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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it still opening in 2026?
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If you believe in MCPS timelines, I have a farm you can turn into ‘Science City’ called Belward right down the street.  [/quote]

The "logic" here seems to be: In 2010, the Johns Hopkins University real estate division overpromised commercial development there's no market demand for, therefore MCPS will not open the new high school at Crown in 2026.[/quote]

They're building the housing but not the commercial. The problem is Hans Riemer pushed through a big tax break for housing developers that reduced the dedicated funding for school construction.[/quote]

JHU is not currently building any housing (or commercial) at Belward Farm.

Crown is at Crown Farm, which is in the City of Gaithersburg, which has its own city council and its own planning authority, so if you want to hate on Hans Riemer, you need to find a different issue to hate on him for.[/quote]

You're mistaken. The city had land set aside for Crown HS, but MCPS must fund and build it. The only dedicated sources of funding for MCPS construction are recordation and impact taxes. Riemer was the main advocate for cutting the latter, one of two very large handouts he gave to developers constructing very expensive housing.
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