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Montgomery County board approves regional secondary program model, draws sharp public opposition over Wootton plan
Summary
The Montgomery County Board of Education approved the superintendent's package to establish secondary regional programs and related facility recommendations — including relocating Wootton High School to the Crown Farm site — after lengthy public comment and debate. The board added a unanimous amendment requiring quarterly implementation updates with specific reporting metrics.
The Montgomery County Board of Education voted to approve the superintendent's linked resolutions to establish secondary regional programs and to adopt related facility recommendations, despite hours of public testimony calling for a different approach to the boundary study and for preserving Wootton High School.
Superintendent Thomas Taylor presented the package as a coordinated effort to expand access to selective programs and to put students into healthier learning spaces. After the board debated for several hours, President Grace Rivera Oven moved an amendment requiring the superintendent to provide quarterly implementation updates that include budgets, admissions, teacher recruitment, curriculum selection and other metrics; the amendment passed unanimously and was folded into the en bloc approval.
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