Thomas S. Wootton High School

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Thomas S. Wootton High School
Wootton High School entrance Rockville MD 2022-12-30 10-45-48.jpg
Address
Thomas S. Wootton High School
2100 Wootton Parkway

Rockville
,
Montgomery
,
Maryland
20850-3037

United States
Coordinates 39°04′36″N77°11′02″W / 39.07661°N 77.18376°W / 39.07661; -77.18376
Information
Type Public secondary
Established1970;54 years ago (1970)
School district Montgomery County Public Schools
NCES District ID 2400480 [1]
Educational authority Maryland Department of Education
School codeMD-15-150234
CEEB code 210909
NCES School ID 240048000934 [2]
PrincipalDouglas Nelson
Faculty111.80 (on an FTE basis) [2]
Grades9–12
Gender Coeducational
Enrollment1,943 [2]  (2021-2022)
 •  Grade 9 493
 •  Grade 10 445
 •  Grade 11 509
 •  Grade 12 496
Student to teacher ratio17.38:1 [2]
Campus typeSmall city [2]
Color(s)Red, white and blue
   
Nickname Patriots
Rival Winston Churchill High School
USNWR ranking167 [3]
NewspaperCommon Sense [4]
YearbookFife & Drum [5]
Website montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/woottonhs/

Thomas S. Wootton High School or Wootton High School(WHS) is a public high school in Rockville, Maryland. Its namesake is Thomas S. Wootton, the founder of Montgomery County. The school was founded in 1970 and is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools system. Robert Frost Middle School (Lakewood ES, DuFief ES, Fallsmead ES, & Travilah ES) along with half of Cabin John Middle School (Bells Mill ES, Cold Spring ES, Seven Locks ES, &Stone Mill ES) feed into the school. In 2019, Newsweek ranked Wootton's STEM program #160 in a nationwide survey of US high schools. [6] In 2022, U.S. News & World Report ranked Wootton #167 nationally amongst high school. [3]

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History

President George W. Bush speaks at Wootton. Bush@Wootton.jpg
President George W. Bush speaks at Wootton.

In November 2001, President George W. Bush visited Wootton and signed the congressional bill officially recognizing "Veterans Awareness Week", which takes place the week before Veteran's Day. [7]

In 2015, school principal Michael Doran was found dead in his Bethesda, Maryland, apartment. [8] A memorial service was held at Wootton two days later. [9] In 2017, a bridge near the high school and its auditorium was named in Doran's honor. [10]

On April 18, 2024, an 18-year-old trans student by the name of Andrea Ye was arrested by the Montgomery County Police Department for shooting threats made against the school. The FBI contacted the MCPD, after which they proceeded to obtain a search warrant to investigate her home, where they discovered violent drawings and documents relating to mass violence, including a 129-page long manifesto, containing numerous threats of violence against the student population and staff of Wootton High School. [11] Authorities say that Ye, a local resident at the time, had a struggling past when he was sent to the hospital in December 2022 for similar threats as well as homicidal and suicidal thoughts, but was still preoccupied after being released the following month. [12]

Controversies

On October 9, 2020, former football coach Christopher Papadopolous was sentenced to 18 months in jail with 5 years of probation with his addition to the Maryland sex offender registry. Christopher Papadopolous pleaded guilty to one count of sexual abuse of a minor and one count of fourth-degree sex offense. These charges stemmed from his sexual assault of several 17 year old minors in his home in Gaithersburg. [13]

On November 2, 2021, a report of a sexual assault occurring in the school's locker room was received by Montgomery County Police. Members of the school's varsity team were allegedly involved in this in incident. Several students and staff members were interviewed in an investigation with officers from the police department's Special Victims Investigation Division. However, the investigation yielded no evidence of an occurrence of a sexual assault. [14]

Its infrastructure is aging, a cause of concern for many students and teachers alike. It was found to have lead in its water, but those issues have not been fixed as of 2018. [15] However, Montgomery County Public School Student Member of the Board candidates of 2023 are promising to fix this. [16]

Demographics

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity 2021–2022 [2]
WhiteAsianBlackHispanicTwo or More RacesAmerican Indian/Alaska Native
9001000120

During the 2019–2020 school year, the school's racial composition was 41.6% white, 37.2% Asian, 8.3% Black, and 8.0% Hispanic. [17] Multiracial students made up less than 5% of the student body, as did Native and Pacific Islander American students. [17] The overall size of the student body was 2,116. [17]

Notable alumni

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