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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]The aerial photos show clearly that the Kensington Park retirement community stands on much of the footprint of the former Kensington Junior High School.[/quote]

Why did you remove the blog post where you actually corrected the above assertion? I suspect for much the same reason you didn't share the news that DNR has turned down your appeal regarding the restrictions of the POS funds. The facts in both cases does not support your claims.

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You know, I attended the last site selection meeting, and someone said the same thing, and he appeared to be accusing the RCH representative of hiding this information.  Another guy, in the back, tried to clarify the point, but the guy running the meeting shut him down because he wasn't taking public comments (which is kind of strange because waiting til the end for comments really doesn't give the public any input).

At the end, the guy in the back said that he was involved in the letter somehow, that the letter was one letter in a chain of correspondence, that more communication took place, and that the author of the letter has said that he would be responding on the matter. Also, no one said there was an "appeal" to DNR; so i don't know where that came from.  It sounds like this exchange was an information request.  So, even if DNR doesn't agree that LWCF funds were used on the site, or that the use of POS funds doesn't prevent the site from being reclaimed, that doesn't settle the issue.

Perhaps there is where the problem is.  MCPS was told by Commissioner Carrier of these concerns last summer.  Since then, it has done nothing to investigate its exposure on this issue.  Instead, it grabbed a letter that said what it liked, stuck it in front of the Superintendent, and said it was home free. The organization epitomizes laziness.

As other posts make clear, this issue is not going to be resolved in the site selection process.  MCPS has made its final decision.  If the BOE selects the site, and if the County Council approves the selection, the matter will wind up in court where DNR and the school will have to explain 1) why they think federal money was not used to develop the site when the only documentation that exists so far indicates that federal money was used, and 2) if state money was used, why they think a "practice" not based in statute that limits the enforcement of a conversion restriction nullifies a statute that says "Land acquired or developed" shall not be converted.

All this for the opportunity to build a school on a site that's less than 2/3 the size of the original middle school site, is missing a separate access road, cannot be constructed with adequate parking, will require the obliteration of over five acres specimen trees, will require the _entire_ site to be dropped four feet, and is opposed by the surrounding communities.  Our tax dollars at work.[/quote]

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