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Parents, community urge board to reject 'Option H' that would relocate Wootton High School
Summary
Dozens of parents, teachers and students urged the Montgomery County Board of Education to reject “Option H,” a proposal that would permanently move Thomas Wootton High School to Crown, saying it would disrupt feeder patterns, increase buses and commute times, and raise equity and safety concerns.
Dozens of parents, students and local officials on Thursday urged the Montgomery County Board of Education to reject “Option H,” a boundary and facilities proposal that would close or permanently relocate Thomas Wootton High School and move its students to Crown High School.
The public commenters — including PTA leaders, Wootton parents and local officials — said the plan was rushed, lacked a thorough transportation and risk analysis and would fracture established feeder patterns that include Robert Frost Middle School and Frost’s shared campus. “Closing Wootton would rip the heart out of a community that…
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