🌱 Patch AM: Could Rockville lose Wootton High as a neighborhood school?

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In today's newsletter:

• Could Rockville lose Wootton High as a neighborhood school?

Also on today's calendar: McLean School Open House (Kindergarten-Grade 4) and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the shovel say to the dirt? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: A bit of afternoon rain, with a high of 55 and low of 45 degrees.
• Saturday: Cloudy, a shower and t-storm, temps: high: 48, low: 40.
• Sunday: Breezy with sun, then clouds, with a high of 48 and low of 27 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Parents push back against proposal that could close Wootton High School (wusa9.com) — Rockville families are mobilizing against a proposal that could close Wootton High School and shift students to the new Crown High in Gaithersburg, turning Wootton into a temporary holding school. Parents argue this Rockville school’s closure would break long-standing feeder patterns, end a walkable neighborhood high school, and risk overcrowding elsewhere as Montgomery County prepares broader boundary changes.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Rockville

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday January 10

• McLean School Open House (Kindergarten-Grade 4)
  McLean School-Falls Road Campus (Lower School), 11810 Falls Rd, Potomac
  9:00 am
• First Time Homebuyer Seminar (FREE!)
  Virtual/Online,
  10:00 am
• McLean School Open House (Grades 5-12)
  McLean School-Lochinver Lane Campus (Middle & Upper School), 8224 Lochinver Ln, Potomac
  1:00 pm

Monday January 12

• St. Raphael Nursery School Open House — Join Us January 12 at 9:30 a.m.!
  1513 Dunster Rd, Rockville
  9:30 am

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Other local events

Thursday January 8

• The Grandsons
  Hank Dietle's Tavern , 11010 Rockville Pike , Rockville
  8:00 pm

Friday January 9

• Scotch & Soda Band
  Hank Dietle's Tavern , 11010 Rockville Pike , Rockville
  5:30 pm
• The Hard-Core Troubadours
  Hank Dietle's Tavern , 11010 Rockville Pike , Rockville
  9:00 pm

Saturday January 10

• Pressed Flowers Frame
  Hammer & Stain Rockville , 107B Gibbs St , Rockville
  4:00 pm
• Jim Stepanson & Friends
  Hank Dietle's Tavern , 11010 Rockville Pike , Rockville
  5:00 pm
• The Barco Beat
  Hank Dietle's Tavern , 11010 Rockville Pike , Rockville
  9:00 pm

Sunday January 11

• Beast from the East
  Hank Dietle's Tavern , 11010 Rockville Pike , Rockville
  2:00 pm
• Corey Arceneaux & the Zydeco Hot Peppers
  Hank Dietle's Tavern , 11010 Rockville Pike , Rockville
  6:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

North Bethesda

• Char'd to Open First Maryland Brick & Mortar Restaurant in Coming Weeks (mocoshow.com)
• Things to Do, DMV: Weekend Rundown, Jan. 8-11 (washingtoninformer.com)
• WYPR & BSO bring family friendly performance to Frederick (wypr.org)

Gaithersburg

• Customers Are Calling Culture Kitchen a 'Healthy Chipotle' (mocoshow.com)
• How older athletes stay active in winter (thebeaconnewspapers.com)
• Report: Former Penn State Defensive Tackle Xavier Gilliam Transfers To Tennessee (onwardstate.com)

Germantown

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