[12] 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.

[13] Authorities say that Ye, a local resident at the time, had a difficult past when she 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.

[14] 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.

[15] On November 2, 2021, a report of a sexual assault occurring in the school's locker room was received by Montgomery County Police.

[17] However, Montgomery County Public School Student Member of the Board candidates of 2023 are promising to fix this.