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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The sports practice schedule is also crazy. Kids will get bused all over the county for practices. Then they will be brought back to Woodward after practice. Then a different bus will take them back to their neighborhood. With rush hour traffic, kids will spend a lot of time on various buses. Seth Adams and his crew just dropped this bombshell last week[/quote]

That's Jeff Sullivan you'll want to direct your anger toward.[/quote]

Animosity toward Seth Adams in this situation is misplaced. He is the only project manager at MCPS who has earned my respect over the years. I do not believe he held his current (higher) position in 2019 when this plan was first hatched. He gets the buildings built, but don't blame him for the failure in communication about the practical impact on the Northwood community. There was never a time when the sports fields were going to be ready, and the Auditorium situation rests squarely on this current budget cycle. If someone has $$$$ sitting around, discuss donating it to build the auditorium.[/quote]

Seth was in charge of this back then.  He ran the whole capital improvements bit.  Just not yet all of facilities.[/quote]

He was director of the Division of Construction back then, not Associate Superintendent for the Office of Facilities Management, the post he currently holds and to which he was promoted on May 25, 2023.  The earliest impacts on the Northwood community are in August.  Personally, I think more communication should have started 6 months out in February, but I think a lot of CO energy was zapped by the Superintendent investigation and they did not have the budget nailed down regarding the Auditorium situation.  Many moving parts.  Communication problems up and down the chain.[/quote]

I'm not sure if/where you draw a distinction, unless you are just reporting the proper title (I said he was running capital improvements where you note Director of Construction -- tomAto/tomAHto).  He definitely was shaping the whole Woodward-Northwood thing well prior to initial BOE approvals.  Agree about moving parts and MCPS comms problems.[/quote]

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