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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And sorry but yes, they should be building a school NOW for the Crown development.  There are homes that are moved in, sold and for sale, more being built and it isn't like single couples deciding to have kids in 5yrs are the only ones moving in. Kids are already living there.  By next year school year, 70% of the homes projected to be built will be lived in or sold.  It takes 5yrs minimum to plan and build a school.  They haven't even started planning.  So what is going to happen to those surrounding schools?  Over capacity, portables, awful lunch times, no room for recess.  Then another round of studying for redistricting etc...  It is never ending and never done right.  [/quote]
Very few purchasers at Crown plan to send their kids to MCPS.  It's a very expensive development zoned for GBurg.  One of the builders (I won't name them) came out and told me about how I can send my kid to private from there - they aren't stupid.  [b]People buying homes in the 800k to 1.2M price range aren't sending them to the GBurg cluster.[/b][/quote]

No, but people buying residences in the $500,000-$600,000 price range might, and that's the majority of the units.[/quote]
The only residences in that price range are the stacked condos and, perhaps, the very narrow Pulte townhomes (with no upgrades).  Practically speaking, the foregoing units are not for people with kids - in fact, the Pulte rep told me their target demographic are 20 something first time buyers who want a starter home before they have kids.  If someone has kids and can only afford this price range, they are not going to buy at Crown - they can just get more space for the same price (and a better school district) in Fallsgrove.[/quote]

I live in a stacked condo and have a child.  Not sure why people think that people with kids only live in single family homes.  People live in the homes they can afford whether that is a 1 bedroom apartment with 4 people or a luxury mansion.[/quote]

This is where projections in Kentlands/Lakelands went haywire also.  The stacked condos here are full of families with kids.  We have playgrounds across the street, nearby pool, etc, so while the indoor space is tiny, the outdoor amenities are great.  In 2007, RCES was around 800 kids and they kept projecting declines in enrollment, but families kept moving into those small units to drive the numbers up.  Except for the school situation, it's been a really good thing... but we really need another school here.[/quote]

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