MCPS has numerous schools off the CIP list because of no money, but MCPS is building a pool at Piney Branch ES

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Anonymous wrote:Tear down SSIMS and give piney branch a new pool when they already have one… make it make sense. Perhaps a Cake video…

They're not tearing down SSIMS.

I think they're going to have to completely renovate Sims in order to make it into a holding school for Middle School students.

I doubt that.

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Anonymous wrote:The P.E. teacher does swim units throughout the year where students do use the pool. The parent community was very passionate about keeping the pool.

The sensible thing to do would be to get rid of the pool because that building is already got a really bizarre layout that doesn't actually function very well and they could renovate the pool area into more functional space. But emotionally people are very attached to the pool

That is a lower income area so its nice to give families access to the pool but its open very limited hours so is it financially worth it?

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Anonymous wrote:The P.E. teacher does swim units throughout the year where students do use the pool. The parent community was very passionate about keeping the pool.

The sensible thing to do would be to get rid of the pool because that building is already got a really bizarre layout that doesn't actually function very well and they could renovate the pool area into more functional space. But emotionally people are very attached to the pool

That is a lower income area so its nice to give families access to the pool but its open very limited hours so is it financially worth it?

To waste more money.

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If TP wants it so much, can't they pay for it themselves? Has that been discussed?

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Anonymous wrote:The P.E. teacher does swim units throughout the year where students do use the pool. The parent community was very passionate about keeping the pool.

Actually, the parents were agnostic about the pool. I went to the community meetings. The parents were outraged about having their children transported to a holding school they thought was too far away.

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Anonymous wrote:If TP wants it so much, can't they pay for it themselves? Has that been discussed?

+1

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Anonymous wrote:The P.E. teacher does swim units throughout the year where students do use the pool. The parent community was very passionate about keeping the pool.

The sensible thing to do would be to get rid of the pool because that building is already got a really bizarre layout that doesn't actually function very well and they could renovate the pool area into more functional space. But emotionally people are very attached to the pool

That is a lower income area so its nice to give families access to the pool but its open very limited hours so is it financially worth it?

The lower-income community nearby doesn't seem to utilize the current pool. And few, if any of them, showed up for the community meetings about the school/pool, despite extra effort to engage these families.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it possible county funds are being used. I seem to remember our ES got an enhanced gym for community use too.

Then this pool should have gone through the county recreation department budget process, instead of having the school district include it in its budget.

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Anonymous wrote:If TP wants it so much, can't they pay for it themselves? Has that been discussed?

It may be owned by the county as the county runs it. That area is county.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it possible county funds are being used. I seem to remember our ES got an enhanced gym for community use too.

Then this pool should have gone through the county recreation department budget process, instead of having the school district include it in its budget.

It may be - they aren't being transparent or explaining anything and remember Taylor has no clue about the ins and outs of things.

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Anonymous wrote:The P.E. teacher does swim units throughout the year where students do use the pool. The parent community was very passionate about keeping the pool.

The sensible thing to do would be to get rid of the pool because that building is already got a really bizarre layout that doesn't actually function very well and they could renovate the pool area into more functional space. But emotionally people are very attached to the pool

That is a lower income area so its nice to give families access to the pool but its open very limited hours so is it financially worth it?

The lower-income community nearby doesn't seem to utilize the current pool. And few, if any of them, showed up for the community meetings about the school/pool, despite extra effort to engage these families.

Most people don't show up for that stuff. I wouldn't. The problem is its very limited hours. If they put swim classes and RMSC there, families would come.

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Anonymous wrote:If TP wants it so much, can't they pay for it themselves? Has that been discussed?

It may be owned by the county as the county runs it. That area is county.

And did the pool go through the recreation planning process with the county? That's what has happened in all previous circumstances. No, the Piney Branch pool funding went through the school district, using the school district's CIP funds, which are far too scarce to begin with. So, schools in sick buildings, causing staff and students to be ill, do not get funding, yet somehow, Piney Branch ends up with a school pool.

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Anonymous wrote:The P.E. teacher does swim units throughout the year where students do use the pool. The parent community was very passionate about keeping the pool.

The sensible thing to do would be to get rid of the pool because that building is already got a really bizarre layout that doesn't actually function very well and they could renovate the pool area into more functional space. But emotionally people are very attached to the pool

That is a lower income area so its nice to give families access to the pool but its open very limited hours so is it financially worth it?

The lower-income community nearby doesn't seem to utilize the current pool. And few, if any of them, showed up for the community meetings about the school/pool, despite extra effort to engage these families.

Most people don't show up for that stuff. I wouldn't. The problem is its very limited hours. If they put swim classes and RMSC there, families would come.

Well the county rec department better take over the Piney Branch pool, to assure that happens.

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Isn’t there already a pool there? Maybe they are providing maintenance or updating it?

I wonder if they charge community groups to use the pool so the money it brings in will essentially cover the expense.

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Anonymous wrote:Isn’t there already a pool there? Maybe they are providing maintenance or updating it?

I wonder if they charge community groups to use the pool so the money it brings in will essentially cover the expense.

The current pool is ancient and will be replaced with a new pool costing a few millions.