Child at Eastern wears coat during day because it’s so cold

[Anonymous]

She says one of the rooms has cool air blowing out still and the teacher is wearing a coat, too. I’m so frustrated with the facilities here, and the lack of any improvements done here while MCPS blows money on redistricting proposals. Let’s take care of some basic needs first.

[Anonymous]

Once someone kicked a hole in the media center mural and it was hilarious to see the broken circle fitted in the wrong way.

Eastern's infrastructure is crumbling. Get over it. It sucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Once someone kicked a hole in the media center mural and it was hilarious to see the broken circle fitted in the wrong way.

Eastern's infrastructure is crumbling. Get over it. It sucks.

Sorry, but I refuse to accept kids should be cold. We can do better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She says one of the rooms has cool air blowing out still and the teacher is wearing a coat, too. I’m so frustrated with the facilities here, and the lack of any improvements done here while MCPS blows money on redistricting proposals. Let’s take care of some basic needs first.

MCPS has requested $1.8 billion for the capital improvement plan.

Meanwhile, the boundary analysis is capped at $475,000. Not to mention that, if it ever actually happens, rezoning students from over-capacity to under-capacity schools will save money for MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Np. That's what the politicians would say. There is no excuse for a child being that cold in one of our schools. MCPS has plenty of money to get a temporary space heater while they fix the problem. Why hasn't the administration done anything, OP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Np. That's what the politicians would say. There is no excuse for a child being that cold in one of our schools. MCPS has plenty of money to get a temporary space heater while they fix the problem. Why hasn't the administration done anything, OP?

If that's what the politicians would say, they'd be correct.

The issue isn't that MCPS is spending money on a boundary analysis. The issue is that whoever is in charge of the physical plant at Eastern hasn't done anything to make the room less cold.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She says one of the rooms has cool air blowing out still and the teacher is wearing a coat, too. I’m so frustrated with the facilities here, and the lack of any improvements done here while MCPS blows money on redistricting proposals. Let’s take care of some basic needs first.

Mine goes back and forth from overheated to freezing all day, because teachers have no way to regulate the temperature in their classrooms. And one parent on the listserv reported that there were no paper towels or toilet paper in the boys' bathroom this week.

[Anonymous]

That's a management problem. If I were one of the principals and heard that I could have walked the paper towels and toilet paper into the bathrooms myself. All week?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She says one of the rooms has cool air blowing out still and the teacher is wearing a coat, too. I’m so frustrated with the facilities here, and the lack of any improvements done here while MCPS blows money on redistricting proposals. Let’s take care of some basic needs first.

Eastern is ridiculously overdue for an overhaul. If your child is in a portable, those can get very drafty in the winter. I remember when my child had that same issue at Eatern. I don't think its about the redistricting proposal - that's a drop in the bucket $$ compared to renovating a school. I do feel that Eastern gets back-burnered because it doesn't have a neighborhood population that are strong advocates like the MSs in Potomac/Bethesda. If those MS parents who complain about overcrowding and field conditions had to have their children in Eastern's basic school conditions, you can bet that Eastern would have been overhauled by now. Now the $$ is slated to go towards additions to Westbrook, Somerset, a new ES in North Bethesda, etc. Not saying those aren't all vitally needed - but, at least those schools have proper heat and a/c currently.

From 2015 CIP: "Capital Project: A revitalization/expansion project was
scheduled for this school for completion in August 2021.
Although the County Council approved the planning funds on
the Board of Education’s requested schedule, the construction
funds were delayed by one year. FY 2018 funds expenditures
are programmed to begin the architectural design for the
revitalization/expansion project of this school. The revised
completion date for this school will be August 2022. FY 2017
expenditures are programmed for facility planning funds to
determine the scope and cost for the project. In order for this
project to be completed on the new schedule, county and state
funding must be provided at the levels approved in this CIP."

From 2019 CIP: "Eastern Middle School
Capital Project: A revitalization/expansion project was
previously programmed for this school. A new program has
been developed to identify large-scale renovations of facilities. While nine schools were identified as the first group of
schools in the Major Capital Projects project, Eastern Middle
School is now identified as a school in the next round. The
recommended CIP does not include any expenditures for
this project, however, future expenditures will be considered
as part of the next full CIP cycle. Additional information
regarding the major capital projects can be found in Supplement C—FY2021–2026 Major Capital Projects Update at the
following link: www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/
planning/cipmaster.aspx"

[Anonymous]

This is nearly every school in my district.

[Anonymous]

At least she’s allowed to wear a coat. They don’t allow coats at RPMS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is nearly every school in my district.

What district?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She says one of the rooms has cool air blowing out still and the teacher is wearing a coat, too. I’m so frustrated with the facilities here, and the lack of any improvements done here while MCPS blows money on redistricting proposals.

Let’s take care of some basic needs first.

That's sucks OP, I'm sorry she has to deal with that.

Concentrating in class is hard enough in high school, but then having something like this occurring daily is even more distracting because it's uncomfortable when you're cold.

This must be so frustrating for you OP, you have my sympathy.

(((( hugs ))))

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At least she’s allowed to wear a coat. They don’t allow coats at RPMS.

They don't allow coats or backpacks in the classrooms in any MCPS middle school (the only exception is if you have to access a portable classroom outside in the winter).

In high school, you're allowed to have jackets and backpacks in the classrooms with you.

In fact, in my daughter's high school, the majority of the entire student body don't ever use their lockers AT ALL throughout the year, because the lockers are always so far away from their classrooms, so never have time to access them between classes without being late.

My daughter is a sophomore and she hasn't even used her locker once in the 16 months she's been at the school.

[Anonymous]

DC & friends at Clemente also wear coats as they need to shuttle back and forth for couple of periods between Main building and portables.