Where is the new High School for the Crown communty going to be built?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Expenditures are programmed in the six-year period to open a new high school on the Crown Farm site to address overutilization in the mid-county region. Although an FY 2019 appropriation for planning was recommended by the Board of Education for this new school, the County Council delayed the funds by one year to begin in FY 2020. An FY 2020 appropriation is recommended for planning to begin the architectural design for the project. Once the planning is complete, a recommendation will be included in the next full CIP regarding the phasing and completion date for the opening of this new high school.

This is going to be delayed again. There is no money for the operational debt service costs.

If the county doesn't turn its financial problems around it will never happen or happen after extreme budget cuts to MCPS operating budget. The county already a problem with the debt service costs compared to lower revenue trends. All indicators point at this getting worse. Woodward is going to be a real problem and will be the last school built until there can be massive re-allocation out of the MCPS budget to cover their operating debt for new schools. Combine this problem with the massive amount of deferred maintenance that MCPS has been piling up and Crown will be 20 years down the road if it ever gets built.

If I had to go just from what I read on DCUM, I'd conclude that there's a large group of people who don't want Crown HS to get built and are doing their best to make sure that it doesn't happen. I can't figure out why they'd do that, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I had to go just from what I read on DCUM, I'd conclude that there's a large group of people who don't want Crown HS to get built and are doing their best to make sure that it doesn't happen. I can't figure out why they'd do that, though.

I'd bet 99% posters want it built, but only about half believe that it will be anytime soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Expenditures are programmed in the six-year period to open a new high school on the Crown Farm site to address overutilization in the mid-county region. Although an FY 2019 appropriation for planning was recommended by the Board of Education for this new school, the County Council delayed the funds by one year to begin in FY 2020. An FY 2020 appropriation is recommended for planning to begin the architectural design for the project. Once the planning is complete, a recommendation will be included in the next full CIP regarding the phasing and completion date for the opening of this new high school.

This is going to be delayed again. There is no money for the operational debt service costs.

If the county doesn't turn its financial problems around it will never happen or happen after extreme budget cuts to MCPS operating budget. The county already a problem with the debt service costs compared to lower revenue trends. All indicators point at this getting worse. Woodward is going to be a real problem and will be the last school built until there can be massive re-allocation out of the MCPS budget to cover their operating debt for new schools. Combine this problem with the massive amount of deferred maintenance that MCPS has been piling up and Crown will be 20 years down the road if it ever gets built.


If I had to go just from what I read on DCUM, I'd conclude that there's a large group of people who don't want Crown HS to get built and are doing their best to make sure that it doesn't happen. I can't figure out why they'd do that, though.

The County Council is separate from the BOE. The County Council doesn't really care if people in up county want or don't want another high school. They simply don't have the money. Since the crowding here is in up county not the east where their main political alliances reside it matters even less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

The County Council is separate from the BOE. The County Council doesn't really care if people in up county want or don't want another high school. They simply don't have the money. Since the crowding here is in up county not the east where their main political alliances reside it matters even less.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/district_map.html

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/Elections/Resources/Files/htm/2018/OfficalResults/OfficialCum.HTM