Chevy Chase 4 school system- Rosemary Hills, CC Elementary

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Forgot LeLand Middle school

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The County is broke and they are already having the deparments made mid year cuts and the fiscal year begins tomorrow.

Again, OPERATING budget. The MCPS capital budget can only be tapped for construction/renovation/addition projects and is fine. I agree that it makes it totally ridiculous to talk about A) building a new middle school (capital budget) in the same meeting as B) cutting Spanish classes for 6th graders (operating budget) but that is the reality.

At the end of the day, there is one big bucket, the way things are going, that bucket, no matter what is in it, is going to be empty, the money will be moved to other areas as it has in the past. Have you ever saved for a home imporvemnt project and had to use the moeny for something else? Welcome to your county council's thinking vote them out

Depending on how you look at it, paying for capital improvements while making personnel cuts can make sense. Capital costs are low now. Construction costs are lower than in the past few years because the county is not competing for construction resources with the overheated housing market. The interest rate to borrow money to pay for capital costs is also low. If you believe that the current influx of kids is not going away, then it can make sense to build a building to house them but begin to cut on the amount of money you are spending per child to educate them. That means raising student/teacher ratios and cutting offerings (fewer language, arts, specials offerings, back to focus on basics...)

If I had to tap into my savings account that I had been planning on using for a home renovation due to a new baby in order to finance a luxe lifestyle, I would really question that judgment. I would choose instead to cut back on meals out, babysitters, new clothes, vacations, activities, etc., but still build the nursery. Especially if I thought that this wouldn't be my last baby....

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They made a huge mistake in the 80's by closing Whittier Woods, Radnor, Lynbrook, Clara Barton, North Bethesda, (which is now open again)

Totally agree - incredibly short sighted. They didn't think all those baby boomers who had filled up those schools previously were eventually going to have kids who would do the same? And in addition to Leland, here are a few more - Kensington ES, Kensington Junior High, Rollingwood ES, Larchmont ES, the list goes on and on.

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Anonymous wrote:Forgot LeLand Middle school

The parents at Leland strongly opposed closing the school at the time, and time has proven them right. Unfortunately, the school system sold the land to the community which has now built a community center there and that land can no longer be used for a middle school.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

The County is broke and they are already having the deparments made mid year cuts and the fiscal year begins tomorrow.

Again, OPERATING budget. The MCPS capital budget can only be tapped for construction/renovation/addition projects and is fine. I agree that it makes it totally ridiculous to talk about A) building a new middle school (capital budget) in the same meeting as B) cutting Spanish classes for 6th graders (operating budget) but that is the reality.

At the end of the day, there is one big bucket, the way things are going, that bucket, no matter what is in it, is going to be empty, the money will be moved to other areas as it has in the past. Have you ever saved for a home imporvemnt project and had to use the moeny for something else? Welcome to your county council's thinking vote them out

Depending on how you look at it, paying for capital improvements while making personnel cuts can make sense. Capital costs are low now. Construction costs are lower than in the past few years because the county is not competing for construction resources with the overheated housing market. The interest rate to borrow money to pay for capital costs is also low. If you believe that the current influx of kids is not going away, then it can make sense to build a building to house them but begin to cut on the amount of money you are spending per child to educate them. That means raising student/teacher ratios and cutting offerings (fewer language, arts, specials offerings, back to focus on basics...)

If I had to tap into my savings account that I had been planning on using for a home renovation due to a new baby in order to finance a luxe lifestyle, I would really question that judgment. I would choose instead to cut back on meals out, babysitters, new clothes, vacations, activities, etc., but still build the nursery. Especially if I thought that this wouldn't be my last baby....

That is exactly what the council does, they don't cut back, they jsut keep spending in areas that don't need to be funded $4 million for the Filmore, 6 million for 311, 4 million for low income people to ride cabs, the list goes on and on,

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Anonymous wrote:Hi, We are moving just south of EW Highway, just east of Connecticut. My understanding is that we have the Rosemary Hills/CC Elementary School situation. Can any moms or dads tell us their impressions of how they like this situation? Seems kind of young to be sending such a young child on a schoolbus (before 3rd grade)
Thanks!

I had exactly the same concerns! But my kindergartner loves her 10 minute bus ride to Rosemary Hills. She practically runs onto the bus every morning and loves sitting with her friend. Now that we've been at Rosemary Hills for a few weeks, I like that the school is just little kids. It's an incredibly sweet and tender school. And because there are so many classes (at about 23-25 kids a class), they have a large number of age appropriate after school activities. Another think I like is that they have breakout reading and math groups that really help kids grow from where they are rather than frustrate them by being too fast or too slow.

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Anonymous wrote:Pyle is overcrowded as well. Westland will end up being 1250 students and with an addition will have the capacity to have 1450. That woudl make Pyle and Westland the same size. They made a huge mistake in the 80's by closing Whittier Woods, Radnor, Lynbrook, Clara Barton, North Bethesda, (which is now open again)

But hey Pyle has great texters

Ewww, assuming you are a parent, you need to realize that you just mocked a bunch of pre-teens for their texting scandal. They were young and dumb. I can only assume you are old, mean and dumb. You win. Pretty sick on your part.