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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This item is listed on the agenda for Thursday's Board meeting:

8.21 Former Kensington Elementary School—Deed Acceptance

What is it?[/quote]

I will paste it in for you this time, but in the future you should just look up the items you are interested in yourself-- they get posted here: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/Public (save the link, it's the same every time, you just click on the meeting you want under "Meetings" and then select "Agenda" and you can find the documents there as they post them.)

For this item it's here.  Looks like an old building they gave to the county that the county doesn't need anymore and MCPS is reclaiming, potentially for an early childhood center or office space: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DP2JZY4FAC91/$file/Former%20Kensington%20ES%20Deed%20Acceptance.pdf[/quote]

Or for another elementary school?[/quote]

They didn't mention that and it seems unlikely since enrollment is dropping so they are more likely to close existing elementary schools rather than build new ones, but I suppose it's not impossible?[/quote]

Is enrollment dropping for Kensington area (there are a few privates around there) or generally in mcps?[/quote]

Even if it weren't, they'd just redraw boundaries with the schools nearby during the elementary boundary study next year.  This is not a bursting at the seams situation where they need to be building new elementary schools.  Honestly they probably shouldn't even be rebuilding Sligo Creek ES-- the other elementary schools in the area could absorb those kids with a few boundary adjustments-- but they are just doing it to throw a bone to families who are pissed about SSIMS closing.

It sounds like the opportunity to reclaim the property fell into their lap and they just want to use it as office space, and maybe an early childhood center at some point down the road.[/quote]

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