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[quote=Anonymous][quote=KDavid][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do people suggest remodeling or replacing schools without a holding school?  It makes sense to use the schools not aready with students.[/quote]

Do you really live in a bubble? Seneca valley, Gaithersburg and Richard Montgomery were ALL done with kids on site. God forbid your precious snowflakes have to hear a bulldozer or miss a football game [/quote]

Yes, I do as we’ve never been through a remodel and in falling apart schools.  It makes no sense.  Use a holding school.  [/quote]
MCPS cannot break its agreement with Gaithersburg. It would have to find a holding school elsewhere. Crown is not an option.

Almost every school that’s been renovated had students on site. [/quote]

The agreement with Gaithersburg just says the land is for a public high school. Seems like a holding school for high schools would meet that definition, especially if the intent is for Crown to eventually open as a school of its own.[/quote]
The agreement was made to relieve overcrowding of Gaithersburg schools. To open Crown but not relieve overcrowding of Gaithersburg schools is breaking the contract.[/quote]

Which Gaithersburg high schools are overcrowded?[/quote]

According to the Boundary Study Data Tables.  Quince Orchard is at like 120% utilization and Gaithersburg is at like 106%.  Then factor in that Watkins Mill is expected to explode with the completion of the Village Town Center, Bloom Village, and eventual Lakeforest Mall projects, those students are going to have to be shuffled around to avoid Watkins Mill reaching similar levels.[/quote]

Yes, but how long will it be overcrowded? MCPS is forecasting massive enrollment declines in the future, seeing as much as 6,000 fewer kids over the several years.

SOURCE: https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2025/10/montgomery-county-schools-see-student-enrollment-drop-project-its-part-of-trend/

[QUOTE]Connelly showed a graphic that illustrated projections for continued enrollment declines heading into 2031.

He said the school system is anticipating a loss of 6,000 students over the next six years. [b]That would bring the enrollment figures down to 149,706 from a high of 165,267 in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic[/b].[/QUOTE]

That's a loss of 15,561 kids. It is very likely that Gaithersburg high schools will not, in fact, be overcrowded in the long run.

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