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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]

MCPS IS OVERCROWDED AND IT'S SHAMEFUL HOW LATE THE STATE AND COUNTY ARE RESPONDING. [b]DEVELOPERS ARE FRIENDS WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AT EVERY LEVEL[/b]. THEY ARE GIVEN PRIORITY OVER OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION.

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(Just pointing out that

1. there's a housing shortage
2. people need places to live
3. developers build housing (probably a developer built your housing)
4. at least since World War II, during times of growing enrollment, school construction has lagged behind enrollment in Montgomery County)[/quote]

This “time of growing enrollment” has been going on for over 10 years with no sign of abating.  It’s not simply a time of growing enrollment, it’s a long and consistent trend of growing enrollment that cannot be adequately addressed without new schools and more seats.  MCPS is trying, but the CIP and school budget was dramatically underfunded through the last recession and we are reaping the hardships of that with a construction project backlog that would take 15 years and increased funding each of those years to clear.[/quote]

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