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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]You raise an interesting point about the Town of Kensington. I wonder what that was about, unless there's some kind of message there about furture reorganization of the cluster.[/quote]

Bruce Crispell said that the Town of Kensington had a rep because they "sometimes use RCH Park". Kinda flimsy when you aren't giving all other parks the same considerations.

But the bottom line is we should NOT be considering park land for school construction. I agree that Lynbrook is the best choice as it builds on already developed land (buildings, parking lot, etc) takes minimal land form parks, just the parcel where the unused closed activity building stands, maintains the playing fields, and most importantly, MCPS ALREADY OWNS the 3 parcels that make half of the Lynnbrook site. And centrally located with streets wide enough to support bus traffic, indeed buses go through there today, to and from the day care center.

This would be the least bitter pill to swallow. And folks in that neighborhood shouldn't complain that they are replacing 3 falling down buildings with a new building that would well serve the cluster. BCC and the NEW Lynnbrook middle school could easily share the playing fields, and BCC could still use fields at RCH and NCC.[/quote]
Bitter pill, indeed!

My mind is with you from the standpoint of logic, but I guess I have to coax my heart to follow.  Perhaps its because it really infuriates me that these numbskulls in the county put us in this position.

If we learn anything from this experience, maybe it is that we should leave planning up to Park and Planning.  Let them lead it, and let the school system bring requirements to them.

Yeah, you're right. If they can't find a private site, a park may have to take a hit, and if so, you may be proposing a way out for them.  Of course, no one has asked the neighbors how they feel.

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