What should MCPS do with the Kensington ES site?

[Anonymous]

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/news/mcps-might-reclaim-housing-opportunities-commission-headquarters/

At 10400 Detrick Ave, 4.54 acres. The school closed in 1982 - along with lots of others, because it was the decade of school closings. The building was built in 1946.

[Anonymous]

Use it as an elementary holding school and re-open Grosvenor Elementary

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Use it as an elementary holding school and re-open Grosvenor Elementary

They want 7.5 acres.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Use it as an elementary holding school and re-open Grosvenor Elementary

They want 7.5 acres.

Who wants 7.5 acres for what?

[Anonymous]

Reopen it so our schools are less crowded. Tired of Kensington being shafted.

[Anonymous]

A nice big playground would be great

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Use it as an elementary holding school and re-open Grosvenor Elementary

They want 7.5 acres.

Who wants 7.5 acres for what?

MCPS wants sites for elementary schools to be at least 7.5 acres.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Use it as an elementary holding school and re-open Grosvenor Elementary

They want 7.5 acres.

Who wants 7.5 acres for what?

MCPS wants sites for elementary schools to be at least 7.5 acres.

That's not going to happen for new schools down county. The recent joint capacity study/site selection process for the BCC/WJ clusters looked at sites that were at least 4 acres. Also, a holding school is different than a permanent school. No one is there for more than a couple years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A nice big playground would be great

Kensington has plenty of playgrounds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A nice big playground would be great

Kensington has plenty of playgrounds.

...including one right at that site.

[Anonymous]

They could make it another Y with playground like Ayrlawn the previous ES that closed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reopen it so our schools are less crowded. Tired of Kensington being shafted.

Huh? Kensington-Parkwood is a mile away, just had a new addition built, and currently has 114 available seats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reopen it so our schools are less crowded. Tired of Kensington being shafted.

Huh? Kensington-Parkwood is a mile away, just had a new addition built, and currently has 114 available seats.

The crowding in our area is more along the Bethesda/Rockville Pike corridor, not in Kensington. KP has space, Rock View has space, Garrett Park is overcapacity but not enough for a whole new school. NCC has space. I haven't looked at OT's numbers. The need is closer to Rockville Pike, which is why they should reopen Grosvenor and use the Kensington site as a holding school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reopen it so our schools are less crowded. Tired of Kensington being shafted.

Huh? Kensington-Parkwood is a mile away, just had a new addition built, and currently has 114 available seats.

The crowding in our area is more along the Bethesda/Rockville Pike corridor, not in Kensington. KP has space, Rock View has space, Garrett Park is overcapacity but not enough for a whole new school. NCC has space. I haven't looked at OT's numbers. The need is closer to Rockville Pike, which is why they should reopen Grosvenor and use the Kensington site as a holding school.

+1

[Anonymous]

I still do not understand how the county was allowed to sell the Grace episcopal site at Connecticut Avenue just outside the beltway. It would have been a perfect sight to alleviate crowding. Can’t the county buy that site back? How did that get sold?