Anonymous
01/01/2026 18:16
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:People affected by this who currently are zoned for Wootton will lose a considerable amount of their property value I would assume? So they will just sell, move to much cheaper areas and then send to private (which they will now be able to afford since they are no longer paying for a house in the Wootton district). That’s how I see this playing out if H goes forward.
Selling at a loss, people are going to go bankrupt.
So much hysteria. Why would the value of your house go precipitously down when your high school changes from a crumbling building 1 mile from your house to a new building 3 miles from your house, with all of the same students?
Bigotry
You won’t be able to sell your home to bigots and they are a large share of the market in that part of the county.
The bigger problem is some will want a newer HS and a nice new house, and will not want their old, outdated million dollar homes so values may go down because of that. And, all the problems Wootton has had.
Some of the newest schools in the county are also the lowest performing. I love how some people think somehow a new building increases academic performance. Those things are not related. Nobody cares how “new” a school is.
Finally, a new voice and point raised after numerous pages of the same arguments being rehashed. Wootton has done well DESPITE a facility needing remediation. I wonder if the naysayers on this thread can explain that.
Its not the building that makes the school, its the people. So, if you move the entire school population to a new school you still have the same school in a different location.
Not if you add another 30% of kids from other schools to that school population. If this weren't the case, then Wootton families would be less opposed to it. But it's not. Rather, this is an effort to realize the boundary changes that were unsuccessful in years past. This fact must be combined with the other problems with such a move, including walkability, traffic problems, etc...
Anonymous
01/01/2026 18:16
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:People affected by this who currently are zoned for Wootton will lose a considerable amount of their property value I would assume? So they will just sell, move to much cheaper areas and then send to private (which they will now be able to afford since they are no longer paying for a house in the Wootton district). That’s how I see this playing out if H goes forward.
Selling at a loss, people are going to go bankrupt.
So much hysteria. Why would the value of your house go precipitously down when your high school changes from a crumbling building 1 mile from your house to a new building 3 miles from your house, with all of the same students?
Bigotry
You won’t be able to sell your home to bigots and they are a large share of the market in that part of the county.
The bigger problem is some will want a newer HS and a nice new house, and will not want their old, outdated million dollar homes so values may go down because of that. And, all the problems Wootton has had.
Some of the newest schools in the county are also the lowest performing. I love how some people think somehow a new building increases academic performance. Those things are not related. Nobody cares how “new” a school is.
Those new buildings were replacements.. No school has been offered a new school a few miles away
Look, you don't want it, say no, thank MCPS for the offer and wait your turn for repairs. Problem solved.
Did you use google before you made this comment? There are several NEW elementary schools that have opened in the last 5-10 years. They are beautiful-and also have some of the lowest scores in the county. Check them out.
But regardless-my point still stands-it doesn’t matter how nice a building is regardless if it was a new building or a “replacement”. It doesn’t change the actual student performance inside it.
Anonymous
01/01/2026 18:16
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:MCPS should keep Crown as a holding school, drop the Wootton plan and put Wootton to the back of the line given other schools need it more and they can wait their turn.
It already is at the back of the line. You want to take it out of that line altogether by destroying Wootton as it is today. That’s what Wootton families don’t want.
Moving Wootton to Crown is treating kids as chattel. If MCPS could get away with it, they would forcibly bus Wootton kids to low performing schools all over the county, then ask MoCo for bonuses because they raised test scores in those schools.
Stop making up it will destroy the school when a few more students will go to the school harming your self segregation. We don’t want your kids at our schools. Not because of the kids but because of you. You all have no issue busing your kids for the speciality programs. You seem to want a publicly funded private.
Looks like you didn't get the benefit of any "speciality" programs (whatever those are).
Please explain how Wootton is a publicly-funded private school. I'll wait.
We want Wootton where it is - not moved 3 miles away to a highly-congested area filled with tightly packed townhouses and apartments, significant traffic problems, and a lack of walkability to the neighborhoods Wootton has served. It's not self-segregation if a school has been in the same place for 55+ years.
I want MoCo to stop raising my taxes to fund needless things, like fixing up a dilapidated school when there's a brand new school a couple of miles away.
+1 If they are saying its that bad that they cannot wait their turn in 9 years, then Crown renammed Wootton is the best option.
Anonymous
01/01/2026 18:15
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:MCPS should keep Crown as a holding school, drop the Wootton plan and put Wootton to the back of the line given other schools need it more and they can wait their turn.
It already is at the back of the line. You want to take it out of that line altogether by destroying Wootton as it is today. That’s what Wootton families don’t want.
Moving Wootton to Crown is treating kids as chattel. If MCPS could get away with it, they would forcibly bus Wootton kids to low performing schools all over the county, then ask MoCo for bonuses because they raised test scores in those schools.
Stop making up it will destroy the school when a few more students will go to the school harming your self segregation. We don’t want your kids at our schools. Not because of the kids but because of you. You all have no issue busing your kids for the speciality programs. You seem to want a publicly funded private.
Looks like you didn't get the benefit of any "speciality" programs (whatever those are).
Please explain how Wootton is a publicly-funded private school. I'll wait.
We want Wootton where it is - not moved 3 miles away to a highly-congested area filled with tightly packed townhouses and apartments, significant traffic problems, and a lack of walkability to the neighborhoods Wootton has served. It's not self-segregation if a school has been in the same place for 55+ years.
Then STOP complaining and wait your turn like the other schools are. There are other schools with far more serious issues, especially with flooding and collapsing ceilings that deserve first in line. Of, find a way to fundraisers and pay for it. You brag about the wealth. You wealth families can come togther to pay for the repairs.
You didn't answer the question... and you still can't spell. Also, jealousy of other people's success and wealth is a poor way to go through life. It sounds like this entire discussion is more about your lack of success in life than it is about Wootton families.
Regardless, your challenge is accepted. - Wootton is already at the back of the line (CIP in 2035). However, MCPS families are not obligated to fund raise privately for facility repairs. Those are the responsibility of MCPS.
I'm glad we finally reached common ground and you agree Wootton can stay where it is.
Even if you were bumped up in line, nothing would happen for a few more years as they have do bid it out and do it over years if the students are still in the building. 9 years is better than many of our schools are being offered.
Anonymous
01/01/2026 18:14
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:MCPS should keep Crown as a holding school, drop the Wootton plan and put Wootton to the back of the line given other schools need it more and they can wait their turn.
It already is at the back of the line. You want to take it out of that line altogether by destroying Wootton as it is today. That’s what Wootton families don’t want.
Moving Wootton to Crown is treating kids as chattel. If MCPS could get away with it, they would forcibly bus Wootton kids to low performing schools all over the county, then ask MoCo for bonuses because they raised test scores in those schools.
Stop making up it will destroy the school when a few more students will go to the school harming your self segregation. We don’t want your kids at our schools. Not because of the kids but because of you. You all have no issue busing your kids for the speciality programs. You seem to want a publicly funded private.
Looks like you didn't get the benefit of any "speciality" programs (whatever those are).
Please explain how Wootton is a publicly-funded private school. I'll wait.
We want Wootton where it is - not moved 3 miles away to a highly-congested area filled with tightly packed townhouses and apartments, significant traffic problems, and a lack of walkability to the neighborhoods Wootton has served. It's not self-segregation if a school has been in the same place for 55+ years.
Then STOP complaining and wait your turn like the other schools are. There are other schools with far more serious issues, especially with flooding and collapsing ceilings that deserve first in line. Of, find a way to fundraisers and pay for it. You brag about the wealth. You wealth families can come togther to pay for the repairs.
You didn't answer the question... and you still can't spell. Also, jealousy of other people's success and wealth is a poor way to go through life. It sounds like this entire discussion is more about your lack of success in life than it is about Wootton families.
Regardless, your challenge is accepted. - Wootton is already at the back of the line (CIP in 2035). However, MCPS families are not obligated to fund raise privately for facility repairs. Those are the responsibility of MCPS.
I'm glad we finally reached common ground and you agree Wootton can stay where it is.
People don't take you seriously because of how you treat others, which makes us less sympathetic, not more.
Many of us are doing very well and the fact that you constantly throw insults speaks volumes and I hope you aren't representative of Wootton or it would discourage many from sending their kids.
You living in a million dollar or less home is nothing special and equal to most areas right now.
Anonymous
01/01/2026 18:13
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:MCPS should keep Crown as a holding school, drop the Wootton plan and put Wootton to the back of the line given other schools need it more and they can wait their turn.
It already is at the back of the line. You want to take it out of that line altogether by destroying Wootton as it is today. That’s what Wootton families don’t want.
Moving Wootton to Crown is treating kids as chattel. If MCPS could get away with it, they would forcibly bus Wootton kids to low performing schools all over the county, then ask MoCo for bonuses because they raised test scores in those schools.
Stop making up it will destroy the school when a few more students will go to the school harming your self segregation. We don’t want your kids at our schools. Not because of the kids but because of you. You all have no issue busing your kids for the speciality programs. You seem to want a publicly funded private.
Looks like you didn't get the benefit of any "speciality" programs (whatever those are).
Please explain how Wootton is a publicly-funded private school. I'll wait.
We want Wootton where it is - not moved 3 miles away to a highly-congested area filled with tightly packed townhouses and apartments, significant traffic problems, and a lack of walkability to the neighborhoods Wootton has served. It's not self-segregation if a school has been in the same place for 55+ years.
I want MoCo to stop raising my taxes to fund needless things, like fixing up a dilapidated school when there's a brand new school a couple of miles away.
Anonymous
01/01/2026 18:12
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:People affected by this who currently are zoned for Wootton will lose a considerable amount of their property value I would assume? So they will just sell, move to much cheaper areas and then send to private (which they will now be able to afford since they are no longer paying for a house in the Wootton district). That’s how I see this playing out if H goes forward.
Selling at a loss, people are going to go bankrupt.
So much hysteria. Why would the value of your house go precipitously down when your high school changes from a crumbling building 1 mile from your house to a new building 3 miles from your house, with all of the same students?
Bigotry
You won’t be able to sell your home to bigots and they are a large share of the market in that part of the county.
The bigger problem is some will want a newer HS and a nice new house, and will not want their old, outdated million dollar homes so values may go down because of that. And, all the problems Wootton has had.
Some of the newest schools in the county are also the lowest performing. I love how some people think somehow a new building increases academic performance. Those things are not related. Nobody cares how “new” a school is.
Finally, a new voice and point raised after numerous pages of the same arguments being rehashed. Wootton has done well DESPITE a facility needing remediation. I wonder if the naysayers on this thread can explain that.
Its not the building that makes the school, its the people. So, if you move the entire school population to a new school you still have the same school in a different location.
Anonymous
01/01/2026 18:11
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:People affected by this who currently are zoned for Wootton will lose a considerable amount of their property value I would assume? So they will just sell, move to much cheaper areas and then send to private (which they will now be able to afford since they are no longer paying for a house in the Wootton district). That’s how I see this playing out if H goes forward.
Selling at a loss, people are going to go bankrupt.
So much hysteria. Why would the value of your house go precipitously down when your high school changes from a crumbling building 1 mile from your house to a new building 3 miles from your house, with all of the same students?
Bigotry
You won’t be able to sell your home to bigots and they are a large share of the market in that part of the county.
The bigger problem is some will want a newer HS and a nice new house, and will not want their old, outdated million dollar homes so values may go down because of that. And, all the problems Wootton has had.
Some of the newest schools in the county are also the lowest performing. I love how some people think somehow a new building increases academic performance. Those things are not related. Nobody cares how “new” a school is.
Those new buildings were replacements.. No school has been offered a new school a few miles away
Look, you don't want it, say no, thank MCPS for the offer and wait your turn for repairs. Problem solved.
Anonymous
01/01/2026 18:10
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:People affected by this who currently are zoned for Wootton will lose a considerable amount of their property value I would assume? So they will just sell, move to much cheaper areas and then send to private (which they will now be able to afford since they are no longer paying for a house in the Wootton district). That’s how I see this playing out if H goes forward.
Selling at a loss, people are going to go bankrupt.
So much hysteria. Why would the value of your house go precipitously down when your high school changes from a crumbling building 1 mile from your house to a new building 3 miles from your house, with all of the same students?
Bigotry
You won’t be able to sell your home to bigots and they are a large share of the market in that part of the county.
The bigger problem is some will want a newer HS and a nice new house, and will not want their old, outdated million dollar homes so values may go down because of that. And, all the problems Wootton has had.
Some of the newest schools in the county are also the lowest performing. I love how some people think somehow a new building increases academic performance. Those things are not related. Nobody cares how “new” a school is.
Finally, a new voice and point raised after numerous pages of the same arguments being rehashed. Wootton has done well DESPITE a facility needing remediation. I wonder if the naysayers on this thread can explain that.
Anonymous
01/01/2026 18:09
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:MCPS should keep Crown as a holding school, drop the Wootton plan and put Wootton to the back of the line given other schools need it more and they can wait their turn.
It already is at the back of the line. You want to take it out of that line altogether by destroying Wootton as it is today. That’s what Wootton families don’t want.
Moving Wootton to Crown is treating kids as chattel. If MCPS could get away with it, they would forcibly bus Wootton kids to low performing schools all over the county, then ask MoCo for bonuses because they raised test scores in those schools.
Stop making up it will destroy the school when a few more students will go to the school harming your self segregation. We don’t want your kids at our schools. Not because of the kids but because of you. You all have no issue busing your kids for the speciality programs. You seem to want a publicly funded private.
Looks like you didn't get the benefit of any "speciality" programs (whatever those are).
Please explain how Wootton is a publicly-funded private school. I'll wait.
We want Wootton where it is - not moved 3 miles away to a highly-congested area filled with tightly packed townhouses and apartments, significant traffic problems, and a lack of walkability to the neighborhoods Wootton has served. It's not self-segregation if a school has been in the same place for 55+ years.
What is wrong with tightly-packed townhouses and apartments? What are the significant traffic problems?
I totally get the lack of walkability. That makes sense to me. But nothing else you have been saying computes.
Anonymous
01/01/2026 18:07
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:MCPS should keep Crown as a holding school, drop the Wootton plan and put Wootton to the back of the line given other schools need it more and they can wait their turn.
It already is at the back of the line. You want to take it out of that line altogether by destroying Wootton as it is today. That’s what Wootton families don’t want.
Moving Wootton to Crown is treating kids as chattel. If MCPS could get away with it, they would forcibly bus Wootton kids to low performing schools all over the county, then ask MoCo for bonuses because they raised test scores in those schools.
Stop making up it will destroy the school when a few more students will go to the school harming your self segregation. We don’t want your kids at our schools. Not because of the kids but because of you. You all have no issue busing your kids for the speciality programs. You seem to want a publicly funded private.
Looks like you didn't get the benefit of any "speciality" programs (whatever those are).
Please explain how Wootton is a publicly-funded private school. I'll wait.
We want Wootton where it is - not moved 3 miles away to a highly-congested area filled with tightly packed townhouses and apartments, significant traffic problems, and a lack of walkability to the neighborhoods Wootton has served. It's not self-segregation if a school has been in the same place for 55+ years.
Then STOP complaining and wait your turn like the other schools are. There are other schools with far more serious issues, especially with flooding and collapsing ceilings that deserve first in line. Of, find a way to fundraisers and pay for it. You brag about the wealth. You wealth families can come togther to pay for the repairs.
You didn't answer the question... and you still can't spell. Also, jealousy of other people's success and wealth is a poor way to go through life. It sounds like this entire discussion is more about your lack of success in life than it is about Wootton families.
Regardless, your challenge is accepted. - Wootton is already at the back of the line (CIP in 2035). However, MCPS families are not obligated to fund raise privately for facility repairs. Those are the responsibility of MCPS.
I'm glad we finally reached common ground and you agree Wootton can stay where it is.
Anonymous
01/01/2026 18:06
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:People affected by this who currently are zoned for Wootton will lose a considerable amount of their property value I would assume? So they will just sell, move to much cheaper areas and then send to private (which they will now be able to afford since they are no longer paying for a house in the Wootton district). That’s how I see this playing out if H goes forward.
Selling at a loss, people are going to go bankrupt.
So much hysteria. Why would the value of your house go precipitously down when your high school changes from a crumbling building 1 mile from your house to a new building 3 miles from your house, with all of the same students?
Bigotry
You won’t be able to sell your home to bigots and they are a large share of the market in that part of the county.
The bigger problem is some will want a newer HS and a nice new house, and will not want their old, outdated million dollar homes so values may go down because of that. And, all the problems Wootton has had.
Some of the newest schools in the county are also the lowest performing. I love how some people think somehow a new building increases academic performance. Those things are not related. Nobody cares how “new” a school is.
Anonymous
01/01/2026 17:55
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:People affected by this who currently are zoned for Wootton will lose a considerable amount of their property value I would assume? So they will just sell, move to much cheaper areas and then send to private (which they will now be able to afford since they are no longer paying for a house in the Wootton district). That’s how I see this playing out if H goes forward.
Selling at a loss, people are going to go bankrupt.
So much hysteria. Why would the value of your house go precipitously down when your high school changes from a crumbling building 1 mile from your house to a new building 3 miles from your house, with all of the same students?
Bigotry
You won’t be able to sell your home to bigots and they are a large share of the market in that part of the county.
The bigger problem is some will want a newer HS and a nice new house, and will not want their old, outdated million dollar homes so values may go down because of that. And, all the problems Wootton has had.
Anonymous
01/01/2026 17:53
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:MCPS should keep Crown as a holding school, drop the Wootton plan and put Wootton to the back of the line given other schools need it more and they can wait their turn.
It already is at the back of the line. You want to take it out of that line altogether by destroying Wootton as it is today. That’s what Wootton families don’t want.
Moving Wootton to Crown is treating kids as chattel. If MCPS could get away with it, they would forcibly bus Wootton kids to low performing schools all over the county, then ask MoCo for bonuses because they raised test scores in those schools.
Stop making up it will destroy the school when a few more students will go to the school harming your self segregation. We don’t want your kids at our schools. Not because of the kids but because of you. You all have no issue busing your kids for the speciality programs. You seem to want a publicly funded private.
Looks like you didn't get the benefit of any "speciality" programs (whatever those are).
Please explain how Wootton is a publicly-funded private school. I'll wait.
We want Wootton where it is - not moved 3 miles away to a highly-congested area filled with tightly packed townhouses and apartments, significant traffic problems, and a lack of walkability to the neighborhoods Wootton has served. It's not self-segregation if a school has been in the same place for 55+ years.
Then STOP complaining and wait your turn like the other schools are. There are other schools with far more serious issues, especially with flooding and collapsing ceilings that deserve first in line. Of, find a way to fundraisers and pay for it. You brag about the wealth. You wealth families can come togther to pay for the repairs.
Anonymous
01/01/2026 17:40
Subject: Option H is permanent and the old Wootton HS campus will be closed for good?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:MCPS should keep Crown as a holding school, drop the Wootton plan and put Wootton to the back of the line given other schools need it more and they can wait their turn.
It already is at the back of the line. You want to take it out of that line altogether by destroying Wootton as it is today. That’s what Wootton families don’t want.
Moving Wootton to Crown is treating kids as chattel. If MCPS could get away with it, they would forcibly bus Wootton kids to low performing schools all over the county, then ask MoCo for bonuses because they raised test scores in those schools.
Stop making up it will destroy the school when a few more students will go to the school harming your self segregation. We don’t want your kids at our schools. Not because of the kids but because of you. You all have no issue busing your kids for the speciality programs. You seem to want a publicly funded private.
Looks like you didn't get the benefit of any "speciality" programs (whatever those are).
Please explain how Wootton is a publicly-funded private school. I'll wait.
We want Wootton where it is - not moved 3 miles away to a highly-congested area filled with tightly packed townhouses and apartments, significant traffic problems, and a lack of walkability to the neighborhoods Wootton has served. It's not self-segregation if a school has been in the same place for 55+ years.