The Montgomery County school board on Thursday approved new school boundary lines that would permanently move Rockville’s Thomas S. Wootton High School into the upcoming Crown High in Gaithersburg — along with sweeping changes to the district’s programming model.
“When you have so much of the school district undergoing the boundary study at one time, it’s intense and it has been intense,” board Vice President Brenda Wolff said during the meeting. “I know the scope and the implications of these changes have been hard for our community, but I remind us that there are many who are waiting for and anticipating change.”
The board voted 7 to 1 to approve Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s recommendation to move the school and adopt a regional programming model. The recommendation was the culmination of the district’s two boundary studies and an analysis of high school programming. Board member Julie Yang opposed the decision…