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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, RMHS is very overcrowded. Two main contributors - all the recent development projected singles or married/no kids for a lot of this apartments, but there are more children living there than projected. RM was also slated for an addition (as were many other high schools) but that was scrapped in favor of two new high schools. It's a better fiscal solution, but pushes out the timeline for a fix. Meanwhile, RM has been adding portables and there have been internal construction projects to revamp underutilized spaces into classrooms and additional offices for counseling.

The rapid pace of development in the past 15 years has vastly outstripped the ability of the school system to respond, and the money the county council is willing to provide for capital improvements. In on of the recent BOE meeting discussing the new process for projections a comment was made to the effect that newly approved development can start producing students in two years. But with the school system's longer capital improvements process it takes 4-6 years minimum for new spaces to be built. Factor in the existing backlog, and there's a huge problem.[/quote]

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