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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If all Chevy Chase, including RCF, are forced into middle school #2 with a high FARMS rate the property value of the housing will drop.

Many people who live in the more affluent sections of Chevy Chase send their kids to private schools.  The housing price in these areas will stay constant because of the neighborhood.

The RCF, NCC and Rosemary Hills neighborhoods will see large housing declines.  Many of these neighborhoods are perceived as not being as "nice" and can't withstand an over crowded high FARMS rate middle school, and some (mine included) have the split articulation already against us.

My source: two different realtors, we are thankfully moving out of this area, hopefully before the impact of the middle school is realized.[/quote]

Plus 2, two realtors I know said the same exact thing.  However, I don't think the BOE should make boundaries based on housing values, that would be horrible, but this is not the first time I have heard this.  Property values are not a concern for me, not even close, overcrowding and lack of resources are.

And to the poster who said both middle schools will be "excellent".  Are you serious?  Outside of this issue, have you been reading up on MCPS lately?  Either you are uninformed or your bar for excellence must be really low.  [/quote]

Sounds like you should move or go private. But don't pretend that all of us living in the RH/CC/NCC boundary agree with you. [/quote]

You don't have to agree with me, but it's just simply a hard financial fact that Option 7 will cause real families to have decreased housing values.  An overcrowded, high FARMS middle school will be a huge deterrent to a homeowner, especially to the properties that are closer to less desirable Silver Spring.

It's also a fact that both schools will not be "excellent", dream on about a joint PTA.  It's very hard to get anyone to be on a PTA board and do the enormous amount of required work.  No one wants to do the fundraising and parents will not donate money that is going to another school.

I don't think RCF families have really considered the consequences of their desire for a closer location.

As far as the person stating that the Kensington families should go DCC.  It makes much more sense geographically to put RCF in the DCC for middle and high school if proximity is the key.  It would solve a lot of problems, BCC is already overcrowded and they are the outlier.[/quote]

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