Reply to What is the plan for Sidwells Elementary Campus in Bethesda?

Forum Index » Private & Independent Schools

Reply to "What is the plan for Sidwells Elementary Campus in Bethesda?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hear there is a bidding war. It is Between BIM, which has outgrown its Tysons office building and the peripatetic Feynman school. 
(:-)[/quote]

What is BIM? And is Feynman an elementary too? It is a pretty spacious property - we drove by the other day, and I wondered what Sidwell is planning for it. Sounds like the move is 28/29?  Why'd they sit on [b]Washington Home for so long[/b]? It's almost a decade, wow.[/quote]

Sidwell has been using the Washington Home building for years.  It was very helpful to spread out kids/classes during COVID. Many staff have offices in that building. They hold events there. Admissions used it this year for in-person student sessions. It's not just "sitting".[/quote]

OMG. This is a crazy pants post.  It's been a big costly white elephant for a decade already. There was no real need for any of that space over the past decade. I just look at it and think of how much of my tuition money has gone into paying the interest and maintenance for that building,  rather than into my kids' education.  All to try to keep up with GDS,  I guess. 
I'm not betting on a  2026 opening either btw.[/quote]

It wasn't a matter of "keeping up with GDS" - the fact is, the school had two generational opportunities in a couple of years and the Board, in my opinion, was  prudent to take advantage of them to control what happens on the entire block (less the post office) - consolidating the campus, having plenty of admin space, the ability to spread out of there were another pandemic, and ultimately enough space for the next century. COVID set things back, but sheesh, they have raised most of what they need to move forward, and the Bethesda campus is getting more valuable every day. Frankly, the County should buy it to create a k-2 campus for Bethesda Elementary and then have Bethesda Elementary have the balance to feed into Westbrook. But there are plenty of other schools as well as private developers who are salivating and the opportunity there. Yes, it is costly, but once the consolidation and construction are done, the school will be well situated for as far out as can be anticipated.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics