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[quote=Anonymous]Here's the deal: The site is a portion of the old Kensington Junior High site. When KJH closed, over 1/3 of its land, including a separate access road, was transferred for the building of an elder care facility. What remained, which includes slopes with 50 ft. drops covered in specimen tress next to a tributary to Rock Creek, is the park. County Council Resolutions, Planning documents, and an Executive Order at the time spoke of concerns for dual use of the site, and enumerated uses that would be appropriate. Now, MCPS wants to shoehorn a school on less than 2/3 the old site, with no separate access road. The community would lose its only green space, including trees, slopes, 2 regulations soccer fields, a hockey rink, courts, playground, etc., and the resulting school would be insufficient by MCPS’s own standards (it has 3 field overlays, not enough parking, etc.). Plus, to build it will cost a fortune because they have to wipe out the tress and drop the entire site by 4 feet to make everything fit. No boundaries have been identified, and so, no real traffic study can be completed. No major roads lead to the site, and there are no sidewalks. Add to that the fact that the selection committee excluded representation from RCH and RH, and that sites excluded (some conveniently near the towns represented on the committee) were excluded based on faulty descriptions, and you can understand why RH and RCH were/are upset.  Add to that the fact that MCPS doesn’t even know if the site is available (because certain funds were spent for the park that prevent it from being reclaimed), and you can see why RCH is furious.  And add to that the fact that MCPS’s process to move forward was just found to have violated the Open Meetings Act, and you can understand why RCH is ballistic. Hope this helps.[/quote]

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