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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I also don't buy the developers saying it won't add many kids. [/quote]

They always say that and it is never true.
- B-CC cluster resident[/quote]

Why didn't they restrict it to 55+ communities? That's generally what jurisdictions force developers to do when there is no school infrastructure to support the development.[/quote]

Because the idea is to provide more housing near transit for everyone, not just people who are 55 or older.

I agree that something about the MCPS projection model is off, although I haven't looked at it in detail, so I don't know where it's going wrong.

[b]I don't agree that MCPS should start spending money now to plan for the effects of development that may never happen.[/b] [/quote]

I'm not saying MCPS should spend money now, but it should be engaged in the process.  So far as I can tell, the level of engagement has been to send Bruce Crispell to meetings to say that MCPS has no plans to do anything until the development is done and children start pouring into the system.  Oh, and to tell the developers and planning commission not to set aside land because, despite not doing any planning, MCPS knows it doesn't need any land.

If MCPS were engaged, it could work with the planners and determine that IF THE PLANS COME TO FRUITION, yes, this piece of land should be set aside for a potential new school site, and if the developer is interested in currying favor with the substantial portion of the community that's upset about the lack of school infrastructure for such a development, the developer could do MCPS a solid and set up the land to be ready for a new building and maybe even come up with some building plan proposals.  Or even kick in money for building the new school.  Build a playground for the school.  Whatever.  The entire area is so overcrowded that if even only 10% of the 800 or so new units end up having children, a small 300-student school could be filled and pick up the existing overcapacity for Wood Acres and maybe have space for the inevitable growth as older residents move out and young families come in (a dynamic that anyone who lives in the area has seen on overdrive recently).  But for MCPS to keep claiming that nothing at all will change (until it does), we're being set up for a real train wreck soon.[/quote]

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