in the last budget cycle and they probably won't get another raise for 3 years at least.
- Programs will be cut. Not sure which ones, but with federal and state funding disappearing, some services in MCPS also have to go away.

Yes. Related to various things going on, I think fiscal pressures and enrollment decline make it likely that:
- Crown will be a holding school
- A few of the ESs on the CIP will not be funded for renovation/replacement

I think the Crown outcome is really up in the air. The City of Gaithersburg is throwing its weight around, and they donated the land specifically for a new school. I think if it is a holding school, it has to be one for a finite time in the same way that Woodward is serving for Northwood.

I also think it could be that Wootton becomes the new Crown, but then many legacy neighborhoods will no longer have access to Wootton, which will cause quite a bit of uproar.

Really, it comes to down to who MCPS is more comfortable with pissing off: Rockville or Gaithersburg. I think MCPS would choose Rockville over Gaithersburg, but it's going to be a nasty fight with some serious wounds along the way.

What does Rockville have to do with this? Wootton isn't in Rockville. Though, it would have been nice had they taken some of the Rootten kids and balance the RM kids over to Rockville, so we don't have a double standard school system in Rockville.

You didn't even know Wootton was in Rockville, yet smearing children ("rooten kids")? Why are you even commenting? Just to embarrass yourself?

Let me guess. Are you one of the Hungerford 'friends and family' crowd who were banking on sending their kids to Crown through redistricting? Or one of the 'Kings Farm I don't wanna go to Gaithersburg HS' parents?

Nope just a Rockville parent that is unhappy with the services offered by MCPS.

Move to a red state and get back to us you idiot.

Two of my neighbors moved here from red states because their children needed services. One had down syndrome and her mental age will not get above about 8 or 9 years old. She gets fabulous help. Another with downs also whose mental age won't get above age five the same. One came from Indiana, the other from Oklahoma.

Shut the hell up. You are a complete and utter idiot.

Anonymous wrote:Montgomery county needs to double down on attracting illegal immigrants to the county. Sure, each one is a net negative in terms of tax revenue, but we’ll make it back with volume.

Shut up you POS

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Anonymous wrote:Back to the original purpose of this thread....

This is going to have significant impact on MCPS. I predict:

- Expect more school closures. Taylor already said this but we can't sustain the number of schools with the conditions they are in
- Expect class sizes to go up again. As buildings are closed and boundaries are reshaped, class sizes will go up.
- Teachers shouldn't expect raises for a while. They got them in the last budget cycle and they probably won't get another raise for 3 years at least.
- Programs will be cut. Not sure which ones, but with federal and state funding disappearing, some services in MCPS also have to go away.

Yes. Related to various things going on, I think fiscal pressures and enrollment decline make it likely that:
- Crown will be a holding school
- A few of the ESs on the CIP will not be funded for renovation/replacement

I think the Crown outcome is really up in the air. The City of Gaithersburg is throwing its weight around, and they donated the land specifically for a new school. I think if it is a holding school, it has to be one for a finite time in the same way that Woodward is serving for Northwood.

I also think it could be that Wootton becomes the new Crown, but then many legacy neighborhoods will no longer have access to Wootton, which will cause quite a bit of uproar.

Really, it comes to down to who MCPS is more comfortable with pissing off: Rockville or Gaithersburg. I think MCPS would choose Rockville over Gaithersburg, but it's going to be a nasty fight with some serious wounds along the way.

What does Rockville have to do with this? Wootton isn't in Rockville. Though, it would have been nice had they taken some of the Rootten kids and balance the RM kids over to Rockville, so we don't have a double standard school system in Rockville.

You didn't even know Wootton was in Rockville, yet smearing children ("rooten kids")? Why are you even commenting? Just to embarrass yourself?

Let me guess. Are you one of the Hungerford 'friends and family' crowd who were banking on sending their kids to Crown through redistricting? Or one of the 'Kings Farm I don't wanna go to Gaithersburg HS' parents?

Nope just a Rockville parent that is unhappy with the services offered by MCPS.

Why would trump do this to the moco government?

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Anonymous wrote:We wouldn't have nearly as many problems in MCPS if we funded schools like we did in the past. The budget has nominally increased, but inflation-adjusted per-pupil funding has gone down. And that don't even adjust for the higher labor costs these days.

Wrong.

FY2020 spending: $15,800/student ($19,100 in 2024 dollars)
FY2024 spenidng: $19.427/student

FY2010 was $20,500/student in current dollars.

Anonymous wrote:We wouldn't have nearly as many problems in MCPS if we funded schools like we did in the past. The budget has nominally increased, but inflation-adjusted per-pupil funding has gone down. And that don't even adjust for the higher labor costs these days.

Wrong.

FY2020 spending: $15,800/student ($19,100 in 2024 dollars)
FY2024 spenidng: $19.427/student

Anonymous wrote:Is it too late to kill the purple line?

Why? It's funded by the state, and it will help business. Big benefit if commuters can travel between two major business centers (Bethesda and SS) in half the time compared to before.

Is it too late to kill the purple line?

I am in the position of closing between moving to MoCo or NOVA for the schools and the financial situation in MoCo is one factor tipping me to Virginia. It’s obvious that the county has no interest or ability in fostering economic growth.

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Anonymous wrote:Back to the original purpose of this thread....

This is going to have significant impact on MCPS. I predict:

- Expect more school closures. Taylor already said this but we can't sustain the number of schools with the conditions they are in
- Expect class sizes to go up again. As buildings are closed and boundaries are reshaped, class sizes will go up.
- Teachers shouldn't expect raises for a while. They got them in the last budget cycle and they probably won't get another raise for 3 years at least.
- Programs will be cut. Not sure which ones, but with federal and state funding disappearing, some services in MCPS also have to go away.

Yes. Related to various things going on, I think fiscal pressures and enrollment decline make it likely that:
- Crown will be a holding school
- A few of the ESs on the CIP will not be funded for renovation/replacement

I think the Crown outcome is really up in the air. The City of Gaithersburg is throwing its weight around, and they donated the land specifically for a new school. I think if it is a holding school, it has to be one for a finite time in the same way that Woodward is serving for Northwood.

I also think it could be that Wootton becomes the new Crown, but then many legacy neighborhoods will no longer have access to Wootton, which will cause quite a bit of uproar.

Really, it comes to down to who MCPS is more comfortable with pissing off: Rockville or Gaithersburg. I think MCPS would choose Rockville over Gaithersburg, but it's going to be a nasty fight with some serious wounds along the way.

What does Rockville have to do with this? Wootton isn't in Rockville. Though, it would have been nice had they taken some of the Rootten kids and balance the RM kids over to Rockville, so we don't have a double standard school system in Rockville.

You didn't even know Wootton was in Rockville, yet smearing children ("rooten kids")? Why are you even commenting? Just to embarrass yourself?

Let me guess. Are you one of the Hungerford 'friends and family' crowd who were banking on sending their kids to Crown through redistricting? Or one of the 'Kings Farm I don't wanna go to Gaithersburg HS' parents?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Back to the original purpose of this thread....

This is going to have significant impact on MCPS. I predict:

- Expect more school closures. Taylor already said this but we can't sustain the number of schools with the conditions they are in
- Expect class sizes to go up again. As buildings are closed and boundaries are reshaped, class sizes will go up.
- Teachers shouldn't expect raises for a while. They got them in the last budget cycle and they probably won't get another raise for 3 years at least.
- Programs will be cut. Not sure which ones, but with federal and state funding disappearing, some services in MCPS also have to go away.

Yes. Related to various things going on, I think fiscal pressures and enrollment decline make it likely that:
- Crown will be a holding school
- A few of the ESs on the CIP will not be funded for renovation/replacement

I think the Crown outcome is really up in the air. The City of Gaithersburg is throwing its weight around, and they donated the land specifically for a new school. I think if it is a holding school, it has to be one for a finite time in the same way that Woodward is serving for Northwood.

I also think it could be that Wootton becomes the new Crown, but then many legacy neighborhoods will no longer have access to Wootton, which will cause quite a bit of uproar.

Really, it comes to down to who MCPS is more comfortable with pissing off: Rockville or Gaithersburg. I think MCPS would choose Rockville over Gaithersburg, but it's going to be a nasty fight with some serious wounds along the way.

What? Wootton going to an address that says Gaithersburg from a North Potomac or is it Rockville? The horror!