Wootton High School is Becoming a Major Election Issue
The fight over a potential relocation of Wootton High School to the Crown site in Gaithersburg is currently one of the biggest battles in MCPS’s pending boundary study and academic program mix. But that’s not all it is. As elected officials and candidates begin to react to the pressure coming out of the Wootton cluster, it’s turning into a major issue in multiple MoCo races.
Just look at what we have seen so far. PTAs in the Wootton vicinity have been organizing against the proposed move for months. Rockville’s elected officials have been raising Cain about it with Wootton grad and City Council Member Adam Van Grack being especially aggressive. Now a series of statements from candidates are adding to the heat. Here are three of them.
First, here is Council Member Andrew Friedson, who represents part of Wootton’s service area and is running for executive.
I appreciate the unique role of the Board of Education and Superintendent in overseeing one of the largest school systems in the country, and recognize the difficult decisions they face with aging facilities amid decades of deferred maintenance. However, abruptly interjecting the closure of a half century old high school facility in the midst of a pre-established and ongoing discussion of school boundaries significantly undermines trust that families have in the process. It also threatens the needed partnerships with municipal and county governments as well as businesses whose investments are necessary to fund and operate a world-class school system and provide the housing on which our residents rely.
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